F[IRMIN], T[homas] (1632-1697). Some Proposals for the Imployment of the Poor . London: J. Grover for Francis Smith 1681. 4° (185 x 140mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Lacking half-title, frontispiece re-margined at top and gutter, title with slight loss at upper margin and date shaved, text cockled, light waterstaining throughout, more prominent at rear.) Modern calf-backed marbled boards.
F[IRMIN], T[homas] (1632-1697). Some Proposals for the Imployment of the Poor . London: J. Grover for Francis Smith 1681. 4° (185 x 140mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Lacking half-title, frontispiece re-margined at top and gutter, title with slight loss at upper margin and date shaved, text cockled, light waterstaining throughout, more prominent at rear.) Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Second edition. Influenced by the work of Thomas Gouge, Firmin opened a workhouse to employ 'the poor' in the manufacture of linen, paying up to 1700 souls the sum of 6 d for a sixteen-hour day (the going rate at the time). The scheme never broke even and Firmin covered the costs himself. RARE. Goldsmiths' 2435; Wing F-972.
F[IRMIN], T[homas] (1632-1697). Some Proposals for the Imployment of the Poor . London: J. Grover for Francis Smith 1681. 4° (185 x 140mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Lacking half-title, frontispiece re-margined at top and gutter, title with slight loss at upper margin and date shaved, text cockled, light waterstaining throughout, more prominent at rear.) Modern calf-backed marbled boards.
F[IRMIN], T[homas] (1632-1697). Some Proposals for the Imployment of the Poor . London: J. Grover for Francis Smith 1681. 4° (185 x 140mm). Engraved frontispiece. (Lacking half-title, frontispiece re-margined at top and gutter, title with slight loss at upper margin and date shaved, text cockled, light waterstaining throughout, more prominent at rear.) Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Second edition. Influenced by the work of Thomas Gouge, Firmin opened a workhouse to employ 'the poor' in the manufacture of linen, paying up to 1700 souls the sum of 6 d for a sixteen-hour day (the going rate at the time). The scheme never broke even and Firmin covered the costs himself. RARE. Goldsmiths' 2435; Wing F-972.
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