[PATERSON, William] An Enquiry into the State of the Union of Great Britain, and the past and present state of the trade and publick revenues therof, London: A. & W. Bell & J. Watts, 1717, small 8°, FIRST EDITION (lacking A2, a few light spots), contemporary sprinkled calf (extremities quite rubbed). [Goldsmiths' 5339; Kress 3030]

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[PATERSON, William] An Enquiry into the State of the Union of Great Britain, and the past and present state of the trade and publick revenues therof, London: A. & W. Bell & J. Watts, 1717, small 8°, FIRST EDITION (lacking A2, a few light spots), contemporary sprinkled calf (extremities quite rubbed). [Goldsmiths' 5339; Kress 3030]

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William Paterson (1658-1719) was founder of the Bank of England in 1694, though he remained a director for only one year, withdrawing in 1695 after a difference of opinion with his colleagues.

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