Stuart Finance (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

First edition of this detailed exploration of Stuart wealth and taxation, a response to the analysis of Sir William Petty (1623-1687). Petty's Verbum Sapienti assesses the wealth of the Stuart nation and its capacity to pay taxes, thus developing among the earliest assessments of national income and wealth. The Verbum Sapienti was first published in the Political Anatomy of Ireland (1691), a collection of Petty's manuscript papers. His internal dating suggests that it was written in 1665, in the midst of his second long stay in Ireland. Petty owned some 18,000 acres in five Irish counties and served as MP for Inistioge from 1661 to 1666. ESTC R8924; Goldsmiths' 2896; Keynes 37 ff; Kress 1761. Quarto (190 x 145 mm), pp. 20. Title page printed within double rule border 20. Recent marbled paper boards, paper label lettered in black to front board. Upper margins shaved, just touching several headlines. Light chipping and foxing, small stain to inner margin of title page: a very good copy.