[DEFOE, Daniel, (1659?-1731)]. The Chimera; or, the French Way of Paying National Debts laid open. London: for T. Warner, 1720. 8° (195 x 125mm). (Lacking first blank, some browning and spotting.) Modern brown morocco gilt by W.H. Smith and Son.

[DEFOE, Daniel, (1659?-1731)]. The Chimera; or, the French Way of Paying National Debts laid open. London: for T. Warner, 1720. 8° (195 x 125mm). (Lacking first blank, some browning and spotting.) Modern brown morocco gilt by W.H. Smith and Son.

FIRST EDITION of this comparative treatise on credit in England and France. It includes a comprehensive discussion of John Law and the Mississippi scheme, a chaotic economic collapse in France in 1719. Moore, 426; Goldsmiths' 5740; Kress 3190.