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A NOSSEIGNEURS de l'Assemblée Nationale. (Paris), Imprimerie de Momoro, (1790). 15, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2706; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond; not in Tourneux. First edition. Protest against the fact that some of the feudal services may only be abolished through financial compensation. EUR 150
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ADRESSE de la ville de Lyon, concernant les assignats A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790. 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1933; Goldsmiths 14376; Martin & Walter 9233; not in Monglond; not in INED. Very serious warning for the danger of the creation of small 'assignats' which would provoke only the disappearance of cash and the devaluation of paper-money. Signed by Focard. EUR 150
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ADRESSE des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte à Nosseigneurs de l'Assemblée nationale. Du 20 Novembre 1789. Paris, Baudouin, (1789). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13866; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 683; not in Kress. First edition. On the actual undesired situation caused by the advance payments made to the exchequer. EUR 145
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ADRESSE des citoyens de Bordeaux, actionnaires de la Caisse patriotique à l'Assemblé nationale. Paris, De l'imprimerie nationale, 1790. (2), 5 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. On the advantages of an exchange office which changes assignats for cash money. EUR 150
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ADRESSE des députés extraordinaires des manufactures et du commerce de France à l'Assemblée Nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). (2), 29 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 759; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond. Survey of the discussions in the various Chambers of Commerce of the most important commercial cities of France on the subject of assignats: most of them opposed the emission of new assignats, of which they outline the various dangers. EUR 150
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ADRESSE présentée à Messieurs les quatre-vingt-dix électeurs des Communes de Bordeaux, sur les besoins urgens du trésor royal, et le moyen le plus efficace et le moins onéreux aux peuples d'y apporter un prompt secours. (Bordeaux), 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin &Walter. Inviting the public to help the State by donating their silver, jewels, and other precious objetcs. EUR 150
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APERCU des considérations politiques qui doivent faire proscrire une émission considérable d'assignats-monnoie. Paris, Desenne, 1er Septembre 1790. (2), 47 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1223; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond. Strongly against the emission of 2 milliards of assignats-monnoies. 'Ne pas prévenir une horrible catastrophe, c'est la vouloir ....' EUR 150
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ARISTOCRATIE, L', financière. Avec un moyen patriotique de s'en faire une ressource pour les besoins de l'Etat. (Paris), Imprimerie de Guillau, (ab. 1790-1791). 24 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1269; not in Monglond. First edition. On the fatal influence of the 'financiers' who have perverted the national economy. EUR 175
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ARREST du conseil d'estat du Roy, portant règlement pour le tenuë des registres journaux de tous les comptables dépendans des fermes-unies. Du 5 Septembre 1724. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1724. 62 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Catalogue des Actes Royaux; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Publication of 228 articles on the subject which remained valid until the Revolution. EUR 200
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AVENIR heureux du commerce françois, dédié aux fabriques nationales. No place, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1532; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2433; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition, rare. Of protectionist vein.Innermargin of title-page strengthened, title-page cut short. EUR 150
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AVIS au Tiers-État. A Londres (Paris), 1788. 54 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, marbled boards. The author demands the abolition of the privileges of the nobility and the clergy as well as reasonable representation of the Third Estate in the Etats-Généraux. The section covering the pages 40-54 entitled: 'Pensées et maximes du bon Abbé de Saint-Pierre, second du nom, sur la Noblesse.' EUR 225
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BILAN de la République Française, ou Tableau de ses dépenses pendant l'an 7, avec des observations très étendues sur la loi répressive du brigandage, du 24 messidor dernier. A Paris, Chez l'ex-ministre Ramel et chez tous les marchands de nouveautés, an VII (1799). 59, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. Signed at end of page 52: 'Hyacinthe M...' Could well stand for Louis-Charles Hyacinthe Marmet. Deals with the cost of government (Corps-Legislatif, Directoire-Exécutif, Ministres), analysis of the abuses and proposes remedies supported by a balance of income and expenditure of the republic. EUR 250
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CITOYEN, Un, aux Etats Généraux. No place, 1788 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 46 pp. 8vo. Boards. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi or INED.Very rare text, reprinted in an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade, and since long out-of-print. Anonymous tract of a physiocratic character. Demands to reconsider the division of taxes; explains the advantages of small farmlands which should be maintained and not destroyed by the pressing high taxes. Published at the eve of the Revolution, this tract forms an interesting document on the farmers' problems. EUR 125
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COMME on voudra m'appeller. Avril 1789. No place, (1789). (2), 90 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco (slightly worn). Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3580. Original edition. Reflexions on the state of France, its finances and on the convocation of the Etats-Généraux. Discusses the theorires of Sieyès and the Instruction of the Duc d'Orléans. EUR 125
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CONFERENCE entre un ministre d'Etat et un conseiller au Parlement. No place, 1787. - (Bound with:) SUITE de la conférence du ministre avec le conseiller. No place, 1787. - ({Bound with:) SECONDE SUITE de la conférence du ministre avec le conseiller. No place, (1787). - (Bound with:) LA NOUVELLE CONFERENCE entre un ministre d'Etat et un conseiller au Parlement. No place, (1787). Together 4 pieces in 1 volume. 39 pp.; 43 pp.; 26 pp.; 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine with gilt lettering. Kress B.1194 & B.1343 (for the first three, different editions); not in Goldsmiths; Conlon 87:284 & 87:790 (all four). Original editions, quite scarce. Discussing the state of affairs in France in the preceding years, especially the ministries of Calonne and Necker, in the form of dialogues between a minister (Necker) and an advisor. EUR 750
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DECLARATION du Roi, concernant le cadastre général, et la liquidation et remboursement des dettes de l'État, enregistrée au Parlement séant à Rouen. Donnée à Versailles, le 21 Novembre 1763. (Rouen, J.J. Le Boullenger, 1764). 23 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. EUR 150
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DISCOURS pour et contre la réduction de l'interest naturel de l'argent, Qui, ayant été prononcés en 1737, dans la Chambre des Communes du Parlement de la Grande Bretagne, occasionnerent, en ce pays, la réduction de 4 à 3%. Traduits de l'Anglois (par J.P. Gua de Malves), et précedés d'un Avant-Propos fort étendu de la composition du Traducteur. A Wesel, et se vend à Paris, chez Grange et Hocherau, 1757. 2 parts in 1 volume. (4), clxviii pp.; (2), 300 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands (corners slightly bumped). Kress 5609; Einaudi 1579; INED 2179; Higgs 1528; not in Goldsmiths. First French edition. The translator was Jean-Paul Gue de Malves. The first part was entirely written by him, the second part contains: Discours pour le réduction par le chevalier J. Bernard - Discours contre la réduction, & en réponse au discours précédent, par le chevalier Robert Walpoole - Troisième discours en faveur de la réduction. Ou réplique au discours précédent. Par M .....The second leaf contains an Avis au Lecteur and the Errata. The pages iii-iv (aij) and xiii-xiv (avij) are present in both cancelled and uncancelled state, but the pages v-vi and xi-xii are lacking. EUR 450
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INSTRUCTION de l'Argent national près le District de Beziers, sur le table ci-après du Maximum des Denrées et Marchandises. (Et Tableau du Maximum). (A Beziers, de l'Imprimerie de J.J. Fugier, an II-1794). 7 leaves folio-plano, folded to large 4to.Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition, very rare. The Law of the Maximum, legislation that established a partially controlled economy during the year II. It was the second of three primary maximum degrees. It aimed at fixing the prices of wheat and flour (maximum of 4 May 1793), the maximum of 29 September 1794 fixed both prices and wages over a wide spectrum of primary commodities and production, the third, the maximum of 24 February 1794, replaced the local prices of the second maximum with a schedule of national prices. On 24 December 1794 the Thermidorians disestablished this system of price and wage controls. These were the basic laws of a complex of degress and a torrent of administrative reporting that included not just fixed prices but administratively controlled distribution as well, all of it directed theoretically from Paris by the Commission of Subsistence and Provisions and backed by the authority of the Committee of Public Safety. The folding sheets are subdivided into columns: Dénomination des Denrées et Marchandises; Indication des Lieux de Production ou de Fabrication; Distance des Lieux de départ aux Lieux de Consommation; Prix en 1790 augmentés du Tiers; Frais de Transport, par terre ou par eau en raison des distances; Prix que doit vendre le Marchand en gros,d'après l'achat principal, les frais de transport et les bénéfices de cinq pour cent calculés sur le total de ces deux bases réunis; Prix que doit vendre le Détaillant aux Consommateurs, y compris les bénéfices de dix pour cent en sus, seulement sur les prix en 1790, augmenté d'un tiers & des frais de transport; Réduction des prix ci-contre à la pinte, à la livre, à l'aune, à la toile, au pied, & à tout autre poids & mesure. EUR 1000
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LETTER, A, from a member of Parliament for a Borough in the West, to a noble Lord in his neighbourhood there, concerning the Excise-Bill, and the manner and causes of losing it. London, J. Roberts, 1733. 32 pp. 8vo. Sewn, modern blind wrappers. Kress 4105; Goldsmiths 7122; Hanson 4563. EUR 175
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LETTER, A, from a member of Parliament to his friend in the country, containing his reasons for being against the late Act for preventing the retail of spirituous liquors; inwhich the great increase of the Civil List by this Act will be particularly consider'd. London, H. Haines, (1736). 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, modern blind wrappers. Goldsmiths 7435; Hanson 4985; not in Kress. EUR 175
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LETTRE des administrations provinciales aux notables. No place, (1787). (2), 14 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Conlon 87:636; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. First edition (?) Discusses the indispensable and unavoidable financial reforms. EUR 150
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MEMOIRE adressé à l'Assemblée Nationale par le Corps des mines. Extrait de l'arrête du Corps des mines du 2 juin 1790. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie des Bâtimens du Roi, (1790). 27 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; notin Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9607. First edition. Dealing with the question of property rights, favoring state ownership. EUR 150
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MEMOIRE sur l'assiete, la perception et la comptabilité des sommes à lever annuellement pour le besoin de l'Etat. A Paris, Chez Gattey, (1789). (2), 38 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 9809. Pleads for another distribution of taxes to ease the burden on the poor and labourers. EUR 150
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NECESSITE, De la, et des moyens de rétablir la confiance et le crédit; par le Cen***, de l'Institut National. Paris, chez les marchands de Nouveautés, An 8e (1800). 56 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.4109; notin Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Martin & Walter. - Small repair to page 31/32 with some loss of text. Titlepage browned, some scribbling at top of titlepage. Copy from Michel Adamson with his signature on the titlepage. EUR 125
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NOUVELLE administration au voeu de la Nation, pour la régénération de l'Etat. Cadastre dans le royaume de France. Par M. de Mirabeau. Vérité, justice & liberté. (Caen, chez Manoury l'aîné), 1789. 102 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Frère; not in Martin & Walter; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Conlon. - Very rare. The unknown author uses the name of Mirabeau as penname. Proposes reform of taxes, based on the cadastre, and to consist only of territorial tax per head. Demands also suppression of the ecclesiastical rights. Very rare and interesting piece. EUR 425
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OBSERVATIONS sur l'injustice et l'immoralité des droits d'entrée dans les villes. Indication des moyens propres à compenser le produit de ces droits par de nouvelles taxes oucontributions proportionelles aux facultés. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1791. 46 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress S.5370; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11157. EUR 175
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OBSERVATIONS sur les prétendues immunités du clergé, relativement à l'impôt; suivies de l'état général des biens du clergé de France, avec un plan de réforme soumis à la délibération des Etats-Généraux. Par un citoyen impartial. No place, 1789. 78 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11347. Project of appropriation of ecclesiastical properties, which together with the royal properties will bring in, according to the author, an annual benefit of 500 million. EUR 225
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OBSERVATIONS sur un projet, de Vente Nationale du Sel, présenté au Comité des Finances. (Drop-head title). No place, (ab. 1790). 15 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11375. Pp. 5 - end contain pricelists of various kinds of salt, divided into different goups according to the region of origin. EUR 80
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OUVERTURE des Etats-Généraux, faits à Versailles le 5 Mai 1789. Discours du Roi; Discours de M. le Garde des sceaux; Rapport de M. le Directeur général des finances, fait parordre du Roi. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1789. 103, (1), (10) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards.Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 6407; not in Tourneux; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13899 (8vo issue only). First edition. - This 4to issue is of great rarity. The first Estates General since 1614, this assembly was summoned to meet at Versailles on 27 April, although the date was later changed to 5 May, in order to propose solutions to financial problems, to reduce the treasury's deficit, and to relieve the public debt, problems that the two Assembly's of Notables in 1787 and 1788 had failed to resolve. The opening session was preceded, on 4 May, by a slow, very formal, anachronistic procession. In the presence of the king and court, the members of the three orders heard Mass. Then, on 5 May, they 'submitted' to speeches by the keeper of the seals, C.-L.-F. Barentin, and J. Necker, which contained neither program nor promises. The dissapointment of the Third Estate was intense and was manifested from the beginning by the verification of credentials, which was done by separate orders and not in common. Of capital importance for the history of financial situation of France at the eve of the Revolution. Necker's report to the King covers the pp. 21-103 and is followed by the tables giving the details of the financial situation, with separate titlepage État Général des Revenus et des Dépenses fixes. EUR 600
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PLAN d'administration, par un citoyen. No place, 1788. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Interesting workproposing all sorts of reform in the financial structure of France. The anonymous author appears to be pro-Necker: he speaks about a minister who 'n'a jamais perdu de vue la chose publique', although his 'children' are against him. 'Il a profité du calme de sa vie privée pour mûrir son génie. La vertu, la religion sont ses guides. Il vous a fait connoître, il vous a prouvé l'importance des opinions religieuses' (italics from the text). EUR 175
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PLAN des travaux du Comité d'agriculture et de commerce, présenté à l'Assemblée nationale, le 8 mai 1790. Paris, Impr. nationale, 1790. 12 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; INED 4728bis; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1667. Dealing with various projects but aiming particularly at the suppression of the 'privilège' of the Compagnie des Indes and at the abolishment of the internal custom barriers.The Compagnie des Indes was the most important trading organization of eighteenth-century France. Its policies and activities were intertwined with royal finances and colonial ambitions. As a target of free trade advocates, the company was a source of frustation to provincial merchants and served to weaken loyalty to the absolute monarchy. At the outbreak of the French revolution, the advocates of free trade were once again in control (after a period of free trade in the 1770's, which was not very succesful and which led to the re-establishment of the company as monopolist) and the Constituent Assembly opened commerce to all in the spring of 1790, but did not liquidate the company. EUR 150
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PLAN, (A) d'établissement public, qui maintiendra toujours le prix du bled dans la balance de 20 à 26 liv. le setier, c'est-à-dire, le pain à 8, 9 et 10 sols au plus les 4 liv. dans toute la République, sans mettre aucune imposition ni sols additionnels. Présenté par deux Citoyens de Paris, Section de la Réunion. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de Roblot, 1793. Title partly printed in red, with a charming head-piece. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14001. - Tiny hole in lower blank margin, not affecting text. Suggests among others the establishment of a National Bank. The 'A' in the title after the word plan refers to the note on the bottom of the page where one can read: Ce Plan étant du plus grand intérêt, on a cru devoir mettre la tête en rouge, pour qu'il ne soit pas confondu dans la foule. EUR 150
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PROJET d'encouragement de l'agriculture, du commerce et des arts, par la suppression de la milice, ou tirage au sort; avec la manière économique de suppléer aux troupes provinciales, par la création d'une école martiale, & l'établissement de manufactures & d'ateliers relatifs à leur service. Par M. l'abbé de M ..... l'aîné. No place, 1789. xiii, 56 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14644; Kress S.5260; not in Goldsmiths. Includes a chapter 'Moyens supplétifs de ressources pécuniaires en faveur de ces asyles de charité.' EUR 100
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RAPPORT du Comité des finances, sur le compte de la Caisse d'Escompte avec le trésor public. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14294; Martin & Walter 1925. Séance du 16 Septembre 1790, dealing with the accounts and followed by a "Projet de décret." EUR 175
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RAPPORT fait à l'Assemblée nationale, par son Comité des finances sur les dépenses actuelles du département de la guerre. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1789. With 9 folding financial tables and 42 pp. of text. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1913. EUR 100
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REGLEMENT fait par le Roi, pour la formation de son Conseil royal des finances & du commerce. Paris, Imp. Royale, 1787. - (Followed by:) REGLEMENT fait par le Roi, pour l'administration de ses finances & du commerce. Paris, Imp. Royale, 1787. 2 pieces in 1 volume. 6 pp; 6, (2, blank) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Catalogue des Actes Royaux, vi, 41850, 41852. Very rare original edition of the two primordial texts without which the financial and economic administration of France at the eve of the Revolution is difficult to understand. EUR 600
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REPONSE des négociants de la ville de Grenoble. A MM. les juges-consuls de Montauban, Clermont-Ferrand, Châlons, Orléans, Tours, Besançon, Dunkerque et Saint-Quentin, et à laChambre de Commerce de Picardie, de Saint-Malo, et de l'Isle en Flandres. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 14 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin &Walter. The 'négociants' of the city of Grenoble oppose their 'chers Confrères' of the other cities in their view that the trading and commercial professions should have the right to appoint their own representatives to the Etats-Généraux. EUR 150
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REPONSE du Roi aux Remonstrances du 4 Septembre 1759. No place, (1759). 19, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Defendingthe new taxes and explaining the necessity of more income for the State. EUR 125
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SECRET des sang-sues dévoilé, où l'on prouve que la noblesse et les princes n'ont aucun intérêt à se séparer du peuple; qu'ils ont tout à gagner en se réunissant à lui, contre les sang-sues de l'Etat. No place, février 1789. (4), 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1718; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 16488. Very vehement pamphlet against taxes which ruin the people and hence the State. EUR 175
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SECRET des sang-sues dévoilé, où l'on prouve que la noblesse et les princes n'ont aucun intérêt à se séparer du peuple; qu'ils ont tout à gagner en se réunissant à lui, contre les sang-sues de l'Etat. No place, février 1789. (4), 80 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1718; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 16488. Very violent pamphlet against taxes which ruin the people and hence the State. EUR 125
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SENTIMENT d'un actionnaire de la caisse d'escompte, sur l'arrêt du 29 décembre 1788, qui proroge au 30 juin 1789 les dispositions de celui du 18 août 1788. No place, 1789. 15 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. First (only) edition ? In praise of the policy persued by Necker. EUR 175
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SUR L'INTERET des assignats-monnoie. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1790. 7 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not inGoldsmith; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17339; Tourneux III, 12936. First edition. Arguing that the interest should be kept very low to make sure that the assignats will circulate. EUR 100
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TABLEAU de la situation présente des affaires publiques & de la finance du Royaume, indiqués par apperçu. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17411. Includes an exposé of the financial situation of France, with references to Loménie de Brienne, Necker, Lamoignon, etc. EUR 175
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TRIBUT PATRIOTIQUE adressé, le premier janvier 1790, à l'Assemblé nationale, aux ministres d'Etat et aux municipalités. A Paris, chez les marchands de nouveauté, 1790. 67 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. At end: 'De l'imprimerie de Momoro, premier imprimeur de la liberté nationale, et soldat-citoyen de la Compagnie des arquebusiers royaux et nationaux de la ville de Paris.' Divided into 3 sections: 1. Causes qui ont nui à l'approvisionnement des grains pour la ville de Paris. 2. Nécessité de prendre sur-le-champ des précautions pour pourvoir à la subsistance de cette année. 3. Moyens de la procurer avec économie, dans les temps de disette, sans recourir à l'étranger. EUR 300
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UN CITOYEN aux Etats-Généraux. No place, 1788. 46 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. Entirely devoted to the main question with which the Etats Généraux had to deal: the reform of taxes and the correct distribution of the burden. EUR 225
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VICES DECOUVERTS, LES, ou Avis à mes concitoyens, sur quelques objets importans, relatifs à l'état présent des affaires. En France, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17989. Denunciation of the oppressive burdens that overwhelm the people, of the wealth of the clergy, and of the privileges of the nobility. EUR 100
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VUES sur la liquidation de la dette publique, sans aucune charge pour la nation. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 11 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13961; not in Kress; Martin & Walter,Anonymes, 18150. EUR 150
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ACTE pour amender les lois actuellement en vigueur (in Great Britain) sur l'importation des grains (23 Mars 1815). Paris, Impr. Royale, Avril 1821. - (Followed by:) MINISTEREde l'intérieur. Résultats des importations et des exportations de grains, farines et légumes en 1820. Paris, Impr. Royale, Avril 1821. - (Followed by:) MINISTERE de l'intérieur. Extrait de la correspondance du Consul de France à Odessa (concerning the prices and exports of corn). Paris, Imprimerie Royale, Avril 1821. 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. 4 pp.; 2 pp.; 2 pp. 4to. Modern boards. None in Kress; none in Goldsmiths. EUR 150
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AMI, L', des campagnes et des faubourgs. Paris, avril 1790. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1032; not in Monglond; not in Tourneux. - Added as frontispiece, a portrait of Voltaire. - Small piece of date cut out, with loss of two numbers. By a moderate royalist, criticizing the financial and economical reforms of the Assemblée Constituante. EUR 200
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ARREST du Conseil d'État du Roi, qui prescrit les règles et les formalités à observer, tant par les parties prenantes que par les payeurs des États du Roi. Du 30 Octobre 1767. Grenoble, Ve A. Faure, 1767. Large 4to poster on white paper. Concerning the pensions and gratifications paid out of the Trésor Royal. EUR 75
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ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, par lequel Sa Majesté supprime les différentes places d'inspecteurs généraux des manufactures; d'inspecteurs généraux du commerce; de commissaires généraux du commerce: établit cinq inspecteurs généraux du commerce, dont le premier aura le titre d'Inspecteur général-directeur du commerce; le second d'inspecteur général-directeur des manufactures; & les trois autres d'inspecteurs généraux du commerce & des manufactures: Et règle les fonctions desdites places. Du 16 février 1788. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Versailles, Imprimerie royale, 1788. 10 pp. 4to. Disbound. In article V the King nominated Boyetet as inspector general-director of commerce; Desmarets as inspector general-director of manufacturing industry and the physiocrats Abeille, Cliquot de Blervache and Dupont de Nemours as general inspectors of commerce and the manufacturing industry. EUR 300
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ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, portant suppression du Conseil des prises, au premier avril 1788. Du 5 janvier 1788. (Drop-head title). Lyon, 1788. 2 pp. 4to. Modern boards with leather label. On an extra blank leaf contemporary annotations concerning among others arrêts and edicts dealing with 'commerce, chemins, affinages' etc. EUR 100
