1725 Very Rare ROYAL TREASURY OF ENGLAND Historical Account Of Taxes Economics

A rare "working copy" from the ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY for their own fellows purposes, as an aid to their important work (adding to the books rich history). Typically bound in their own covers, with a beautiful leather spine and gilt stamping. Pages are clean and bright, binding is tight.

This copy rarely comes up for sale. Please message me to discuss condition, or for further images. The scarce first edition of this history of taxation in England from the Norman conquest to the first part of the eighteenth century, compiled from contemporary sources and manuscripts.

A fascinating history of royal taxation and expenditure from 1066 to the early 18th century. Highly regarded upon publication, it was a standard work for many years. Stevens examines such income sources as feudal pledges and penalties imposed on conquered enemies and such expenses as defense, maintenance of the royal household and the suppression of heresy. The is a scarce first edition of Captain John Stevens' historical account of the history of taxation in England.

Stevens, a respected translator, is best known for his 1700 translation of Cervantes''Don Quixote'. Compiled from the work of historians'antient and modern', manuscripts held in the Cotton library, and a variety of other sources, Stevens discusses'impositions laid on the people...

By virtue of the king's prerogative', and a more general history of taxation from the Norman Conquest to the time of publications.

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