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
Place of origin
London
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3233007
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],279,[1],62,[2];[12],241,243-244,246-247,249-250,252 -434,64p., [4] leaves of plates. charts. 8vo. Acquired by Ed Potten from a Tokyo bookseller and returned to Gunby Hall February, 2019. Imperfect: Volume one only. Provenance: Booklabel: Henry Massingberd, Gunby. 1781. No. 443. [i.e. Henry Massingberd (d.1784)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf; spine gilt; red spine label: Davenan of Reven & Trade Pt 1.
Makers and roles
Charles Davenant (1656 - 1714) Xenophon (c.430 - c.355 BC)