[Briscoe, John]
A Discourse of Money
£1,764
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Being an Essay on that Subject, Historically and Politically handled. With Reflections on the present evil state of the Coin of the Kingdom; and Proposals of a Method for the Remedy. In a Letter to a Nobleman, etc. London: for Sam. Briscoe, 1696. First edition, 8vo (17.7 x 11cm), [4] 204 pp., contemporary sheep ruled in blind, red-sprinkled edges, early ownership inscription (possibly ‘abundanly [sic] well handled, John Child’) to front free endpaper, light wear to binding, faint crease to title-page, a few other marks [Kress 1936]
Provenance
From the library of the Murrays of Dollerie, Crieff, Perthshire. Ownership inscription ‘A M’ (i.e. Anthony Murray) to title-page and small manuscript shelfmark label ‘D2.10’ pasted to foot of spine.