History of Banking: Scottish and Irish banks. Savings banks

Covers the critical period in the history of banking from the late 17th century to the Bank Charter Act of 1844. It contains over 100 of the most important tracts, treatises and pamphlets which trace the development of the early modern banking system. 'There are many fascinating texts in this work, particularly on nineteenth-century banking issues ... ' (Antoin E Murphy, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought).