[Paterson, William]. A Brief Account of the Intended Bank of England, 1st edition, London: Randal Taylor, 1694, [2] 18 pp., stab-holes visible in gutter, worm-track in fore margins not affecting text, title-page softened and dust-soiled, small stain in gutter, modern pencil annotations and inked letter 'a' in a contemporary hand to head, small hole in B2 just touching one word recto, 20th-century pink crushed morocco backing marbled boards, 4to (19.3 x 14.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Sotheby's, 31 October 1979, lot 278 (lot ticket laid in). ESTC R10449; Goldsmith' 3039; Kress 1852; Wing P710. Attributed to Bank of England founder William Paterson and printed in the year of the Bank's establishment through the Tonnage Act, this pamphlet can be considered one of the founding documents of the English banking system. Paterson (1658-1719) was also the projector of the Darien scheme and an advocate of Anglo-Scottish union; he is remembered as 'a classic example of the late seventeenth-century projector' (David Armitage in ODNB). Rare in commerce: one other copy traced in auction records (Montreal, 1977).
[Paterson, William]. A Brief Account of the Intended Bank of England, 1st edition, London: Randal Taylor, 1694, [2] 18 pp., stab-holes visible in gutter, worm-track in fore margins not affecting text, title-page softened and dust-soiled, small stain in gutter, modern pencil annotations and inked letter 'a' in a contemporary hand to head, small hole in B2 just touching one word recto, 20th-century pink crushed morocco backing marbled boards, 4to (19.3 x 14.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Sotheby's, 31 October 1979, lot 278 (lot ticket laid in). ESTC R10449; Goldsmith' 3039; Kress 1852; Wing P710. Attributed to Bank of England founder William Paterson and printed in the year of the Bank's establishment through the Tonnage Act, this pamphlet can be considered one of the founding documents of the English banking system. Paterson (1658-1719) was also the projector of the Darien scheme and an advocate of Anglo-Scottish union; he is remembered as 'a classic example of the late seventeenth-century projector' (David Armitage in ODNB). Rare in commerce: one other copy traced in auction records (Montreal, 1977).
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