Author: W. Jacob
Title: An Inquiry Into the Causes of Agricultural Distress
Description: London, R. Hunter; J. Ridgway, 1816. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition treatise by William Jacob, exploring the causes of agricultural distress, an interesting work regarding Enclosure and the Corn Laws. The first edition of this very scarce work.Half-title is present.One leaf of adverts to the rear.Collated, complete.An extensive and detailed inquiry into the causes of the great agricultural distress of the first couple of decades of the nineteenth century.Jacob was a significant advocate for the repeal of the Corn Laws. He became a farmer later in his life, after he left London and resided at Chesham Lodge, Surrey, and was appointed comptroller of the corn returns for the Board of Trade.The first half of the nineteenth century saw a lot of agricultural distress, in part due to the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws. Enclosure in rural Britain led to riots and much social unrest. The Corn Laws were high tariffs and trade restrictions brought in on imported food and corn, between the years 1815 and 1846. Rebound in a modern cloth binding. Externally, fine, with a very small amount of fading to the head of the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Half-title is a little more age-toned and marked. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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