Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

To which is Prefixed, an Introduction exhibiting A View of the Antient and Modern State of Europe and of the Foreign and Colonial Commerce, Shipping, Manufactures, Fisheries, &c... 4 volumes.. 4°, circa 28 x 22,5 cm., Engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, together about 2600 pages with 2 large indexes. Contemporary mottled calf with richly gilt spines with 2 labels Kress B.4317. Large and important source-book on the history of trade and commerce, first published in two volums in 1764. This final edition in four volumes from 1801 has been used for a reprint. "Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals, it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise, but a history of the political, industrial, and social development of all civilised countries, and especially of Great Britain and Ireland." (DNB). With 2 large, folding maps of the ancient and modern world.

Bemerkung:

- Old dedication and stamp of the stock exchange in Riga, titles verso with small stamps, minor browning or spotting, bindings rubbed, hinges with some cracking, one hinge repaired, still a decorative set.