Author: Dunckley, Henry.
Title: De vrije Handels-staatkunde en haar invloed op nijverheid en volkswelvaart : een door de Anti-Graanwet-Maatschappij in Engeland met den Eersten Prijs bekroond prijsschrift.
Description: Uit het Engelsch. Met eene voorrede van P.P. van Bosse. Hoogezand : Joustra, 1856. Later halfcloth binding with marbled boards. XXXII, 487 pp. 24 cm. Rare dutch translation of : The charter of the nations. Bookplate. Small stamp of : Belastingmuseum Rotterdam on upper pastedown. Very good copy. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Henry Dunckley (1823-1896), English journalist, won the Anti-Corn-law Leagues prize in 1852 with an essay on the results of the free-trade policy, published in 1854 under the title The Charter of the Nations. This book promoted the aim of the League to establish a fully free-trade economy. This in order to decrease the price of basic food products (such as bread and agricultural produce), to support the performance of agriculture and industry, thus to establish stronger commercial relations to promote peace with the other nations. This is a rare Dutch translation from 1856. In respect to the termination of corn laws (1846) and low protective import duties on grain (untill 1877) the Dutch copied the British system. The discussion of Dutch economists at the time, who argued invariably in favor of non-protection, was heavily influenced by economic theory and the experience of the English. This essay was one of the few early 19th century Dutch translations about the English free trade debate. Butter.Academic economics in Holland, 1800-1870. Appendix A, 16 (p. 151). Rare, only 5 copies located in NCC;

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