Some General Considerations concerning the Alteration and Improvement of Publick Revenues

by Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford

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First edition

First edition. Half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Later boards. Some spotting and soiling of half-title, else a very good copy. Kress Supplement 1781; McCulloch p. 324. Item #22835 An outcry had arisen at Walpole's proposal for a change in the excise system. It was seen as the first step towards a general excise. What Walpole wished to implement was a change in the tax on imported wine and tobacco, which was at that time

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