Reasons for altering the new duty of thirty per cent. ad valorem upon books imported to a duty of twelve shillings per hundred weight, humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons.
[London : s.n.,
1714?]
Apparently refers to the 1712 Act (10 Anne c.19) imposing a duty of 30% ad valorum on imported books & the 1714 Act (12 Anne c.9) increasing the duty on imported paper.
ESTC
Hanson,
Booksellers and bookselling
Restraint of trade
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