J. 17
Gee on trade.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 98. no. 80, as above.
GEE,
Joshua.
The Trade and navigation of Great-Britain Considered . . . By Joshua Gee. A new edition, with many interesting notes, and additions. By a Merchant.
Glasgow: Printed for
Robert Urie,
mdcclxvii
. [1767.]
HF3505.6 .G3
12mo. 137 leaves (this copy lacks A
1, probably blank).
Urie’s advertisement on the last page.
Lowndes II, 871.
This edition not in Sabin.
McCulloch, page 45.
Old sheep, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
From the library of Thomas M. Randolph, with his signature (under the bookplate) and the cost,
3/.
Joshua Gee, English trader, was one of the principal contributors to
The British Merchant
, q.v. The first edition was anonymously published in London in 1729.
[3565]
J. 18
Tucker on trade.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 81, as above.
TUCKER,
Josiah.
An Essay on the advantages and disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great Britain, with regard to trade. With
some proposals for removing the principal disadvantages of Great Britain. By Mr. Josiah Tucker, of Bristol. The
fourth edition.
Glasgow: Printed in the year
mdcclvi.
[1756.]
HF3508 .F8 T9
12mo. 100 leaves.
Not in Lowndes.
Sabin 97342.
Palgrave III, 588.
Original sheep. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
From the library of Thomas M. Randolph, with his autograph signature on the inside cover, and the price
2/6.
Other works by Josiah Tucker, 1712-1799, Welsh economist and dean of Gloucester, have appeared in this catalogue.
The first edition of this
Essay, with title
A Brief Essay, etc., was printed in London in 1749. Several references to the American colonies occur. Among the principal advantages of
Great Britain with respect to trade are:
Our vast colonies on the continent of America, a singular advantage. (No. 8.)
The advantages of the island of Jamaica, over any of the French islands, on account of its situation. (No. 9.)
Among the principal disadvantages are:
Our colonies not so much under the command of their mother country, nor so studious of her welfare, as the French are. (No.
11.)
[3566]
J. 19
Decker on trade.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 82, as above.
[DECKER,
Matthew.]
An Essay on the causes of the decline of the Foreign Trade, consequently of the value of the lands of Britain, and on the
means to restore both . . .
Edinburgh:
m,dcc,lvi
. [1756.]
HF3505.6 .D29
12mo. 124 leaves in sixes.
Halkett and Laing II, 196 (Richardson).
Not in Lowndes.
McCulloch, page 46.
Old sheep. Original label pasted down on fly-leaf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress 1815
bookplate.
From the library of Thomas Mann Randolph, with his autograph signature and the cost,
3/-, on the inside
