History of Banking I
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- Author(s) Capie, Forrest (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1993
- Pages 10 vols
- Publisher Pickering & Chatto
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Collection of contemporary texts, some extracted, from c96 documents, pamphlets, ephemera, book, acts of parliament, articles, etc, touching on the history of British banking and intended as an easy access resource re contemporary text. Arranged in 10 volumes. Reproduced as facsimiles. Documents date from c1650 to c1850 and the volumes cover: 'General introduction, money'; 'Usury'; 'Financial Revolution'; 'English banking'; 'Scottish and Irish banks, savings banks'; 'Government banking' [ie Bank of England]; 'Central banking'; 'Restrictions'; 'Joint stock banking'; 'Monetary conditions'. Notable introduction on history of banking