The Progress of the Nation, in its various social and economic relations, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present time. Sections I. and II. Population and production. [With: Sections III. and IV. Interchange, and revenue and expenditure. Also: Sections V. to VIII. Consumption, accumulation, moral progress, colonial and foreign dependencies.]

PORTER, George Richardson.

Edité par London: Charles Knight and Co., 1836-43

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Three vols, 12mo, viii, 350, (2); xii, 367, (1), 4 (advt.); xi, (i), 473, (3, blank and advt.) pp., private library stamp and small private label on each title-page, original blue cloth. First edition. George Richardson Porter (1792-1852), civil servant and statistician. He married Sarah, the sister of David Ricardo. In 1834 he became permanent superintendent of the statistical department of the Board of Trade; his department's work appeared in a series of reports, known as Porter's tables, from 1833 until his death. His best-known publication was The progress of the nation in its social and commercial relations, which ran into several editions. Spines slightly faded, but a fine and fresh copy.

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• Titre: The Progress of the Nation, in its various social and economic relations, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present time. Sections I. and II. Population and production. [With: Sections III. and IV. Interchange, and revenue and expenditure. Also: Sections V. to VIII. Consumption, accumulation, moral progress, colonial and foreign dependencies.]
• Éditeur: London: Charles Knight and Co., 1836-43
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale