An essay upon the probable methods of making a people gainers in the ballance of trade. . Treating of these heads, viz. Of the people of England. Of the land of England, and its product. Of our payments to the publick, and in what manner the ballance of trade may be thereby affected. That a country cannot increase in wealth and power but by private men doing their duty to the publick, and but by a steady course of honesty and wisdom, in such as are trusted with the administration of affairs. By the author of the Essay on ways and means.
Charles Davenant (1656 - 1714)
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3093389
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 181, 183-184, 186-187, 189-190, 192-312 p., [6] fold. leaves . 8vo.. Binding: Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century blind tooled mottled calf binding; rebacked.
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)