A new discourse of trade : wherein are recommended several weighty points, relating to Companies of Merchants; The Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, and our Woollen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade, And Nature of Plantations; with their Consequences, in relation to the Kingdom, are seriously discussed. Methods for the Employment and Maintenance of the Poor are proposed. The Reduction of Interest of Money to 4 l. per cent. is recommended. And some Proposals for erecting a Court of Merchants, for determining Controversies relating to Maritime Affairs, and for a Law for Transferring of Bills of Debts, are humbly offer'd. To which is added, A short, but most excellent Treatise of Interest. By Sir Josiah Child, Baronet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Child, Josiah, Sir, 1630-1699.

Standardized Title:

Discourse about trade

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balance of trade--Great Britain.

Great Britain--Commerce--History.

Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],xlvi,260,[2]p. )

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Other Title:

New discourse of trade

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Hodges , on London-Bridge ; W. Meadows at the Angel in Cornhill ; C. Corbet , against St Dunstan's Church, Fleet street ; J. Jackson , at St. James's Gate ; J Stagg , in Westminster-Hall ; and J. Bevill, near St. Saviours Church, Southwark, [1745?]

Notes:

Originally published in 1690 as: A discourse about trade.

In this edition there is a single rule above and below "By Sir Josiah Child, Baronet" and after "The fourth edition.".

Price from imprint: Price Bound 3 s.

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N42058.

OCLC:

642202125