An Essay on the East-India Trade, and it's importance to this Kingdom;

£350 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

An interesting essay arguing for the continued monopoly of trade by the East-India Company. It cites the South Sea Bubble as a phantom that should not spook the belief in the Company: in 1772 the Company stock price rose significantly, causing a Credit Crisis that would be catastrophic. More than 20 European Banks failed and British debts in India ballooned to £1,200,000. Rare, with only 1 UK institutional copy (BL). First edition; 8vo (20.5 x 13 cm); half-title, disbound with remains to spine, last gathering loose; [4], 67 pp. Pickett 842.

• Binding: Hardcover

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