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[DEFOE, DANIEL, ATTRIB. 1659?-1731.]

11 June 2008, 13:00 EDT
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[DEFOE, DANIEL, ATTRIB. 1659?-1731.]

Taxes no Charge: In A Letter from a Gentleman to a Person of Quality. Shewing The Nature, Use, and Benefit of Taxes in this Kingdom.... London: R. Chiswell, 1690. [8], 28 pp. 4to (195 x 148 mm). Disbound. Short closed tear to title page, mild soiling to first and last pages, few pencil marks.

First edition. Defoe's recommendation to tax the rich and idle in order to increase the circulation of money. Kress 2843; Wing D848A.

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