Author: Knox, John
Title: A VIEW OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE MORE ESPECIALLY SCOTLAND With some proposals for the improvement of that country, the extension of its fisheries and the relief of tha people
Description: London, J.Walter & J.Sewell & W.Gordon in Edinburgh 1784 First Edition . 8vo leather on five raised bands gilt rules to either side of the raised bands. No title {rather rubbed/ top edge darkened/upper hinge repaired] Titlepage + xxxviii pp [=Preface and introduction] xxxix - lxx [Antient and Present state of Scotland ] + 113pp + [1p= errata etc] Five leaves at the front with marginal damp marks and two leaves at the aend with darker stain affecting the upper corner and a few lines of text, which text is quite readable. Some other signs of use but really quite clean and paper crisp, without annotations or underlinging. The introduction deals with the worldwide empire as tp the exports and imports from the colonies, their their financial dealing with England, the cost of maintaining a dispersed empire and its revolutions the increases in population are dealt with over time. This is followed by a more detailed examination of Scotland especially the fisheries. An appendix extracted from Dr.Campbell's Political survey of Great Britain [1774] Dr.Johnson's Journey to the Western Isles in 1773 + Pennant's Tour in Scotland 1769 and Voyage to the Hebrides 1772 and the author's tour of Scotland conclude the book. Kress B742

Keywords: Review of Economics England Colonies Scotland


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