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ARRET du Conseil du Roi, portant confirmation & établissement de ports francs dans le royaume. (Drop-head title). Paris, 1784. 3, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards with leather label. EUR 100
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BANQUE vraiement nationale. (Drop-head title). No place, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Tourneux III, 12682 (describing the copy of the Archives nationales); not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13883; not in Martin & Walter. Signed at end: 'Del....e'. The aim of this bank should be to help those proprietors who are ruined by the taxes, rather than to stimulate the wealth of a few. EUR 125
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COLLECTION of 4 pamphlets dealing with the discussions raised by Roussel de la Tour's 'Richesses de l'Etat'. No place, (about 1763). 4 pieces, bound in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 16 pp.; 8 pp.; 16 pp. Small 8vo. Modern supple boards. CF.: INED 3967. Separate editions, three of them later collected as additions to a re-edition of the Richesses in 1764. Contains: 1. TOUT est dit. - 2. TOUT n'est pas dit. Réponse de Candide au docteur Pangloss sur son optimisme des finances. - 3. LE BOUTTE-SELLE. - 4. (DARIGRAND). La Patrie vengée, ou La juste balance. Conclusions des Richesses de l'Etat.The first text is a criticism on the Richesses, the second work defends the Richesses, the third piece discusses the Richesses, and the fourth work considers the positive elements of the Richesses of sufficient value to accept some of the weaker points. EUR 450
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CRI, LE, du Coeur, dialogue sur l'édit du Roi du 30 Mai 1774, entre Jacques l'Essaouflé, colporteur et Claude Francoeur, compagnon charbonnier. A Paris, Chez Cailleau, 1774. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Curious piece on the occasion of the accession to the throne of Louis XVI, and the edict suppressing the gift that was a rule on each accession and which was the symbolic confirmation of privileges, concessions, etc. The amount raised by such gifts was quite substantial. See for the so-called 'don de joyeux avénement', Marion, p. 310. EUR 200
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DECRET de la Convention Nationale, du 7 Décembre 1792, l'an premier de la République Française, portant que les colons peuvent tirer de France tous ouvrages neufs d'orfèvrerie & de jouaillerie. Marseille, (1792). 2 pp. 4to. Modern boards with leather label. Not in Martin & Walter. EUR 75
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EFFETS, DES, du transport des bureaux des traites aux frontières extrêmes, et autres vues politiques. Metz, chez la veuve Antoine & Fils, Et se trouve Chez les Libraires de Metz & Chez Belin à Paris, décembre 1790. (2), iv, 34 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 5310. First (and only?) edition. Of physiocratic inspiration, dealing with the inconveniences of interior customes. 'd'Après les Quesnai, les Mirabeau, les Larivière, les Dupont, les Smith, le régime des traites est destructif de l'agriculture et des arts'. EUR 200
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ENCYCLOPEDIE METHODIQUE. Économie politique et diplomatique. Partie dédié et présentée à Monseigneur le Baron de Breteuil ..... Par (J.N.) Démeunier. A Paris, Chez Panckoucke, A Liège, Chez Plomteux, 1784-1788. With one large folding engraved table.4 volumes. (2), vi, 760 pp.; (4), 757, (1) pp.; (4), 787, (1) pp.; (4), 840 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, richly gilt backs with red and green labels with gilt lettering, all edges red (upper compartment of volume 4 with small damage). Kress B.574; Goldsmiths 12380; INED 1340; not in Einaudi. First edition. The Encyclopédie Méthodique was a reworking of the famous Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, containing most of the articles from that work with additions and corrections. Its chief novelty was that the whole work was divided into subject categories, making every subject thus more accesible. All these parts form an independent work on particular subjects. The major part of the work was done by Demeurier who was assisted by Desbois de Rochefort and Grivel. The major subjects here are agriculture, population and political economy. EUR 1750
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ESSAI de théorie sur le gouvernement monarchique. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Maradan, 1789. vii, (1, errata), 263, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine in compartments, gilt lettering and blind stamped phrygian cap in each compartment. Not in Barbier; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond. Second edition, the first appeared in 1788 and just as the first edition very rare, apparently only Yale has a copy of this edition, no further copies located, nor of the 1788 edition. The last chapter proposes a plan for financial reform, with proportional taxes, based on Vauban's ideas as laid down in his Dîme Royale.Analysis of the power and government in a monarchy, mostly theoretical and critical of monarchical power, especially in matters of finance and justice. EUR 500
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ESSAI sur l'administration des finances de la France, et la libération des dettes de l'État. Au Roi et aux représentans de la nation. No place, 1789. 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label withgilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Not in Martin & Walter; Kress B.1591; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli. First edition. The 'avertissement' states that the work was composed 'sous le ministère de M. l'archevêque de Sens' (Loménie de Brienne).The work deals principally with the reform of the taxes and the stabilization of the State's finances: 'Soulager le peuple des sommes immenses ..... amortir les dettes ..... choisir parmi les impôts les moins onéreux et anéantir tous les autres.' The author opposes 'le despotisme ministériel' and favours ministerial responsibility before representative assemblies. EUR 450
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ESSAI sur l'administration des finances de la France, et la libération des dettes de l'État. Au Roi et aux représentans de la nation. No place, 1789. 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt double-line fillet on sides, very lightly rubbed, small spot on upper cover, with unidentified gilt stamped coat-of-arms in the center of upper cover Not in Martin & Walter; Kress B.1591; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. The 'avertissement' states that the work was composed 'sous le ministère de M. l'archevêque de Sens', Loménie de Brienne. EUR 450
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HANDWORTERBUCH der Staatswissenschaften. Vierte, gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. Edited by L. Elster, A. Weber & F. Wieser. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1923-1929. 9 volumes. xvi, 1068 pp.; viii, 1094 pp.; viii, 1044 pp.; viii, (2), 1281, (1) pp.; viii, 1022 pp.; x, 1244, (2, advertisements) pp.; viii, 1240 pp.; viii, 1368 pp.; viii, 1199, (1) pp. Large 8vo. Original morocco-backed cloth, gilt lettering on spines, corners. Fourth, best and -under this title- last edition of this monumental encyclopaedia of political economy, still an indispensable reference work due to the quality of the contributors: Max Weber, Weinberger, Böhm-Bawerk, Ehrenberg, von Mises, Mayer, Röpke, Spann, Ritter, Zahn, Grünberg, Stammler, etc. etc. "The most comprehensive German work, and in some respects the finest encyclopaedia of political science in any language" (Winchell CI 27). EUR 600
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LETTRE d'un conseiller au Parlement de Paris à un conseiller du Parlement de Normandie. A Londres, 26 Août 1787. 37, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; notin Einaudi; not in Mattioli; not in INED; Conlon 87:611. Original edition. On the division of taxes and on the Assemblée des Notables, including a discussion of the historical backgrounds of regulations and customs. EUR 175
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PREVENTION légitime contre le projet d'impôts délibéré par le Conseil de Vile (sic) le 3 Janvier 1764. No place, 1764. 16 pp. 8vo. Disbound. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs; not in Conlon.Only edition (?) Curious plan, in which the author protests against projects of the city government of Marseille, and pleads for one single tax, on flour, and this sole tax being a variable one according to the needs of the city. Printed on olive-greenish paper, according to the preface, with the aim to soften the labour of the eyes when reading. This introductory preface on the influence of colours is also of interest. Also the spelling has partly been simplified. - Very rare. EUR 375
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PROCES -VERBAL des séances de la Commission instituée pour examiner les impôts sur les boissons. (Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1830). (4), 151 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. The commission was set up on August 23, 1830 and assembled ten times 'pour examiner les impôts assis sur les boissons, et proposer les modifications dont ces impôts peuvent être susceptibles.' EUR 125
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REFLEXIONS sur le projet de rendre le métal de cloches malléable, et d'en fabriquer de la monnoie pour servir à l'échange des petits assignats. (Drop-head title). Paris, P.Fr. Didot le jeune, 1791. 22, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern vellum. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14889 (without the last leaf); Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 15456. At end: 'Le 14 mai 1791' and signed: L.C. de L. which could stand for Comte de Lauraguais. EUR 175
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REMERCIEMANT et supplique du peuple au Roi, à l'occasion de l'Assemblée des Notables. Bruxelles, 1787. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. 'Toutes les réformes ..... partiront d'un seul moyen', which is: paying the debts of the State. - The name 'Bruxelles' has been crossed out in a contemporary hand, and has been replaced by: 'au Baron d'Espagnac'. EUR 125
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REMONSTRANCES du Parlement de Provence au Roi. Délibérées le 9 janvier 1764, en enregistrant l'Édit du Roi du mois d'Avril 1763 concernant les dons gratuits, et les déclarations du 21 Novembre suivant. (Drop-head title). (Aix, 1764). 16 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Conlon 64:425. Original edition. The Don gratuit was the way in which the clergy could escape taxation: by a voluntary gift to the treasury. This had also symbolic meaning: the clergy maintained that they could not be taxed by a worldly ruler and to avoid taxation they gave 'freely'. The present text suggests that to improve the State's budgetary position the State should reduce its expenses instead of raising taxes or imposing new ones. EUR 175
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REMONSTRANCES du Parlement de Provence au Roi. Délibérées le 9 janvier 1764, en enregistrant l'Édit du Roi du mois d'Avril 1763 concernant les dons gratuits, et les déclarations du 21 Novembre suivant. (Aix, 1764). 16 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Conlon 64:425; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. To improve the State's budgetary position, taxes should not be raised, but the State should reduce the expenses. Tax fraude is not always a crime, but often a necessity that knows no laws. EUR 125
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REQUETE des Etats-Généraux de France au Roi. A Londres, 1772. (2), 92 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon. First edition. - Title slightly spotted. Defends the rights of the Parlements and contains strong criticism of the financial situation of the country. EUR 125
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SAGE CITOYEN, Le, conciliateur et ami de la patrie, qui offre au gouvernement le moyen le plus simple et le plus facile pour remplir, en peu de temps, le déficit des finances, et assurer le prompt payement des dettes de l'Etat, sans qu'il soit besoin de recourir à de nouveaux emprunts ou à de nouveaux impôts. En France, Imprimerie de la Vérité, 1788. 33 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. First edition. EUR 200
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TAILLE REELLE, LA. (Drop-head title of page 1 reads:) Lettre d'un avocat de Paris à un de ses Confrères en Province, contenant des Réflexions sur l'escrit qui a pour titre, Richesses de l'Etat. (Anvers & Paris, Vallat, 1763). 38 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress S.4323; Goldsmiths 9907; INED 4802; Einaudi 5528; Higgs 3008. First edition. Roussel de La Tour had suggested to tax all the subjects of the kingdom, the author of this work suggests to tax only the capitalists ('n'assujettir à l'impôt que les seuls capitalistes'). Suggests which taxes to abolish (ferme générale, aide, gabelle, etc.) and which to maintain (douanes extérieures, paulette, etc.) in order to fix a 'taille réelle sur tous les immeubles, contrats de rentes et pensions royales.' Only 'les négociants, classe la plus utile à l'état' will be exempted from any taxation.The place of printing and printer are given by INED. EUR 175
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(ACCARIAS DE SERIONNE, J.) Les intérêts des nations de l'Europe dévelopés relativement au commerce. A Paris, Chez Desain (Leiden, Luzac), 1767. 4 volumes. (8), 411, (1) pp.; (4), 343, (1) pp.; (4), 331, (1) pp.; (4), 396 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, small damage to front joint of vol. 4. Higgs 4071; INED 12; Sabin 3726; Einaudi 55; Echeverria & Wilkie 767/2; JFBL A32; not in Kress (cf.: 6310); not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, originally published in 1766. In this his principal work Serionne rejected the Physiocratic theories of production and taxation; he also refused to accept the prevailing opinion that the population of France was diminishing rapidly. He strongly believed that the discovery of America had stimulated European agriculture and industry, improving levels of employment and that colonial commerce had itself contributed to an increase in the population of Europe (See: Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 315-321). After having run into serious difficulties in France, the author was forced to leave France. This edition with the 'Paris' imprint was apparently destined for export from Holland. - Half-title and first blanks slightly loose in volume one, a very fine copy, with bookplate of G. de Ste Marguerite, very likely belonging to the family of De Bonnet, seigneurs de la Baume, de Saint-Marguerite et de Costefrède. EUR 900
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(AGIER, P.J.) Le jurisconsulte national, ou principes sur la nécessité du consentement de la nation pour établir et proroger les impôts. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1788.) 3 parts in 1 volume. 84 pp.; 37 pp.; (2), 208 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, 56. All published. For the third part a titlepage was issued, which is present in this copy. The drop-head title of this third part reads: Du pouvoir de la nation dans la formation des loix. EUR 450
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(AMERVAL, D'.) La voix du vrai patriote. No place, 1789. 77, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in INED; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm (cf.: p. 192); not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The author primarily denounces the taxes which he considers to be destructive for agriculture and commerce. Inspired by the physiocratic theories he suggests that the only basis for taxation should be landed property. EUR 375
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(ANGOT-DESROTOURS, N.F.M.) Analyse de l'ouvrage de Mirabeau, sur la constitution monétaire. Présentée à l'Assemblée Nationale par son Comité des Monnaies. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. (2), 41, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress B.2015; Goldsmiths 14801 (anonymous entry); INED 54; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. Noel-François-Mathieu Angot Desrotours (or des Rotours), born in Falaise (1739), died in Rotours in 1821. In the Almanach Royaux of 1782-1791 he figures as 'Premier commis des monnaies'.'Doctrine monétaire de Mirabeau: maintenir l'or et l'argent au plus bas prix possible. Ebauche d'un nouveau systême monetaire' (INED). EUR 175
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(AUBUSSON, P.A.D'.) Profession de foi politique d'un bon François. A Paris, Chez Laurens jun. & Cressonnier, 1789. - (Followed by:) (AUBUSSON, P.A. D'.) Modèle d'un nouveau ressort d'économie politique, ou Projet d'une nouvelle espèce de banque, qu'on pourra nommer Banque Rurale, offerte aux observations du public. A Paris, Chez Laurens jun. & Cressonnier, 1789. - (Followed by:) (AUBUSSON, P.A. D'.) Adresse à Messieurs de l'ordre de la noblesse. (Paris, Cressonnier, 1789.) - (Followed by:) (AUBUSSON, P.A. D'.) Considérations sur la dette du gouvernement et sur les moyens de la payer. (Drop-head title). Paris, Laurens jun. & Cressonnier, (1789). Together 4 pieces bound in 1 volume. 87 pp.; (4), 99 pp.; 12, (2) pp.; 12, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, somewhat worn, corners bumped. Kress S.5207-10; Goldsmiths 13757, 13852, 13854, 14025; INED 124-125 (first and second text); Martin & Walter 731-33 & 739. Original editions. First work: 'L'agriculture, richesse primordiale, doit à elle seule déterminer la législation et la politique du royaume' (INED).Second work: 'Exposé concret du système proposé, pour la meilleure compréhension du lecteur' (INED). In the third work the author questions the nobility and its position and prerogatives: mentioning Sieyes "Qu'est ce que le Tiers ?" he adds he wished that Sieyes had also written a second volume entitled "Qu'est ce que la Noblesse ?" The last work is a proposal to found a "Caisse Rurale" and contains an elaborate explication of how this was supposed to work and would ease the financial troubles of a nation in revolution.The author was member of the Société royale d'agriculture de la Généralité de Limoges. EUR 400
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(BAUDEAU, N.) Résultats de la liberté et de l'immunité du commerce des grains, de la farine et du pain. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, Lacombe, Lemoine, 1768. 48 pp. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, red leather label on spine with gilt lettering. Weulersse p. xxv; Kress 6521; INED 296; Higgs 4376; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Very rare first separate edition, first published in the Ephémérides, September 1768, volume IX, entitled 'Résultats de la liberté parfaite et de l'immunité absolue du commerce des grains, de la farine et du pain; et conséquences pratiques de ses résultats'. 'Afin d'établir que la liberté parfaite et l'immunité totale du commerce des grains 'sont l'objet le plus essentiel à la prospérité de l'État', Baudeau considère les résultats de l'octroi de cette liberté sur le prix des grains, des terres, etc., et s'élève contre les 'exacteurs' et les 'monopoleurs'' (INED). One of several pamphlets and polemical writings of the period dealing with physiocratic solutions and explanations for the harrowing scarcity of grain and bread and the ensuing riots. - Name in an old hand written at top of title-page, sligthly touched by the binder's knife. The woodcut title-vignette has in the center a printed monogram 'NB'. EUR 2250
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(BAUDEAU, N.) Avis au peuple sur son premier besoin, ou Petits traités Economiques. Par l'Auteur des Ephémérides du Citoyen. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Hochereau, Desaint, Lacombe, 1768. 3 parts in 1 volume. (2), 152 pp.; 69, (1) pp.; 201, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, gilt lettering, gilt stamped unidentified arms in upper compartment, marbled edges. Kress 6516; Goldsmiths 10441; Einaudi 4432; INED 273; Higgs 4373; Leblanc 99; Weulersse, i, pp. 160-161. First edition. I: Premier Traité sur le commerce des bleds.II: Second Traité Sur la Mouture des Grains, & sur le Commerce des Farines.III: Troisième Traité, sur la Fabrication et le commerce du pain, et sur le vrai moyen de pourvoir aux approvisionnements publics. Nicolas Baudeau (1739-c1792). Born at Amoise, Baudeau entered the church, becoming a Canon and Professor of theology at the Chancelade Abbey. He was subsequently called to Paris in the service of Archbishop de Beaumont. In 1765, Baudeau founded the periodical Ephémérides du Citoyen, at that time a journal defending the mercantile system, in oppostion to Quesnay and his followers. Baudeau however was converted to Physiocracy in 1766 by Dupont de Nemours and he turned his journal over to the promotion of physiocracy. He was the editor till late 1768 when he handed editorial responsibility to Dupont de Nemours. Perhaps the most interesting of Baudeau's many writings is his systematic exposition and development of the Physiocratic theory of luxury, the most complete version of that theory and as such wrongly ignored. The Avis au Peuple 'est un livre pratique, semi-technique, puisqu'il s'agit de mouture et de boulangerie; une oeuvre d'expédient, pourrait-on-dire, écrite en vue de remédier d'urgence à la cherté, 'enfin d'aider aux vues saines et généreuses de l'Administration, qui en de telles circonstances porte seule le poids de la misère du peuple et de l'ignorance des subministrations'' (Weulersse). - Lacks the title-page to the third part. Very rare. EUR 2000
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(BAZARD, S.A.) Doctrine de Saint-Simon. Exposition. Première année 1828-1829. Troisième édition, revue et augmentée. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur, 1831. - (Bound with:) (BAZARD, S.A. & B.P. ENFANTIN). Religion saint-simonienne. Lettre à M. le Président de la Chambre des Députés. (Paris, Imprimerie Everat, 1830). 2 works in 1 volume. 432 pp.; 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with gilt lettering. First work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 143; Kress C.2783; Goldsmiths 27194; Einaudi 1595. Third, revised and augmented edition. The preface, covering the pages 5-57 has been written by Enfantin and is followed by Gustave d'Eichtal's A un catholique sur la vie et le caractère de Saint-Simon, covering the pages 59-73. Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 22; Kress C.2441; Goldsmiths 26585; Einaudi 368. EUR 300
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(BEAUSOBRE, L. DE.) Nouvelles considérations sur les années climatériques, la longuer de la vie de l'homme, la propagation du genre humain, et la vraie puissance des Etats, considérée dans la plus grande population. A Paris, 1757 (Paris, EDHIS, 1975). 35 pp. and a folding table. 8vo. Imitation leather. INED 353; Goldsmiths 9227; not in Kress; not in Eianudi; not discussed by Spengler. Well executed reprint of this rare work, editon limited to 250 numbered copies only and 30 copies not destined for the trade. This reprint is since long out-of-print. A demographic study 'd'une valeur exceptionelle. Beausobre traite avec une clarté remarquable d'espérance de vie, de natalité, de nuptialité, de "sex-ratio" et de politique démographique, basées sur des "observations inconstestables". Durée de vie des habitants de Breslaw (20,000 environ), pendant un certain nombres d'années, receuillis par Halley. Probabilité de vie, ou "état actuel de cette puissance qui nous soutient à certains âges avec plus ou moins de cette action qu'on appele vitalité' (INED).Beausobre furthermore deals with the ratio between death and birth, the meaning of this for the strength of a state, the need to promote population growth and therefore early marriage, and research into the ancient philosophers, the legal sources, and the ancient views on population.The original work is extremely rare. EUR 150
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(BETTE D'ETIENVILLE, J.C.V. DE.) Projet d'établissement d'une banque nationale pour servir à l'extinction des assignats. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Floréal an 3 (1795). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 231; Martin & Walter 3133; not in Monglond. First edition. Although written by an outsider, not a member of the Convention, the latter ordered its appearance in print. EUR 150
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(BIGOT DE SAINTE CROIX.) Avis du Parlement de Dauphiné Sur la libre circulation des Grains et la réduction naturelle des prix dans les années de cherté. Adressé au Roi le 26 avril 1769. No place, 1769. With 1 folding table. 147, (1, Avis au relieur) pp. 8vo. Modern red half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Einaudi 2247; Higgs 4642; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, contribution bibliographique à l'histoire économique, 290; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. First edition.There are some copies of the first edition (and this is one of those copies), where the pages 122-124 contain a long note, not present in all copies first edition. The text of the note refers to the deliberations of the Parlement de Paris (see below, the citation from Weulersse). It seems likely that the author, as soon as he was aware of the opinion of the Parlement of Paris added this note in defense of his position. During the discussion on free trade of grains several 'Parlements' gave their opinions. 'Celui de Dauphiné donnait solennellement, le 26 avril 1769, un Avis qui était une exposition magistrale de la doctrine physiocratique, d'une orthodoxie impeccable. 'Ouvrage excellent à tous égards, s'écrie Dupont en l'annonçant aux 'lecteurs patriotes' aux 'bons citoyens'; ouvrage que nos derniers neveux baigneront encore des larmes de leur reconnaissance, comme nous l'avons fait nous-même en le lisant.' ..... l'Avis fut rendu public. L'impression produite pouvait être si forte que le Parlement de Paris s'arrangea pour faire disparaître la brochure: 'Cet ouvrage est devenu bientôt excessivement rare, écrit Bachaumont, parce que le système qu'on propose à Sa Majesté est totalement opposé à ce que les Parlements de Paris et de Rouen ont écrit sur cette matière, et que cette première Compagnie n'a pas trouvé bon qu'on répandit sous ses yeux un écrit si contraire à sa façon de penser.' Le manifeste du Parlement de Dauphiné n'en émut pas moins l'opinion , et son succès rejaillit sur le parti tout entier' (Weulersse, i, p. 200). 'Le Parlement du Dauphiné se fait défenseur de l'Edit de 1764, donc de la liberté du commerce des grains et de la concurrence. Il s'élève contre les entraves et les limitations qui lui sont apportées' (Leblanc, op.cit.) - Extremely rare. EUR 3000
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(BOISGUILBERT, P. LE PESANT DE.) Testament politique de Monsieur de Vauban, Marchal de France, & premier Ingenieur du Roi. Dans lequel Ce Seigneur donne les moiens d'augmenter considerablement les Revenus dela Couronne, par l'établissement d'une Dixme Royale; & suppression des Impots, sans apprehension d'aucune revolution dans l'Etat. Tome Premier [-Tome Second]. No place, 1707. With engraved portrait-frontispiece of Vauban. 2 volumes. 404 (misnumbered 386) pp.; 380 (misnumbered 356) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, very slightly rubbed, gilt on spine somewhat faded. Goldsmiths 4433 (listed under Le Prestre de Vauban); Kress S.2356 (vol. I published 1707, volume II published 1708); Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, VIII, nrs. 14-16; INED, Pierre de Boisguilbert ou la Naissance de l'Économie Politique, i, p. 499; Gerits, A., Le Détail de la France in Quaerendo, volume 16/3, 1986, pp. 198-207. First edition with this title. - Good copy of a rare and important work. 'Après la mort du Maréchal (de Vauban), Boisguilbert (ou ses libraires), voulant tirer parti de la grande publicité faite autour du nom et de l'oeuvre de Vauban, remplaça les titres de Détail et de Factum, devenus trop compromettants, par celui de Testament politique de Monsieur de Vauban, ajouta un portrait du Maréchal, et supprima le dangereux Supplément. Le P. Lelong confirme: 'Ce titre est manifestement supposé par le libraire pour donner sans doute plus de débit à cet ouvrage, qui est fort bon d'ailleurs'' (INED, Pierre de Boisguilbert ou la Naissance de l'Économie Politique). This edition contains: 'Le détail .....', 'Traité du mérite .....', 'Traité des grains .....', le 'Factum .....', 'Mémoire qui fait voir en abrégé .....', 'Sentence du Chatelet', 'Causes de la rareté de l'argent', and 'Dissertation de la nature des richesses'.'Pierre le Pesant, Sieur de Boisguillebert (1646-1714), was a public-spirited member of the semi-hereditary civil-service gentry of prerevolutionary France (noblesse de robe) and lived mostly in Normandy removed from all the Paris influences that might have interfered with the originality of his ideas. Though, as we know, chiefly preoccupied with the problems of French fiscal policy and nearly as fact-minded as was Vauban, he differed from the latter not only in the much wider scope of his interests but also in the fact that he was theoretically articulate - perhaps more so than any writer before Cantillon ..... He was one more of those authors who saw the economic organism as an equilibrium system of interdependent economic magnitudes and who constructed this system from the angle of consumption - getting further, perhaps, than anyone before Cantillon. His economic sociology turned, in an almost Marxist spirit, upon two social classes, rich and poor, the existence of which he explained in a way that was to become quite common as the eighteenth century wore on ..... The economic principle of order he found in competition quite as clearly as did A. Smith more than half a century later' (Schumpeter, pp. 215-216). The errors in pagination come about through repetition of the page numbers 156-175 and the ommission of the page numbers 343-344 in volume I, and through repetition of the page numbers 193-204, 246-255 and 325-326 in volume II. - Good copy of a rare and important work. EUR 1250
