Government Intervention to Lower Grain Prices Morris, Edward [1768-1815]. A Short Enquiry into the Nature of Monopoly and Forestalling. Considerably Enlarged and Amended. With an Appendix, On the Probable Effect of an Act of the Legislature to Enforce the Use of a Coarser Sort of Bread; And Some Considerations on the Proposed Plan for the Sale of Corn by Weight. London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1796. [ii], 42 pp. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, edges untrimmed. Light toning, light soiling to exterior, occasional faint dampstaining, light edgewear and small hole to margin of final leaf, owner signature (of Thomas Ingle, "T. Ingle Pet: Coll") and faint author presentation inscription to head of title page, upper right corner lacking with loss to inscription, underlining and brief early annotations to a few leaves. $450. * Second edition. After the Revolutionary War and a series of lean harvests, bread and grain prices rose significantly in Great Britain, causing a struggle between government regulators and local merchants seeking to drive up the price of goods. This pamphlet argues for government intervention to stop profiteering and discusses several relevant legislative proposals with reference to the work of Adam Smith. The first edition appeared earlier in 1796 and the third and final edition in 1800. Morris and Ingle [1765-1838] were contemporaries at Peterhouse College, Cambridge in the 1780s. Ingle became a Fellow of Peterhouse, and practiced as a physician at Cambridge and at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Morris became an eminent lawyer, Minister of Parliament, Master of Chancery, Fellow of the Royal Society and a playwright. The date of the inscribed pamphlet suggests they were in touch beyond their undergraduate days. OCLC locates 6 copies of the second edition in North America (Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, Texas State University-San Marcos, University of Toronto, Huntington Library, Indiana University). English Short-Title Catalogue T48153. Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 16665. Seller Inventory # 78733

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Title: A Short Enquiry into the Nature of Monopoly ...

Publication Date: 1796

Edition: 1st Edition

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