Britannia languens, or A discourse of trade: shewing the grounds and reasons of the increase and decay of land-rents, national wealth and strength. With application to the late and present state and condition of England, France, and the United Provinces.
William Petyt (1636-1707)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3187632
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8], 72, 129-160, 97-164, 161-303, [9] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 4168. Pagination: [8], 72, 129-160, 97-303, [9] p. Signatures: A4 a8 B-D8 E4 F-U8 X4. Provenance: with manuscript marginal annotations in pencil in seventeenth-century[?] hand. Manuscript inscription in pencil on rear fly-leaf: "Roger Cooke of Trade". Binding: seventeenth-century sheepskin; single blind fillet border, with quarter blind fillet; blind roll pattern on board edges. Recessed cords. Plain spine. Marbled edges. Manuscript title tab pasted onto foot of rear pastedown: "Britannia Languens".
Makers and roles
William Petyt (1636-1707) Philanglus Philanglus