$1,000
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer part II
Auction: September 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
London: for John Clowes, against the Lower Pump In Grubstreet, 1650. Small 4to, disbound. Leaf size 170x130mm., [x], 1-20pp., apparently lacking the coat of arms of the Society of Writer's leaf, but otherwise complete. Lightly to moderately toned, with some minor creasing, some marginal damp staining, margins trimmed with the top half of the "A" at the head of the title trimmed away, several other heads shaved close. A petition to the Council of Trade, written from debtors prison, addressing issues of money & banking, gold & silver, excise & custom taxes, insurance, piracy, regulation of trade at sea, trade with the Americas. Wing C1955; [Goldsmith 1162].