MUN, Thomas (1571-1641). England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. London: J. Flesher for Robert Horne, 1669. 8° (164 x 100mm). (Some marginal spotting and occasional soiling, small ink stain on title.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked and recornered, an earlier 19th-century rebacking preserved, endpapers renewed in the 19th century, discolouration to lower cover, wear at extremities). Provenance: John Locke (1632-1704, signature and shelf-mark on front inner board) -- [James Bindley] --Edward White, bought at Bindley's sale (inscription on front blank; Bindley's library sold 1818-21) -- White's gift to William Evans (inscription on front blank).
MUN, Thomas (1571-1641). England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. London: J. Flesher for Robert Horne, 1669. 8° (164 x 100mm). (Some marginal spotting and occasional soiling, small ink stain on title.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked and recornered, an earlier 19th-century rebacking preserved, endpapers renewed in the 19th century, discolouration to lower cover, wear at extremities). Provenance: John Locke (1632-1704, signature and shelf-mark on front inner board) -- [James Bindley] --Edward White, bought at Bindley's sale (inscription on front blank; Bindley's library sold 1818-21) -- White's gift to William Evans (inscription on front blank).

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MUN, Thomas (1571-1641). England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. London: J. Flesher for Robert Horne, 1669. 8° (164 x 100mm). (Some marginal spotting and occasional soiling, small ink stain on title.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked and recornered, an earlier 19th-century rebacking preserved, endpapers renewed in the 19th century, discolouration to lower cover, wear at extremities). Provenance: John Locke (1632-1704, signature and shelf-mark on front inner board) -- [James Bindley] --Edward White, bought at Bindley's sale (inscription on front blank; Bindley's library sold 1818-21) -- White's gift to William Evans (inscription on front blank).

JOHN LOCKE'S COPY OF MUN'S KEY WORK ON THE BALANCE OF TRADE, second edition, following publication of the first in 1664. A window has been cut in the existing front pastedown to allow Locke's signature to be visible on the inner front pasteboard. Goldsmiths' 1905; Kress 1244; Wing M-3074.

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