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'Magic Is No Magic' by G. Vanden Berghe; J. T. Devreese; Guido Vanden BergheCall Number: QA29.S68 D462
ISBN: 9781845640927
Published/Created: 2007-11-01
Dutchman Simon Stevin is another important figure in the history of accounting according to Ancient "Double-Entry Bookkeeping" by John B. Geijsbeek. It is said that he influenced most writers after him. This book contains an account of Stevin's application of mercantile bookkeeping to "Bookkeeping for Princes," as well as other works by him.
- Accounting Bibliography by Walter Hausdorfer
Call Number: Z7164.C81 H285 1986
ISBN: 0960295658
Published/Created: 1987-02-01
This bibliography, created by Walter Hausdorfer, a scholar and librarian at Temple University, contains books and titles related to the method of accounting though the author indicates in his preface that some other important treatises were included. It seems that the author did not include European works after 1801 due to the sheer number unless they were reprinted or adapted in the Americas. Hausdorfer also indicates that the cut-off for works is 1910 because he felt that there was a new wave of accounting beginning about that time. There was an attempt to determine locations of individual items at the time of publication when possible. Part III covers printed works and manuscripts, Part IV focusses on accounting and bookkeeping periodicals, Part V is a chronological index to first printed works and manuscripts, Part VI lists bibliographies and biographies, Part VII is a bibliography of accounting history, and lastly Part VIII is a subject index.
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Call Number: HF5609 .G4 1974
Published/Created: 1974
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This is a reproduction of several key historical books which made an impact in shaping the field of accounting. It has a reproduction of Pacioli's treatise, covering 12 out of 36 of the original chapters, which is the bookkeeping section of his book. It also contains photographic reproductions, translations, as well as examples and comparisons to the other books produced by Manzoni, Pietra, Mainardi, Christoffels, Stebin and Dafforne (Merchants Mirror). Geijsbeek includes an introduction by C.P.A. Page Lawrence, explaining the way accountancy, and accountants, are viewed. A preface describes how he came to research these historic books; there is also a section of the history of the books and the authors. He also includes a section, “Discursion in Theory”, where he discusses how one goes about translating such books so as to not take away from their original meaning. He discusses how words used by bookkeeping at the time they were written might not be used anymore (that is, year 1914), and vice versa. He goes on to describe the authors behind the ancient books, along with reproductions and translations. - Bibliography of Works on Accounting by American Authors by Harry C. Bentley and Ruth S. Leonard.
Call Number: Z7164.C81 B49
Published/Created: 1934
Volume one covers the years 1796-1900 and volume two covers the years 1901-1934. Both volumes have an author index while volume 2 has a subject index. There are reprints for this title in 1970 and a one volume edition in 2005.
- The Birth of American Accountancy by Peter L. McMickle; Paul H. Jensen; Richard P. Brief (Editor)
Call Number: Z7164.C81 M345 1988
ISBN: 0824061284
Published/Created: 1988-01-01
This title was heavily influenced by the work by Harry C. Bentley and Ruth S. Leonard - "Bibliography of Works on Accounting by American Authors." There is an explanation on how this book is different from the Bentley Leonard title that may be helpful in understanding that title as well.
- Consuetudo Vel Lex Mercatoria, or, The Ancient Law-Merchant by Gerard Malynes
Call Number: K1005 .M355 1629
There are 3 versions of this book, one published in 1629, two in 1686 which are part of Thomas Jefferson's Library Collection, and one other in 2009. The 17th century titles can be requested in the Rare Book Reading Room. This book contains the reprinted version of the popular The Merchant's Mirrour by Richard Dafforne and a treatise by Abraham Liset of Ghent called Amphithalami or the Accomptants Closet (Geijsbeek, 137). A digitized version of this title and others by Malynes is available via Making of the Modern World (Part 1) (subscription database available to on-site patrons only).
- A Notable and Very Excellente Woorke by Jan Ympyn Christoffels; editors, B. S. Yamey, Osamu Kojima
Call Number: HF5609.C48
Published/Created: 1975
Jan Ympyn Christoffel is considered to be the author of the second book in accounting published in English. This particular edition is a reprint. The first book was "A Profitable Treatyce" by Hugh Oldcastle. This book contains a reproduction of the second accounting book in English, as well as an explanation of Ympyn's other works and history. Includes bibliographical references.
Additional notes: This book includes the English prologue (1547) reproduced from a microfilm of the original in Moscow; the first appendix presents English translations of parts of the account books in the French version (Nouuelle instruction, 1543). A digitized version of "Nieuwe instructie ende bewijs der looffelijcker consten des rekenboecks/ ende rekeninghe te houdene nae die Italiaensche maniere" (1543) is available via Making of the Modern World (Part 1) (subscription database available to on-site patrons only). - An Original Translation of the Treatise on Double-Entry Book-Keeping by Luca Pacioli
Call Number: HF5609 .P3
Published/Created: 1924
This title, originally published in 1494, was translated for the Institute of book-keepers limited by Pietro Crivelli. An additional copy was published in 1966.
- Paciolo on Accounting by Luca Pacioli
Call Number: HF5609 .P293
Published/Created: 1963
This is a book containing a small account of Pacioli's life, a translation of the bookkeeping Treatise in his book Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proprtioni et Proportionalita, and the Original Treatise reproduced. A digitized version of Suma is available via Making of the Modern World (Part 1) (subscription database available to on-site patrons only).
- Particularis de Computis by Luca Pacioli; Jeremy Cripps (Translator); Marianne Thompson (Editor)
Call Number: HF5609 .P2813 1994
ISBN: 0964777800
Published/Created: 1995-12-01
An English translation of Fra Luca Pacioli's (the Father of Accounting) treatise on accounting (PARTICULARIS), commemorating the 500th anniversary of its original publication in Venice in 1494. by Jeremy Cripps of the Bookkeeping section in Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proprtioni et Proportionalita
- The Pathe Waye to Perfectnes In Th' accomptes of Debitour and Creditour by James Peele
Call Number: HF5631 .P4
Published/Created: 1569
This is one of the first English books written about bookkeeping and it is written in Old English. This book can be found in the Rare Book Collections Reading. A digitized version of this is available via Making of the Modern World (Part 1) (subscription database available to on-site patrons only).
- Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita by Luca Pacioli
Call Number: QA115 .P2225 1959
Published/Created: 1959
A partial reproduction of Pacioli's Summa. A digitized version of this is available via Making of the Modern World (Part 1) (subscription database available to on-site patrons only). This 1959 title also contains Japanese commentary.
Call Number: HF5616.I82 S43 1636
Published/Created: 1636
Flori was a Jesuit and this title was written for Jesuit monasteries and colleges and not traders, merchants, or mercantile bookkeepers. He looks at double entry bookkeeping and introduces the concept of a financial year.
