Charles King | The British Merchant. London, 1721, 3 volumes, contemporary panelled calf

Charles King

The British Merchant; or, commerce preserv'd. London: John Darby, 1721

3 volumes, 8vo (225 x 133mm.), list of subscribers and 2 folding letterpress tables in volume one, contemporary panelled calf, bumped at corners, joints starting

The British Merchant was a periodical published in 1713-1714, at the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, in opposition of proposed treaties to reduce the duties on French imports, and in response to Daniel Defoe's Mercator, which supported the treaties.

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Cornwell House, inkstamp