A plan of the English commerce : being a compleat prospect of the trade of this nation, as well the home trade as the foreign. In three parts. Part I. Containing a view of the present magnitude of the English trade, as it respects, 1. the exportation of our own growth and manufacture. 2. The importation of merchants goods from abroad. 3. The prodigious consumption of both at home. Part II. Containing an answer to that great and important question now depending, whether our trade, and especially our manufactures, are in a declining condition, or no? Part III. Containing several proposals entirely new, for extending and improving our trade, and promoting the consumption of our manufactures, in countries wherewith we have hitherto had no commerce. Humbly offered to the consideration of the King and Parliament.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Commerce.

Great Britain.

Commerce.

Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

xvi pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 368 pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

reer r-r- p-to anAs (3) 1728 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Charles Rivington ..., M.DXX.XXVIII. [1728]

Notes:

Published anonymously. Attributed to Daniel Defoe.

Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-2A⁸.

Woodcut headpieces on p.[iii], leaf a1, leaf a4, and p.[1]; factotum initials on leaf a2 and p.[1]; tailpieces.

Advertisement on pp.[7] and [8] preceding text for books printed for Charles Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard.

Cited in:

ESTC, T70838

Hanson, 3837

Moore, J.R. Checklist of the writings of Daniel Defoe 499

OCLC:

6528314