Sheffield, Jean Lord. [John Baker Holroyd, Earl of Sheffield]. — Observations sur le commerce des États d'Amérique.

Londres et se trouve à Paris, Lejay fils & Et Maradan, 1789. Hardcover. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ . Octavo. Pp. xvi, 336.Half-title present. Attractive engraved head-piece; publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome patterned boards, spine with red morocco label, lettered and decorated in gilt, blank paper label to upper cover. In fine condition. ~ Second French edition. Translated by H. G. Riquetti, comte de Mirabeau, sometime attributed to E. Rumare (Cf. British Library). John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), English politician. Having served in the Army, he entered the House of Commons in 1780. In 1803 he was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture. He was a great authority on farming and a leading economic authority of his time. In 1792, "A brief examination of Lord Sheffield's observations on the commerce of the United States", by Tench Coxe, was published as a reaction to Holroyd's book. B-1 .