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(BOISGUILBERT, P. LE PESANT DE.) Le détail de la France, sous le regne present. Augmentée en cette nouvelle Édition, de plusieurs Mémoires & Traitez, sur la même matiere. No place (Rouen?), Année 1707. 2 volumes in 1. (2), 294 pp.; (2), 300 (misnumbered 302, 277-278 omitted in numbering), 12 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, spine damaged at head and foot, rear cover damaged, front joint tender. Kress 2542; Goldsmiths 4429 & 4430; Einaudi 581; Carpenter VIII (9); INED, Pierre de Boisguilbert où la naissance de l'économie politique, i, p. 495 ff; Gerits, A., Le Détail de la France in Quaerendo, vol 16/3 (1986), pp. 198-207. One of at least 7 editions published in 1707. The 12 pages at the end of volume two are printed in a small caracter and contains the supplement, here written with one 'p' and which is only rarely found. Aiiii and Aiii in the supplement have been interchanged. 'In the second half of the seventeenth century the great advance in economic theory and method had been concentrated mainly in England. The appearance of the first writings of Pierre de Boisguilbert, notably his Détail de la France (first published in 1695), can be taken as a sign that eventually, in the course of the eighteenth century, pre-eminence in political economy would pass to France - before subsequently being assumed by Scotland. As regards France, the title of the definitive edition of Boisguilbert's writings (1966) is well justified: Pierre de Boisguilbert: où la naissance de l'économie politique ...... Boisguilbert regarded the economic situation of France as one of disastrous decline and widespread poverty, and he began to study, with mounting passion, the causes and policies in the preceding decades which had brought this about. The depression seemed to have been specially severe in agriculture, which had suffered from Colbert's policy of favouring industrial development. Whether or not his alarming assessment of France's economic decline was correct, Boisguilbert, in seeking to analyse and establish the causes of what had happened, made general, theoretical and conceptual contributions of fundamental importance, including, among others, such monetary, or macro-economic, concepts, clearly though precisely formulated as: the propensity to consume or save, the velocity of circulation, the state of confidence, the expectations of businessmen, multiplying or cumulative effects, and, especially, the fundamental notion of equilibrium (Hutchison, T., Before Adam Smith. The Emergence of Political Economy 1662-1776, pp. 107-115). Boisguilbert was 'chiefly preoccupied with the problem of French fiscal policy and nearly as fact-minded as was Vauban, he differed from the latter not only in the much wider scope of his interests but also in the fact that he was theoretically articulate - perhaps more so than any other writer before Cantillon' (Schumpeter, p. 215 note). 'Boisguilbert is largely remembered as a precursor of the Physiocrats and as the economist whom Marx linked with Petty as marking the start of classical political economy. His influence was undoubtedly more extensive: much of Cantillon's circular flow analysis appears inspired by his work; while Roberts in his Boisguilbert, Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV, (1935) argues for considerable similarity between his fundamental economic ideas and some of Adam Smith's' (New Palgrave, i, p. 259). EUR 1500
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(BOISGUILBERT, P. LE PESANT DE.) Le détail de la France, sous le regne present. Augmentée en cette nouvelle Édition, de plusieurs Mémoires & Traitez, sur la même matiere. No place (Rouen?), Année 1707. 2 volumes in 1. (2), 294 pp.; (2), 300 (misnumbered 302, 277-278 omitted in numbering) pp. 8vo. Contemporary green vellum, raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 2542; Goldsmiths 4429 & 4430; Einaudi 581; Mattioli 370; Carpenter VIII (9); INED, Pierre de Boisguilbert où la naissance de l'économie politique, i, p. 495 ff; Gerits, A., Le Détail de la France in 'Quaerendo', vol 16/3 (1986), pp. 198-207. One of at least 7 editions published in 1707. This is the edition normally found, without the rare supplement of 12 pages. The last line on page 294 (volume 1) contains only the word 'place'. There are copies from the same year and the same pagination were the last line on page 294 ends with the words 'éclairez que ceux qui se trouvent en place.' In the second half of the seventeenth century the great advance in economic theory and method had been concentrated mainly in England. The appearance of the first writings of Pierre de Boisguilbert, notably his Détail de la France (first published in 1695), can be taken as a sign that eventually, in the course of the eighteenth century, pre-eminence in political economy would pass to France - before subsequently being assumed by Scotland. As regards France, the title of the definitive edition of Boisguilbert's writings (1966) is well justified: Pierre de Boisguilbert: où la naissance de l'économie politique ...... Boisguilbert regarded the economic situation of France as one of disastrous decline and widespread poverty, and he began to study, with mounting passion, the causes and policies in the preceding decades which had brought this about. The depression seemed to have been specially severe in agriculture, which had suffered from Colbert's policy of favouring industrial development. Whether or not his alarming assessment of France's economic decline was correct, Boisguilbert, in seeking to analyse and establish the causes of what had happened, made general, theoretical and conceptual contributions of fundamental importance, including, among others, such monetary, or macro-economic, concepts, clearly though precisely formulated as: the propensity to consume or save, the velocity of circulation, the state of confidence, the expectations of businessmen, multiplying or cumulative effects, and, especially, the fundamental notion of equilibrium (Hutchison, T., Before Adam Smith. The Emergence of Political Economy 1662-1776, pp. 107-115). Boisguilbert was 'chiefly preoccupied with the problem of French fiscal policy and nearly as fact-minded as was Vauban, he differed from the latter not only in the much wider scope of his interests but also in the fact that he was theoretically articulate - perhaps more so than any other writer before Cantillon' (Schumpeter, p. 215 note). 'Boisguilbert is largely remembered as a precursor of the Physiocrats and as the economist whom Marx linked with Petty as marking the start of classical political economy. His influence was undoubtedly more extensive: much of Cantillon's circular flow analysis appears inspired by his work; while Roberts in his Boisguilbert, Economist of the Reign of Louis XIV, (1935) argues for considerable similarity between his fundamental economic ideas and some of Adam Smith's' (New Palgrave, i, p. 259). EUR 1500
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(BOSQUILLON, C.P.) Code national, dédié aux Etats-Généraux. Genève 1788. - (Followed by:) (CHAUVEAU-LAGARDE, C.F.) Théorie des Etats-Généraux, ou La France régénérée. Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1788). 2 works bound in 1 volume. vi, 233 pp.; 123 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt back (sides a little rubbed). First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; Martin & Walter 4342; INED 664.First edition. Deals with political and financial subjects. 'Bosquillon revendique le droit pour les Français d'être consultés sur les affaires intéressantes.' (INED). Second work: Not in Martin & Walter.First edition. 'Brochure tellement rare que l'auteur dans ses derniers années nous exprima plusieurs fois le regret de n'en avoir pas conservé un exemplaire' (Michaud). EUR 750
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(BOSSE, R.H.B. VON.) Essai sur l'Histoire de l'Économie Politique des Peuples modernes jusqu'au commencement de l'année 1817. Première [-Deuxième] Partie. Paris et Londres, 1818. With one folding table. Two parts in one volume. xii, (4), 263, (1) pp.; (8), 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, label with gilt lettering, joints lightly rubbed. Kress C.16; Goldsmiths 2207; INED 669; not in Einaudi; Holzmann & Bohatta, ii, 2186. First edition. Economic history of Asia, Africa, America and Europe. States that there are only three 'systems' in economics which are being applied among the different populations: the Chinese, the 'mahométan', and the European system. All three find their basis in the 'vertus doméstiques', but they differ in the way these are applied to make these 'systems' function. The first part deals with the development of these upto the moment where the European system becomes dominant, the second part collects the data indicating the establishment of this system in the next phase and presents an overall view of the current situation in political economy at the present date, 1817. - Somewhat browned throughout. EUR 450
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(BOURDON DES PLANCES, L.J.) Au Roi. Lettre présentée à Sa Majesté le 9 Décembre 1788. Paris, Prault, 1789. (2), 115 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not inStourm; INED 731; Martin & Walter 4731. The caption title on the first page reads: Au Roi, sur les causes du déficit, sur la subsistance, & sur les impositions. Suggests a.o. to lower the prices for bread. EUR 225
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(BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J.P.) Point de banqueroute, ou Lettres à un créancier de l'Etat, sur l'impossibilité de la banqueroute nationale, et sur les moyens de ramener le crédit et la paix. Londres, 1787. - (Followed by:) (BRISSOT DE WARVILLE, J.P.) Point de banqueroute, ou Lettre à un créancier de l'Etat, sur les conséquences de la révocation des deux impôts, relativement à la dette nationale. Seconde partie. Paris, Rue du Bacq, à côté de la Grille des Jacobins, 1787. 2 works in 1 volume. (2), 58 pp.; 111 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering, gilt stamped liberty cap on back. Kress B.1170; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 821; Martin & Walter 5205 (refers to three different edition without giving details.) First edition. Later in the year these letters were published with the addition of two more letters, while earlier in the same year the first letter had been published separately. 'Eloquente condamnation de la banqueroute. Nécessité de réunir les Etats généraux. Point de banqueroute, pas d'impôts et la France est sauvée. Examen du mémoire de Calonne' (Stourm). Includes references to America. In 1787 three different editions were published: the first letter only; all 4 letters; and the present work, containing the first two letters.Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville was an aspiring philosophe before the revolution who had published several books advocating various political and humanitarian reforms. During the revolution he rose to fame and influence. His rise from an impoverished and little-known writer to one of the most important politicians in Revolutionary France is remarkable. He deserves praise for his commitment to liberty and political equality, for his abolitionist and humanitarian causes, and for his political talents in leading the Girondins. EUR 600
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(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur sa consolidation, sur l'imprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé, suivie de l'instruction sur l'emploi forcé. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 750
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(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur sa consolidation, sur l'imprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé, suivie de l'instruction sur l'emploi forcé. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (a bit worn). Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin.' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting.' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 750
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(CAMBON, P.J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur la consolidation, sur l'emprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé; suivis de l'instruction sur l'imprunt forcé. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. (2), 49 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Kress B.2519; Goldsmiths 15699; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 222; not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond. First edition. First part written by Cambon, with the caption title: "Rapport sur la dette publique, sur les moyens à employer pour l'enregistrer sur un grand Livre, & à consolider, pour admettre la dette consolidé en paiement des domaines nationaux qui sont en vente, pour retirer & annuler les anciens titres de créance; pour accélérer la liquidation; pour régler le mode annuel de paiement de la dette consolidé dans les chefs-lieux de district, & pour retirer des assignats de la circulation" (pages 1-29). The second part was by Ramel de Nogaret and had the caption title: "Rapport de la Commission des finances, sur l'emprunt forcé d'un milliard, par le citoyen Ramel ...." and is followed by the law on the 'emprunt forcé', the instruction on collecting, how it has to be paid, etc., etc. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin.' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting.' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 800
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(CAMPOMANES, P.D. DE.) Discurso sobre el fomento de la industria popular. Madrid, En la Imprenta de D. Antonio de Sancha, 1774. (8), 198 pp. (Roman numbering). 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed, sides somewhat shaved). Kress 6998; Goldsmiths 11127; Einaudi 821; Higgs 5957; not in Colmeiro. First edition of this important book of which Venturi wrote: 'one of the fundamental books of the Spanish Enlightenment' (F. Venturi, Italy and the Enlightenment. Studies in a Cosmopolitan Century, p. 274). - The first 7 leaves have been bound in reversed order. A good copy of a scarce and important work. 'Pedro Rodriguez de Campomanes (1723-1802), an eminent Spanish jurist, economist and statesman. As a member of the group of enlightened ministers who gave lustre to the reign of Charles III, he laboured for the reform of taxation, the promotion of agriculture and manufactures, the diffusion of education and the adaptation of Spanish institutions to the needs of the age. Eminently upright and disinterested, he was one of the foremost benefactors of his country. His theoretic views and practical efforts strikingly resemble those of his illustrious contemporary Turgot' (Palgrave, i, p. 208). 'A man of wide culture and great ability, he tried his hand, both in office and out of it, on the great economic problems of his time and country. Of his writings, the one most relevant to our purpose is his Discurso sobre el fomento de la industria popular, which was to move McCulloch to fervent eulogy.' 'They (Campomanes and Jovellanos) were practical reformers in the line of economic liberalism, and neither bothered about nor contributed to the progress of analysis. But they understood the economic process better than did many a theorist. And, in view of the date of Campomanes Discurso (1774) it is not without interest to observe how little, if anything, he stood to learn from the Wealth of Nations' (Schumpeter, p. 172-173 and note). The Discurso sobre al fomento .... and the Discurso sobre la Educacion Popular .... 'are intended to show the dignity and importance of arts and manufactures; the patronage to which they are entitled; the drawbacks under which they laboured in Spain from corporation priviliges and vicious taxes and regulations; and the many advantages that would result from the systematic and judicious training of those engaged in them' (McCulloch, p. 361). EUR 900
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(CLAVIERE, E.) Département des contributions publiques. Compte rendu par le ministre au premier février 1793. Paris, Imprimerie nationale exécutive du Louvre, 1793. (2), 82 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Stourm, p. 220; Martin & Walter 7637; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Goldsmiths 15700. First edition. Contains: Compte rendu de l'état de ce département, par le ministre Clavière, à la Convention nationale, en vertu des décrets des 25 Septembre 1792, 6 & 9 janvier 1793, l'an deuxième de la République. 'Dans ce travail important, le ministre passe en revue les diverses parties de son administration et déclare que le pouvoir exécutif a épuisé tous les moyens .....' (Stourm). EUR 300
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(CLICQUOT DE BLERVACHE, S.) Le Réformateur. Nouvelle édition, à laquelle on a ajouté le Réformateur réformé; & précédée des Observations sur la Noblesse & le Tiers État. A Amsterdam, Chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1766. With one folding table. 2 volumes. (4), xxiv, 113, (1) pp.; (iii), xxxvi, (2), 268 pp.; (2), 268, (2), (3)-78 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt, contrasting labels on spine with gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs; INED 1141 (first work only); Weulersse, i, p. xxv. Third and best edition. The attribution is uncertain. See: Vroil, J. de. Etude sur Clicquot de Blervache, p. xxxiii. 'Clicquot de Blervache, s'inspirant de quelques-unes des considérations qui avaient dicté à Vauban son projet de Dîme royale, et à Boulainvilliers son plan de réforme financière, pose en principe 'que ce qui est le plus simple approche le plus de la perfection', et prétend réduire tous les impôts à deux au plus' (Weulersse, ii, p. 348). The second work is a reply to the first of which the author is unknown. Simon Clicquot de Blervache (1723-1796), French economist. Both before and after his appointment as director general of manufactures and commerce in 1766 he wrote a number of tracts dealing with matters of economic policy. He was fundamentally an economic liberal, although caution occasionally impelled him to favor moderate internal regulation or more drastic regulation of foreign trade. - With library ticket on front paste-down of both volumes: Bibliothèque du Chateau de Salles - H. du Closel. EUR 900
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(COQUEREAU, J.B.L.) Mémoires de l'abbé Terrai, contrôleur général des finances; Avec une relation de l'émeute arrivée à Paris en 1775, & suivis de quatorze lettres d'un actionnaire de la Compagnie des Indes. A Londres, 1776. (8), 398 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, red label with gilt lettering. Kress 7204; Einaudi 1290; INED 1195; Stourm, p. 85; not in Goldsmiths. One of three editions published in the same year: there is copy published 'A la Chancellerie' (Goldsmiths 11453) and the copy listed under Goldsmiths 11455 and Kress 7202 and which was published by John Adamson. Apocryph memoirs, aiming to demonstrate the bad management of Terrai. The Lettres d'un Actionnaire recount what has happened during the last assemblies of the Company. The 'Lettres d'un actionnaire' (pp. 273-398) have been bound before the 'Mémoires'. In the main work the preliminaires have been bound between the half-title and title. EUR 450
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(COYER, G.F.) Chinki, histoire cochinchinoise, qui peut servir à d'autres pays. Londres, 1768. 96 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Goldsmiths 10389 (other issue); Einaudi 1382; Higgs 4327;INED 1225; Weulersse, i, p. xxvi; not in Kress; not in Mattioli. First edition. The most important criticism on the Corps des Arts et Métiers before the reforms of Turgot. Cochinchina stands for France, Chinki for the French peasant, whose work is the most favourable to the nation, but who is ruined by the taxes. The author also recommends the emancipation of the Jews. With this subject is dealt with at length in chapter 21, where the Jews are called 'Banians'. At the time the work was also attributed to Voltaire and Clicquot de Blervache. EUR 500
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(COYER, G.F.) Développement et défense du système de la noblesse commerçante. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez Duchesne, 1757. 2 volumes. - (Bound with:) (BELOT.) Observations sur la noblesse et le Tiers-Etat par Madame ***. A Amsterdam, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1758. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 151 pp.; 206, (2, publisher's catalogue) pp.; (2), xxiv, 113 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands. First work: Kress 5597; Goldsmiths 9241; Einaudi 1383; Higgs 1478; INED 1227; not in Mattioli..First edition.Coyer wrote his famous La Noblesse Commerçante ... in 1756. He outlined in this work the advantages for the noblity if they were to be engaged in commerce, and the advantages of a commercial active nobility for the State: development of commerce and trade, rise in population growth and consumption. The work generated a substantial polemic and against the many criticisms of his system the Abbé Coyer wrote this defense, particularly against the Chevalier d'Arcq's La Noblesse Militaire. Second work: Kress 5563; Goldsmiths 9395; Einaudi 397; Higgs 1793; INED 391. First edition.'C'est en répriment le luxe qui dévore les citoyens, énerve leur courage, dépeuple les provinces et dévaste les campagnes' (INED). - Preliminairies of the second work browned. EUR 700
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(COYER, G.F.) La noblesse commerçante. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez Duchesne, 1756. With engraved frontispiece. - (Bound with:) (BILLARDON DE SAUVIGNY, L.E.) L'une et l'autre ou la noblesse commerçante et militaire. Avec des réflexions sur le commerce & les moyens de l'encourager. A Mahon (Paris), de l'Imprimerie Française, aux dépens de Williams Blakeney, 1756. - (Bound with:) (SAINTE-FOIX D'ARCQ, P.A. DE.) La noblesse militaire ou le patriote françois. (Paris), 1756. 3 works in 1 volume. 215, (1) pp.; (2), 134 pp.; v, (1), 210 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges, extremities a bit worn, minor defect to head and foot of spine. First work: Kress 5504; Goldsmiths 9118; INED 1229; cf.: Einaudi 1387 & Higgs 1203. First edition. Coyer wrote his famous La Noblesse Commerçante ... in 1756. He outlined in this work the advantages for the noblity if they were to be engaged in commerce, and the advantages of a commercial active nobility for the State: development of commerce and trade, rise in population growth and consumption. The work generated a substantial polemic of which two important ones have been bound in with Coyer's work.Second work: INED 504; Einaudi 502; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs.First edition.Billardon here points to the fact that many members of the nobility have in fact entered the commercial activities of France, notably in maritime commerce. He pleads for a ministry of commerce and commercial 'diplomacy' to be sent to the main commercial towns in the world, and the reorganisation and unification of customs.Third work: Kress 5490; Goldsmiths 9138; Einaudi 149; Higgs 1209; INED 80.First edition.Refutation of Coyer's work with the argument that the important profession of the nobility is military in nature. EUR 1200
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(DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam, (Paris, Lambert), 1763. (2), 130 (misnumbered 230) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 6086; Kress S.4296; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017, all citing other 8vo editions. Published in the same year as the first issue of the first edition but without the Réponse aux objets des remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux, which was included in the second issue of the first edition. - Lacks the half title and frontispiece, if printed. In this vehemently work, the 'Fermiers-Généraux' were accused of corruption. It caused the imprisonment of it's author, the printer (Lambert) and distributor (Ormancey) in the Bastille. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices. EUR 225
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(DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam (Paris, Lambert), 1763. With engraved allegorical frontispiece. - (Bound with:) SUPPLEMENT à l'anti-financier ou exposé de quelques nouveaux abus commis par les employés dans la partie des domaines & contrôles. (Drop-head title). No place, (1763). Together 2 volumes in 1. (4), 100 pp.; (2), 26 pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, labelwith gilt lettering. First work: Kress 6086; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017; Peignot I, 90-92; Weulersse I, xxvi. Second issue of the first edition, including at the end the Réponse aux objects des remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeux, which was not included in the first issue. In this vehemently work, the 'Fermiers-Généraux' were accused of corruption. It caused the imprisonment of the author, the printer (Lambert) and the distributor (Ormancey) in the Bastille. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices. Verso half-title contains the "explication" of the frontispiece. Second work: not in Kress; Goldsmiths 10025; Higgs 3018; INED 4797.According to Goldsmiths this is not by Darigrand, but a reply to Darigrand's work. EUR 475
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(DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam (Paris, Lambert), 1763. With frontispiece. - (Bound with:) (DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'antropophagie, ou les antrophages. A Amsterdam, 1764. With engraved allegorical frontispiece. Together 2 volumes in 1. (4), 100 pp.; 37 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First work: Kress 6086; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017; Peignot, i, 90-92; Weulersse, i, xxvi; not in Einaudi (listing the 1764 edition). Second issue of the first edition, including at the end the Réponse aux objects des remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux, which was not included in the first issue. In this vehemently work, the 'Fermiers-Généraux' were accused of corruption. It caused the imprisonment of the author, the printer and the distributor (Ormancey) in the Bastille. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices. The half-title gives verso an explanation of the frontispiece.Second work: Kress S.4328; not in Goldsmiths; INED 4546; not in Higgs; not in Einaudi.Satirical poem against the taxfarmers (see at length: INED) of which Darigrand was supposed to have been the author. EUR 450
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(DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. Amsterdam, (Paris, Lambert), 1763. With engraved frontispiece. (4), 100 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress 6086; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017; not in Einaudi (listing the 1764 edition). Second issue of the first edition, inlcuding at the end the Réponse aux objets des remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux, which was not included in the first issue. In this vehemently work, the 'Fermiers-Généraux' were accused of corruption. It caused the imprisonment of the author, the printer (Lambert) and the distributor (Ormancey) in the Bastille. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices. EUR 375
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(DESPLACES, L.B.) Préservatif contre l'agromanie; ou l'agriculture réduite à ses vrais principes. A Paris, Chez J.Th. Herissant, 1762. (4), 197, (3) pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Musset-Pathay 1573; INED 1392; Higgs 2671; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 62:794. First edition. 'L'agriculture est un art de première nécessité ..... Aussi l'économie française doit-elle prendre garde de ne pas négliger l'agriculture au profit des Arts d'agréments ..... et des brillants attraits de luxe qui sont plus considérés dans la capitale que partout ailleurs au monde' (INED). EUR 225
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(DESPLACES, L.B.) Préservatif contre l'agromanie; ou l'agriculture réduite à ses vrais principes. A Paris, Chez J.Th. Herissant, 1762. (4), 197, (3) pp. 12mo. 19th-century boards. Musset-Pathay 1573; INED 1392; Higgs 2671; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 62:794. First edition. 'L'agriculture est un art de première nécessité ..... Aussi l'économie française doit-elle prendre garde de ne pas négliger l'agriculture au profit des Arts d'agréments ..... et des brillants attraits de luxe qui sont plus considérés dans la capitale que partout ailleurs au monde' (INED). EUR 225
