Catalogue of the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature. Volume I: Printed books to 1800 and an historical introduction by J. H. P. Pafford [with] Vol 2: Printed books 1801-1850. [ 2 volumes ]

Cambridge University Press, 1975,. 2 vols, cloth, large 4to,. xxii, 838 + vii, 772 pp. Approximately 20,000 entries. From the blurb: "The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature consists of some 60,000 books and pamphlets, 400 manuscripts and 350 autograph letters, dating from the fifteenth century to the present day. The nucleus was formed by the economist H. S. Foxwell (1849-1936) and sold by him in 1901 to the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. In 1903, the collection was donated by the Goldsmiths to the University of London and has since been housed, maintained and developed in the University Library. Foxwell's collection, 'at first aimed at the provision of material for a thoroughly historical edition of the Wealth of Nations', gradually expanded into an authoritative library, with literature on: European and American economics; special collections on slavery, transport, temperance and city guilds and companies; and material by early socialist writers and about the history of trade unionism. " Offered here are the first two volumes from the 5-volume Catalogue of the Library, which covers printed books published between up to 1850. Fine in slightly darkened, near Very Good dustwrappers.