Lot 218
Godfrey (Michael) A Short Account of the Bank of England, 1695.
Hammer Price: £1,700
Description
[Godfrey (Michael)] A Short Account of the Bank of England, 8pp., the full sheet folded to quarto, last f. repaired at foot, light discolouration, creasing, disbound, unopened, preserved in custom chemise, [cf. Goldsmiths 3118; Wing G925A], 4to, [c.1695].
⁂ A seemingly unrecorded variant with 8pp. as per. G925 but without an imprint and folded into quarto as opposed to folio.
Michael Godfrey (1658 - 1695) helped establish the Bank of England in 1694 and was elected its first deputy governor later the same year. He was tragically killed the next year while visiting the king during the siege of Namur when he was hit by a stray cannonball from the besieged town. Godfrey wrote the present work to reassure the public over that the new endeavour "is one of the best Establishments that was ever made for the Good of the Kingdom."
Description
[Godfrey (Michael)] A Short Account of the Bank of England, 8pp., the full sheet folded to quarto, last f. repaired at foot, light discolouration, creasing, disbound, unopened, preserved in custom chemise, [cf. Goldsmiths 3118; Wing G925A], 4to, [c.1695].
⁂ A seemingly unrecorded variant with 8pp. as per. G925 but without an imprint and folded into quarto as opposed to folio.
Michael Godfrey (1658 - 1695) helped establish the Bank of England in 1694 and was elected its first deputy governor later the same year. He was tragically killed the next year while visiting the king during the siege of Namur when he was hit by a stray cannonball from the besieged town. Godfrey wrote the present work to reassure the public over that the new endeavour "is one of the best Establishments that was ever made for the Good of the Kingdom."
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