A Collection of Calculations and Remarks relating to the South Sea Scheme & Stock ... [bound with:] Some Computations relating to the Proposed Transferring of Eighteen Millions of the Fund of the South Sea Company ... [Bound with:] A Computation of the Value of South-Sea Stock by SOUTH SEA BUBBLE - Archibald HUTCHESON (1659-1740) - 1721

London, 1721. 3 works in one, folio. 119,[3],121-140; 11, [1]; 23, [1]pp. Contemporary marbled paper covered boards, rebacked to style with period smooth tan calf Provenance: Kirkleatham Library (early booklabel) Important collection of works regarding the South Sea Bubble, written by a noted early critic. The first work bound into the above consists of four parts, each with separate titles and preceded by a general title as above and a dedication leaf: Some calculations relating to the proposals made by the South-Sea Company 1720 (pp.5-19); Some seasonable considerations for those, who are desirous, ... to become proprietors of South-Sea stock 1720 (pp.21-35); Several calculations and remarks relating to the South-Sea scheme 1720 (pp.37-119); and An appendix to Mr Hutcheson's calculations... (pp.[2]-140). In the rear are two additional separately-printed works on the South Sea scheme. With no publisher or bookseller information on the titles, it is believed that Hutcheson's works were self-financed and distributed gratis. The first work above, published in March 1720 at the beginning of the frenzy, presciently forewarns against the rampant speculation and suggests the South Sea scheme to be a fraud. The final two works bound into this example were written in the midst or shortly following the fall in price of the stock, and detail some of the valuations and losses. See Dale, The First Crash (Princeton University Press, 2014) for a detailed discussion of Hutcheson, who he regards as the "hero" of the South Sea Bubble. ESTC T99470, N23058 and N5267; Goldsmiths 5805; Kress 3219, 3227 and 3220; Sperling 106, 117 and 109.