Smith's Interest Tables / Duane Doty

Book

American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Smith's Interest Tables / Duane Doty

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.83

Description

127 pages. A book of percentage tables showing the interest upon one dollar and the interest from which interest on any sum is directly taken. A thirst table shows compound interest. Interestingly, the highest sum used for computation is $10,000.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Interest and usury, Tables, 1880s

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Book Details

Author

Duane Doty

Publisher

J.R. Anderson

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1875

Date Printed

1888

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in a burgundy pebbled cloth Victorian binding with blind ruled borders to the cover with a center gilt stamped rectangle which encloses the title. Pale brown floral endpapers.