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TRADE AND FINANCE -- PINTO, I. de. An Essay on Circulation and Credit, translated by S. Baggs [Sir P. Francis?]. London: J. Ridley, 1774. 4° (269 x 208mm). (Very lightly browned throughout.) 19th-century hardgrained half morocco (extremities rubbed). Provenance: National Liberal Club (small blue library stamp on title and elsewhere). First English edition - it first appeared in French in 1771 - of Pinto's description of the Stock Exchange and other forms of speculation. Goldsmiths' 11184; Higgs 6069; Kress 7042.
[DECKER, Sir Matthew (1679-1749)]. An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade. London: J. Brotherton, 1744. 4° (257 x 184mm.). Modern calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Goldsmiths' 8052; Hanson 5780; Kress 4691. With 2 others: Harry Verelst, A View ... of the English Government in Bengal (London, 1772) and James Steuart, The Principles applied to the Present State of the Coin of Bengal (London, 1772).
[DECKER, Sir Matthew (1679-1749)]. An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade. London: J. Brotherton, 1744. 4° (257 x 184mm.). Modern calf-backed marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Goldsmiths' 8052; Hanson 5780; Kress 4691. With 2 others: Harry Verelst, A View ... of the English Government in Bengal (London, 1772) and James Steuart, The Principles applied to the Present State of the Coin of Bengal (London, 1772).