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(DUBUAT-NANCAY, L. G.) Eléments de la politique, ou recherche des vrais principes de l'économie sociale. A Londres, 1773. 6 volumes in 4. xliv, 336 pp.; xii, 429, (1) pp.; xii, 418 pp.; xi, (1), 265, (1) pp.; vii, (1), 334 pp.; x, 273, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands and labels with gilt lettering (gilt volume numbering faded), spine of volume 4 expertly repaired. Kress C.4731; Einaudi 1627; Higgs 5647; INED 1483; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli. First edition, rare. Dubuat-Nançay (1732-1787), diplomat and historian is seen as one of Cantillon's disciples because of his emphasis upon the standard of living and his treatment of luxury. He differed from Cantillon, however, both in his general philosophy and in his analysis of social problems. Thus he believed that the ruin of France could be averted only through the restoration of a feudal regime. In his emphasis upon agriculture he resembled Sully and the agrarians; in his notion of a providential natural order and of the net productivity of agriculture, the physiocrats. Unlike Cantillon, Dubuat-Nançay was a populationist in that he explicitly favored, with some qualification, as large a population as could be supported in life and health on a given territory. See for an elaborate analysis of the work and ideas of Dubuat-Nançay: J.J. Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 144-150. EUR 1250
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(DUBUCQ, J.B. & P.U. DUBUISSON.) Lettres critiques et politiques sur les colonies & le commerce des villes maritimes de France. Adressées à G.T. Raynal. Par M***. A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, 1785. 14, (2), 292 pp. 8vo. Early 19th-century half calf. Kress B.851; cf.: Goldsmiths 12968; INED 1485; Einaudi 1629; Sabin 21032; Echeverria & Wilkie 785/23; JFBL D303; Feugère 278; Hogg 1112; not in Fay; not in Leclerc. One of two editions from the year of the first edition, according to Echeverria & Wilkie there is another edition of (8), 264, 13 pp. which they consider to be the first. The final 13 pages contain the 'Conversation D'Un Officier d'Artillerie' which is lacking in some copies and which was printed as an appendix. A note at the foot of page 264 refers to this addition: 'J'ai cru devoir joindre ici un morceau qui n'est pas étranger aux matières que j'ai traitées.' The Lettres defend the arret of the Conseil d'Etat of 30 August 1784 by a purportedly impartial examination of the related issues. This important arret significantly reversed a basic French colonial policy established in 1727 allowing French West Indian planters to import from the US and other foreign nations certain commodities essential to their economy, which merchants in France were supplying only in insufficient quantities and at high prices, and also to export important products to the US and other foreign markets. It established duty free ports at Saint Lucia; Saint Pierre in Martinique; Point-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe; Scarborough in Tobago; and Cap Français, Port-au-Prince, and Cayes Saint Louis in Santo Domingo. At these ports, foreign ships could sell all kinds of wood and lumber, coal, cattle, salt beef, salt cod and other salt fish, rice, Indian corn, vegetables, hides, furs, resins, and tar; and could purchase molasses, rum, and goods of French origin. The degree provoked a flood of protests from spokesmen for the merchants in French ports, who hitherto had enjoyed a virtual monopoly of the West Indian trade. EUR 1400
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(DUBUISSON, H.D.J.) Restauration de l'agriculture en France et moyens de prévenir toute disette. Par Un Cultivateur, député à l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1790. 71 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Musset-Pathay; Kress S.5299; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 1630; INED 1488. First edition. 'L'agriculture prospérera, si l'on institue 'un impôt simple et unique', et des centres d'apprentissage' (INED). EUR 150
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(DUMAS, J.F.) Adresse aux Etats-Généraux, aux Etats particuliers et Assemblées provinciales et municipales du Royaume; contenant des recherches et observations sur l'origine de l'impôt, sadivision en personnel et réel, les différentes formes de sa répartition depuis Saint-Louis jusqu'à nos jours, l'origine des abus qui, sous le nom de privilèges, ont introduit l'inégalité, et enfin le seul moyen propre à corriger tous les inconvéniens, à alléger le peuple, et à augmenter les revenus de l'Etat. Par M. D***. A Dublin, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Maradan, 1789. With 6 folding tables. (4), 381, 11 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, a few scretches, sprinkled edges. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; INED 1564; not in Martin & Walter; not in Horward. First edition. Project for a fair distribution of taxes in kind, an historical and administrative approach. - With the bookplate of Madame Justin Debonne. EUR 300
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(DURANTHON, A.) Réponse aux lettres contre l'immunité des biens ecclésiastiques. No place, 1750. (2), vi, 61, (1, blank), 64, 74, (2), 73, (1, blank), 86 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, top of spine slightly damaged. INED 1662; Stourm, p. 80; Conlon 50:535. First edition. 'Réfutation d'un auteur anonyme; le clergé n'est aucunement obligé de donner des déclarations exactes de ses revenus ni de contribuer aux charges d'État. L'immunité des biens d'Église est fondée sur les maximes les plus inébranlables de la religion et de l'État' (INED). Contains 5 letters in all (INED cites 3 letters).According to Stourm the anonymous work in question is the work 'Lettres Ne Repugnate vestro bono .....' by Daniel Bargeton.Bound in are the following texts: LETTRE d'un imprimeur de Londres aux défenseurs du Clergé de France, au sujet de la Réponse aux lettres contre l'immunité des biens ecclésiastiques. Londres 1750. (2), 64 pp. - REFLEXIONS sur un écrit intitulé: Lettre d'un imprimeur de Londres. No place, no date. 8 pp. Both works were condemned by an arrest of May 21, 1751. The first mentioned work has been bound between the third and the fourth letter of the main work. - With partially removed bookplate on front paste-down. EUR 600
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(ENFANTIN, B.P.) Religion saint-simonienne. Réunion générale de la famille. Séances des 19 et 21 novembre 1831. Enseignements faits par le Père Suprême. Transformations du dogme saint-simonien. Réhabilitation de la chair. L'histoire. L'autorité et la liberté. La loi vivante. Suite de la loi vivante. Paris, Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) RELIGION SAINT-SIMONIENNE. La prophétie. Articles extraits du Globe du 19 février au 20 avril 1832. Ménilmontant, le 1er juin 1832. Paris, Everat, 1832. - (Bound with:) (CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique européenne. Articles extraits du Globe. Paris, au Bureau du Globe, 1831. - (Bound with:) PEREIRE, J. Religion saint-simonienne. Leçons sur l'industrie et les finances, prononcées à la salle de l'Athenée suivis d'un projet de banque. Paris, au Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) (CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique industrielle et système de la Méditerranée. Paris, Everat, 1832. 5 works bound in 1 volume. (2), 154 pp.; 114, (2) pp.; (4), 127 pp.; (4), 105 pp.; (4), (7)-150, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with blind stamped ornaments and gilt lettering, marbled edges. First work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 181; Kress C.3134; Goldsmiths 27773. The pages 59-64 contain: 'Note sur le mariage et le divorce lue au collège le 17 octobre 1831, par le Père Rodrigues.' Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 323; Kress C.3292; Goldsmiths 27772. Articles by B.P. Enfantin, Ch. Duveyrier, G. d'Eichtal, M. Chevalier and E. Barrault. Engraved portrait of Enfantin added. Third work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 115; Goldsmiths 27181; cf.: Kress C.2756. The titlepage and the 'table des matières' have been bound between the pages 113-114 of the preceding work. Fourth work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 309; Kress C.3262; Goldsmiths 27795; cf.: Walch 437. The pages 83-105 contain: 'Projet de banque présenté le 4 septembre 1830 par MM. Pereire.' Both Walch and Walch-Gerits, Supplement list this title under I(saac) Pereire, and Kress lists it under Jules Pereire. The correct attribution however is Jacob-Émile Pereire. Fifth work: Walch 360; Kress C.3095; Goldsmiths 27761. Articles signed by M. Chevalier, S. Plechat, Ch. Duveyrier and H. Fournel. Collected articles from Le Globe of 8, 21, 30 March and of 2, 9, 11, 13, 16 and 20 April, followed by a re-edition of Système de la Méditerranée. Edition limited to 400 copies. EUR 1250
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(ESSUILE, J.F. DE BARANDIERY-MONTMAYEUR DE.) Traité des communes, ou Observations sur leur origine & état actuel, d'après les anciennes ordonnances de nos rois, les coutumes, édits, déclarations, arrêts & réglements intervenus sur cette matière; les droits qu'y ont les seigneurs, les communautés & chacun des habitans; ou joignant la politique à l'économie, on démontre leur inutilité, le préjudice qu'elles font à l'agriculture, & l'avantage que l'on retireroit de leur aliénation ou partage. A Paris, Chez Colombier, 1777. With two folding tables. 395, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering. Cf: Kress 6726 (listing the 1770 edition only); Einaudi 789 (listing the 1779 edition only); Goldsmiths 11547; INED 1752; not in Mattioli. Second edition, title-edition, brought on the market 7 years after the first edition by another publisher who only changed the title and apparently using the unsold copies of the first edition. 'Des biens communaux: origine historique, étendue, répartition géographique; l'on ne peut, dans l'état actuel de ces communes, en tirer aucun profit, notamment pour l'agriculture. Au contraire, leur stérilité nuit de 'la manière le plus dangereuse autant à la population et à la subsistance des hommes qu'à la multiplication et à la nourriture des bestiaux.' Essuile propose de les partager et d'en faire bénéficier les pauvres; ce partage avantageux est tout à fait confomre aux désirs des législateurs.' With the 'pièces justificatives' in both French and Latin.For the importance of this work and the development of physiocrat ideas see: Weulersse, i, pp. 411-12. EUR 1000
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(FEROUX, CH.L.) Vues d'un solitaire patriote. A La Haye, et se trouve à Paris, chez Clousier, 1784. With two engraved frontispieces. 2 volumes in1. 237, (1) pp.; 244 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, corners a bit bumped. INED 1812; Mattioli 1255; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Apologie des biens religieux: les propriétaires religieux sont bien plus utiles à la culture et à la population que les propriétaires laïques .... Chapitre sur le luxe, et sur la division des grandes propriétés .... Le tome premier se termine par un apologue, où Feroux préconise l'impôt unique, l'abolition des servitudes, la justice gratuite, ainsi que la conversion des dîmes en propriétés rurales et foncières. Le second volume traite de conciliation perpétuelle entre les abbés commendataires et les religieux. Chapitre sur la liquidation des dettes des ordres religieux' (INED). Feroux belonged to the extreme anti-physiocrats. They all reasoned in more or less similar fashion that when the vast majority were propertyless, the owners of property would be able to exploit the common man and pay him only a scant subsistence at the best (see: Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 339-340). EUR 1250
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(FORBONNAIS, F. VERON DUVERGIER DE.) Recherches et considérations sur les finances de France, depuis l'année 1595 jusqu'en 1721. Liège, 1758. With 36 folding tables. 6 volumes. (4), 435, (1) pp.; (4), 407, (1) pp.; (4), 324 pp.;(4), 431, (1) pp.; (4), 395, (1) pp.; (4), 400 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, volumes 2 & 3 with small loss of calf. Kress 5692; Goldsmiths 9391; INED 4441; Higgs 1783; not in Einaudi. First edition in 8vo, published in the same year as the 4to edition. Classic of financial history, well documented and well printed. 'On peut consulter les Recherches avec toute confiance pour le temps compris dans le plan d'auteur' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). Argues that progress of agriculture and industry is the basis of the progress of society. The author is considered as a precursor of the Physiocrats.A year by year account of French financial affairs, interspersed with numerous documents and statistical details. This is generally accepted as the best book of the author and the best work on French finance. 'Forbonnais (...) is at his best in his analysis of definite sets of historic facts such as the finances of France from 1595 to 1721' (Schumpeter). It includes a great number of documents, among which are the reports of France's able controller general during the years 1708-1715 Nicolas Desmaretz, Charles Davenant's memoir on the finances of England and Holland, and a part of the financial report read in the 'Conseil du roi' of 1717. The fascinating manipulations of John Law have amply been treated in a chapter 'Vue generale du systeme de M. Law', preceded by Law's 'Memoire sur l'usage des monnoyes'. Francois Veron de Forbonnais (1722-1800) was a merchant who decided to make a scientific study of his profession, which resulted in a number of works on commerce and finance particularly valuable because of the author's practical grasp of the subjects treated. EUR 1200
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(FRANKLIN, B.) La science du bonhomme Richard, ou moyen facile de payer les impôts. Traduit de l'Anglois. Seconde édition exactement semblable à la première. A Philadelphie, et se trouve à Paris, chez Ruault, 1778. - (Bound with:) LE SEURE. Testament politique de M. de Silhouette. No place, 1772. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 151, (1), (4) pp.; 156, 3 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbledcalf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled edges. First work: Fay 10.; Sabin 25583; cf.: Kress B.122 (incomplete copy); Goldsmiths 11761 (lacking last 5 pp.); this edition not in Einaudi. Second French edition, first published in 1777. The translation is by F.A. Quétant & J.B. Lecuy. The work had a tremendous and instaneous appeal as a sort of gospel of the virtues of bourgeois thrift and common sense (see at length: Echeverria, Mirage in the West.) Includes also: 'Interrogatoire de M. Franklin devant le Parlement d'Angleterre' (translated by P.S. Dupont de Nemours), followed by 'Constitution de la République de Pensylvanie, telle qu'elle a été établie par la Commission générale de Philadelphie, au mois de juillet 1776' and by 'L'interrogatoire de M.Penn à la Barre du Parlement au mois de novembre de la même année.'Second work: INED 2863; not in Kress; not in Higgs; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Etienne Silhouette, to a certain extent influenced by the ideas of Fr. Quesnay, was controleur-général des finances in 1759. He planned to tax the land property of the nobility and to reduce pensions, which provoked his disgrace. - With label J.S. Dussi on front paste-down. A very nice copy. EUR 1200
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(FRANKLIN, B.) La science du bonhomme Richard, précédé d'un calendrier pour 1825. Paris, Renouard, 1825. - (Bound with:) SUZANNE, P.H. Principes généraux d'économie publique et industrielle, en forme d'entretiens. Paris, L. Colas, 1826. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 36 pp.; (4), 99, iv pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, with supra-libros: Mr. Chr. Préaux, directeur d'établissement, gilt floral border on cover, a bit rubbed. First work: This edition not in Sabin (cf.: 25583). Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. - Three more pieces of no importance bound in. Title-page and first leaf of the second work with small loss of paper not affecting text, some spotting. EUR 350
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(GABRIEL, J.E.) A Monseigneur le Premier Président et Intendant de cette province. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 94 pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, a bit worn. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. - Copy with marginal annotations and a long note on verso of the first leaf, apparently by the author. The author, born in Aix, négociant in Marseille, vehemently criticizes lottery and other games of hazard, including the Royal Lottery. He also discusses the elections for the Etats-Généraux, the constitution and the equality of the three orders. EUR 450
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(GARNIER, C.L.A.E.) Les dangers d'une banque publique, et tous billets au porteur, comparés aux avantages & aux sûretés que présente une caisse nationale. No place, no date (Paris, 1789). 28, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress S.5240; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 14259; not in Monglond. First edition. The last 2 pages contain a 'Modèle du billet-monnoie'. EUR 175
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(GOEZMANN DE THURNE, L.V. DE.) Essais politiques sur l'autorité, et les richesses Que le Clergé Séculier & Régulier ont acquises depuis leur établissment. No place, 1776. - (Bound with:) (PUYSEGUR, F.J. DE CHASTENET DE.) Pieces détachées relatives au Clergé Séculier et Regulier. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. With one folding engraved plate, and four folding tables. 3 volumes. Together 4 volumes bound in 2. iv, 228 pp.; x, (2), 190, (2), 104 pp.; (4), 54, (2), 23, 84, 123, (1) pp.; (4), 219, (1), xx pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with gilt lettering, gilt stamped 'P' at foot of spines. First work: INED 2058; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'De la jurisdiction ecclésiastique, des abus du monachisme, des moyens d'y remédier. Les chapitres XVII-XX traitent de l'influence du monachisme sur la décadence relative des États, des moyens de le réduire à un plus petit nombre, et des ressources à tirer des biens monastiques. La force et la richesse d'un État consistent en une culture, une population et un numéraire relativement plus importants que dans les autres pays. Néfaste influence du monachisme sur ces trois facteurs, urgente nécessité de certaines réformes: mise en valeur rationnelle des biens religieux, ce qui augmenterait la population, répartition plus équitable du numéraire, etc.' (INED).Second work: INED 3681; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs.First edition.'Sur l'histoire ecclésiastique, la suppression souhaitable des ordres religieux, l'illégitimité des biens de l'Église, et la religion naturelle' (INED). In volume 1, pp. 14-50: 'Mémoire sur le commerce, les finances et l'économie', where the State is considered to be the proprietor of all the capital and business and therefore as having the right to dispose of it for the public benefit. In volume 2 we find the text Du Droit souverain sur les bien-fonds du Clergé et des moines by Cerfvol (see INED 1013). - A very nice copy. EUR 900
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(GOUDAR, A.) Les intérêts de la France mal entendus, dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen. Amsterdam, Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. viii, 436 pp.; (2), vi, 434 pp.; (2), 392 (misnumbered 388) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering. Mars 26; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Kress 5524; Goldsmiths 9081 (two volumes only); Einaudi 2659 (other edition); INED 2079; Higgs 1145; Leblanc 52; Conlon 56:904. Counterfeit edition, probably from Paris, easy distinguishable by the crown ornament on all title-pages. Mars gives 388 pages for the third volume, which is the numbering of the last page, but at page 289 the numbering drops to 285 and continues then to 388. - Some light occasional browning, pp. 233-266 of volume one with a small spot in lower outer blank margin. This is the main work of Goudar. It was used by the demographer Süssmilch in his Die goetliche ordnung. Voltaire had a copy in his library and Diderot wrote about the book in a letter to Sophie Volland. Preceding Mirabeau's L'Ami des Hommes by a few months, it marks an important date in the history of political economy, and made Goudar one of the leading figures of the school of 'des agrariens et populationnistes', not to be mixed with the Physiocrats, which they preceded and with whom they disagreed on various points. 'Of the pre-physiocratic French writers who approached the population problem in terms of agricultural values and reforms, Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was the most important' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 56-67.) Spengler's analysis is elaborate and shows the crucial importance of this work. 'Avec Herbert, il annonce directement les physiocrates. Il pose comme principe que tout ce qui vient de la terre constitue la seule puissance des Etats. Celle-ci ne réside plus dans l'industrie, l'abondance des ressources monétaires, comme le proclamaient les mercantilistes. Goudar est essentiellement libéral, agrarien, aussi dénonce-t-il la misère de la classe rurale et réclame-t-il des réformes à la fois fiscales et douanières' (Leblanc). EUR 900
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(GOUDAR, A.) Les intérêts de la France mal entendus, dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen. A Amsterdam, Chez Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. xii, 372 pp.; 406pp.; 350 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering and numbering. Mars 27; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Kress 5526; Goldsmiths 9082; Einaudi 2659; Mattioli 1481; INED 2079; Higgs 1145. First edition, second issue. Einaudi's copy is identical with ours, about the Kress and Goldsmiths copies not much can be said, both collections contain more than one copy and they both indicate that there is one copy with a third volume with the indication 'Nouvelle édition', as does our third volume. According to Mars, Ange Goudar, cet inconnu, essai bio-bibliographique, the third volume came from the same press as the first two volumes but with a different ornamental typography. Between the first issue and this issue, there appeared, according to Mars, a parisian contrefaçon, all published in 1756. This is the main work of Goudar. It was used by the demographer Süssmilch in his Die goetliche ordnung. Voltaire had a copy in his library and Diderot wrote about the book in a letter to Sophie Volland. Preceding Mirabeau's l'Ami des Hommes by a few months, it marks an important date in the history of political economy, and made Goudar one of the leading figures of the school of 'des agrariens et populationnistes', not to be mixed with the Physiocrats, which they preceded and with whom they disagreed on various points. 'Of the pre-physiocratic French writers who approached the population problem in terms of agricultural values and reforms, Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was the most important' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 56-67.) Spengler's analysis is elaborate and shows the crucial importance of this work. - Some corners somewhat damaged. EUR 1500
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(GOUDAR, A.) Testament politique de Louis Mandrin, généralissime des troupes des contrebandiers, écrit par lui-même dans sa prison. Genève, 1755 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 67 pp. 8vo. Imitation leather. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi, cf.: Mars, Ange Goudar, 14. Reprint of this very rare work, limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. This work, untraceable nowadays, has played an important role in the spread of the popular myth of Mandrin. It attacks the 'système des fermes, cet impôt déguisé empêche l'accroissement véritable de la richesse nationale, d'autant plus qu'il utilise 300.000 personnes 'improductives' puisqu'elles ne créent pas de la valeur, contrairement à l'agriculture.' EUR 125
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(GRENVILLE, G.) Mémoire sur l'administration des finances de l'Angleterre, depuis la paix; ouvrage attribué à M. Grenville, ministre d'Etat, chargé de ce département dans les années 1763, 1764 & 1765. Traduit de l'Anglois (par Israël Mauduit), et augmentée de notes, de sommaires et d'une table des sommaires, ainsi que d'une introduction qui contient une idée du revenu et des dettes de l'Angleterre, et une analyse du mémoire, et qui est suivie de l'état de la dette nationale au 5 Janvier 1767. A Londres, 1768. With folding table. 2 volumes in 1. (2), 231, (1) pp.; (2), 229, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Kress 6563; Higgs 4439; Goldsmiths 10466; Conlon 68:986 (attribution to William Knox); INED 2150 (a new edition published in 1769, in one small volume); Stourm, p. 111. First edition, there was also an edition published in 4to (Kress) in the same year. The attribution is uncertain, some bibliographies list it under Grenville, others under Knox. Important financial study dealing with the difficulties of England after the Seven Year's War which had added some £ 60,000,000 to the national debt, and the possible repercussions this may have on the population, and further the difficulties to recruit new soldiers, the shortage of funds to pay the soldiers, the weight of taxes on the working classes. The author believes that they may consider emigration, and he wonders whether England will have sufficient numbers of men to be sent to the colonies, "sinon, les indigènes seront de beaucoup les plus nombreux, et il leur faudrait leurs propres représentants au Parlement" (INED). The present work, a translation of the Present State of the Nation; Particularly with respect to Its Trade Finances, etc., drew a retort from Burke and a brief comment from Adam Smith.The folding table is entitled: Etat de la Dette Nationale au 5 Janvier 1767, avec les Intérêts & les Taux. EUR 600
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(GRIMOARD, P.H.) Lettre du Marquis de Caraccioli à M. d'Alembert. No place, (ab. 1780). (2), 37 pp. - (Bound with:) DISCOURS au Roi. No place, (ab. 1780). 4 pp. - (Bound with:) (CALONNE, C.A.de.) Les comments. No place, no date. Paginated (33)-52 pp. - (Bound with:) REQUETE au roi, sur la retraite de M. Necker. Par un ancien résident à la Cour de France. No place, (ab. 1780). Paginated (53)-60. - (Bound with:) (SAINT-VINCENT, P.A.R. DE.) Observations modestes d'un citoyen, sur les opérations des finances de M. Necker, & sur son Comte rendu, adressées à MM. les pacifiques auteurs des Comment, des Pourqoui & des autres pamphlets anonymes. No place, (ab. 1780). (2), 3-55 pp. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au Roi, en 1778. No place, (ab 1781). (4), 27 pp. - (Bound with:) (DU TILLET DU VILLARS.) Précis d'un projet d'établissement du cadastre dans le Royaume. Par M.D.T.D.V. Paris, Imprimerie Clousier, et chez Pissot, Barrois, 1781. (4), 80 pp. - (Bound with:) M. TURGOT à M. Necker, & sur l'administration de M. Necker. Par un citoyen français. Londres, et se trouve à Paris, chez les libraires qui vendent les nouveautés, 1780. With 1 large folding table. 86 pp. 8 works bound in one. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, one corner bumped, lower part of front cover with a dark stain. First work: Goldsmiths 12189; INED 2154 (bound with item 4); not in Kress; cf.: Einaudi 1178; Mattioli 1518.First edition.Sometimes attributed to Galiani. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmith; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Mattioli 1518. Third work: Goldsmiths 12168 (anon. attribution); Einaudi 795; not in Kress; not in INED; Stourm, p. 127; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker").First edition.Fourth work: INED 2154; Einaudi 4697; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker.")First edition.Fifth work: Kress B.422; Goldsmiths 12200; cf.: Einaudi 4963; INED 4066; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker.")First edition.Sixth work: Cf.: Kress B.389; Goldsmiths 12233; Einaudi 4105; INED 3865; Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker.")First edition.Seventh work: Kress S.4977; INED 1693; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli.First edition.Eight work: Mattioli 728 & 729 (as part of volumes "pour & contre Necker."); Einaudi attributes the first part to Turgot (see 1178), and the second is generally attributed to Doigny du Ponceau. However, although both parts are often listed as separate publications, here there is one titlepage, continuous pagination and signatures; half-title to the second part "Sur l'administration ...." and no title lacking as is evident from the signatures and pagination. For Doigny du Ponceau see: INED 1439. Interesting collection of works dealing with Necker and his policies. EUR 1250
