Political arithmetic. :. Containing observations on the present state of Great Britain; and the principles of her policy in the encouragement of agriculture. Addressed to the oeconomical societies established in Europe. To which is added, A memoir on the corn trade: drawn up and laid before the Commissioners of the Treasury. By Governor Pownall. / By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. Author of the Tours through England - honorary member of the Societies of Dublin, York, and Manchester, and of the Oeconomical Society of Berne in Switzerland
Arthur Young (1741-1820)
Category
Books
Date
1774
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3171263
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, [4], 366, [2] p.. 8vo Provenance: Author’s ms. inscription on flyleaf: ‘If the author when he wrote this Tract had been happy in the various Instruction which he has since experienced in the Earl of Bristol’s Conversation he flatters himself it would have been more deserving the honour of his Lordship’s Perusal. Arthur Young.’ Binding: Early nineteenth-century full mottled calf over boards; gilt fillet to form a border; spine gilt with later spine label: ‘Political arithmetic. Young’; sewn on five raised bands
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
Arthur Young (1741-1820) Thomas Pownall (1722-1805) Governor of Massachusetts