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TitleTreatise on the English economy

Held atSenate House Library, University of London

Reference codeMS84

Date1706

Creator
- UnknownMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

Scope and ContentManuscript volume containing a treatise entitled 'The means of a most ample increase of the wealth and strength of England in a few years', 1706, including sections concerning the economic history of England, government regulation of trade and the East India Company. Includes a dedicatory epistle to Queen Anne.

Provenance: bought by Herbert Somerton Foxwell at the Elkin Mathews and John Lane sale, Sotheby's, on 16 May 1895.

Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.

Conditions governing accessAccess to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Special Collections Reading Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. At least 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Extent1 volume containing 116 leaves

Physical descriptionManuscript octavo. Binding: English black morocco with gilt double fillet frame surrounding smaller frame of double fillets with gilt flowers on corners and flourishes in the centre of each side of the smaller frame. Interior of frame decorated with gilt flower-patterned roll. Five raised bands on spine, with a gilt-tooled flower surrounded by a gilt-tooled double fillet frame in each compartment. Endpapers marbled in a comb design with red, yellow, blue, and white. Bound to 18.9 x 12.4 cm.

System of ArrangementSingle item.

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