A DEFENCE OF USURY; SHEWING THE IMPOLICY OF THE PRESENT LEGAL RESTRAINTS ON THE TERMS OF PECUNIARY BARGAINS. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A LETTER TO ADAM SMITH, ESQ. LL.D. ON THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF INVENTIVE INDUSTRY.
Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey by Lang & Ustick, 1796. 149, [1 blank], [2 publ. advts.], as issued. Bound in original sheep, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine title. Hinges just starting. Contemporary ownership signature of George Sullivan. Very Good. This first American edition is the only 18th century American printing..... More