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Observations politiques, morales & experimentees, sur les vrais principes de la finance : suivies d'un essay sur les moyens de reforme, pour les finances de la Grande Bretagne : et d'une ebauche pour un plan d'emprunt, selon lequel le gouvernement brittannique, pourra d'abord trouver les fonds necessaires, & leurs interêts, pour payer les arrérages de la dernière guerre : sans imposer d'avantage le peuple, par de nouveaux droits, taxes, ou accises / par J: V: D: Hey ...

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HJ1013 .H49 1784
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hey, J. van der, author.
Contributor:
Reynell, H. (Henry), -1811, printer.
Bossière, David, publisher.
Debrett, John, -1822, publisher.
Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, publisher.
Typographical Society (London, England), publisher.
William J. and Irma S. Roach Fund.
Standardized Title:
Traité sur la finance.
Language:
French
Subjects (All):
Finance--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Finance.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Early works
Penn Provenance:
Hey, J. van der (autograph) (Kislak Center copy)
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790 (inscription) (Kislak Center copy)
Physical Description:
xx,124 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Fingerprint:
stRE e-s- loue auSi (3) 1784 (R)
Place of Publication:
Londres : Imprimé pour l'auteur chez Mr. H. Reynell, no. 21, rue Piccadilly : & publié chez Mr. Boissere, dans la Societe Typographique, rue St. James : chez Mr. J. de Brett, rue Piccadilly, & chez J. Sewell, no. 32, Cornhill, MDCCLXXXIV [1784]
Notes:
With a half-title.
Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ c² A-P⁴ Q².
Errata on leaf Q2v.
"L'auteur ne reconnaitra d'autres exemplaires de cet ouvrage, comme le produit de sa plume, que ceux, dont la prémière [sic] dedicace sera signée de son nom & de sa propre main. L'auteur est occupé de translater cet ouvrage en langue brittanique, & le publiera aussi-tôt possible.[sic]"--ESTC.
Price from imprint: Prix 3 Shillings.
Local Notes:
Kislak Center copy has some manuscript marks in pencil in text.
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William J. and Irma S. Roach Fund.
Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Bruce McKittrick.
Kislak Center copy has author's dated 18th-century manuscript inscription ("L'Auteur de cet Ouvrage a l'honneur d'offrir trés respectueusement cet Exemplaire à Sa Majesté L'Empereur & Roi. Westminster ce 23 Avril 1784. Van der Hey.") to Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II on blank leaf preceding half-title leaf; signed by the author on page vii.
Kislak Center copy has printed and manuscript 19th-century shelf-mark label ("A 42 P 5 No 16") on front pastedown.
Kislak Center copy: binding: "Contemporary English gilt red morocco with a single wide frame of five rolls (one inside the other) including foliage, Greek keys and woven ribbons, open central rectangle, flat spine with corner-and-center decoration, gilt-lettered red morocco label, all edges gilt, green silk marker."--Bookseller's description.
Cited in:
ESTC T226161
OCLC:
1328706958

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