[Decker, Matthew]. An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade, consequently of the Value of the Lands of Britain, and on the Means to restore both. Begun in the Year 1739, 1st edition, printed for John Brotherton, 1744, woodcut title device, headpieces and initials, light spotting to title-page and last few leaves, slightly heavier spotting to quire B, contemporary ownership inscription 'Thos. Villiers' to title-page, 20th-century tan half calf to style, 4to (24.7 x 19.2 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC T76961; Kress 4691. Decker's authorship is still a matter of debate but this is one of two works for which he is remembered today, the other being his Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general, as well as trade in particular, labour under (1743).
[Decker, Matthew]. An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade, consequently of the Value of the Lands of Britain, and on the Means to restore both. Begun in the Year 1739, 1st edition, printed for John Brotherton, 1744, woodcut title device, headpieces and initials, light spotting to title-page and last few leaves, slightly heavier spotting to quire B, contemporary ownership inscription 'Thos. Villiers' to title-page, 20th-century tan half calf to style, 4to (24.7 x 19.2 cm) (Qty: 1) ESTC T76961; Kress 4691. Decker's authorship is still a matter of debate but this is one of two works for which he is remembered today, the other being his Serious considerations on the several high duties which the nation in general, as well as trade in particular, labour under (1743).
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