Beschreibung:

2 vol. in, comprising vol.1, numbers 1-15 and vol.2, numbers 1-6 [all published], both vol. with a general title, A5 blank, lower corner of first title repaired, loss of 2 letters of imprint, browning and foxing, occasional water-staining, a few ff. frayed, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt, [Fussell pp.81-81; Goldsmiths' 37365; Kress 1538], small 4to, Printed for John Lawrence At the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange [and] Printed by J. Gain for the Author John Houghton and is to sold at his House, against the Ship-Tavern in St.Bartholomew-Lane, 1681-1683 [i.e. 1684]. *** The first trade & agriculture periodical in England. Rare. We can trace only one other complete set at auction (1979). Includes issues on Ireland, the Plague of 1665, the East-India Company and lists of goods imported and exported. Houghton was an apothecary and dealer in tea, coffee and chocolate. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and a friend of Edmund Halley.