The Case of the booksellers trading beyond sea, humbly offer'd to the honourable House of Commons. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A78231 of text T11179 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C1017A). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A78231 Wing C1017A ESTC T11179 45504391 ocm 45504391 171693 2248525821

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THE CASE OF THE BOOKSELLERS Trading beyond Sea , Humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of COMMONS .

WHereas in the Bill now depending before this Honourable House for laying a Duty of 25 l. per Cent. upon all Paper imported , there is likewise a Clause for laying 25 l. per Cent. upon all Printed Books to be imported , over and above an Additional Duty lately imposed upon all Foreign Books .

It is humbly conceived this Imposition upon Foreign Books printed beyond Sea , will not raise any thing considerable to the King .

Considering that by the best Computation that can be made , the Va●●● of Foreign Books imported , these late Years , doth not amount to above three thousand Pounds per annum .

The Duty whereof at 25 per Cent. will raise but 750 l.

The major Part of which is imported by French Protestant Refugees for their poor Livelihood , who by this Imposition will be made utterly incapable of doing any thing , and consequently much lessen the Revenue to the King .

Such Importation of Foreign Books can be no ways prejudicial to the Printers or Stationers of England , the Books Imported being the Wor●● of Foreign Authors ( and not of our own Country-men ) or such antient Books in Greek and Latin , &c. of curious Editions , which are not to be found in England , tho much desired by our Nobility , Gentry and Clergy , and of great Use to both Universities , and for the Advancement of Learning in General . Whereas the said Imposition of 25 per Cent. upon so inconsiderable a Commodity as Foreign Printed Books ; will hinder all such Importation , to the great Discouragement of Learning , without any Benefit or Advantage to the King .

There might likewise be offer'd the great Uncertainty there is in dis●osing and vending 〈◊〉 Foreign Books , which before they are well known , are imported 〈◊〉 great hazard by the Booksellers , who generally have more than half 〈◊〉 Books they import lie upon their Hands for seven Years , and at last ●●come Waste-Paper . And if they should all be sold , then 20 per Cent. Profit would not arise to the Importer , which is less than the intended Imposition .

All which is humbly submitted to the Great Wisdom and Consideration of this Honourable House .

CASE OF THE Booksellers Trading beyond Sea .