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(GUIRAUD, DE.) Projet d'établissement d'une caisse de prêt et d'amortissement, présenté à la nation. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Baudouin, 1789. 6 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, 16171. On page 6 signed: 'Par M. de Giraud, C.G.D.F., en R.' EUR 125
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(HAMILTON, J.E.) Lettre au Cen. Creuzé-Latouche, membre du Conseil des Cinq-Cents, sur l'administration civile et financière de la République Française. Paris, (at end:) Armand Koenig & Strasbourg, 1er prairial an 8 (21 mai 1800). 54 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 16322; Monglond, v, p. 33. First edition. - Slightly browned, and uncut. Verso title-page a text 'Au Général Bonaparte', signed James Edward Hamilton, an 'Avant-Propos', and the text of the main work starts with Esquisse d'un plan de constitution de la République Française. EUR 150
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(HAUTERIVE, A.M. BLANC DE LA NAUTTE, D'.) Elémens d'économie politique, suivis de quelques vues sur l'application des principes de cette science aux règles administratives. A Paris, Chez Fantin, 1817. (8), xxi, (3), 384 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, covers decorated with gilt ornamental border, spine richly gilt with red label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Kress B.6941; Goldsmiths 21694; Einaudi 2860; INED 2231. First edition. ' ..... expose avec beaucoup de lucidité les graves inconvéniants d'une mauvaise répartition de l'impôt ..... Nous ne connaissons pas d'adversaires plus énergique des lois prohibitives, et son opposition est d'autant plus courageuse que l'auteur appartient à l'administration' (Blanqui).Alexandre-Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive, was diplomat and economist, born in Aspres (Hautes-Alpes) on 14 April 1754. He went with Choiseul-Gouffier to Constantinopel, spent some years in New York, and returned to France in 1798 and started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the 18th Brumaire to the fall of the Empire he was involved in all the major negociations of the period. EUR 350
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(HAUTERIVE, A.M. BLANC DE LA NAUTTE, D'.) Elémens d'économie politique, suivis de quelques vues sur l'application des principes de cette science aux règles administratives. A Paris, Chez Fantin, 1817. (8), xxi, (3), 384 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, leather label, gilt lettering, original orange blind wrappers preserved, uncut. Kress B.6941; Goldsmiths 21694; Einaudi 2860; INED 2231; not in Mattioli. First edition. ' ..... expose avec beaucoup de lucidité les graves inconvéniants d'une mauvaise répartition de l'impôt ..... Nous ne connaissons pas d'adversaires plus énergique des lois prohibitives, et son opposition est d'autant plus courageuse que l'auteur appartient à l'administration' (Blanqui).Alexandre-Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive, was diplomat and economist, born in Aspres (Hautes-Alpes) on 14 April 1754. He went with Choiseul-Gouffier to Constantinopel, spent some years in New York, and returned to France in 1798 and started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the 18th Brumaire to the fall of the Empire he was involved in all the major negociations of the period. - Copy inscribed by the author on the half-title. EUR 450
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(HAY DU CHASTELET, P.) Traité de la politique de France. Reveü, corrigé, & augmenté d'une Seconde partie. Avec quelques réflexions sur ce Traité par le Sr. Ormegregny. Cologne (Amsterdam), P. du Marteau, 1680. 2 volumes in 1. (12), 13-296 pp.; 135, (1) pp. 12mo. Later morocco, gilt fillets on sides, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (joints, bands and extremeties somewhat worn). Bourgeois & André 2969; Sauvy, Livres saisis à Paris, p. 5; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; cf.: INED 1073. Augmented edition. Upon its first publication in 1669, also anonymously and outside France, the identity of the author was discovered and he was put in the Bastille (for 15 days). The author may be considered as a precursor of Vauban and Castel de Saint Pierre for his revolutionary ideas of reforming the tax system, and for his ideas concerning the clergy, commerce and protestants, etc. 'In Colbert's time Paul Hay, marquis de Chatelet, and forerunner of Vauban, pointed out that extreme poverty conducted to death and disease and thus served to depeople rural regions; that tax reforms were necessary to improve economic conditions. Although he opposed the association of rural with urban workers, on the ground that the former would become insolent and acquire corrupt customs, he asserted, like Colbert, that man's happiness is the end of 'la politique'. He condemned the expulsion of the Huguenots as unchristian' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 12). Spengler also points to the fact that this work inspired some of Vauban's ideas on taxation (see also: Vignes, Origines de la dîme de Vauban). The Réflexions added under the pseudonym of Ormegregny are by Pierre Dumoulin. They deal only with the two chapters concerning the clergy and the protestants. EUR 600
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(HERBERT, C.J.) Essai sur la police générale des grains, sur leurs prix & sur les effets de l'agriculture. A Berlin, 1757. iv, xviii, 435, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges. Higgs 1474; Kress 5617 (incomplete copy); Weulersse, i, xx; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. The best edition. Including the 'Arrêt du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, qui, entr'autres dispositions, ordonne que le commerce de toute espèce de grains sera libre entièrement par terre et par les rivières, de province à province, dans l'intérieur du Royaume. Du 17 Septembre 1754', to which referrence is made in the Avertissement. The basic importance of agriculture in the life of the French nation was equally emphasized by C.J. Herbert, who held labor and land to be the primary resources of a nation, and agriculture its basic industry. Upon agriculture depended a nation's power and wealth, its ability to colonize, the fruitfulness of its commerce, and the capacity of its territory to support population. Having demonstrated the basic importance of agriculture to the political and economic strength of France, Herbert indicated that French agriculture was languishing, and its revivification was essential to the aggrandizement of the nation and to the felicity of its inhabitants; ..... Herbert advocated the improvement of grain markets and prices through inauguration of the right to export grain, modifications in the tax system, and the establishment of a research bureau to discover how agriculture could be improved, and why some provinces were more favorable to agriculture, manufacturing, and population growth than others. (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 67-72). Valuable work, cited with praise by Adam Smith. EUR 750
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(HERRENSCHWAND, J.F. DE.) De l'économie politique et morale de l'espèce humaine. A Londres, de l'Imprimerie de Cooper & Graham, 1796. 2 volumes. (24), 408 pp.; (4), 454 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, spines with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.3197; Goldsmiths 16541; Einaudi 2888 (4to edition); INED 2264bis (4to edition). First edition, both a 4to and a 8vo edition were published. 'The dynamic aspects of population growth were treated more fully by Herrenschwand, a Swiss-born sometime French official, than by any other French author. Throughout his work runs the view that although man's procreative power is without inherent limit, population 'can multiply only in proportion to its support', and does increase as man's cultural progress enables him to increase the available food supply. He seems to have believed, moreover, despite his great faith in man's capacity for intellectual and cultural progress, that unless appropriate economics policies were persued by statesman, population pressure and misery would be the lot of the lower classes, who comprised about three quarters of the population' (Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus). Herrenschwand borrowed his conception of nature from Shaftesbury, was influenced by Adam Smith and Arthur Young, and apparently knew the works of Franklin, Steuart, Decker, Price, Davenant, and Temple, and was a critic of Necker's views and policies. Arthur Young praised Herrenschwand's works highly, and Blanqui mentions him as a connecting link between Quesnay and Smith. - Very fine and nice copy, with large margins. EUR 1250
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cahier des délibérations proposées par les Trois Ordres réunis de la ville de Bayonne, Assemblés le 21 Mars 1789, pour procéder à l'élection de leurs Députés aux Etats-Généraux, Précédé d'un Discours de M. le Maire de la Ville de Bayonne, à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée. No place, (1789). (2), 52 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2676. First edition. -Very rare. A 'cahier de remonstrances' of 113 articles many of which with notes.The identity of the author becomes clear, since he refers to Traité des richesses (1787), to Plan d'une banque nationale (1787), and to Cannevas des délibérations des Etats-Généraux (1788) as his works.Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent. (New Palgrave). EUR 300
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cannevas des doléances des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789, sur la Constitution françoise et sur l'impôt. No place, mars 1789. 52 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1635; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2965; not in INED. First edition. Deals with the provincial administrations and the taxes. The text is practically identical with the text of the Cahier de doléances de Bayonne. (See: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2676.)Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent. (New Palgrave). EUR 375
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cannevas des délibérations des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789. No place, 1788. 124 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Kress B.1434; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Martin & Walter; not in INED. First edition. In nine chapters Isnard gives suggestions for the reform of taxes, the political and administrative structure, the division and limitation of power (puissance souveraine, puissance nationale, corps intermediare), provincial administration, the civil and criminal legislation, etc.Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent (New Palgrave).The anonymous author makes references to his Traité des Richesses and his Plan de Banque nationale, references through which the work is attributed toAchille-Nicolas Isnard. EUR 375
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(ISNARD, A.N.) Cahier des délibérations proposées par les Trois Ordres réunis de la ville de Bayonne, Assemblés le 21 Mars 1789, pour procéder à l'élection de leurs Députés aux Etats-Généraux, Précédé d'un Discours de M. le Maire de la Ville de Bayonne, à l'ouverture de l'Assemblée. No place, (1789). (2), 52 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 2676. First edition. -Very rare. A 'cahier de remonstrances' of 113 articles many of which with notes.The identity of the author becomes clear, since he refers to Traité des richesses (1787), to Plan d'une banque nationale (1787), and to Cannevas des délibérations des Etats-Généraux (1788) as his works.Isnard (1749-1803) is the author of the important, and today very rare, work Traité des richesses (1781), and he was the first writer to attempt a mathematical definition and a mathematical proof of an economic equilibrium. The significance of Isnard's performance is that he discovered early on the truth that value is not an intrinsic thing but rather a magnitude which necessarily varies in relation to other goods, whose worth is also interdependent (New Palgrave). EUR 300
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(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE. Mémoire sur les finances et le crédit, pour servir de suite aux 'Recherches et considérations nouvelles sur les finances.' A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as nearly always. First edition. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking, contain: "L'adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général."A new financial system is proposed, followed by 25 decrees outlining the system. EUR 600
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(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE. Mémoire sur les finances et le crédit, pour servir de suite aux 'Recherches et considérations nouvelles sur les finances'. A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, vellum corners, label with gilt lettering. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as almost always. First edition. - First two leaves a little stained. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking contain: "Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général." A new financial system proposed, followed by 25 projects of decrees. EUR 500
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(JOLY, C.) Traité des restitutions des grands, précédé d'une lettre touchant quelques points de la morale chrestienne. (Bruxelles, Fr. Foppens), 1665. Sphere on title. (2), 96, 228 pp. 16mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, slightly worn, top and bottom of spine a little damaged, small repair to upper margin of boards. Willems 1366; Bourgeois & André 6540; Peignot, Livres condamnés, i, p. 199; Kress 1158; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Le Bucher bibliographique, 537. In this counterfeit edition page 225 is correctly numbered and the word 'obeissant' on page 228 of the first edition, is here spelled 'obeyssant'. The original edition was of the same year and was published by Elzevier in Amsterdam. 'Le chanoine de Notre Dame expose ses idées hardies sous forme de deux lettres, dont la première concerne la morale chrétienne seule. Dans la seconde, il soutient que les grands et les puissants sont 'obligés en conscience de réparer et restituer tous les torts et dommages qui sont faits à leurs peuples.' Le prince ne peut établir de nouveaux impôts que 'selon les lois et les formes anciennes de son Etat, qui sont immuables et qui ne peuvent être latérées sous prétexte d'aucune nécessité', c.-à-d. sans le consentement des États-Généraux et la vérification du Parlement: 'car les rois ne sont pas maîtres de nos vies et de nos biens.' Il critique la lourdeur des impôts, les prêts usuraires des partisans: d'où ruine des princes et des peuples: et, à la fin, il cite des exemples de restitution. Intéressant, malgré une érudition copieuse et lourde' (Bourgeois & André). Small wonder this work was published outside France, where another work of the author was burnt in the same year. 'Claude Joly (1607-1700), French political theorist. Joly's writings are characteristic of the intellectual unrest which marked the troubled period of the Fronde and which inspired the many timely political pamphlets known as Mazarinades. Among them his pamphlets stand out because of their synthetic and philosophic treatment of the problems of government. Joly maintained that this work was by no means factional but on the contrary conformed to traditional French political principles. Opposed to despotism, he declared that the people had actually instituted the kingship and that consequently kings derived their authority from them. This theory he attempted to reconcile by rather subtle arguments with the principle of the divine right of kings' (Henri Sée in ESS, iv, p. 413). EUR 1100
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(LA GERVAISAIS, N.L.M. MAGON DE.) L'Auteur du système. (1720-1825). Paris, Hivert & Ponthieu (imprimé par A. Pihan Delaforest), 1825. (2), 22 pp. 8vo. Sewn, uncut, no cover. Kress C.1461; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Quérard, Anonymes, i, 319. First edition. One of the many pamphlets this political figure and economist published during the years 1815-1838.This one is particularly directed against the ministry of finance and aims to demonstrate the ministry's unbalanced policy.The title is an obvious allusion to John Law and his system.According to Michaud, the works of La Gervaisais were always published by Hivert and Delaforest and were never meant for the trade but were distributed by him among friends, politicians, ministers, journalists, etc. and they are consequently quite rare. EUR 225
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(LA MAILLARDIERE, C.F. LEFEVRE DE.) Le produit et le droit des communes, et autres biens; ou l'Encyclopédie rurale, économique et civile. Paris, 1783-1787. 2 volumes in 3. 32, 280 pp.; (2), 281-530, xxxv, (3) pp.; (4), 531-780, 28 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, worn. Cf.: Musset-Pathay 1587; Kress S.5007 (first part only with slightly different title); cf.: Goldsmiths 12387; INED 2526, 2528; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 284; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. Complete set with the rare supplement. Agriculture is considered as the most important factor of economic wealth, hence the necessity to improve agriculture through better legislation and political instruments. The supplement is entitled: "Traité d'économie politique, embrassant toutes ses branches, ou les intérêts de la population, de l'agriculture, des arts, du commerce, de la naviagtion, des finances, de la justice, du militaire et de la politique, à concilier pour la richesse et la prospérité de l'Etat et des citoyens. Suite annoncée, du produit et droit des communes et autres biens, ou dernière partie du Traité ....." The last 28 pages form a "Dernier supplément", dated again 1783, and contains: "Dernier de réglement pour les communes et terres vagues, et qu'il en soit enfin tiré parti." EUR 750
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(LA SALLE DE L'ETANG, S.P. DE.) Prairies artificielles, ou Moyens de perfectionner l'agriculture dans toutes les provinces de France, surtout en Champagne, par l'entretien & le renouvellement de l'engrais. Troisième édition, augmentée 1. d'un traité sur la culture de la luzerne, du trèfle et du sainfoin; 2. d'une dissertation sur l'exportation du bled. A Bruxelles, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint & Saillant, 1762. 330 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges (rear joint with some loss). INED 2659; Higgs 2666; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 3219 (Italian translation); Weulersse i, xxvii. Third and best edition. - Old handwritten ownership's entry in blank lower margin of the title-page. A treatise on 'artificial pastures' and other means to improve agriculture, originally published in 1756 as a volume counting 124 pages only. In the present third edition the original essay is followed by two other treatises, of which the first deals with the culture of clover, and the second with the exportation of corn. Simon-Philibert la Salle de l'Etang (1700? -1765) was an official of the city of Reims and deputy at Paris and author of a popular 'Manuel d'agriculture'. His formula for a balanced partition of the soil between arable land and 'artifical pastures' was adopted by Quesnay in his famous article 'Grains' for the 'Encyclopedie'. EUR 600
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(LAVOISIER, A.L.) Délibérations des administrateurs de la Caisse d'escompte, des 4 septembre, 16 octobre 1788, et 29 mai 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, 1789. 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1552; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Duveen & Klickstein 250; Tourneux, iii, 13704; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The content of these deliberations were to be known only by the administrators of the Caisse, but were made public as a defense against criticisms on the administrators action's. The government had asked for additional financial aid in the form of substantial loans. The administrators had complied with the requests only in the interest of the public good although thus doing so wilfully contravening their own statutes (See Duveen & Klickstein). EUR 600
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(LAVOISIER, A.L.) Observations adressées à MM. les représentans de la Commune de Paris, par l'administration de la Caisse d'Escompte, le 17 Février 1790. (A Paris, chez Clousier, 1790). 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10915; Duveen & Klickstein 255. First edition. Lavoisier outlines the history of the Caisse d'Escompte and of its operations, particularly during the last two years, and emphasizes the devotion and the patriotism of its administration (See: Duveen & Klickstein). EUR 500
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(LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIERE, P.P.F.J.H.) l'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. A Londres, Chez J. Nourse et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, 1767. Two volumes. xiv (misnumbered xvi), 353, (1) pp.; (4), 547, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Goldsmiths 10270; Einaudi 3307; INED 2794; Higgs 3980; Weulersse, i, 136; not in Kress; Mattioli 1959 (the 4to edition). First 8vo edition in 2 volumes. In the same year a 4to edition was published which is considered to have preceded the 8vo edition. It is considered the 'second textbook of Physiocrat orthodoxy' (Schumpeter, p. 225) and the author the 'ablest expositor of this (i.i. Physiocrat) system (McCulloch). Important physiocratic work, considered as the best survey of the doctrine. Adam Smith praised it and Catherine II of Russia invited the author to her court. It provoked Voltaire's L'homme aux quarante écus and Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes. - A beautiful copy. EUR 1250
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(LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIERE, P.P.F.J.H.) l'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. A Londres, Chez J. Nourse et se trouve à Paris, Desaint, 1767. 2 volumes. xiv (misnumbered xvi), 353, (1) pp.; (4), 547, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red and green labels, marbled edges, a bit rubbed. Goldsmiths 10270; Einaudi 3307; INED 2794; Higgs 3980; Weulersse, i, 136; not in Kress. First 8vo edition in 2 volumes. In the same year a 4to edition was published which is considered to have preceded the 8vo edition. It is considered the 'second textbook of Physiocrat orthodoxy' (Schumpeter, p. 225) and the author the 'ablest expositor of this (the Physiocrat) system' (McCulloch). Important physiocratic work, considered as the best survey of the doctrine. Adam Smith praised it and Catherine II of Russia invited the author to her court. It provoked Voltaire's L'homme aux quarante écus and De Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes. - Modern bookplate on front paste-down. EUR 850
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(LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIERE, P.P.F.J.H.) l'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. A Londres, Chez J. Nourse, & se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, 1767. (2), vii, (1, Fautes à Corriger), 511, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper label in upper compartment of spine, marbled edges. Weulersse, i, p. xxviii; Kress 6475; Goldsmiths 10269; Higgs 3979; INED 2794; Einaudi 3307 (the 8vo edition in 2 volumes). First edition, the rare 4to edition. The rare 4to edition by 'the ablest expositor of this (the physiocratic) system' (McCulloch). Adam Smith and Diderot praised it among many others, Catherina II of Russia invited the author to her court, and according to Palgrave, the work was at the time considered more highly than l'Esprit des Loix by some contemporaries. It provoked Voltaire's l'Homme aux quarante écus and Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux Philosophes économistes. Schumpeter lists this work as the second text-book of physiocrat orthodoxy (the first being Mirabeau's Philosophie rurale). - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding, small stamp on title reading 'Aus Schloss Haus 1893.' EUR 4000
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(LEFEBVRE.) Des travaux publics. (A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la Société typographique, ab. 1790). x, 57, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The author, 'ingenieur en chef des ponts et chaussées à Caen' signed the preface on page x, and dedicated his work 'A Messieurs les membres de l'Assemblée nationale, composant le Comité d'Agriculture et de Commerce.' Public works have to be subject to public examination and approval. EUR 200
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(LEFEVRE DE BEAUVRAY, P.) Dictionnaire social et patriotique, ou Précis raisonné de connoissance relatives à l'économie morale, civile et politique. Par M.C.R.L.F.D.B.A.A.P.D.P. A Amsterdam, 1770. (12), 557, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands.INED 2756; Einaudi 3297; Goldsmiths 10608; Higgs 5135; not in Kress. First edition. 'Chaque article est accompagné d'abondantes reférences bibliographiques' (INED). Includes long chapters on Holland, Great Britain, political economy, commerce, women, etc. The bibliography on political economy is found under the word 'connoissance' and deals mainly with the physiocratic school. EUR 450
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(LINGUET, S.N.H.) Lettre à l'auteur des Observations sur le commerce des grains. A Amsterdam (Paris), 1775. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering. INED 2917; Kress 7134; Einaudi 3413; not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs; Leblanc 162. First edition The usual attribution of the Observations sur le Commerce des Grains is to Dupont de Nemours, see INED and Einaudi. However, Dupont de Nemours' work was written as early as 1770. The author of these Observations against which Linguet writes, is G.J.B. Target. The complete title of Target's work is: Observations sur le commerce des grains, écrites en décembre 1769, Amsterdam, et Paris, Cellot, 1775. The text of Linguet's vehement refutation starts: 'Vous venez, Monsieur, d'imprimer, en 1775, ce que vous écrivies, dites-vous, en 1769 .....' The Lettre à l'auteur .... has also been attributed to Bourdon-Desplanches. Target's work was a plea in favor of freedom of trade in grain, while Linguet's response is vehemently opposing the idea of absolute and unlimited freedom of trade in grain. EUR 425
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(LINGUET, S.N.H.) La dixme royale, avec de courtes réflexions sur ce qu'on appele la contrebande, et l'usage de regarder comme inaliénable le domaine de nos rois. La Haye (Paris), 1764. - (Bound with:) (LINGUET, S.N.H.) Nécessité d'une réforme dans l'administration de la justice et dans les loix civiles en France, avec la réfutation de quelques passages de 'L'esprit des loix.' Amsterdam (Paris), 1764. - (Bound with:) (CHAMPLAIR, M.) L'ami de la concorde, ou Essai sur les motifs d'éviter les procès, & sur les moyens d'en tarir la source. Londres (Paris), 1765. With folding engraved frontispiece. - (Bound with:) DES GLANNIERES, R. Plan d'imposition économique et d'administration des finances. Paris, P.G. Simon, 1774. With three tables on two 4to leaves. - (All preceded by:) (DARIGRAND, E.F.) L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commetent dans les provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé 'Lettre servant de réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux.' Précédée d'une Epitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques. Amsterdam, (Paris Lambert), 1763. 5 works in 1 volume 78 pp.; (2), 105 pp. + 1 errata leaf; 102 pp.; 40, (2) pp.; 108 pp. 8vo. Sewn, old blind covers, covers loose, uncut. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Higgs 3256; Stourm, p. 110.First (and only?) edition.Stourm (p. 110) and Higgs suppose this to be the original edition of what was reprinted in 1787 with the title L'impôt territorial, ou la dîme royale avec tous ses avantages. None of the other reference works however, makes that allusion, although they know the 1787 work. Darline Gay Levy, in her study of Linguet (The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet) however states the book was written by Linguet and later published again under the title already given above: 'Linguet lent the support of his publicity to the Calonne property tax, modelled in large part after the project for a dîme royale first proposed by the economist Vauban at the end of the seventeenth century (sic !) He had only to represent his own version of Vauban's program, his Dixme royale of 1764. Linguet revised and reissued the work, with the title De l'impôt territorial, ..... Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs; INED 2923.First edition.'Linguet s'intérrese à la forme administrative de la justice et à ses réformes, réformes dont la substance lui est fournie par la réfutation de quelques passages de L'esprit des lois. Cet ouvrage est surtout une critique de Montesquieu' (INED).'In his Nécessité d'une réforme dans l'administration ..... Linguet drafted a project for forestalling decadence with reforms calculated to satisfy the material interests and elicit the allegiance of France's propertied Third Estate. Linguet's working assumption in the Nécessité ..... was that rulers could command obedience, even in societies where the instinctive will to obey had been destroyed - only now, they had to appeal to their subjects' interests, decreeing and enforcing laws that guaranteed their properties' (Darlene Gay Levy, The Ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henri Linguet, p. 25.) Third work: Not in Camus; Conlon 65:649.First edition.Divided into two parts: the first explains legal procedures before the courts, the risks, cost, etc., and in the second part the author proposes reforms to diminish the number of trials.Fourth work: Kress 7006, INED 1376, Higgs 6079 all citing a 4to edition; Goldmsiths 11169 citing an edition of 35, (3) pp; Einaudi 1540.First edition.'Plan fiscal: division de la population française en huit classes; impôts remplacés par 'la taille nette' assise sur le capital, le droit et le revenu. Les citoyens seront ainsi délivrés du quart de leurs impôts, et les revenus de l'État accrus de moitié' (INED). The work aroused much controversy provoking answers from Baudeau, Grouber de Groubenthal and the Comte d'Alban.Fifth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Higgs (all citing later editions or editions with 100 resp. 104 pp.); Peignot, Livres condamnés, i, pp. 90-92.Second or third issue of the original edition, including the Réponse which did not form part of the first issue, but without the engraved frontispiece. In this vehemently written work the 'fermiers-généraux' were accused of corruption. The accusation caused the author's imprisonment. The volume was printed by Lambert and distributed by Ornmancey who was arrested with the author. Four years after its publication the work was still being sold secretly at high prices.The volume contains a separately printed title-page at the very beginning reading: Receuil des différentes pièces curieuses et singulières. 1768. EUR 2000
