WOLOWSKI, L. [LOUIS].

La Banque d'Angleterre et les Banques d'Écosse.

Paris, Librairie de Guillaumin, 1867. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Hinges with little wear. Small library label pasted on to lower part of spine. A few library stamps pasted on to the first few pages. Otherwise a fine copy. XI, (1), 560 pp.

First edition. Louis Wolowski played an important part in the foundation of the Crédit Foncier, whose principal object was the withdrawal of rural property from the expenses of loans and hypothecary subrogation. A bimetallist in monetary matters and a free trader in commercial matters, he did not carry economic liberalism so far as to oppose all State intervention in the matter of labour; on the contrary, he had a very important share in the law of 19 May, 1871, which limited the labour of children and women in manufacturing, and which created division inspectors for the supervision of labour.

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