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    By Jeffrey Gilbert; Geoffrey Gilbert
    Savoy; London   E and R Nutt; R Gosling
    8" by 5" [24], 1-151, [17]pp
    A very scarce first edition of this economic work regarding the court of the exchequer in the mid eighteenth century.
    By Jeffrey Gilbert; Geoffrey Gilbert

    1738 An Historical View of the Court of Exchequer and of the King's Revenues

    Savoy; London   E and R Nutt; R Gosling
    8" by 5" [24], 1-151, [17]pp
    A very scarce first edition of this economic work regarding the court of the exchequer in the mid eighteenth century.
    £795.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 756L4
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    Description

    First Edition, Leather Binding

    Publisher's adverts to the verso of front endpaper. 

    Published anonymously, although this work has been attributed to Jeffrey/Geoffrey Gilbert. Gilbert was a barrister, judge and author. He was the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland and England. 

    Collated, complete.

    ESTC reference no T95681. 

    Blind stamp for the 'Free Public Library, Wigan' to the front endpaper, title page, A3, and B1. 

    A scarce economic work, being a first-hand account of the court of the exchequer, written by someone who was once the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

    Condition

    In a contemporary calf binding. Rebacked, with the original boards preserved. Light rubbing to the extremities. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper 'Written by Sir Jeffrey Gilbert'. Blind stamp for the 'Free Public Library Wigan' to the bottom of front endpaper. Multiple ownership inscriptions to the title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with occasional scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages.

    Very Good

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