ECONOMICS - SOUTH SEA BUBBLE [ANDERSON (ADAM)] An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce... Containing a History of the Great Commercial Interests of the British Empire, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 3 large folding engraved maps (including twin-hemisphere World by Emmanuel Bowen), institutional "withdrawal" stamp on blank verso of titles, modern half calf retaining original red morocco gilt spine labels [Goldsmiths 9939; Kress 6154; Sabin 1382], folio (420 x 255mm.), A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, and others, 1764 Adam Anderson was a clerk at the South Sea Company, and his "detailed description of the events of the South Sea Bubble has remained the authoritative source for all subsequent analysis of this fascinating episode at the dawn of financial capitalism" (Larry Neal, 'The Bank of England and the South Sea Company: how the bubbles ended', C.U.P. online, 2010).