A Discourse Upon Grants and Resumptions. Showing How Our Ancestors Have Proceeded With Such Ministers As Have Produced to Themselves Grants of Crown-Revenue; And That the Forfeited Estates Ought to be Applied Towards the Payment of the Publick Debts. By the Author of, the Essay on Ways and Means. The Second Edition. London: Printed for James Knapton, 1700.
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Provenance:
Armorial bookplate of Lord Sandys, depicting two griffins holding the shield, and a crown above, and the motto "Produm Non Poenitet" (an honest person does not regret).
Ink inscription to *4 marginalia reading "Samuel Powell the nineteenth December one thousand six hundred ninety nine."
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Size: 127 x 194 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., A2-A8, 448pp., *1-*4, ]
Full panelled brown calf binding, lightly rubbed and scuffed with small losses of leather to the had and bottom of the spine, and to the rear board. Both boards attached, front joint and both hinges cracked, thus somewhat fragile, and partially detached front board. Shelf and edge wear. Spotted page edges dulled, top page edge darkened as often. Bookplate attached to front pastedown with pencil inscription above. No blanks present. Edge toning to the title page as commensurate with the full leather binding. Text block very clean with edge toning and occasional foxing.
