holroyd john baker first earl (2 Ergebnisse)

3 pages. 8vo. Sheffield Place, October 11, 1805, with engraved portrait of Sheffield by John Jones after Reynolds, 1798, trimmed & laid to album leaf. The letter is hinge mounted. Together with a photocopy of the relevant page from the Gentleman's Magazine for September, 1805, containing the epitaph and Free's introductory note. Holroyd, John Baker, 1st Earl of Sheffield, 1735-1821, was a close friend and literary executor of Edward Gibbon, whose unpublished papers he published in two volumes in 1796. Beckwith Dodwell Free (born 1762), Student of Law at St John's College, Oxford, matriculated 1778, and was later a member of Lincoln's Inn. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xlvii, 345, [38]tables & indexes, 24(Table IX). 10 folding tables. 19th century half calf (extremities worn, upper margin of e4 defective only affecting running title, scattered foxing). Inscribed 'From the Author'. armorial bookplate of Sir Wm. Purves Hume Campbell. 1824 inscription from Campbell giving the book to the Marchmont Library. Sixth Enlarged Edition. A detailed exposition and statistical comparison of the imports and exports of Great Britain and the United States, from 1700 to 1783. With each edition, Sheffield substantially revised and enlarged the text. Written in opposition to the bill introduced by Pitt in 1783, proposing to relax the navigation laws in favour of the States, the work was influential in determining the abandonment of the motion. Sheffield points up the weak position of America and continually stresses the growing commercial importance and potential of the West Indies and Canada (especially Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, particularly with regard to fisheries, lumber, and ship-building). There are a total of 16 tables on 29 leaves and folding sheets. Gagnon I 3295. Goldsmiths' 12623. Howes H-616. Kress B.784. Sabin 32633. TPL 577. cfJCB 2999. cfLande 784. Signed by Author(s).