[PATERSON, William (1658-1719)]. Proposals and Reasons for constituting a Council of Trade. Edinburgh: printed in the year, 1701. 8° (170 x 100mm). (Some soiling and spotting.) Contemporary calf (rubbed, joints cracked).
FIRST of two editions, proposing an interventionist council of trade to control Scotland's ailing economy. RARE ON THE MARKET. No sale recorded in AE since 1968. Goldsmiths’ 3756; Hanson 13; Kress 2313; McLeod 304.
[PATERSON, William (1658-1719)]. Proposals and Reasons for constituting a Council of Trade. Edinburgh: printed in the year, 1701. 8° (170 x 100mm). (Some soiling and spotting.) Contemporary calf (rubbed, joints cracked).
FIRST of two editions, proposing an interventionist council of trade to control Scotland's ailing economy. RARE ON THE MARKET. No sale recorded in AE since 1968. Goldsmiths’ 3756; Hanson 13; Kress 2313; McLeod 304.
