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[DAVENANT, Charles (1656-1714)]. An Essay on the East-India-Trade. London: 1696. Half-title. (Half-title and title stained and repaired, a few minor marginal nicks, corner of C8 repaired.) [Bound with:] [POLLEXFEN, John (1636-1715)]. England and East-India Inconsistent in their Manufactures. London: 1697. Two works in one volume, 8° (166 x 130mm). Modern green calf. Provenance: old ink inscription, partially erased, referencing the author on half-title of first work.
TWO RARE WORKS REGARDING THE MONOPOLISING POWERS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Davenant wrote his Essay 'probably ... to secure ... a position with the East India Company, which was then engaged in a bitter political struggle to retain its privileges. [It contained] the important argument that because international trade was multilateral it was nonsensical to consider whether the balance between just two nations was positive or negative'. The response to this argument, written by John Pollexfen, is here bound in. Pollexfen served on a special committee of the East India Company in 1677, and 'accused a small coterie of directors of monopolizing the trade through jobbery ... and he condemned the massive export of bullion [by the Company] ... That parliament in 1698 ultimately opened up the Indian trade is a measure of his influence' (ODNB). Goldsmiths' 3219, 3402; Kress 1954, 2042; Wing D-307, P-2778.
TWO RARE WORKS REGARDING THE MONOPOLISING POWERS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Davenant wrote his Essay 'probably ... to secure ... a position with the East India Company, which was then engaged in a bitter political struggle to retain its privileges. [It contained] the important argument that because international trade was multilateral it was nonsensical to consider whether the balance between just two nations was positive or negative'. The response to this argument, written by John Pollexfen, is here bound in. Pollexfen served on a special committee of the East India Company in 1677, and 'accused a small coterie of directors of monopolizing the trade through jobbery ... and he condemned the massive export of bullion [by the Company] ... That parliament in 1698 ultimately opened up the Indian trade is a measure of his influence' (ODNB). Goldsmiths' 3219, 3402; Kress 1954, 2042; Wing D-307, P-2778.