[(Adam) Anderson]. AN HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL DEDUCTION OF THE ORIGIN OF COMMERCE, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE PRESENT TIME. CONTAINING, AN HISTORY OF THE GREAT COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE... 2vols. (complete). London: Printed for A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, T. Longman, J. Dodsley, and R. Horsfield, 1764. Full brown calf, spine with contrasting labels, gilt, and raised bands, all edges stained. Folio; x, xxxiv, [4 index], 500pp; [2], 433pp., Errata, Chronological Index, Postscript, 111pp., [7 blank, Index to Appendix, blank]. With (3) large folding maps, printed marginalia. Sabin 1382; ESTC T79288.

16 1/2 x 11 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Adam Anderson (Scotland, ca. 1692-1765) was an economist who worked as a clerk in London. According to Sabin, the book "contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company, and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720" (Sabin 1382).

Boards scuffed and rubbed with edgewear, corners heavily rubbed, vol. 2 with marks and small leather losses on back board; spines rubbed and creased with loss at head and tail; joints cracked, fragile yet boards still attached; interior lightly toned, scattered foxing (heavier in vol. 2), occasional minor offsetting and small edge loss, one wormhole at rear paste-down of vol. 2; overall pages unmarked and with wide margins; maps very good with toning and foxing.