An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce: from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Containing an History of the Great Commercial Interests of the British Empire To Which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Exhibiting a View of the Ancient and Modern State of Europe; of the Importance of Our Colonies; and of the Commerce, Shipping, Manufactures, Fisheries, & C. of Great Britain and Ireland: and Their Influence on the La Hardcover - 1764

E-08: A. Millar, Et Al,. Very Good. 1764. Hardcover. Leather. Folio (10-1/2 by 17 inches). A. Millar, et al, London. 1764. Two volumes. Xxxiv, 500 pages; 434 pgs. With large folding hemispheric map of the world and two other maps. Bound in contemporary full brown calf leather with burgundy morocco spine labels, raised bands. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First edition of this important authoritative history of commerce, with a focus on Britain's acquisition of "new American markets," as well as the greater consequences of "the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720" when the South Sea Bubble burst. Within this impressive two-volume work are extensive references to treaties, parliamentary acts, the substantive contributions of economic texts, and thorough statistical accounts of currency, population and wealth. "In the year preceding Anderson's death appeared his great and only work, An Historical and Chronological Deduction. Coming down from the earliest times to the year 1762, Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals, it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise, but a history of the political, industrial, and social development of all civilised countries, and especially of Great Britain and Ireland. Abstracts of all treaties, acts of parliament, and pamphlets in any way bearing on commerce or kindred matters, are added, together with statistical accounts of the national finances, of prices, currency, and population. In the introduction to his work Anderson showed himself in advance of his time, and exposed several of the fallacies of the mercantile system. He condemned industrial monopolies, and advocated the naturalisation of foreign protestants, and a uniformity of weights, measures, and coinage for all the nations of Christendom." E-08; Folio 13" - 23" tall .