[Hey, J. van der]
Traité sur la finance:
Ouvrage utile aux Anglais, Français, Autrichiens, Hollandais, aux Politiques, Négociants, & à tous autres Citoyens.
Description:
woodcut arms on title, damp-staining in the margins, and a bit of spotting,
pp. [ii], 124, 8vo,
original drab wrappers, lower cover partly defective
Publication Details:
Londres: no printer, 1784
Notes: A response to a pan-European financial crisis, the long term effects of the Seven Years' War. The long title of a 'Proposal for printing by subscription Essays of reform on the system of the finances of Great Britain' (the book never materialised) gives an idea of the content: 'for re-establishing the public credit; for Supplying the Present, and for Preventing the Future Want of Circulating Specie, for Reducing One Hundred and Forty Millions of the National Debt, without charging the People with any New Burthens whatever; and, Finally, For relieving Trade and Manufactures from all unnecessary...moreA response to a pan-European financial crisis, the long term effects of the Seven Years' War. The long title of a 'Proposal for printing by subscription Essays of reform on the system of the finances of Great Britain' (the book never materialised) gives an idea of the content: 'for re-establishing the public credit; for Supplying the Present, and for Preventing the Future Want of Circulating Specie, for Reducing One Hundred and Forty Millions of the National Debt, without charging the People with any New Burthens whatever; and, Finally, For relieving Trade and Manufactures from all unnecessary Restraints, Duties, Taxes, and Excises. and The Landholders, also, from Part of the Land Tax: Touched on the Principles of Sound Policy, and Financial Wisdom, and Founded on the Solid Basis of Equity, and Justice. In two volumes. By J. Vand Der Hey, Privy Counsellor of Commerce to his Majesty the King of Prussia. Volume I, 1786, Logographic Press'. Kansas only in ESTC. Also published in London in 1784 as: 'Observations politiques, morales & experimentees.. par J: V: D: Hey', with extra preliminary matter. Both editions are rare: the present edition Harvard University Graduate School of Business only in ESTC, 'Observations politiques' including a variant imprint, BL, LSE, and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. At one point the author avers that the true principles of Administration include: De restreindre l'inégalité immoderée des Richesses d'entre les mains des Hautes Financiers.' HIDE
Bibliography: (ESTC N45660)
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Price: £750
Subject: Economics
Published Date: 1784
Stock Number: 64459
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