shop book

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
SHOP BOOK. This name is given to a book in which a merchant, mechanic, or 
other person, makes original entries of goods sold or work done. 
     2. In general, such a book is prima facie evidence of the sale of the 
goods and of the work done, but not of their value. Vide Original entry. 
    

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