[DEFOE, Daniel] An Essay upon Loans; or, An argument proving that susbstantial funds settled by Parliament, with the encouragnement of interests, and the advances of prompt payment usually allow'd, will bring in loans of money to the Exchequer, in spite of all the conspiracies of parties to the contrary ..., London: printed and sold by the book-sellers, 1710, 8° in 4's, FIRST EDITION (dampstained, corners creased, final 2 leaves soiled), stitched, uncut. [Goldsmiths' 4618; Kress 2658; Moore 192] With 5 others by Defoe comprising A Brief Reply to the History of Standing Armies in England (London, 1698, 4°), The Mock Mourners. A satyr by way of elegy on King Willliam (London, 1702, 4°, fifth edition), Queries to the New Hereditary Right-Men (London, 1710), A Reply to a Traiterous Libel (London, 1715), and an imperfect work. (6)