2 volumes bound in 1. [xii], 333, [1] blank; [2] blank; [xviii],  55, [249] pp. (Folio) 33.5x23 cm (13¼x9") modern full calf, triple blind rule border, morocco label. Second edition.

A lively and engrossing book on a myriad of topics related to merchants and seafaring. The author, Gerard Malynes, discusses international law, maritime law and the law of commerce, measures and weights, navigation, free trade, geography, the wealth of nations, and much more. There are also a few short sections which refer to the Virginia Company, and he states his own opinion as to how the Company could have met with greater success in the Americas. In another section he mentions sharing ideas on navigation with Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. Certainly a well informed man, this book was originally published in 1622, and then re-issued in this edition with a supplemental work on accounting and keeping ledgers by Richard Dafforne. Both editions remain quite scarce.