The General Principles of Banking, Bills of Exchange, British Funds, and Foreign Exchanges

A very smart copy of this very scarce 1845 guide to banking and finance, aiming to be a complete account of the 'objects, utility and effects of banking'. The first edition. The first edition of John William Norfolk's very scarce mid nineteenth century guide to the 'General Principles of Banking', in an excellent quarter morocco binding.Norfolk devotes sections of his work to bills of exchange, buyers' cash notes and cheques, interest calculations, 'clearing house', British funds, coins, foreign exchanges, direct and indirect exchanges, compound arbitration, arbitration of bullion, and concluding with accounts of joint stock banks in England and Wales, and private banks in England and Wales.With the discreet library stamps of the Nottingham Free Library to the head of the title page and the tail pf page 341, the final leaf of text. No further library bindings.A very scarce and impressively detailed work of nineteenth century financial instruction. Rebound in quarter crushed morocco, with cloth covered boards and endpapers renewed. Fading to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Discreet library stamp to head of title page and tail of page 341, the final leaf of text. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. …