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32253 — N.P. London N.D. 1756. First Edition folding table at end with a clean tear and no loss of text some waterstaining on lower part of six leaves 26 pp. modern marbled wrappers. The folding table of forges gives "An Account of the Quantity of Iron they have annually made and do now make according to the best Information we could get. --- What Forges are in Scotland we have been capable of getting any Information." Also showing the past and present annual tonnage produced. With a note "N.B. The making of British Iron hath gradually decreased in proportion to the increase of the importation of Foreign". The decrease in the present year being 7295 tons. Kress 5531; Goldsmith 9108; Hanson 6055 dated c1747; The British Library suggests the date as 1736; Higgs 1181. N.P., [London], N.D., [1756?] unknown