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An Account of the Care Taken in Most Civilized Nations for the Relief of the Poor, More Particularly in Times of Scarcity and Distress
by Onely, Richard
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: For the Author, and Sold By George Hawkins at the Middle-Temple Gate, and J. Whiston and B. White, in Fleet Street, 1758. [7], 2-34pp. Modern quarter cloth and marbled paper over boards, title label to upper cover. Externally very good, internally title is slightly browned, one or two spots of foxing to margins, last couple of leaves lightly foxed, but generally quite bright and clean. Printed by William Bowyer. Mainly concerned with the price of corn and bread, an attempt towards the "speedier relief of the poor, from the hand of the extortioner and oppressor". Goldsmiths 9413; Higgs 1815. First Edition. Hardback. Good+. 8vo. Pamphlet.
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- Seller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004092
- Title
- An Account of the Care Taken in Most Civilized Nations for the Relief of the Poor, More Particularly in Times of Scarcity and Distress
- Author
- Onely, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- For the Author, and Sold By George Hawkins at the Middle-Temple Gate, and J. Whiston and B. White, in Fleet Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1758
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Onely, Poor Law, Poverty, Economics, Cat18, Bread
- Bookseller catalogs
- Eighteenth Century; Economics;
Terms of Sale
Zetetic Books
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Zetetic Books
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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