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Printed for T. Boosly. 1797. First Edition, 12mo, [viii],64 + [2]pp., of adverts, with errata leaf, text lightly browned, orig. marbled wrappers, orig. printed paper label on upper cover, corners slightly dog-eared but overall a nice copy. A rare concise history of the Bank of England, with ESTC recording a second and fifth edition published in the same year. Of this first edition, only two copies are located in the British Isles (British Library; Trinity College Dublin) and three in North America. |