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(LOUIS XIV.) Déclaration du Roy, pour l'établissement de la capitation générale. Donnée à Versailles le 12 Mars 1701. Registré en Parlement. Grenoble, Alexandre Giroud, 1701. 12 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Cf.: Catalogue des Actes Royaux 19986;not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Provincial printing of this decree establishing this tax. The population was divided into 22 classes based on professional status and social situation and they were taxed according these. The first class paid 200 livres (Dauphin, Princes of the Blood, ministers, tax farmers) and it ended with one livre for the soldiers, day-labourers). This tax was created in 1695, suppressed in 1698, and re-created with this decree in 1701 and maintained upto 1789. When the tax was re-created in 1701 the division was changed: 'sous la forme d'impôt de répartition: chaqwue généralité eut sa part fixée de manière à ce que la capitation rapportait environ un quart de plus que la première fois' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions, p. 69-71). EUR 175
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(LOUIS XIV.) Déclaration du Roy, pour l'établissement de la capitation générale. Donnée à Versailles le 12 Mars 1701. Registré en Parlement. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Frederic Leonard, 1701. 12 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Catalogue des Actes Royaux, 19986; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original printing of this decree re-establishing this tax first created in 1695. The population was divided into 22 classes based on professional status and social situation and they were taxed according to these. The first class paid 200 livres (the Dauphin, Princes of the Blood, ministers, tax farmers) and it ended with one livre (soldiers, day-labourers). - Marginal stain, annoted throughout in the margin in an old hand, sometimes partly touched by the binder's knife. This tax was created in 1695, suppressed in 1698, and re-created with this decree in 1701 and maintained upto 1789. When the tax was re-created in 1701 the division was changed: 'sous la forme d'impôt de répartition: chaque généralité eut sa part fixée de manière à ce que la capitation rapportait environ un quart de plus que la première fois' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions, p. 69-71). EUR 225
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(MALVAUX, J. DE). Les moyens de détruire la mendicité en France, en rendant les mendians utiles à l'état sans les rendre malheureux; tirés des mémoires qui ont concouru pour le prix accordé enl'année 1777, par l'Académie des Sciences, arts & belles lettres de Chaalons-sur-Marne. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Chaalons-sur-Marne, Seneuze, Paindavoine, Delalain, 1780. viii, 512, (4) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.295; Goldsmiths 12061; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable 1337; cf.: INED 3039; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 129; not in Einaudi. Second, improved edition of this important text 'rempli de vues ingénieuses et de faits spécieux qu'on ne saurait trop méditer' (Coquelin & Guillaumin) which was first published in 1779. 'Moyens propres à supprimer la mendicité (politique, moraux, coactifs, etc). S'attacher à détruire la mendicité illégitime. Ce n'est pas par les hôpitaux, jugés néfastes, mais par le travail qu'on aide les mendiants, qu'ils soient valides ou invalides; Malvaux admet néanmoins l'existence de bonnes oeuvres, de Monts-de-Piété, de loteries, etc. Enfin, il propose de supprimer ce qu'il estime être les sources de la mendicité, telles l'usure, la prostitution, etc' (INED). - Stamp in blank portion of title-page, upper outer corner of title-page with a small repair. EUR 750
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(MALVAUX, J. DE.) Les moyens de détruire la mendicité en France, en rendant les mendians utiles à l'état sans les rendre malheureux; tirés des mémoires qui ont concouru pour le prix accordé enl'année 1777, par l'Académie des Sciences, arts & belles lettres de Chaalons-sur-Marne. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Chaalons-sur-Marne, Seneuze, Paindavoine, Delalain, 1780. viii, 512, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, small damage to foot of spine, somewhat rubbed and shaved. Kress B.295; Goldsmiths 12061; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable 1337; cf.: INED 3039; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 129; not in Einaudi. Second, improved edition of this important text 'rempli de vues ingénieuses et de faits spécieux qu'on ne saurait trop méditer' (Coquelin & Guillaumin) which was first published in 1779. 'Moyens propres à supprimer la mendicité (politique, moraux, coactifs, etc). S'attacher à détruire la mendicité illégitime. Ce n'est pas par les hôpitaux, jugés néfastes, mais par le travail qu'on aide les mendiants, qu'ils soient valides ou invalides; Malvaux admet néanmoins l'existence de bonnes oeuvres, de Monts-de-Piété, de loteries, etc. Enfin, il propose de supprimer ce qu'il estime être les sources de la mendicité, telles l'usure, la prostitution, etc.' (INED). EUR 500
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(MALVAUX, J. DE.) Les moyens de détruire la mendicité en France, en rendant les mendians utiles à l'état sans les rendre malheureux; tirés des mémoires qui ont concouru pour le prix accordé enl'année 1777, par l'Académie des Sciences, arts & belles lettres de Chaalons-sur-Marne. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Chaalons-sur-Marne, Seneuze, Paindavoine, Delalain, 1780. viii, 512, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Kress B.295; Goldsmiths 12061; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable, 1337; cf.: INED 3039; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 129; not in Einaudi. Second, improved edition of this important text: 'Excellent livre, bien supérieur encore à tous les essais tentés de nos jours. Le style en est peu déclamatoire; mais l'ouvrage est rempli de vues ingénieuses et de faits spécieux qu'on ne saurait trop méditer' (Coquelin & Guillaumin), published for the first time in 1779. 'Moyens propres à supprimer la mendicité (politique, moraux, coactifs, etc). S'attacher à détruire la mendicité illégitime. Ce n'est pas par les hôpitaux, jugés néfastes, mais par le travail qu'on aide les mendiants, qu'ils soient valides ou invalides; Malvaux admet néanmoins l'existence de bonnes oeuvres, de Monts-de-Piété, de loteries, etc. Enfin, il propose de supprimer ce qu'il estime être les sources de la mendicité, telles l'usure, la prostitution, etc.' (INED). - Errata-leaf is bound between the pages 504-505, with an engraved armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. EUR 750
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet, Gattey, 1788. xii, 231, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering. Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder.' (Stourm). Financial reports of fundamental importance, which would certainly have remained unknown if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains the reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. EUR 450
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. A Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, chez Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au roi en 1778. (Paris, 1778). - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, Par M. Necker, ..... Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de Sa majesté. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 large folding leaf, 2 coloured folding maps. - (Bound with:) CARACCIOLI. Lettre du marquis de Caraccioli à M. d'Alembert. (Paris, 1788). - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu du roi en 1781. Nouvelle éclaircissements. A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C. DE.) Compte rendu au roi au mois de mars 1788 et publié par ses ordres. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. - (Bound with:) RESULTAT du Conseil d'État du roi tenu à Versailles le 27 décembre 1788. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1788). 7 works bound in 1 stout volume. xii, 231, (1) pp.; 27 pp.; (4), 116 pp.; 44 pp.; viii, 284 pp.; (2), xiv, (2), 183, (1) pp.; (2), 26 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, richly gilt spine with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper covered boards, front joint with short split. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. - Copy from the library of Mr. Brossays Duperray, with his armorial bookplate. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder' (Stourm). Highly important financial reports which would certainly have remained unknown if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains the reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc.Second work: Einaudi 4105; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; INED 3365.One of three editions published in the same year.Third work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED.First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Stourm 127; Barbier 642.First edition.Attributed to the Comte de Grimoard by Barbier, and to Galiani or the Comte de Grimoard by Stourm. Fifth work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648; INED 3373; Stourm 126; not in Einaudi.First edition.Rather violent work criticizing the financial administration of Calonne.Sixth work: Goldsmiths 13636; Stourm 143; Einaudi 2245; cf.: Kress S.5185; not in INED.First edition.The minister was Loménie de Brienne, the text was drawn up by Souffloy de Mercy. 'Le successeur de Calonne, Loménie de Brienne, fit imprimer en 1788 l'important compte rendu de la situation des finances, dans lequel on a coutume de rechercher les derniers chiffres des budgets de la monarchie. Ces chiffres n'en sont pas moins utiles à consulter, à défaut d'autres, surtout en raison des nombreux commentaires qui les accompagnent' (Stourm). These comments on the details were supplied by Souffloy de Mercy.Seventh work: Goldsmiths 13733; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm.First edition.On the composition of the forthcoming meeting of the États-Généraux. EUR 1250
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(MATHON DE LA COUR, CH. J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. A Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. With tables in the text. - (Bound with:) SABATIER, (J.J.) Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, sur la Dépense de l'Etat, les impôts, la construction des routes, le commerce des grains, la mendicité, & les secours à accorder aux cultivateurs; la conservation des biens des pupilles, des mineurs; l'administration de la justice; les gabelles, &c. A Paris, Chez Prault, 1790. - (Bound with:) BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deuz siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. A Versailles, Chez Blaizot, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. - (Bound with:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. Together 4 volumes bound in 1. xii, 231, (1) pp.; vi, 191, (1) pp.; 96 pp.; 184 pp.4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, corners, green paper covered boards, corners somewhat bumped, marbled edges. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27: 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder.' First edition. Higly important financial reports, which certainly would have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. Contains reports by Boullogne (1758), De Silhoutte (1759), Terray (1770, 1772, 1773 & 1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781) etc. Second work: Martin & Walter 30495; INED 4016; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Devoted mainly to the question of tax reforms. Lacks half-title. Third and fourth work: Stourm 191; INED 771; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). Complete copy with the general half-title for the two works. EUR 750
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(MAZZEI, F.) Recherches historiques et politiques sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, où l'on traite des établissements des treize colonies, de leurs rapports et de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant et après la révolution, etc. Avec quatre lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Haven sur l'unité de la législation. A Colle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Froullé, 1788. 4 volumes. (4), xvi, 383, (1) pp.; (4), 259 pp.;(4), 292 pp.; (4), 366 pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spines richly gilt in compartments, a very nice copy. Sabin 47206; Leclerc 957; Howes M.456; Monaghan 1052; Muller 1612; Fay 24; Echeverria & Wilkie 788/65; Echeverria, p. 124; Einaudi 3807; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in JFBL. First edition. 'This work was conceived as a corrective reply to Raynal's Histoire Philosophique et Politique and Mably's Observations. It was suggested by William Short, Jefferson's secretary, and was written with Jefferson's assistance and approval.' Contains among others: Reflexions rédigées à l'occasion du Mémoire sur la manière dont la France & l'Espagne doivent envisager les suites de la querelle entre la Grande-Bretagne & ses Colonies (volume 3, pages 217-282), by A.R.J. Turgot, dated April 6, 1776 and published here for the first time. On a memoir by Vergennes written at the request of Louis XVI to assist the Conseil d'État in formulating a policy for France and Spain in regard to the American Revolution. Turgot explored the various possible outcomes with their probable consequences for France and predicted that the eventual independence of the U.S. would lead to the independence of other European colonies in America. He recommanded arms sales to the U.S. but favored continued official neutrality and opposed direct military intervention' (Echeverria & Wilkie). Mazzei was an Italian physician who practised medicine in Smyrna and later, from 1755 to 1773, engaged in commerce in London. With several other Italians he came to the United States in December, 1773, to introduce the cultivation of the grape and the olive. He became a neighbor and friend of Thomas Jefferson. He actively supported the movement for independence and from 1779 to 1783 he was an agent for Virginia to obtain supplies in Italy. His Memorie della vita (Lugano, 2 volumes, 1845-1846) contains a lengthy account of his activities in Italy on behalf of Virginia (Monaghan, op.cit.) In the above work he was assisted by Condorcet who is the 'Bourgeois de New-Haven.' 'Compilation très exacte, qui réfute les théories de Mably et de Raynal et constitute un répertoire précieux de renseignements de tous ordres sur les États-Unis' (Fay). - Very good and attractive copy. EUR 1500
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(MIEL, E.) Manes Emeticaris, par des lettres circulaires à messieurs et dames de la Cour. (Drop-head title). No place, (mars 1760). - (Followed by:) MIEL, LE. Manuscript letter of 1 page, signed Le Miel and dated A Mamers, ce 17 avril 1760. - (Followed by:) AVIS très-important et salutaire pour avertir les Etats de plusieurs accidents qui y doivent surement arriver par divers fleaux de la colère de Dieu. (Drop-head title). No place, (ab. 1760). 12mo. - (Followed by:) (MIEL, E.) Manes Emeticaris, par des lettres circulaires à messieurs et dame de la Cour. (Drop-head title). No place, (mars, 1760). 4 pieces bound in 1 volume. 2 pp.; 1 p.; 4 pp.; 2, 1 (manuscript addition) pp. 4to. Modern boards. None in Conlon. Original editions? Writings by a some sort of 'visionnaire' explaining to the King the secret of how to achieve a general peace. Gives ways to submit all the christian princes through the acquisitions of corn sufficient for France for 20 years, etc. Includes proposals to guarantee work for the poor people. The first and fourth peace are identical, but to the latter the author has added manuscript additions. Also at the end of the third piece some manuscript additions. The third text is in small 8vo, mounted on stubs.The manuscript sections are all addressed to a 'Madame', the first signed Le Mile, the second Elisée Miel. EUR 250
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(MIRABEAU V. RIQUETTI DE. & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires. No place, 1758-1760. With engraved frontispiece. 6 parts in 3 volumes. viii, 192 pp.; (2), 266, (4)pp.; (6), 263, (1) pp.; (8), 278, 81, (1) pp.; viii, 167, (1) pp.; (2), 118, (2), 119-279, (5) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering. Kress 5736; Goldsmiths 9317; Einaudi 3941; INED 3194, 3203, 3206; Higgs 1631 & 2160. Second edition of the first three parts, first edition of the parts IV-VI. The Ami des Hommes is the fundamental Physiocratic text. 'This remarkable treatise created the greatest sensation throughout the whole of Europe. It is said to have gone through forty editions, and was translated into several languages. Its anonymous author, soon discovered, became the idol of the day, and was generally referred to by the sobriquet which he had chosen for the title of his book ..... After reading the Ami des Hommes (the first three parts, 1756), Quesnay, who agreed with many of the author's opinions, desired to make his acquaintance' (Palgrave, ii, p. 775). Mirabeau now became the fervent admirer of Quesnay, and between them they founded the school of the Physiocrats. In 1758 a fourth part was published in which Quesnay's influence is clearly visible. The final two parts were published in 1760. It is this final part which is of particular importance as it contains the first public appearance of Quesnay's Tableau Economique. There are less than ten copies in the world of either the earlier editions of 1758 or 1759. This work is thus the first obtainable edition of the Tableau Economique. - Very good copy of the rare 4to edition. EUR 8000
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Cinqième édition. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1760-1764. With title-pages in red and black. 6 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, contrasting spine labels with gilt lettering. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Cinqième édition. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1764. (4), viii, 308, (2) pp.; (4), 423, (1) pp.; (4), 422, (2) pp.IV: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Tome Quatrième. Précis de l'Organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. Sixième Édition. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1760. (4), 208, (2) pp. - (Followed by:) Réponse aux Objections contre le Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. (Drop-head title). - (Followed by:) Questions intéressantes sur la Population, l'Agriculture et le Commerce, Proposées aux Académies & autres Sociétés savantes des Provinces. (Drop-head title). (2), 336 pp. (the 'Réponse' and the 'Questions' continuously paginated).V: L'Ami des Hommes, Nouvelle Édition, Augmentée des Lettres sur les Corvées & la Milice. Cinquième Partie. Mémoire sur l'Agriculture envoyé a la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne; Avec L'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Economie Rustique de feu M. Thomas Hale. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1762. (4), vi, 281, (5) pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes, Nouvelle Édition, Augmentée des Lettres sur les Corvées & la Milice. Sixième Partie. Réponse a l'Essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. Sixième Partie. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1762. (4), 206 pp.VI: L'Ami des Hommes, Nouvelle Édition, Augmentée des Lettres sur les Corvées & la Milice. Septieme Partie. Tableau Economique avec ses Explications. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1762. With 6 engraved folding tables. (4), 162, (4) pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes, Nouvelle Édition, Augmentée des Lettres sur les Corvées & la Milice. Huitieme Partie. Lettres pour servir de Suite a l'Ami des Hommes. Huitieme Partie. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1762. (4), 104 pp. EUR 850
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition corrigée. A Avignon, 1761-1764. 7 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with contrasting spine labels and gilt lettering, marbled edges. - First three leaves of volume 1 with a marginal dampstain. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition corrigée. A Avignon, 1762. With engraved frontispiece. viii, 220, (2) pp.; 304, (2) pp.; 301, (1) pp.IV: L'Ami des Hommes. Quatrième Partie. Précis de l'Organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. A Avignon, 1764. (8), 160 pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrième Partie. 1764. Réponse aux Objections Contre le Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. 252 pp.V: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinqième Partie. Mémoire sur l'Agriculture, envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Economie Rustique de feu Mr. Thomas Hale. A Avignon, 1761. viii, 206, (2) pp.VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixieme Partie. Réponse à l'essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. A Avignon, 1761. 142 pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Économique avec ses Explications. A Avignon, 1761. With 6 engraved folding tables. 149, (3) pp.VII: L'Ami des Hommes. Septième Partie. Théorie de l'impôt. A Avignon, 1761. viii, 322, (2) pp. This last volume is bound in a modern matching binding. EUR 800
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition, Augementée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires. No place, 1759-1760. 6 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, redlabels with gilt lettering, marbled edges. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires. No place, 1759. With engraved frontispiece. x, (6), 391, (1) pp.; (12), 534 pp; (12), 526 pp.IV: L'Ami des Hommes, Quatrième Partie. Precis de l'Organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. No place, 1759. xi, (1), 267, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) L'AMI des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrieme Partie. (2), 376 pp. This last work contains: 'Réponse aux Objections Contre le Mémoire sur les Etats Provinciaux' (pp. 1-250) and 'Questions Intéressantes sur la Population, l'Agriculture et le Commerce' (pp. 251-376).V: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinquième Partie. Mémoire sur l'Agriculture Envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Oeconomie Rustique de feu M. Thomas Hale. No place, 1760. xii, 298, (4) pp.VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixième Partie. Réponse a l'essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. No place, 1760. (4), 228 pp. - (Followed by:) L'AMI des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Oeconomique avec ses Explications. No place, 1760. With 6 engraved folding tables. (4), 228, (4) pp. EUR 950
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Quatrième édition. A Hambourg, (last two volumes: no place, no publisher), Chez Chrétien Herold, 1758-1760. 6 volumes.8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, last two volumes with a slightly different binding, last volume with short split in joints. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Quatrième Édition. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Herold, 1758. Titles printed in red and black. (4), 8, 308, (2) pp.; (2), 426, (2) pp.; (4), 422, (2) pp.IV: Précis de l'Organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. Quatrième Édition. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Herold, 1758. Title printed in red and black. (6), 208, (2) pp. - (Followed by:) Réponse aux Objections contre le Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. (Drop-head title). - (Followed by:) Questions intéressantes sur la Population, l'Agriculture et le Commerce. (Drop-head title). 336 pp. (both parts continuously paginated).V: Mémoire sur l'Agriculture Envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Oeconomie Rustique de feu M. Thomas Hale. No place, 1760. xii, 298, (6) pp.VI: Réponse à l'Essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. No place, 1760. (4), 228, (2) pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Oeconomique avec ses Eplications. No place, 1760. With 6 engraved folding plates. (4), 228, (4) pp. EUR 900
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris), 1760. viii, 336 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, all edges red (very lightly rubbed, one corner bumped). Kress 5883; Goldsmiths 9602; INED 3209; Higgs 2297; McCulloch 346, Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XXI, (2); Einaudi 3946. First edition, the very rare 4to edition. In the same year there also appeared a 12mo edition. 'Ce fut la première oeuvre vraiment personelle de Mirabeau depuis sa conversion (to Physiocratic doctrines). Le succès en fut très vif. Mirabeau développe les principes de la nouvelle école, avec un franc-parler qui lui attira de nombreux suffrages ..... et le fit emprissoner. Il s'élève nottamment contre les fermiers-généraux, fait une critique sévère du régime fiscal alors en vigueur, et énonce trois conditions nécaissaires à une judicieuse imposition' (INED). The collaboration between Mirabeau and Quesnay seems evident as the Archives Nationales have the manuscript of the text to which lengthy notes by Quesnay have been added. It is one of the principal works of the Physiocratic school and established it in the public eye, which was also due to the ensuing emprisonment of Mirabeau following his very frank manner of expression used in the book. 'Always in strict collaboration with the master, Mirabeau wrote a treatise on one of the major economic problems of the time: the reform of the fiscal system. The Théorie de l'Impot appeared in 1760 and presented one of the Physiocrats' most famous proposals: the single tax on rent' (New Palgrave, iii, p. 870).This is a spirited and able attack on the financial administration of France and especially the Fermiers-généraux, whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation. The work proposes a reorganisation of financial administrative machinery, the abolition of the 'Fermes', a reduction in the taxation upon salt, with the object of increasing the total yield, and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine, the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. The author ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is 'of real importance in the history of financial theory' (Higgs, The Physiocrats, p. 57). EUR 7500
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Troisième édition. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1758. 2 volumes. (12), 523, (1) pp.; (4), 520, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, corners lightly bumped. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs Third edition. These two volumes contain the complete text of the first three volumes of the Ami des Hommes published in this period. The following parts (4-6) published in the years 1759-1760 have not been published with this third edition. The edition is apparently quite rare: Kress, Goldsmiths and Higgs listing various editions published in the period upto 1762 but none of these reference works lists this third edition in two volumes. EUR 600
