cover, the signature concealed by the bookplate.
Sir Matthew Decker, 1679-1749, English merchant and writer on trade, was a member of Parliament and a director of the East India Company. He
was born in Amsterdam and went to London in 1702. This treatise is ascribed also to William Richardson; for discussions on
the authorship see McCulloch and Palgrave.
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Child on trade.
1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 83, as above, 12mo.
CHILD,
Sir Josiah.
A New Discourse of trade, wherein is recommended several weighty points relating to companies of merchants. The Act of Navigation.
Naturalization of strangers. And our woollen manufactures. The ballance of trade. And the nature of plantations, and their
consequences in relation to the Kingdom, are seriously discussed . . . By Sir Josiah Child. The
second edition.
London Printed: and sold by
Sam. Crouch,
Tho. Horn, &
Jos. Hindmarsh,
1694.
HC254.5 .C54
8vo. 144 leaves, the last a blank, the 11 preceding leaves for the Postscript and A Small Treatise Against Usury [by Sir Thomas Culpepper].
STC C3861.
McCulloch, page 42.
Original panelled calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate. On the title-page is the signature of Thomas Corbin Jun
r. p
t 3
s.
Sir Josiah Child, 1630-1699, was for a time governor of the East India Company, and held other important commercial positions. Chapter VII
in this work is headed
Concerning Naturalization, and deals with the naturalization of the Jews. The first edition appeared in 1690, and another in 1693.
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Condillac sur le commerce et gouvernement.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 96. no. 84, as above.
CONDILLAC,
Etienne Bonnot de.
Le Commerce et le Gouvernement, considérés rélativement l’un à l’autre. Ouvrage élémentaire, Par M. l’Abbé de Condillac, de l’Académie Françoise, & Membre de la Société Royale d’Agriculture d’Orléans . . . Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A
Amsterdam, et se trouve à
Paris: Chez
Jombert & Cellot,
m.dcc.lxxvi
. [1776.]
HB153 .C74
First Edition. 12mo. 2 parts in 1, 140 and 92 leaves: [ ]
2, A-L
12, M
6, the last a blank; [ ]
2, A-G
12, H
6.
Quérard II, 266.
Palgrave I, 385.
Contemporary calf, labels on the back with the title and author’s name, initialled by Jefferson at sig. I in the first part;
with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, 1714-1780, Abbé of Mureaux, was the younger brother of Mably, q.v. This work supports the doctrines of the physiocrats,
except in regard to industry.
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Foronda de los reynos de Portugal y España por Bielfield.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 94. no. 116, Bielfield, Instituciones, politicas de Portugal y Espana, par Foronda, p 4to.
von BIELFIELD, Jacob Friedrich, Freiherr.
Instituciones Politicas. Obra en que se trata de los Reynos de Portugal, y España . . . Escrita en Idioma
Frances por el Varon de Bielfield. Y traducida
