ISBN-13: 9780415125338 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 2200 str.
This six-volume set contains the writings of the earliest pioneers of monetary theory. It contains some 28 texts, beginning with Gerard de Maynes' A Treatise of the Canker of England's Common Wealth (1601) and ending with Joseph Harris' An Essay on Money and Coins (1757/58). It contains some 28 texts, beginning with Gerard de Maynes' A Treatise of the Canker of England's Common Wealth (1601) and ending with Joseph Harris' An Essay on Money and Coins (1757/58). Many of the texts reproduced are both rare and difficult to read in their original form. Here each text has been carefully re-typeset and produced in its entirety, which should give scholars full access to this area of monetary theory. The material is organized chronologically, and begins with early mercantilist writings which explore the crucial relationship between money and trade.