Paine, Thomas (1737-1809) William Cobbett & Robert Hamilton - THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF FINANCE + COBBETT'S PAPER AGAINST GOLD + AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE RISE AND PROGRESS .. MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEBT OF GREAT BRITAIN. The second edition, enlarged.

London & Edinburgh, D.I. Eaton at his Ratiocinatory, W. Cobbett & Oliphant, Waugh & Innes etc. 1810, 1815, 1814 . Three Titles in One Volume octavo contemporary half brown calf with 5 faux bands gilt & blind-tooled, marbled paper sides (rebacked with original spine relaid) 32pp including the titlepage; Cobbett's PAPER AGAINST G0LD issued in 15 numbers at two-pence each here bound together & through paginated with 470pp containing all "XXXII Letters" without a titlepage but at end with "Botley 12th Sept 1815 Entered at Stationers' Hall Printed W. Molineaux .. Published by W. Cobbett" (Kress B6891) containing The History & Mystery of Bank of England Funds, The Debt, The Sinking Fund, The Bank Stoppage, The Lowering and Raising of the Value of Paper-money & shewing that taxation, pauperism .. all increased ..with a Funding system; lastly Robert Hamilton AN INQUIRY CONCERNING THE RISE AND PRGRESS, THE REDEMPTIN AND PRESENT STATE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEBT OF GREAT BRITIAN second & enlarged edition [8]pp Title & prelims +272pp. A neat tight handsomely bound compilation of three important papers on the British Financial System (Kress B6331). Bookplate of Harry Page of owl riding a ram and holding a mirror with a dunces cap on top.

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