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1801. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801.. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. "Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Lectures on the Elements of Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the Public Offices Under Government, And for Parliamentary Business. London: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street; For T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, 1801. xxviii, 442 pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary tree sheep, rebacked retaining original spine with lettering piece and gilt fillets, front hinge mended. Some rubbing, corners bumped and lightly worn, upper corner of title page repaired. Light toning, negligible foxing to some leaves, internally clean. A handsome copy. $850. * Only edition. Best known as the author… Read More

1801. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801.. London: Published by A. Strahan, 1801. "Intended As a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries" Mortimer, Thomas [1730-1810]. [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Lectures on the Elements of Commerce, Politics, and Finances; Intended as a Companion to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England; And Peculiarly Calculated to Qualify Young Noblemen and Gentlemen for Situations in Any of the Public Offices Under Government, And for Parliamentary Business. London: Published by A. Strahan, Printers-Street; For T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster Row, 1801, 1801. xxviii, 442 pp. Includes six-page subscriber list. Added stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece, blind fillets and gilt publication date to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, light foxing to a few leaves, owner inscription (of Dudley P. Bailey, Jr, dated… Read More

London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees,, 1801. First octavo edition, originally published in quarto as The Elements of Commerce, Politics and Finances (London 1772). Thomas Mortimer (1730-1810) was a prolific writer on trade and finance, perhaps best known for Every Man His Own Broker: or a Guide to the Stock Exchange (1761). In his introduction to the present edition, Mortimer notes that the idea for "a cheaper edition, and a new form of compiling it, [was] suggested by some respectable gentlemen of the University of Oxford, to whom the author paid a visit in the year 1798, as likely to be more useful to young students". The subscriber's list runs to around 170 names, headed by the Marquis of Lansdowne, and includes Sir William Hamilton, Lord Nelson, and John Horne Tooke. Scarce: Library Hub cites copies at seven British and Irish institutional libraries (BL, Chetham's Library, Glasgow, LSE, Scotland, Edinburgh, Senate House); well-represented in WorldCat but most uncommon in… Read More

London: Printed for the Author and sold by Hooper, Whiston etc., 1772. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to (266 x 210 mm). [2], xii, [1] iv-v [1], 464, [2] pp. including advert leaf at end, woodcut tailpieces. Contemporary diced calf, spine with 4 raised bands, rich gilt decoration and gilt-lettered red morocco label (joints split but cords holding, boards scratched, extremities rubbed, corners worn). Text bright, crisp and clean, light pencil annotations throughout (mostly shaved and offsetting to opposite page), very minor occasional spotting (title stronger), final 2 leaves with repaired tear at inner margin. Provenance: Daniel Conner (bookplate to front pastedown). ---- FIRST EDITION, AND EXTREMELY RARE, of "Mortimer's most important work" (Palgrave II, 824). It was later reprinted with a preface in which Mortimer accuses Adam Smith of plagiarism. "Mortimer studied modern history and elocution before serving as English viceconsul for the Austrian Netherlands. His… Read More