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) Théorie de l'impôt. Par l'Auteur de l'Ami des Hommes. A Amsterdam, Chez Arktée (sic) & Merkus, 1761. vii, (1), 416, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges. This edition not in Kress, Goldsmiths and Einaudi, where several other editions from 1761 are to be found. The work was first published in 1760 in both 4to and 12mo. The year 1761 saw a great number of different editions without any priority being established. 'Ce fut la première oeuvre vraiment personelle de Mirabeau depuis sa conversion (to Physiocratic doctrines). Le succès en fut très vif. Mirabeau développe les principes de la nouvelle école, avec un franc-parler qui lui attira de nombreux suffrages ..... et le fit emprissoner. Il s'élève nottamment contre les fermiers-généraux, fait une critique sévère du régime fiscal alors en vigueur, et énonce trois conditions nécaissaires à une judicieuse imposition' (INED). The collaboration between Mirabeau and Quesnay seems evident as the Archives Nationales have the manuscript of the text to which lengthy notes by Quesnay have been added. It is one of the principal works of the Physiocratic school and established it in the public eye, which was also due to the ensuing emprisonment of Mirabeau following his very frank manner of expression used in the book. 'Always in strict collaboration with the master, Mirabeau wrote a treatise on one of the major economic problems of the time: the reform of the fiscal system. The Théorie de l'Impot appeared in 1760 and presented one of the Physiocrats' most famous proposals: the single tax on rent' (New Palgrave, iii, p. 870).This is a spirited and able attack on the financial administration of France and especially the Fermiers-généraux, whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation. The work proposes a reorganisation of financial administrative machinery, the abolition of the 'Fermes', a reduction in the taxation upon salt, with the object of increasing the total yield, and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine, the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. The author ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is 'of real importance in the history of financial theory' (The Physiocrats, p. 57.) - The spine labels read: L'Ami des Hommes, Tom IX. EUR 450
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris), 1760. vi, 426, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5884; Goldsmiths 9603; Higgs 2298; Einaudi 3946; INED 3209; Peignot, i, 320; Weulersse, i, xxviii (all listing other issues). First edition, on of several issues. There was also an edition published in 4to. 'Ce fut la première oeuvre vraiment personelle de Mirabeau depuis sa conversion (to Physiocratic doctrines). Le succès en fut très vif. Mirabeau développe les principes de la nouvelle école, avec un franc-parler qui lui attira de nombreux suffrages ..... et le fit emprissoner. Il s'élève nottamment contre les fermiers-généraux, fait une critique sévère du régime fiscal alors en vigueur, et énonce trois conditions nécaissaires à une judicieuse imposition' (INED). The collaboration between Mirabeau and Quesnay seems evident as the Archives Nationales have the manuscript of the text to which lengthy notes by Quesnay have been added. It is one of the principal works of the Physiocratic school and established it in the public eye, which was also due to the ensuing emprisonment of Mirabeau following his very frank manner of expression used in the book. 'Always in strict collaboration with the master, Mirabeau wrote a treatise on one of the major economic problems of the time: the reform of the fiscal system. The Théorie de l'Impot appeared in 1760 and presented one of the Physiocrats' most famous proposals: the single tax on rent' (New Palgrave III, p. 870).This is a spirited and able attack on the financial administration of France and especially the Fermiers-généraux, whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation. The work proposes a reorganisation of financial administrative machinery, the abolition of the 'Fermes', a reduction in the taxation upon salt, with the object of increasing the total yield, and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine, the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. The author ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is 'of real importance in the history of financial theory' (The Physiocrats, p. 57.) - With bookplate of Boisset Glassac on front paste-down, and name of Mirabeau written on title-page in a contemporary hand. EUR 500
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Together 8 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spines gilt with contrasting spine labels with gilt lettering, red edges, a few corners lightly bumped, front cover of volume 1 with a small damage to corners, rear cover of volume 8 with a few scratches. Higgs 2160; cf.: INED 3194 & Kress 5882 (incomplete); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. A Avignon, 1756. With engraved frontispiece and portrait of Mirabeau (added, lower edge shaved). 3 volumes. 431, (1) pp.; 578, (2) pp.; 577, (1) pp. IV: L'Ami des Hommes. Quatrième Partie. Précis de l'organisation ou Mémoire sur les Etats provinciaux. No place 1758. (8), 285, (1) pp. V: L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrième Partie. No place, 1758. Réponse aux objections sur les Etats provinciaux. (2), 313, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) Questions intéressantes sur la population, l'agriculture et le commerce proposés aux Académies et autres Sociétés sçavantes des provinces (par Quesnay). 150 pp. - (Followed by:) (BOUDIER DE VILLEMERT, P.J.) L'ami des femmes. No place 1758. (4), 188, (2) pp. VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinqième Partie. Mémoire sur l'agriculture. Envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Oeconomie Rustique de feu M. Thomas Hale. No place, 1760. xii, 298, (6) pp. VII: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixieme Partie. Réponse a l'essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. No place, 1760. (4), 228, (2) pp. - (Bound with:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Oeconomique avec ses Explications. No place, 1760. With 6 engraved folding tables. (4), 228, (4) pp.VIII: Théorie de l'impôt. No place, 1760. viii, 520 pp.The main work of the Physiocratic school, with the rare Ami des femmes and Mirabeau's Théorie de l'impôt added. - A nice copy. EUR 1400
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.) Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris), 1760. viii, 520 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt back. Kress 5884; Goldsmiths 9603; Higgs 2298; Einaudi 3946; INED 3209 (other issue); Weulersse I, p. xxviii; Peignot I, p. 320. First edition, on of several issues. There was also an edition published in 4to. 'Ce fut la première oeuvre vraiment personelle de Mirabeau depuis sa conversion (to Physiocratic doctrines). Le succès en fut très vif. Mirabeau développe les principes de la nouvelle école, avec un franc-parler qui lui attira de nombreux suffrages ..... et le fit emprissoner. Il s'élève nottamment contre les fermiers-généraux, fait une critique sévère du régime fiscal alors en vigueur, et énonce trois conditions nécaissaires à une judicieuse imposition.' (INED). The collaboration between Mirabeau and Quesnay seems evident as the Archives Nationales have the manuscript of the text to which lengthy notes by Quesnay have been added. It is one of the principal works of the Physiocratic school and established it in the public eye, which was also due to the ensuing emprisonment of Mirabeau following his very frank manner of expression used in the book. 'Always in strict collaboration with the master, Mirabeau wrote a treatise on one of the major economic problems of the time: the reform of the fiscal system. The Théorie de l'Impot appeared in 1760 and presented one of the Physiocrats' most famous proposals: the single tax on rent' (New Palgrave III, p. 870).This is a spirited and able attack on the financial administration of France and especially the Fermiers-généraux, whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation. The work proposes a reorganisation of financial administrative machinery, the abolition of the 'Fermes', a reduction in the taxation upon salt, with the object of increasing the total yield, and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine, the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. The author ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is 'of real importance in the history of financial theory' (The Physiocrats, p. 57.) EUR 800
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(MONTVERT, P.E.S DE.) Moyens de procurer un capital d'environ douze cent millions à la caisse nationale. A Paris, Chez Gattey, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 10418. First edition. The identity of the author is revealed through a note on page 5 where he refers to his book Restauration des campagnes. Discusses the dixmes ecclésiastiques. EUR 150
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(MOREAU, J.N.) Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire. No place, (Amsterdam ?) Où il vous plaîra, 1763. (4), 67 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Kress 6123; Einaudi 4011; Higgs 3006; INED 3276; Stourm, p. 106; Conlon 63:1147; not in Goldsmiths. One of two editions from the year of first publication, the other edition being entitled Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire sur La richesse d'État in 32 pages. Criticizing Roussel de La Tour's Richesse de l'État. 'Les Français sont fous, mais ils ne sont pas ruinés. Plaidoyer spirituel en faveur du rétablissement de l'ordre financier' (Stourm). EUR 200
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(NECKER, J.) Sur la législation et le commerce des grains. Troisième édition. A Paris, Chez Pissot, 1775. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 236 pp.; 184, (2, errata for both volumes) pp. 8vo. Modern boards, red leather label with gilt lettering. Kress 7147; Goldsmiths 11270; Higgs 6263; INED 3372; not in Einaudi. Conform the first edition, with all the misprints corrected in the errata. Necker condemned the physiocratic doctrine of free trade and was in favour of government control. The physiocrats attacked his ideas with much energy. In 1789 Necker got a chance to put his ideas into practice, which led to disastrous results. EUR 450
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(NECKER, J.) Compte général des revenus et des dépenses fixes, au 1er de mai 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1789. With three folding tables. (2), 201 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13906 (without the tables); Stourm, p. 156 (also without the tables); not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. With this work, basically containing a recapitulation of Necker's official report on the financial situation of France as presented at the opening of the Estates General, Necker also produced a financial planning which could serve as the start for a new period. EUR 750
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(NECKER, J.) Sur la législation et le commerce des grains. A Paris, Chez Pissot, 1775. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 236 pp.; 184, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf,spine gilt in compartments, paper covered boards, a bit rubbed. Kress 7144; Goldsmiths 11267; Higgs 6260; INED 3372; not in Einaudi; Lichtenberger, Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 305-310. First edition. Necker condemned the physiocratic doctrine of free trade and was in favour of government control. In 1789 Necker got a chance to put his ideas into practice, which led to disastrous results. - With bookplate: J.S. Dussi. EUR 750
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1759. With 3 engraved plates. xii, 285, (3) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering. Higgs 1925; Kress 5804; Musset-Pathay 600; Goldsmiths 9457; Weulersse, i, xxviii; this edition not in Einaudi. Second edition, first published in 1758. The dedication, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented. (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France, vol. i, p. 52-53). EUR 400
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1758. With 3 engraved plates. xi, (1), 284, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. INED 3483; Higgs 1656; Kress 5745; Einaudi 4321; Musset-Pathay 600; not in Goldsmiths; Weulersse, i, xxviii. First edition. The dedication to Madame de Pompadour, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53). - Outer top corner towards the end waterstained, handwritten ex libris Roger Picard on verso front blank. EUR 750
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1758. With 3 engraved plates. - (Followed by:) (DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, H.L.) Ecole d'agriculture. A Paris, Chez les frères Estienne, 1759. 2 works bound in 1 volume. xi, (1), 284, (2) pp.; 190 pp. (numbered 1-168, 159-180), (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, corners lightly bumped. First work: INED 3483; Higgs 1656; Kress 5745; Einaudi 4321; Musset-Pathay 600; not in Goldsmiths; Weulersse, i, xxviii. First edition The dedication, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine. Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented (Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53).Second work: Goldsmiths 9452; Higgs 1926 (with erroneous collation); INED 1546 (82 pp. only); Musset-Pathay 536.First edition.'Sur les études et expériences agricoles à développer dans toute la France. Critique d'abus et d'erreurs, notamment de la durée trop courte des affermages, qui n'incite pas la fermier à donner toute sa mesure' (INED). He estimated that France could feed and sustain a population of about 28 million and estimated the population between 16 and 21 million souls. EUR 900
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1759. With 3 engraved plates. xii, 285, (3) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Higgs 1925; Kress 5804; Musset-Pathay 600; Goldsmiths 9457; Weulersse, i, xxviii; this edition not in Einaudi. Second edition, first published in 1758. The dedication to Madame de Pompadour, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented. (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53). EUR 600
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1765. With 3 engraved plates. xii, 285, (3) pp. 12mo Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, somewhat rubbed. Goldsmiths 10077; Higgs 1925; Kress 5804; Musset-Pathay 600; Weulersse, i, xxviii; this edition not in Einaudi and not in Mattioli. Third edition, first published in 1758 and 1759. The dedication, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay. It forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented: see: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ....., p. 52-53. EUR 450
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1759. With 3 engraved plates. xii, 285, (3) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering. Higgs 1925; Kress 5804; Musset-Pathay 600; Goldsmiths 9457; Weulersse, i, xxviii; this edition not in Einaudi. Second edition, first published in 1758. The dedication to Madame de Pompadour, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented. (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53). - Calligraphed name (Mr Le president Dela Calmette ?) on verso first flyleaf. EUR 600
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1758. With 3 engraved plates. xi, (1), 284, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, spine gilt with raised bands. INED 3483; Higgs 1656; Kress 5745; Einaudi 4321; Musset-Pathay 600; not in Goldsmiths; Weulersse, i, xxviii. First edition. The dedication, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay. It forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented. (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53). EUR 800
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(PATULLO, H.) Essai sur l'amélioration des terres. A Paris, Chez Durand, 1758. With 3 engraved plates. xi, (1), 284, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, red edges. INED 3483; Higgs 1656; Kress 5745; Einaudi 4321; Musset-Pathay 600; not in Goldsmiths; Weulersse, i, xxviii. First edition. The dedication to Madame de Pompadour, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel under the supervision of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented. (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53). EUR 750
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(PERREAU, J.A.) Le Roi voyageur, ou Examen Des abus de l'Administration de la Lydie. A Londres, Chez T.P. Cadel, 1784. (8), 211, (5) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. INED 3522; Kress S.5048; Conlon 84:1625; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Hartig & Soboul, p. 68; not in Valette; not in Negley. First edition of this utopian work in the usual fashion: after a so-called translated manuscript on the institutions of "Lydia" are analysed while in fact the work contains criticism of contemporary society and institutions. In favour of freedom of trade, agriculture and work, and analysing the financial and economic institutions of France.Perreau (died in Toulouse in 1813) was professor of 'droit de la nature et des gens' at the Collège de France, and later became professor of law at the l'École centrale du Panthéon. He edited in 1791 the 'Journal du vrai citoyen' founded with the aim of protecting the constitutional principles. EUR 750
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(PESSELIER, C.E.) Doutes proposés à l'auteur de la Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris) 1761. - (Bound with:) RIVIERE. L'ami de la paix. A Amsterdam, (Paris), 1761. 2 works bound in 1 volume. x, (2), 204 pp.; 254, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, red edges, front joint starting to split. First work: Kress 5963; Goldsmiths 9695; Einaudi 4409; Higgs 3524; INED 3524; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Mattioli 2790. One of the 12mo issues of the first edition. The other issue has 6 lines on page x, whereas this issue has 4 lines on page x.Pesselier was one of the most forceful critics of the physiocrats and here attacks Mirabeau and his Théorie de l'Impôt of the previous year. The work is notable, however, for its affirmation of the characteristically physiocratic doctrine that agriculture holds a priviliged place in the economic system. Second work: Kress 5974; Higgs 2544; INED 3851; Mattioli 3048; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Criticizes in 21 letters mainly Mirabeau's Théorie de l'impôt. 'Ouvrage très général sur les finances. Des ressources de l'État, des impôts, de leur perception et de leur emploi. Critique des ouvrages de Mirabeau (en particulier 'Les grandes dépenses ont toujours contribué à la gloire et aux richesses d'un grand état'). D'ailleurs, il est dangereux d'écrire ou de lire des ouvrages sur la finance et l'administration; tout est pour le mieux dans le meilleur des mondes, il faut supporter le joug sans discuter: 'Les impôts ont une cause juste, nécessaire, indispensable, dès qu'ils sont ordonnés' (INED). EUR 1250
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(PESSELIER, C.E.) Doutes proposés à l'auteur de la Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris), 1761. x, (2), 204 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine with label and gilt lettering. Kress 5963; Goldsmiths 9695; Higgs 2534; Einaudi 4409; INED 3524; Weulersse, i, xxvii; Mattioli 2790. One of the 12mo issues of the first edition with 4 lines on page x. The other issue has 6 lines on page x. Pesselier was one of the most forceful critics of the physiocrats and here attacks Mirabeau and his Théorie de l'Impôt of the previous year. The work is notable, however, for its affirmation of the characteristically physiocratic doctrine that agriculture holds a priviliged place in the economic system. - Armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. EUR 600
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(PESSELIER, C.E.) Doutes proposés à l'auteur de la Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris), 1761. viii, 148 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress 5963; Goldsmiths 9695; Einaudi 4409; Higgs 3524; INED 3524; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii, all citing the 12mo edition only. First edition, the very rare 4to issue, copy with wide margins. - A few pages browned. Pesselier was one of the most forceful critics of the physiocrats and here attacks Mirabeau and his Théorie de l'Impôt of the previous year. The work is notable, however, for its affirmation of the characteristically physiocratic doctrine that agriculture holds a priviliged place in the economic system. EUR 2000
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(PETITAIN, L.G.) Lettre de Polichinelle à ses compères du comité des finances, offrant un moyen sûr de rembourser les assignats et de libérer l'Etat, sans bourse délier. (Drop-head title). Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1795) - (Bound with:) (PETITAIN, L.G.) Lettre de Polichinelle à ses compères des deux conseils composant la commission des finances, contenant envoi de sa première lettre, écrite au ci-devant Comité des finances, et un nouveau projet pour libérer l'Etat, sans bourse délier. (Drop-head title). Paris, Desenne, (1795). Together 2 pieces in 1 volume. 15, (1) pp.; 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. First work: Einaudi 4412; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, p. 240; Martin & Walter 27101. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 313; Martin & Walter 27100. First editions. Precursor of modern political methods, the author proposes the State to spend without counting, and to bring back from time to time 100 francs notes to one sou, those of 1000 francs to 10 sous, etc., and thus lowering the public debt. EUR 350
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(PLUMARD DE DANGEUL, L.J.) Remarques sur les avantages et les desavantages de la France et de la Grande-Bretagne, Par Rapport au Commerce & aux autres Sources de la Puissance des États. Traduction de l'Anglois du Chevalier John Nickolis. Seconde édition. A Leyde, 1754. Title printed in red and black. vi, (8), 408 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with floral ornaments, red morocco label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5381; Goldsmiths 8916; Higgs 742; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 123; Mattioli 2861; Weulersse, i, p. xix; INED 3607; not in Einaudi (other editions); not in Menger. Second edition. In all, four editions were published in 1754. - Beautiful copy. The work was being published as a translation but was actually written by Louis-Joseph Plumart (or Plumard) de Dangeul who used the pseudonym of John Nickolis. 'd'Argenson admire beaucoup cet ouvrage, qu'il place même audessus de l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu' (Stourm, p. 98). 'Documentation particulièrement riche, accompagnée d'observations personnelles sur la population, les classes sociales, le commerce, l'économie' (INED). 'Mid-eighteenth-century populationism is best represented in the works of Plumard de Dangeul, Goyon de la Plambaine and Jaubert. Dangeul was concerned primarily to combat celibacy, the principal check (in his opinion) to population growth; for he looked upon such growth as a ''certain sign'' of the "health of the body politic'', as a stimulator of agriculture and manufactures, and as a partial source of relief to the taxpayers (the cost of government being relatively fixed).' 'The forces unfavorable to population growth operated more powerfully in some social classes than in others. Both the marriage rate and fertility within marriage were lower in the military class than in any other group; they increased in the following order: magistrates, financiers, merchants, artisans, comfortable laborers, and uncomfortable laborers. In general, Dangeul concluded, the French social system valued least and burdened most heavily the more useful classes, and thereby checked their increase and that of the population as a whole' (Spengler, French predeccessors of Malthus, pp. 82-86). The second part of the work deals with England: advantages of its geographical isolation, its natural ressources, its government and its commerce. EUR 750
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(PLUMARD DE DANGEUL, L.J.) Remarques sur les avantages et les desavantages de la France et de la Grande-Bretagne, Par Rapport au Commerce & aux autres Sources de la Puissance des États. Traduction de l'Anglois du Chevalier John Nickolis. Seconde édition. A Leyde, 1754. Title printed in red and black. vi, (8), 408 pp. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt fillets on sides, spine richly gilt with gilt stamped ornaments and gilt lettering, all edges gilt, some very, very light wear, corners lightly bumped, a beautiful copy. Kress 5381; Goldsmiths 8916; Higgs 742; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 123; Weulersse, i, p. xix; INED 3607; not in Einaudi (other editions); not in Menger. Second edition. In all, four editions were published in 1754. - With a handwritten ex-dono by the author on second blank leaf, binding by Derome (?). The work was being published as a translation but was actually written by Louis-Joseph Plumart (or Plumard) de Dangeul who used the pseudonym of John Nickolis. 'd'Argenson admire beaucoup cet ouvrage, qu'il place même audessus de l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu.' (Stourm, p. 98). 'Documentation particulièrement riche, accompagnée d'observations personnelles sur la population, les classes sociales, le commerce, l'économie.' (INED) 'Mid-eighteenth-century populationism is best represented in the works of Plumard de Dangeul, Goyon de la Plambaine and Jaubert. Dangeul was concerned primarily to combat celibacy, the principal check (in his opinion) to population growth; for he looked upon such growth as a 'certain sign' of the 'health of the body politic', as a stimulator of agriculture and manufactures, and as a partial source of relief to the taxpayers (the cost of government being relatively fixed).' 'The forces unfavorable to population growth operated more powerfully in some social classes than in others. Both the marriage rate and fertility within marriage were lower in the military class than in any other group; they increased in the following order: magistrates, financiers, merchants, artisans, comfortable laborers, and uncomfortable laborers. In general, Dangeul concluded, the French social system valued least and burdened most heavily the more useful classes, and thereby checked their increase and that of the population as a whole.' (Spengler, French predeccessors of Malthus, pp. 82-86). EUR 1250
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(PLUMART DE DANGEUL, L.J.) Remarques sur les avantages et les desavantages de la France et de la Grande-Bretagne, par rapport au commerce & aux autres sources de la puissance des états. Traduction de l'Anglois du chevalier John Nickolis. Troisième édition, augmentée d'un Essai sur la police & le commerce des grains. Dresde (Paris), 1754. Title printed in red and black. vi, (8), 478 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering. Kress 5383; Goldsmiths 8918; Einaudi 4479; Higgs 744; INED 3607; not in Menger; Stourm, p. 98; Weulersse i, p. xix; Conlon 54:951. The best and most complete edition augmented with Essai sur la Police & le Commerce des Grains by C.J. Herbert. The work was published as being a translation, but was originally written in French by Louis Joseph Plumart de Dangeul, who used the pseudonym of J. Nickolis. 'D'Argenson admire beaucoup cet ouvrage, qu'il place même audessus de l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu' (Stourm) 'Mid-eighteenth-century populationism is best represented in the works of Plumard de Dangeul, Goyon de la Plambaine and Jaubert. Dangeul was concerned primarily to combat celibacy, the principal check (in his opinion) to population growth; for he looked upon such growth as a 'certain sign' of the 'health of the body politic', as a stimulator of agriculture and manufactures, and as a partial source of relief to the taxpayers (the cost of government being relatively fixed). 'The forces unfavorable to population growth operated more powerfully in some social classes than in others. Both the marriage rate and fertility within marriage were lower in the military class than in any other group; they increased in the following order: magistrates, financiers, merchants, artisans, comfortable laborers, and uncomfortable laborers. In general, Dangeul concluded, the French social system valued least and burdened most heavily the more useful classes, and thereby checked their increase and that of the population as a whole' (Spengler, French predeccessors of Malthus, pp. 82-86). EUR 750
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(POMMEREUL, F.R.J. DE.) Étrennes au clergé de France pour l'année 1788. No place, 1788. 27, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Barbier, ii, 307 (listing a 1786 edition). Second editon, first published in 1786. Caption title on the first page reads: Explication d'un des plus grands mystères de l'Église. The 'mystère' is the wealth of the clergy, of which the author supplies details. He points out how little taxes the clergy is actually paying. The survey obviously has as its aim to arrive at a better re-distribution of the clergy's wealth. The author was close in his thinking to Holbach and Helvetius. INED lists three works by Pommereul, but not this one. EUR 275
