TORRENS, Robert (1780-1864). An Essay on the External Corn Trade. London: J. Hatchard, 1815. 8° (209 x 126mm). (Light browning in last two leaves.) Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt spine (spine a little rubbed, bookplate removed).
FIRST EDITION, subsequently several times reprinted, of Torrens's essay on the corn trade, a work that Ricardo considered 'unanswered and unanswerable'. Goldsmiths' 21191; Kress B.6596.
TORRENS, Robert (1780-1864). An Essay on the External Corn Trade. London: J. Hatchard, 1815. 8° (209 x 126mm). (Light browning in last two leaves.) Contemporary dark blue half calf, gilt spine (spine a little rubbed, bookplate removed).
FIRST EDITION, subsequently several times reprinted, of Torrens's essay on the corn trade, a work that Ricardo considered 'unanswered and unanswerable'. Goldsmiths' 21191; Kress B.6596.
