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[DECKER, MATTHEW.]. An Essay on the Causes of the Decline of the Foreign Trade, Consequently of the Value of the Lands of Britain, and on the Means to Restore Both. Edinburgh: 1756. 2nd ed. 12mo. 19, 228 pp. Contemp. calf. Front outer hinge cracked, but sound. A nice copy. $450.00

 

Kress 5508.  This edition was the one in the library of Adam Smith, who held Decker in high esteem for his advocacy of free trade and his ideas on taxation.  Sometimes attributed to William Richardson, this copy contains an 1887 letter debunking his authorship.