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English: Classical temple on the coast, sailing ship in the background, wine cask and packages with half-naked man in the foreground. Three white and one black ladies (Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa) honour a seated queen with a laurel wreath resting on a shield and holding a trident and a caduceus, with presents (cornucopia). "Dictionary of Trade & Commerce". "To face the title". Poem: "O Britain, chosen Port of Trade,/May Lux'ry ne'er Sons invade;/Whenever neighb'ring States contend,/T'is thine to be the gen'ral Friend/.../Be Commerce then thy sole Design:/Keep that, and all the World is thine. Gay. Vol II Fable VIII To his native Country"
Date between 1751 and 1757
date QS:P,+1751-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1751-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1757-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Jacques Savary; Malachy Postlethwayt: The universal dictionary of trade and commerce / by Savary ; transl. [from the French] by Malachy Postlethwayt.

Publisher: London : Knapton
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Author "C. Mosley sculp." engraving by Charles Mosley (ca. 1720–ca. 1756)
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