Sales catalogue 67: Peter Murray Hill Ltd.

Date:
Spring 1967
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/43/3
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Sales catalogue 67: Peter Murray Hill Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    239 [?TOWNSHEND (Charles, 21d Viscount)] The Barrier Treaty Vindicated. Printed for A. Baldwin, 1712. £6 10s 8vo, calf rebacked. Good copy; with half-title. FrrsT EDITION. Teerink 1047. Townshend was deeply involved in the Treaty and harshly attacked over it. This 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 TRADE AND ECONOMICS. CHALMerRs (George) An Estimate of the Compara- tive Strength of Britain . . . and of the Losses of her Trade from every War since the Revolution. To which is added, An Essay on POPULATION, by the Lord Chief Justice Hale. Printed for C. Dilly ... and F. Bowen, 1782. £21 4to, old half calf, marbled sides, rebacked; two folding tables. Kress B.450. FIRST EDITION. TRADE AND ECONOMICS. [Hoapty (B.)] An Enquiry into the Reasons of the Conduct of Great Britain, With Relation to... Affairs in Europe. Printed, and Sold by Fames Roberts, 1727. £5 5s 8vo, unbound, pp. 112; minor damage to top margin of title. On commerce, Spanish-American trade, etc., as well as European. Kress 2700. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS TRADE AND ECONOMICS. A Letter to a Member of Parliament, on the Importance of Liberty; towards enjoying the National Benefit of any useful Branch of Manufactures, &c. Printed for the Author, 1745. £15 8vo, unbound; pp. 27; 2 ll. (postscript); folding table (“‘A Master Taylor’s Bill, As it is Charged’). SCARCE. Argues the case of journeymen tailors. Describes the ‘“Houses of call’? system as used in the trade. Kress 4766. Hanson 5892. TRADE AND ECONOMICS. The Necessity of Lowering Interest and Con- tinuing Taxes... Ina Letter to G. B. Printed for E. Coxton, 1750. £10 10s 8vo, unbound, pp. 29. A harsh answer to an article in James Ralph’s Remembrancer (organ of the Prince’s party). Kress 5060. Hanson 6474. TRADE AND ECONOMICS. [NuGENT (Robert Craggs, Earl)] Considerations upon a Reduction of the Land-Tax. Printed for R. Griffiths, 1749. £10 10s 8vo, unbound; half-title, title, pp. 1-67, folding table. Hanson 6302. Kress 4975. TRADE AND ECONOMICS. Rose (George) Etat de la Grande-Bretagne . . ses Finances, son Commerce, ses Manufactures... A Londres... W. et C. Spilsbury, 1799. £3 10s 8vo, unbound; folding tables, etc. A popular pamphlet; there were five English editions in the same year (see Kress B.3972 etc.), besides this London French one. TRADE AND ECONOMICS. [ ?WALPOLE (Sir Robert)] A Letter from a Member of Parliament to his Friends in the Country, concerning the Duties on WINE AND Tosacco. Printed for T. Cooper, 1733. £8 10s 8vo, unbound, pp. 36. Kress 4107 (anon., but attributed to Walpole in Supplement). Hanson 4565 (anon.). [TYTLER (Patrick Fraser)] The Life of John Wickliff, with an Appendix and List of his Works. Edinburgh: William Whyte (etc.), 1826. £4 10s 8vo, rough cloth, worn; uncut copy: no half-title present. FIRST EDITION. VANBRUGH (Sir John) Plays. Printed for W. Feales, R. Wellington, etc. ae No for #. Tonson, etc. and sold by W. Feales], 1735. 2 10s 2 vols., 12mo, calf, gilt. A pretty set in tasteful 19th-century binding. VERTOT (Abbé) Vertot’s Miscellanies; Consisting of I. A Dissertation upon the True Original of the French... II. Salique Laws... III... Sainte Ampoulle, or Holy Vial. ..IV... Antient Form of Oaths...V.. . Burial Places of the Kings of France. By ... Mabillon. VI... Time of the Nativity of Christ... by M. Vaillant ... Done from the Original French .. . By John Henley . . . Printed for W. Mears... and T. Payne, 1723. £4 10s 8vo, unbound; 8 Il., pp. 166, 2 Il. (adverts.).
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