Discourses on the publick revenues, and on the trade of England. . In two parts. Viz. I. Of the use of political arithmetick, in all considerations about the revenues and trade. II. On credit, and the means and methods by which it may be restored. III. On the management of the King's revenues. IV. Whither to farm the revenues, may not, in this juncture, be most for the public service? V. On the publick debts and engagements. By the author of The essay on ways and means. Part I. To which is added, a discourse upon improving the revenue of the state of Athens. Written originally in Greek, by Xenophon; and now made English from the original, with some historical notes; by another hand.
Charles Davenant (1656 - 1714)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Measurements
194 x 125 x 34 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3051012
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supports Date of Binding: contemporaryBinder's Name: EnglishEnd Leaves: Sewn single fold within an outside hook without visible stub, all of plain white laid paper. Stub(?) and outer full leaf pasted to the boardStructure: EnglishEdges: plain cut , sparsely sprinkled with pigment and polished Spine Lining: Nearly flat with slight joints and no visible linings. End Bands: Worekd L-R 2x2 in blue and white thread over cane cores with 3 tiedowns.Bookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm rope fibre boards, long shallow angle back cornering, slips 1, 2 , 4 and 5 laced in only, anlges slightly up in front board and down in backCovering: Brown tanned hair sheep (?), sparsely sprinkled with black pigment. Tooling Spine: gold-tooled corner and centrepiece in panels with red tanned goat lettering piece in panel 2Tooling Sides: blind-tooled roll on board edges. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: TapesBinding Notes: Bookplate on verso f titlepage of William Dobyns of Lincoln’s Inn Esq., and of William Windham Esquire inside the front board
Bibliographic description
[16],279,[1],62,[2];[12],241,243-244,246-247,249-250,252 -434,64p., [4] leaves of plates . charts . 8vo.. Imperfect: pt. 2 only. manuscript inscription on inside front board: "GA:".. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Jo: Hyliff"[?].. Binding: Seventeenth-century[?] sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; blind roll on board edges; blind fillets, gilt title label and vol. no. stamp '2' on spine.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Charles Davenant (1656 - 1714) Xenophon (c.430 - c.355 BC)