Robert Hamilton — An Inquiry Concerning the Rise and Progress, the Redemption, Present State, and Management of the National Debt of Great Britain

Philadelphia, M. Carey, 1816 . Leather. An early American edition of this economic study of Britain's national debt by Robert Hamilton. An early edition of An Inquiry Concerning the Rise and Progress, the Redemption, Present State, and Management of the National Debt of Great Britain, by Robert Hamilton. In full calf binding. An American edition from the second London edition, enlarged, 1814. Robert Hamilton was a Scottish political economist and founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This essay on the National Debt, first published in 1813, was the first to expose the economic fallacies in William Pitt's policy of a sinking fund. In full calf binding. Externally, fair. There is rubbing to the extremities and to the spine. The joints are cracked. The rear hinge is strained, and the front hinge is working loose and held by cords only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally bright and clean, with some age toning and light spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .