Shelfmark
Fk.5.11(06)
Author
Gould, Nathaniel Sir.
Title
An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom, wherein the importance of discharging them is considered; the provisions for that purpose by the sinking fund, and the progress therein hitherto made, are stated and explained; the sufficiency of those provisions are demonstrated; some general mistakes about the nature and efficacy of this expedient examined and removed; and the progress of the sinking fund described and computed from Midsummer, 1727 : To which is subjoined, an enquiry into the general convenience of reducing farther the interest of our publick debts below 4 per cent. per annum. In a letter to a member of the House of Commons.
Varying form of title
Political miscellanies &c
Edition
The third edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for J. Peele, at Locke's-Head in Pater-noster-Row, M.DCC.XXVI [1726].
Physical description
viii, 120p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
Anonymous. By Sir Nathaniel Gould.
Note
Price from imprint: price One Shilling and Six-Pence.
Note
Bound with seventeen other items.
Note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Note
Previously: Dm.5.11.
Note
Ms. inscription in pencil: "Checked March 1924".
Citation/references note
Goldsmiths', 6475; Hanson, 3606n; ESTC T33407
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. New Haven, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1974. 1 reel ; 35mm. (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 393, no. 6475).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group. 2001. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 347. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 12139, no. 02).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Binding
18th century quarter brown calf; red and faded blue marbled paper covered boards; four raised bands; spine title: "Political miscellanies &c".
Subject
Sinking-funds Great Britain.
Subject
Debts, Public Early works to 1800 Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Peele, John, ? - d. 1771 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B23567