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‎Considerations on the Trade and Finances of this Kingdom and on the Measures of Administration with Respect to those great National Objects since the Conclusion of the Peace. - [""IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE"" WORK ON BRITISH TRADE AND FINANCE]‎

‎London, J. Wilkie, 1766. 4to. In the original printed wrappers. Lacking backstrip and with a small stain to back wrapper, otherwise a very fine and clean copy. 119 pp.‎

‎First edition of Thomas Whately's ""important and extremely rare"" (Higgs) work on British trade and finance primarily in the New World. This is the first thorough and first full description and defense of the the first direct tax ever levied by Parliament upon the colonies. The implementation of this tax resulted in the Boston Massacre and the formation of the Boston Tea Party and, eventually, in the expulsion of the British in 1776. By publishing the present defense, Thomas Whately earned himself a prominent place in the events that led to the American Revolution.""Thomas Whately, the most influential British official in colonial policy in his time, published a work on British trade and finances in 1766 [the present work] with this as his opening sentence: ""That the wealth and power of Great-Britain depend upon its trade is a proposition, which it would be equally absurd in these times to dispute or prove"". In the same year, Edmund Burke asserted that ""liberty and commerce"" were ""the true basis of its [Britain's] power."" (Draper, A Struggle for Power: The American Revolution].This policy eventually became fatal: In 1765 the Stamp Act was the first direct tax ever levied by Parliament upon the colonies. All newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets and official documents had to have the stamps. All 13 colonies protested heavily, as popular leaders like Henry in Virginia and Otis in Massachusetts rallied the people in opposition. Thomas Whately (1726-1772), an English politician and writer, was a Member of Parliament, who served as Commissioner on the Board of Trade, as Secretary to the Treasury under Lord Grenville, and as Under- secretary of State under Lord North. ""Important and extremely rare. Reprinted in ""Scarce Tracts"", 1787, and there attributed to T. Whately."" (Higgs)Higgs 3757Goldsmith 10157Sabin 103122 Hollander 1987Kress 2489 (erroneously ascribed to William Knox)‎

‎L'ART DE FORMER LES JARDINS MODERNES, OU L'ART DES JARDINS ANGLOIS.‎

‎Traduit de l'Anglois. chez L. Cellot, Paris, 1771. In-8 p. (mm. 204x120), p. vitellino coevo (restaurato per abrasioni), decorazioni e titolo oro al dorso, pp. (2),LXIV,404,(2), con una bella tavola, inc. in rame e più volte ripieg., che riporta il Plan de la Maison et des Jardins de Stowe en Buckinghamshire, appartenant à Richard Grenville Lord Temple (l'Autore fu segretario di Lord Grenville, ed ebbe quindi la possibilità di frequentare da vicino i Giardini di Stowe). Questa è la prima importante opera sulla composizione e l'estetica dei giardini all'inglese, nella traduzione del botanico Paul Latapie."Prima edizione francese".Le traducteur a ajouté un Discours préliminaire sur l'origine de l'Art, des Notes sur le texte, & une Description détaillée des Jardins de Stowe, dedicato a: Les artistes Le Notre, Dufresny et Kent. L'origine des jardins Anglois. La description des jardins Chinois en général & particulièrement de celui de l'empereur de la Chine. Le gout des anciens. La description du jardin d'Eden. Réflexions sur cet ouvrage. L'opera è divisa in LXVII capitoli che trattano: Du terrain - Des bois - Des eaux - Des rochers - Des batimens - De l'art - De la beauté pittoresque - Du caractère - D'un sujet général: les différences entre une ferme, un jardin, un parc et une carrière - Des temps.Con qualche lieve uniforme arross., ma certamente un buon esemplare. ‎

‎L'art de former les jardins modernes ou l'art des jardins anglais.‎

‎Paris, Jombert, 1771.‎

‎ Première édition française. C'est le premier ouvrage sur la composition des jardins anglais. Le traducteur, Latapie, a ajouté un "Discours préliminaire sur l'origine de l'art, des notes sur le texte & une description détaillée des jardins de Stowe", avec une planche dépliante gravée. Légères rousseurs, coins frottés, bon exemplaire par ailleurs. /// In-8 de LXIV, 404, (2) pp., 1 planche. Basane marbrée, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges. (Reliure de l'époque.) //// First french edition. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilted with nerves, red edges. Light foxing, corners rubbed, else a fine copy. /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET‎