Printed by R. R. for Tho[mas] Cockerill, at the Three Legs in the Poultrey
Publication date
1697
Media type
Print
Pages
xiv; 336
OCLC
6978589
An Essay Upon Projects (1697)[1] was the first volume published by Daniel Defoe.[2] It begins with an introduction containing a portrait of his time as a "Projecting Age",[3] and subsequently illustrates plans for the economic and social improvement of England,[4] including an early proposal for a national insurance scheme.
^Daniel Defoe (1697). An Essay Upon Projects. London: Printed by R. R. for Tho[mas] Cockerill, at the Three Legs in the Poultrey. OCLC 6978589.
^P. B., Backscheider (1989). Daniel Defoe.His Life. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 517.
^Defoe, p. 1.
^"Social Projects". Indiana.edu. Indiana University Bloomington. 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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