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[ECONOMICS]. MORTIMER, Thomas (1730-1810). Every Man His Own Broker: or, A Guide to the Stock-Exchange… London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1791. 12mo. With fold-out Table of Equation. xxiv, [1]-263, [1, blank] pp. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine ruled in gilt, burgundy gilt morocco lettering label, gilt board edges (some light wear, soiling to binding, spine edges worn, hinges starting, front blank missing, endleaves offset at edges, ffep. a bit loose, faint occasional foxing in text). With the bookplate of John Fothergill, Esq. on fp. Near fine. ELEVENTH EDITION OF THIS POPULAR GUIDE TO TRADING STOCKS. This edition is “Considerably Improved.” First published in 1761, this book was translated into numerous languages, and helped to establish Great Britain as one of the commercial centers of the world. This edition offers an excellent look at stock trading at the end of the eighteenth century in the U. K.