HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING, 2 VOLUMES

i. Brown, Richard (1856-1918). A history of accounting and accountants. Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1905, large 8vo, edition deluxe, no. 57 of 250 copies signed by the author, portrait frontispiece, photolithograph plates, morocco-backed boards, gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, some unopened, previous ownership signature, (bought from Hughes, 2001), [T&W B276], minor browning, boards slightly soiled, rubbed ii. Peragallo, Edward (1908-1990). Origin and evolution of double entry bookkeeping. A study of Italian practice from the fourteenth century. New York: American Institute Publishing, 1938, 4to, presentation copy from William K. Wilson (the designer) to Leo Cotton (“To Leo Cotton, whose | fine sense of design | will, I hope, make him | not too critical of | these humble efforts. | William K. Wilson | January 1939”), title-page and colophon printed in red and black, spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, [together with] accompanying manuscript letter from Wilson to Cotton, [T&W P41]

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