Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of poetical, historical, and economic material, primarily on such subjects as politics, government, love, and marriage. Many of the entries are lighthearted or satirical, including poems by Joseph Addison...
Aphorisms and apothegms, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Theater, Verse satire, English, Economic conditions, Population, and Politics and government
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Call Number:
Osborn d413
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph commonplace book kept by Grenville in a printed commonplace book form. There are extensive notes and comments on his reading of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and of Smith's translator and critic Germain Garnier; on Dugald Stewart's Mora...
Description:
Binding: contemporary green vellum over boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Joseph, 1692-1752., Elmsley, Peter, 1773-1825., Garnier, M. 1754-1821. (Germain),, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834., Smith, Adam, 1723-1790., and Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading, Classical school of economics, Finance, Public, Political ethics, Production (Economic theory), Wealth, Statesmen, Economic conditions, and Politics and government
