A Commercial Dictionary Containing the Present State of Mercantile Law, Practice, and Custom Intended for the Use of the Cabinet, the Counting-House and the Library (Classic Reprint)

Wftten PREFACE. AF ever there was a period which could make the present Work more particularly valuable and appropriate, it is at a moment when the increased and widely extended territorial acquisitions of Great Britain in every part of the Globe, have rendered her commercial relations at once extensive, various, and important, beyond example of any other age beyond example of any other nation. At a time when this country is the emporium of commerce, when merchants from all quarters of the world throng to our marts, the developcment of the principles which regulate the vast machine of mercantile intercourse, must necessarily be intercstin{r ty those individuals who are the subjects of its opcratioiu Such is professedly the intent of the present Publication ;its utility, therefore, is sufficiently obvious, and the A uthor, although highly honoured, is by no means surprised at the distinguished, and, perhaps, unprecedented patronage which he has already received: a patronage, which, gratifying as it is at present.
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