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SMITH ( Charles ). Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws. A new edition.

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SMITH ( Charles ).  Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws. A new edition.

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Auction Date:2012 Oct 19 @ 18:00 (UTC+1)
Location:38 Molesworth Street, Dublin, Dublin, ., Ireland
SMITH ( Charles ). Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws. A new edition. With additions from the original manuscripts of Mr. Catherwood. To which is now added a supplement of interesting pieces on the same subject. With some account of the life of Mr. Smith. London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1804LAST AND BEST EDION, pages xxiv, (17) - 323, (1, blank), iii - vi, 7 - 54, (1, blank), complete thus, 8vo, contemporary half calf, gilt, gilt ruled and lettered spine : the binding rubbed and worn but still strong and internally in nice state. Last and best edition of a much quoted work. “These tracts are by far the best of the earlier works on the corn trade. They embody much valuable information respecting the corn laws of England, and other countries, especially France’.” - McCulloch, and earned the praise of Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, for their ‘ingenious and well-informed author’.ALSO WITH THIS LOT: CAROLINE, Queen, consort of George IV. The Genuine Book. An inquiry, or delicate investigation into the conduct of Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales before Lords Erskine, Spencer, Grenville, and Ellenborough, the four special commissioners of inquiry, appointed by His Majesty in the year 1806. Reprinted from an authentic copy, superintended through the press by the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval.Third edition. London : printed by R.Edwards…published by W.Lindsell,reprinted and sold by S.A.Oddy, 1813. Pp (2), vii, (1, blank), (3)-246 ; (2), 108, (4), with errata leaf, 8vo, later boards, with label : occasional very light marginal pencil marks, otherwise a large, fresh copy, all edges uncut. Unsavoury rumours led to the setting up in 1806 of an official commission of inquiry known as the ‘delicate investigation’. Its report found that the rumours about a pregnancy were false, but censured Caroline's ‘levity of conduct’" The present work, first published anonymously in 1807 as, "The proceedings and correspondence, upon the subject of the inquiry into the conduct of Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales", was suppressed but republished in 1813 under various titles : it is popularly known as "The book" (ODNB).(2)ECONOMICS; CORN LAWS; STATISTICS; HISTORY; LAW; WOMEN; ; ; ; ; ;