Some Considerations concerning The Publick Funds, The Publick Revenues, and The Annual Supplies, Granted by Parliament.
Occasion'd by a late Pamphlet, intitled, An Enquiry into the Conduct of our Domestick Affairs, from the Year 1721, to Christmas 1733.
London: printed for J. Roberts, 1735 Stock Code: 117457
First edition. Robert Walpole had sought to reduce the interest on the national debt by creating a national sinking fund. The Earl of Bath publishing a strong criticism of Walpole's use of this fund in his 1734 treatise An Enquiry into the Conduct of our Domestic Affairs. The present work is Walpole's rebuttal, and a defence of his management of the sinking fund against the Earl of Bath's charges.
Description
Octavo (192 x 118 mm). Rebound in modern boards, printed paper label to front board, edges sprinkled red.
Condition
With the final blank. A few pages lightly creased, else a very good copy.
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