Author: BENTHAM JEREMY
Title: Defence of Usury; Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains, In a Series of Letters to a Friend.
Description: London, T. Payne and Son. 1790, Second Edition. Cloth, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. 'To Which is Added a Letter to Adam Smith on the Discouragements Opposed By the Above Restraints to the Progress of Inventive Industry.' Second edition stated on title, possibly 19th century cloth, soiled and rubbed, gilt titled spine, upper joint partially split, paper residue to paste down, inscripiton to fep dated 1878, binder's ? rubber stamp to verso of fep, fep is part of the newer binding, next is the title, with small contemporary ink name at head 'J Carr', (vi) (1)-206pp, a few very minor pencil notes, nice copy suitable for a better binding than this plain 'library' style cloth, mayhap this work is the root of the debt-trap!. Very Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Economics Ecomy Monetary Policy Banking British Eighteenth Century Trade Commerce Banking Usury Interest Debt Jeremy Bentham Adam Smith Age of Reason Rationalisation of Comemrce


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