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Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. None (illustratore). First edition. A very scarce contemporary publication of John Twells' speech in opposition to Robert Peels' Bank Charter Act in 1857. A fascinating and very scarce publication of the testimony given by English banker John Twells at an 1857 public meeting of those opposed to the monetary system established by Sir Robert Peel's Acts of 1819 and 1844.The meeting was held in the town hall of East Retford, and a post script notes that he 'was listened to throughout the whole of his lengthened speech with the greatest attention and interest'.Twells also gave evidence at the 1857 Parliamentary Select Committee on the working of the Bank Charter Act 1844.With the stamp of the Nottinghamshire County Library to the verso of the first leaf, and no further library markings.Karl Marx later referenced Twells's comment that the 1844 Act had been profitable for bankers, while disadvantaging merchants and those in business. Rebound in full cloth. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamp to verso of first leaf. Pages lightly age toned, with handling marks to the first and final leaf, but otherwise clean. Very Good. book.