An essay on insurances explaining the nature of the various kinds of insurance practised by the different commercial states of Europe, and shewing their consistency or inconsistency with equity and the public good ... to which are annexed, some brief hints to merchants and insurers concerning the risks to which navigation is exposed in time of war ... and a famous insurance cause pleaded before the House of Lords, and some mercantile observations thereon

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magens, Nicolaus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Printed by J. Haberkorn, and sold by W. Baker 1755, 1755
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Collection: Making of the Modern World - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Item Description:"The first essay of this work ... made its appearance in the German language at Hamburgh [in 1753]"--v. 1, p. [iii]. - Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 09045. - OCLC, 23965729. - Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. - Vol. 2 title varies: An essay on insurances, being a collection of all the foreign ordinances of insurances, and forms of policies, translated into English ... together with a summary of all the treaties of commerce subsisting between England and foreign powers
Physical Description:2 v
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