SAVARY DES BRUSLONS, JACQUES. The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, Translated from the French of the Celebrated Monsieur Savary . . . With Large Additions and Improvements . . . By Malachy Postlethwayt, Esq. Engraved allegorical

SAVARY DES BRUSLONS, JACQUES. The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, Translated from the French of the Celebrated Monsieur Savary . . . With Large Additions and Improvements . . . By Malachy Postlethwayt, Esq. Engraved allegorical frontispiece in Volume 1 ( lightly offsetting onto title); 24 folding or double-page engraved maps, including 4 of North and 3 of South America; 26 folding tables.2 volumes. Folio, 420x244 mm, contemporary sheep with red and green morocco lettering pieces, bindings rubbed, spines darkened; some mapslightly toned, few ink blots in corner of page 693 in Volume 2, otherwise internally crisp and clean. London: John and Paul Knapton, 1751-55 E1000-2000 FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. "This work originally appeared at Paris in 1723 . . . This was the first work of the kind that appeared in modern Europe . . . It is valuable as a repertory offacts relating to commerce and manufactures at the commencement of the last [i. e., 18th] century, collected with laudable care and industry"-McCulloch, page 61.