1817 · London
by Steel, David.
London: Steel and Goddard, 1817. xx, (4), 836, viii-238, (5 adverts) b/w frontispiece and plate.
Later edition of a title that was constantly reprinted for over 60 years, this edition with contemporary material on privateering, slavery, whale fishery, as well as all phases of more peaceful mercantile activity including accounting, pilotage, insurance, and the various laws of the day, and newly published duties and laws in America. Fourteenth edition, with a printed note on the copyright page, dated 1817, directing the reader's attention to "Passengers to Canada, &c. by the act of 1817..." See Witt, 136. Bound in original full mottled calf with spine label and gilt decoration on backstrip. An interesting bookseller's ticket is tipped in at the bottom of the title page. Very good copy of an important book. (Inventory #: 41149)
Later edition of a title that was constantly reprinted for over 60 years, this edition with contemporary material on privateering, slavery, whale fishery, as well as all phases of more peaceful mercantile activity including accounting, pilotage, insurance, and the various laws of the day, and newly published duties and laws in America. Fourteenth edition, with a printed note on the copyright page, dated 1817, directing the reader's attention to "Passengers to Canada, &c. by the act of 1817..." See Witt, 136. Bound in original full mottled calf with spine label and gilt decoration on backstrip. An interesting bookseller's ticket is tipped in at the bottom of the title page. Very good copy of an important book. (Inventory #: 41149)
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