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Auction archive: Lot number 262

Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, 1797.

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,420 - US$3,631
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 262

Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, 1797.

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,420 - US$3,631
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to each vol., Directions to the Binder f. at end of vol. 1, folding table in vol. 3, the odd spot, but generally a clean and excellent copy, antique-style modern half calf, spines gilt, [Kress B3384; Goldsmiths 17107; PMM 249; Wellcome II, p.510], 4to, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797. ⁂ Eden's important work on poverty and the working classes, difficult to find complete with half-titles. '"The State of the Poor is one of the classical works in the history of economics. Eden was led to embark on the subject by the high prices brought on by the war in 1794 and 1795, and the effect they had on the living conditions of the poorer classes... Eden's own work, notwithstanding its originality, might now be forgotten if it were not for the invaluable collection of facts attached to it, which can never cease to be of importance... it has proved the basis of sociological investigation ever since." - PMM.

Auction archive: Lot number 262
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to each vol., Directions to the Binder f. at end of vol. 1, folding table in vol. 3, the odd spot, but generally a clean and excellent copy, antique-style modern half calf, spines gilt, [Kress B3384; Goldsmiths 17107; PMM 249; Wellcome II, p.510], 4to, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797. ⁂ Eden's important work on poverty and the working classes, difficult to find complete with half-titles. '"The State of the Poor is one of the classical works in the history of economics. Eden was led to embark on the subject by the high prices brought on by the war in 1794 and 1795, and the effect they had on the living conditions of the poorer classes... Eden's own work, notwithstanding its originality, might now be forgotten if it were not for the invaluable collection of facts attached to it, which can never cease to be of importance... it has proved the basis of sociological investigation ever since." - PMM.

Auction archive: Lot number 262
Auction:
Datum:
9 Jun 2020
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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