MERCATOR, ed. DEFOE | Nos.1-181, 1713--1714

From the Library of the Earls of Haddington

[DEFOE, DANIEL]

Mercator: or, Commerce Retrieved, being Considerations on the State of British Trade... For Benj. Tooke, 1713-1714

single sheets, issued thrice weekly, number 1 (Tuesday 16 May 26, 1713)--number 181 (Saturday 17 July to Tuesday 20 July 1714), For Benj. Tooke, 1713-1714, all in one volume, contemporary mottled calf, red edges, rebacked, edges worn, covers slightly scuffed, some browning and foxing, some imprints cropped

It now seems to be generally accepted that this periodical, designed to support the proposed Treaty of Commerce with France, was written and edited by Defoe, though credit for assistance is sometimes given to Charles Davenant and Arthur Moore.

LITERATURE:

Moore 529; Furbank & Owens 252

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