[17th-Century Commerce]. A Guide to the Exchange Trade, or a - Lot 104

[17th-Century Commerce]. A Guide to the Exchange Trade, or a Report on How, Throughout Christendom—particularly in Holland, England, Brabant, France, Italy, Castile, Portugal, and Germany—Exchanges Are Made from One Place to Another, and How to Calculate and Reduce Them... An excellent commercial manual offering a practical approach to the exchange rates in effect at the time. Frankfurt am Main, Johann Peter Zubrodts, 1669. Small in-4, brown half-maroquin with corner pieces, spine with raised bands accented by blind-stamped scrolls, gilt title, green edges. In German. Three small holes in the upper margin of the title page, not affecting the text; foxing. A practical guide to trade and currencies in Europe (the Netherlands, England, France, Italy, Portugal, etc.). The final section contains a summary table of conversion rates between local currencies and the currency in common use in Frankfurt, a major European financial center in the 17th century. A fine copy in a sturdy later binding.