A Treatise On The Wealth Power And Resources Of The British Empire In Every Quarter Of The World

by Colquhoun Atrick

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First edition

London: Joseph Mawman, Ludgate-Street, 1814. First edition, 4to, pp. xii, 432, 91, 1 ; some wrinkling of the prelims, but in all a near fine, sound copy in original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine. This is the first comprehensive statistical survey of the British Empire, with an analysis of the income and expenditure of Britain and her dependencies. The object of this work is to explain, as far as explanation

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