A Classic Statement of English Mercantilist Thought Child, Sir Josiah [1630-1699]. [Culpeper, Sir Thomas (1626-1697)]. A New Discourse of Trade, Wherein is Recommended Several Weighty Points Relating to Companies of Merchants. The Act of Navigation, Naturalization of Strangers, And Our Woolen Manufactures. The Balance of Trade, And the Nature of Plantations, And Their Consequences in Relation to the Kingdom, Are Seriously Discussed. Methods for the Employment and Maintenance of the Poor are Proposed. The Reduction of Interest of Money to 4 l. Per Centum, Is Recommended. And Some Proposals for Erecting a Court of Merchants for Determining Controversies, Relating to Maritime Affairs, And for a Law for Transferrance of Bills of Debts, Are Humbly Offered. London: Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, 1698. [xlviii], 238, [12] pp. Includes a 12 pp, publisher catalogue. Octavo (6-1/4" x 4"). Eighteenth-century paneled calf, raised bands, lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine, speckled edges. L