A Practical Inquiry into the Nature and Extent of the Present Agricultural Distress, and the Means of Relieving it

Thomas Gardiner Bramston

Verlag: J. Hatchard and Son, London, 1822

Beschreibung

A very scarce agricultural treatise by Thomas Gardiner Bramston, looking into the contemporary agricultural distress and how to solve it. The second edition of this very scarce work.An enquiry by Thomas Gardiner Bramston in which he explores the agricultural distress of the first two decades of the nineteenth century.The first half of the nineteenth century saw a lot of agricultural distress, in part due to the Enclosure Acts and the Corn Laws. Enclosure in rural Britain led to riots and much social unrest. The Corn Laws were high tariffs and trade restrictions brought in on imported food and corn, between the years 1815 and 1846.Bramston was a politician who later defended the Corn Laws.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In a quarter calf binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the leather. Fading to the joints. Stamp to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with only a few spots and handling marks. Pages unopened to the top edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title page. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 861P26

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Practical Inquiry into the Nature and ...

Verlag: J. Hatchard and Son, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1822

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Art des Buches: book