[1937] [ii], 350pp, with monochrome portrait plate frontispiece. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on brown relief front and spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Previous owner's stamp three times on front endpapers. Endpapers a little spotted else internally neat and clean. Tightly bound and square.
Includes chapters on John Law, Alexandre de Bonneval, Theodore de Neuhoff, James Keith, Giacomo Casanova, Giuseppe Balsamo etc.