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Author: [Anderson, Adam]
Title: An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. To Which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Exhibiting a View of the Ancient and Modern State of Europe; of the Importance of our Colonies; and of the Commerce, Shipping, Manufactures, Fisheries, &c. of Great Britain and Ireland: And Their Influence on the Landed Interest
Place Published: London
Publisher:A. Millar, [et al.]
Date Published: 1764
Description: 2 volumes. x, xxxiv, [4], 500; [2], 433, [1], [126], [4], 111, [1], [5] pp. Three folding maps. (Folio) 41x26 cm (16¼x10¼"), period full calf. First Edition."Coming down from earliest times to the year 1762, Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals, it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise, but a history of the political, industrial, and social development of all civilised countries, and especially of Great Britain and Ireland" (DNB). "The author was a clerk in the South-Sea House, London. It contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company, and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720." (Sabin). Sabin 1382; Kress 6154. Chinese seal to both title pages.

Moderate binding wear, boards weak or loose, some repaired with adhesive, vol. 2 front board loose; bookplates, moderate foxing, occasional paper repairs; still very good.