The Ship-Masters Assistant and Owners Manual... (bound with) ... Steels Tables of the British Custom and Excise Duties.
1799 · London
by (Steel, David.)
London: David Steel, 1799. xiv (2 plus plate), 402, (2); 120, 24, (2) pp. b/w frontispiece and plate.
A scarce and valuable source, containing contemporary material on privateering and the slave act, as well as all phases of more peaceful mercantile activity including accounting, pilotage, insurance, and the various laws of the day (whaling and fishing) and newly published duties and laws in America. This is the eighth edition, considerably enlarged from earlier editions. Bound with Steels New and Complete Tables... giving the latest information on American duties enacted by Congress in 1797, and listing American ports and customs officers. Adams & Waters 3284, Witt 7, 130 - First mention of David Steel, Jr. as the author of this publication, probably because the father was already dying or even dead. A very nice copy, bound in original full calf, rebacked to match, with label and gilt rules. (Inventory #: 40608)
A scarce and valuable source, containing contemporary material on privateering and the slave act, as well as all phases of more peaceful mercantile activity including accounting, pilotage, insurance, and the various laws of the day (whaling and fishing) and newly published duties and laws in America. This is the eighth edition, considerably enlarged from earlier editions. Bound with Steels New and Complete Tables... giving the latest information on American duties enacted by Congress in 1797, and listing American ports and customs officers. Adams & Waters 3284, Witt 7, 130 - First mention of David Steel, Jr. as the author of this publication, probably because the father was already dying or even dead. A very nice copy, bound in original full calf, rebacked to match, with label and gilt rules. (Inventory #: 40608)