Chart shewing the value of the quarter of wheat in shillings & in days wages of a good mechanic from 1565 to 1821

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Title: Chart shewing the value of the quarter of wheat in shillings & in days wages of a good mechanic from 1565 to 1821
Creator: Playfair, William, 1759-1823
Published / Created: Undated
Description: Verso blank.
Extent: 1 l.
21 x 36.8 cm. folded to 21 x 14.1 cm.
color illustration
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Edition: The second edition / with an additional chart
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: NZ 822p
Collection Title: A letter on our agricultural distresses, their causes and remedies : accompanied with tables and copper-plate charts, shewing and comparing the prices of wheat, bread and labour, from 1565 to 1821 : addressed to the Lords and Commons / by William Playfair
Collection / Other Creator: Playfair, William, 1759-1823
Collection Created: London : Printed for W. Sams, 1822

Format: mixed material
Genre: Charts (Graphic documents)
Hand coloring
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain --Economic conditions
Subject (Topic): Agriculture --Great Britain
Credit --Great Britain
Prices --Great Britain
Wages --Great Britain

Access: Public
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