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(PREVOST DE ST.-LUCIEN, R.H.) Moyen très-simple de convoquer les Etats-Généraux sans qu'il en coute un sol au roi. Ouvrage en deux parties. Troisième édition. (Paris), 1789. 38 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cf. Tourneux, i, 690a; not in Martin & Walter. The second part subtitled: Projet d'institution d'une fête nationale, et d'un ordre patriotique. EUR 150
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(RAUP DE BAPTESTIN DE MOULIERES, A.J.) Mémoire sur un moyen facile et infaillible de fair renaître le patriotisme en France, dans toutes les classes des citoyens, comme dans les deux sexes; et d'assurer le remboursement des dettes de l'Etat, sans nouveaux impôts, sans emprunt, et sans faire éprouver aucune réduction; Présenté au Roi, Par M.R.D.B. ..... A Amsterdam et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desenne, Gattey, Bailly, et ches les autres libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1789. (2), viii, 103, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Martin & Walter 28790; Kress B.1705; INED 3739; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. 'Établir une Caisse patriotique (où seraient versées les sommes librement accordées par les bons patriotes, afin d'y être successivement et invariablement employées au remboursement des dettes de l'État), et instituer un Ordre du Mérite patriotique, qui serait attribué à tout citoyen ayant offert ses dons à cette Caisse' (INED).The author was royal censor before the revolution and later civil servant at the Ministry of Interior and member of several learned societies. EUR 350
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(REIMARUS, J.A.H.) Die wichtige Frage von der freyen Aus- und Einfuhre des Getreides, nach der Natur und Geschichte untersucht. Hamburg, J.C. Bohn, 1771. 52 pp. 8vo. Sewn (no cover). Kress 6816; Higgs 5229; Humpert 9432; Menger, p. 304; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition and very rare. Reimarus (1729-1814) is labelled by Coquelin & Guillaumin as 'partisan enthousiaste de la liberté du commerce des grains. Son livre est d'ailleurs plein de sens et d'originalité.' EUR 450
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(RICCI, L.) Riforma degl' istituti pii della città di Modena. Modena, eredi di Bart. Soliani, (1787). (2), 3-7, (1), 221, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Kress, Italian Economic Literature, 563; Einaudi 4757; McCulloch, p. 306; not in Goldsmiths; Mattioli, as part of the Scrittori Classici ..... but no separate edition. First edition. Ludovico Ricci (1742-1799) was born near Modena. He held different posts chiefly connected with charity organisations and taxation. The above work is a valuable monograph, full of historic and scientific statistics. The economic problem of the administration of charity forced itself on governments and Ricci studied the problem for Modena. His study far surpasses the limits of a monograph relating solely to a small state. He treats the problem of the reform of the charity institutions from a rational and systematic point of view. He shows the economic disadvantages of an improved system of public charity, that it tends to the increase of beggary and of the numbers of the poor. Those poor only who are unable to work should be relieved, those who are able to work should be helped solely by work being procured for them. Ricci's views on population are theoretically interesting: he has been called a precursor of Malthus, but, though he touches on the population question, he regards it from a different point of view from Malthus, and more closely approaches modern scientific conclusions (Palgrave, iii, pp. 309-310).'Remarkable for being one of the first works published in Italy, in which the utility of such institutions was called in question' (McCulloch). - Somewhat spotted. EUR 750
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(RICHERAND, B.A.) De la population dans ses rapports avec la nature des gouvernements. Paris, Béchet jeune, Delaunay, 1837. xii, (2), 349, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. Kress C.4479; Goldsmiths 29838; not in Einaudi. First edition. Histoire des accroissemens de la population et des effets de cette multiplication progressive. - Des moyens de diminuer les inconvéniens, et de prévenir les dangers résultans d'une population exubérante. - Some scattered spotting EUR 175
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(RIOUX DE MAILLOU.) Vues simples et patriotiques d'un citoyen, pour la régénération de la France, dans les Etats-Généraux de 1789, où il propose un impôt unique sous la dénomination de droit royal réuni. Paris, 1789. (2), 46 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3839 (other issue); Martin & Walter 29319. First edition. 'Projet d'impôt unique: répartition, perception, avantages. Seuls contribueraient à cet impôt les propriètaires et ceux qui jouissent d'un état productif. Avantages escomptés: suppression des fermes générales, de la plupart des autres impôts et de certains privilèges exclusifs, libération de la dette publique, possibilité de créer une Banque royale et nationale, etc.' INED, citing a copy with a supplement. Our copy is signed on the last page by the author. EUR 225
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(ROMIEUX), C. Les élémens du contrat social, ou Le développement du droit naturel de l'homme sur la propriété; principes de loix présentés à la Convention nationale et au Comité de Constitution, le douze novembre 1792. A Paris, chez l'auteur, 1792. 15, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter 29836; not in Camus. First edition. - A trifle waterstained. Développement des principes. - Principes de la distribution sociale et des salaires. - Des secours ou dons gratuits. - De la propriété. EUR 125
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(ROUSSEL DE LA TOUR.) Richesse de l'Etat. (Drop-head title). No place, (1763). - (Followed by:) (ROUSSEL DE LA TOUR.) Développement du plan intitulé: Richesse de l'Etat, par le même auteur. (Drop-head title). No place, (1763). - (Followed by:) (MOREAU, J.N.) Doutes modestes sur la Richesse de l'Etat, ou Lettre écrite à l'auteur de ce systesme, par un de ses confrères. (Drop-head title). Paris, B. Ruinart, (1763). 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. 8 pp.; 10 pp.; 8 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. First work: Cf.: Kress 6135-6; Goldsmiths 9901; Einaudi 4902; Higgs 3000, note; INED 3966. One of the editions published in the year 1763 when the text was published for the first time. Page 2 contains the Tableau de répartition de deux millions personnes. 'This tract, proposing a single tax, graduated in twenty groups of 100.000 taxpayers each, was the anonymous work of a young official. As it was allowed to circulate, the Physiocrats, who had been cowed into silence by the imprisonment of Mirabeau for producing his Théorie de l'impôt, (1760), concluded that they might now renew their activities' (Higgs).Second work: Cf. Kress 6134; Einaudi 4901; Higgs 3270; INED 3963; not in Goldsmiths. One of the editions of the first year of its appearance.Contains further development of the author's theory. Third work: Cf.: Kress 6122; Goldsmiths 9888; Einaudi 4010; Higgs 3001; INED 3275. First edition. The starting point of many discussions provoked by Roussel's theory. EUR 600
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(ROUSSEL DE LA TOUR.) Richesse de l'Etat. No place, (1763). 32 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Cf.: Kress 6135 and 6136; Goldsmiths 9901; Einaudi 4902; Higgs 3000; INED 3966 (all listing other editions of the same year). One of the editions published in the year of its first appearance. In this edition the table has been incorporated in the text. 'This tract, proposing a single tax, graduated in twenty groups of 100.000 taxpayers each, was the anonymous work of a young official. As it was allowed to circulate, the Physiocrats, who had been cowed into silence by the imprisonment of Mirabeau for producing his Théorie de l'Impôt, (1760), concluded that they might now renew their activities.' (Higgs). EUR 225
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(RULIE, P., TURGOT, A.R.J., AND GOUTTES, J.-L.) Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent, tirée des vrais principes du droit naturel, de la théologie & de la politique. Contre l'abus de l'imputation d'usure. Nouvelle édition, revue & augmentée, avec une Défense & des observations sur plusieurs critiques. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, 1782. (4), xvii-xxxii, (33)-96, 376, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges (a bit worn and rubbed, rear cover with small loss of calf). Kress B.507; Goldsmiths 12336; INED 4000; not in Einaudi (see nr 2667 where the 1780 edition is mentioned under Gouttes); not in NEHA. Second edition, first published in 1780. This second edition is augmented with replies to critics. - Handwritten number on title. The Aristotelian position, which equated interest with usury and thus condemned it, was still prevalent in the eighteenth century. After the initial historical chapters, the argument runs clearly along the lines of Turgot's Sur les Prêts d'Argents, in defence of interest, which Schumpeter had classified as 'by far the greatest performance in the field of interest theory the eighteenth century produced' (Schumpeter, p. 332). Turgot established the necessity of interest for commercial and industrial purposes, and persuasively argued that the taking of interest should be legalised, and the rate left to be settled between borrower and lender. He also stated that interest was an indispensable prerequisite of production, a point which is argued in great detail in chapter XI. Turgot had written Sur Les Prêts d'Argent because of a commercial crisis in Angoulême in 1769 (see Palgrave vol. 2, p. 433 for further details), and the legislation regarding Angoulême is reprinted at the end of the volume. - This is the work of three authors, originally composed by Pierre Rulié, this treatise was substantially rewritten by Jean Louis Gouttes, and is actually attributed to him in Einaudi, he in turn drew heavily on the assistance of Turgot and quotes extensively from his work, in particular from Sur les Prêts d'Argent and Reflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses and also from an unpublished manuscript. EUR 600
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(RULIE, P., TURGOT, A.R.J., AND GOUTTES, J.-L.) Théorie de l'intérêt de l'argent, tirée des vrais principes du droit naturel, de la théologie & de la politique. Contre l'abus de l'imputation d'usure. Nouvelle édition, revue & augmentée, avec une Défense & des observations sur plusieurs critiques. A Paris, Chez Barrois l'aîné, 1782. (4), xvii-xxxii, (33)-96, 376, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, corners a bit bumped. Kress B.507; Goldsmiths 12336 (both incomplete copies); not in INED; not in Einaudi (see nr 2667 where the 1780 edition is mentioned under Gouttes). Second edition, first published in 1780. This second edition is augmented with replies to critics. - Title-page and 'Avis' a bit spotted. The Aristotelian position, which equated interest with usury and thus condemned it, was still prevalent in the eighteenth century. After the initial historical chapters, the argument runs clearly along the lines of Turgot's Sur les Prêts d'Argents, in defence of interest, which Schumpeter had classified as 'by far the greatest performance in the field of interest theory the eighteenth century produced' (Schumpeter, p. 332). Turgot established the necessity of interest for commercial and industrial purposes, and persuasively argued that the taking of interest should be legalised, and the rate left to be settled between borrower and lender. He also stated that interest was an indispensable prerequisite of production, a point which is argued in great detail in chapter XI. Turgot had written Sur Les Prêts d'Argent because of a commercial crisis in Angoulême in 1769 (see Palgrave vol. 2, p. 433 for further details), and the legislation regarding Angoulême is reprinted at the end of the volume. - This is the work of three authors, originally composed by Pierre Rulié, this treatise was substantially rewritten by Jean Louis Gouttes, and is actually attributed to him in Einaudi, he in turn drew heavily on the assistance of Turgot and quotes extensively from his work, in particular from Sur les Prêts d'Argent and Reflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses and also from an unpublished manuscript. EUR 600
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(SAINT-AUBIN, C.) Donnons notre bilan. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Pougin, l'an III (1795). (2), 37, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.3032; INED 4035; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 30591; Tourneux, i, 4508. First edition. Before planning any financial operation France should first draw up the balance-sheet. Camille Saint-Aubin (1758-1820), born in the duchy of Deux Ponts, died in Paris. A German by birth, he was attracted by the revolution, and threw in his lot with France. He was a prolific writer, and nicknamed by J.B. Say the 'bouffon of political economy' because his many pamphlets were often paradoxical. 'Saint-Aubin était un homme de beaucoup d'ésprit, mais systématique; personne ne savait mieux réprendre de l'intérêt dans des discussions naturellement arides. Il possédait à fond les divers systêmes de finances et les langues des principaux Etats de l'Europe. D'un caractère loyal et franc, il a fait preuve, dans plusieurs occasions, de courage, de probité politique et de désintéressement' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). EUR 175
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(SENAC DE MEILHAN, G.) Considérations sur les richesses et le luxe. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade, 1787. viii, 499, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporaryhalf calf, morocco label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, vellum corners, red sprinkled edges. Kress B.1336; Goldsmiths 13327; INED 4141; Stourm, p. 146; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 224; Mattioli 3341; not in Einaudi; JFBL S257; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in Sabin. First edition of this "brilliantly written" (Palgrave) refutation of Terray and Necker. The work is a true economic program and largely influenced by physiocratic ideas: in 47 chapters the author deals with population, money, interest, 'commerce des grains', the colonies in the Americas, ancient and modern colonies, France and England, etc. etc. 'A condemnation of luxury goods because of their tendency to deplate a nation of its capital, which ought to be invested in productive enterprises' (JFBL). The book was very favorably received by his contemporaries and contributed importantly to the fall of Necker. EUR 750
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(SOBRY, J.F.) Le mode françois, ou Discours sur les principaux usages de la Nation françoise. Londres, 1786. (2), 448 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, slightly rubbed and light damage to head and foot of spine. Le Bucher Bibliographique, 608; INED 4228; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition, extremely rare since the edition was seized and destroyed by orders of Breteuil. Sobry, 'monarchiste conformiste, bien pénétré de la conception du pouvoir central, consacre une partie de son ouvrage aux questions économiques et démographiques' (INED). The French territory can sustain a large population, condamnation of divorce, sections dealing with population, commerce, taxes, agriculture and usury. The author also proposes 'de maisons publiques pour les enfants des pauvres ouvriers, et même pour ces derniers dans leur vieillesse, car ils sont fort utile à la patrie.' - Fine copy on heavy paper. EUR 1000
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(THORILLON, A.J. PSEUD.:) THO MINAU DE LA MISTRINGUE. Idées sur les impôts publics, qui peuvent à la fois soulager les peuples de plus de la moitié, & les nobles & priviligiés de plus du quart de ce qu'ils paient, & enrichir l'État de 300 millions & plus, de revenu annuel. A la Hutte du Parc, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Belin, août 1787. (4), 113, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, spine richly gilt, gilt triple fillets on sides, all edges gilt, slightly damaged at front joint. Kress B.1344; Goldsmiths 13476; Stourm, p. 146; Conlon 87:2784; not in Einaudi; cf.: INED 4321; not in Martin & Walter. First edition, very rare. Criticizes Necker and develops ideas to improve the raising of taxes, the crucial problem of pre-revolutionary France. According to the note in INED the work is practically 'introuvable'. The author was 'Ancien procureur au Châtelet, et administrateur de la municipalité de Paris, et juge de paix à la section des Gobelins' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). - A very nice large paper copy. EUR 1000
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(THORILLON, A.J. PSEUD.:) THO MINAU DE LA MISTRINGUE. Idées sur les impôts publics, qui peuvent à la fois soulager les peuples de plus de la moitié, & les nobles & priviligiés de plus du quart de ce qu'ils paient, & enrichir l'Etat de 300 millions & plus, de revenu annuel. A la Hutte du Parc, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Belin et chez les Marchands des Nouveautés, août 1787. (4), 113, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides, very lightly rubbed, all edges gilt. Kress B.1344; Goldsmiths 13476; Stourm, p. 146; not in Einaud; not in Mattioli; cf.: INED 4321; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. - Fine, large paper copy on heavy paper. Criticizes Necker and develops ideas to improve the raising of taxes, the crucial problem of pre-revolutionary France. According to Coquelin & Guillaumin and according to a citation in INED the work is practically 'introuvable'. The author was 'Ancien procureur au Châtelet, et administrateur de la municipalité de Paris, et juge de paix à la section des Gobelins' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). EUR 900
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(TOLOZE.) Aux représentans du peuple français. Moyens tendans à l'extinction des assignats, et d'une grande partie de la dette nationale. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1795). 6 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; notin INED; Stourm, p. 239; Martin & Walter 32696. EUR 125
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(TURMEAU DE LA MORANDIERE, D.L.) Principes Politiques sur le Rappel des Protestans en France; par M.***. A Paris, Chez Valleyre, Dessain Junior, 1764. With engraved title vignette. Two parts in one volume. (4), vii, (1), 223, (1) pp.; (4), 200 (misnumbered 220), (4, Privilege + errata for both parts) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled edges, tiny damage to head of spine, a nice copy. INED 4366; Sauvy, Quelques démographes ignorés du XVIIIe siècle, pp. 355-362; Conlon 64:1254; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi: not in Mattioli; not in Higgs. The very rare first edition. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) official persecution of the Protestants reached a high point. Throughout the first half of the eighteenth century, the French Protestants practised their religion in secret, suffering great penalties if they were caught. But towards the middle of the century, the attitude of tolerance became prevalent. Though the increase in tolerance had doubtless much to do with the gathering forces of the Enlightenment, there was also an obvious economic reason for promoting tolerance. Upon the revocation of the Edict of Nantes emigration was forbidden on pain of heavy penalties. Notwithstanding, the revocation brought about, according to Vauban, 'the desertion of 100,000 Frenchmen, the exportation of 60,000,000 livres, the ruin of commerce; enemies' fleets were reinforced by 9000 sailors, the best in the kingdom, and foreign armies by 600 officers and 1200 men.' For both humantarian and economic reasons, therefore, increased tolerance towards the Huguenots was desirable. Turmeau de la Morandière stresses both these reasons. Sauvy describes Turmeau as an extreme populationist for whom no population size can be too great: 'La branche la plus importante pour le Gouvernement est, sans contredit, la nombreuse population' (p. 17).The author stresses the depopulation of France, the increasing poverty of the country and argues that the only remedy for the country is to allow the Protestants to return to France and to accept religious tolerance as the only viable means for the country and its prosperity and its future. The religious intolerance of past ages has only served the interests of the enemies of France and has weakened France itself. EUR 1500
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ALLARDE, (P.G. LE ROI) D'. Rapport sur la caisse d'escompte, fait au nom du Comité des finances. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. - (Followed by:) (ANSON, P.H.) Rapport du Comité des finances sur le compte de lacaisse d'escompte avec le Trésor public. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) (ANSON, P.H.) Rapport et décret concernant la caisse d'escompte. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 16 pp.; 12 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Firstwork: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 172.First edition. Pierre-Gilbert Leroy, baron d'Allarde, member of several comities, among which the one on finances, about which he speaks often, almost exclusively. He voted against the assignats and his name is to be found on the list of the left as well as on the list of the members of the Amis de la Liste civile. (Dictionnaire des Constituants, vol. i, pp.11-3). Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaud; not in INED; Stourm 173; Martin & Walter 341.First edition. Pierre Hubert Anson, representative of the Third Estate, entered the Comité des Finances on 11 July 1789. Anson's interventions and speeches in the Convention all dealt with finances, he was in favor of Necker and the assignats, his name appeared on the list of the left as an active member. (Dictionnaire des Constituants, vol. i, pp. 22-3). Includes a long letter by the administration of the caisse, very likely done by Lavoisier Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1925.First edition. EUR 600
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AMELOT (DE CHAILLOU, A.L.A.) Dénombrement du Duché de Bourgogne et pays adjacens, et des pays de Bresse et Dombes, Bugey et Gex, rédigé en 1786 par les soins de M. Amelot, lors Intendant de ces provinces, et imprimé en 1790, sur la demande des députés de ces mêmes provinces à l'Assemblée Nationale. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1790. (2), 83, (1) pp. Large folio. Sewn, contemporary marbled covers, worn. First edition. Statistical documentation divided according to parishes in 8 columns (men and boys, women and girls) from birth up to 15 years of age; from 15 years up to 30; from 30 up to 50; from 50 up to 60; older than 60 years; one hundred years or more; total of the two sexes, and observations concerning diseases and their causes. ' ..... et surtout Dénombrement du Duché de Bourgogne ....., rédigé en 1786 et imprimé en 1790 sur la demande des députés de ces provinces. Ce travail, classé par paroisses et très détaillé, est un des mieux faits qui existent dans le genre' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, ii, col. 607).A very interesting source. EUR 800
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ANSON, (P.H.) Rapport sur les assignats-monnois, fait à l'Assemblée nationale, au nom du Comité des finances ..... le 9 Avril 1790. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Baudouin, (1790). 44 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1864; Goldsmiths 14303; Stourm,p. 171; Martin & Walter 343; not in Einaudi; not in Tourneux; Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, p. 22-3. - Tiny burn hole in title. 'Le 23 mars 1790 il parle de la caisse d'escompte et le 9 avril il fait un long rapport sur les assignats monnaie. Necker et les députés du commerce sont en faveur des assignats, dont dépend le sort de l'année 1790, et à plusieurs reprises Anson les défendra, en particulier lors d'une discussion sur la dette publique, qu'une nation pour être respectée, doit rembourser' (Dictionnaire des Constituants). Pierre-Hubert Anson, representative of the Third Estate, was active in the department of finances since 1782: 'premier commis, dirige le départment des impositions, nommé receveur général des finances du Dauphinée à Grenoble, puis membre du comité central des receveurs généraux'. He remains bestknown for his participation in the comité des Finances which he entered in july 1789. All his interventions in the Constituante were related to financial matters. EUR 225
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER) D'. Considérations sur le gouvernement ancien et présent de la France, comparé avec celui des autres Etats, suivies d'un nouveau plan d'administration. Deuxième édition, corrigéesur ces manuscrits. Amsterdam (Paris), 1784. (4), vii, (1), (9)-301, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, monogram in compartment at foot made black, red edges. INED 87; Stourm, p. 107; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Carl Menger; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. The rare second and improved edition, edited by de Paulmy, son of Argenson and printed in a limited number of copies. This is the first issue of the edition, with the errata at the end. There is another edition which lacks the errata while these have been corrected. 'Le texte de 1764 et celui de 1784 sont si dissemblables qu'ils ne peuvent pas être considérés de prime abord comme exprimant tous deux la pensé de d'Argenson.' (Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales). It is thus important to have both editions. In the preface to the second edition de Paulmy stresses the influence the work has had on the 'économistes', a fact that is confirmed by INED: 'Ces quelques examples montrent que sa doctrine économique a de nombreux point communs avec celles des disciples de Quesnay.'René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson (1694-1757), French writer on economic and political subjects. The main principle in d'Argenson's philosophy was universal liberalism- 'not too much government' (pas trop gouverner). In politics the 'democracy' which he wished to 'admit into the monarchic state' depended primarily on the abolition of inherited distinctions between the estates and on the decentralization of administration. In the economic sphere he demanded the cessation of all interference with the production and circulation of goods (G. Weulersse in ESS, vol. 2, p. 182). 'En matière sociale et politique les idées de d'Argenson sont à la fois hardies, brutales et timorées... d'Argenson tend vers une sorte de socialisme imposé et surveillé par une aristocratie qui n'en prendrait que ce qu'elle voudrait' (Mornet, Les Origines Intellectuelles de la Révolution Française). EUR 1250
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER) D'. Considérations sur le gouvernement ancien et présent de la France, comparé avec celui des autres Etats, suivies d'un nouveau plan d'administration. Deuxième édition, corrigéesur ces manuscrits. Amsterdam (Paris), 1784. (4), viii, (9)-301 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth-century half calf, blind and gilt decorations to spine, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards and marbled edges. INED 87; Stourm, p. 107; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Carl Menger; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. The rare second and improved edition, edited by de Paulmy, son of d'Argenson and printed in a limited number of copies. This is the second issue of the edition, without the errata leaf of the first issue while the errata have been corrected. The first issue of this edition is extremely scarce. - With handwritten note on fly-leaf by Jules Renouvier stating 'édition originale et publié par le marquis de Paulmy, fils de l'auteur.' 'Le texte de 1764 et celui de 1784 sont si dissemblables qu'ils ne peuvent pas être considérés de prime abord comme exprimant tous deux la pensé de d'Argenson' (Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales). In the preface to the second edition de Paulmy stresses the influence the work has had on the 'économistes', a fact that is confirmed by INED: 'Ces quelques examples montrent que sa doctrine économique a de nombreux point communs avec celles des disciples de Quesnay.'René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d'Argenson (1694-1757), French writer on economic and political subjects. The main principle in d'Argenson's philosophy was universal liberalism- 'not too much government' (pas trop gouverner). In politics the 'democracy' which he wished to 'admit into the monarchic state' depended primarily on the abolition of inherited distinctions between the estates and on the decentralization of administration. In the economic sphere he demanded the cessation of all interference with the production and circulation of goods (G. Weulersse in ESS, vol. 2, p. 182). 'En matière sociale et politique les idées de d'Argenson sont à la fois hardies, brutales et timorées... d'Argenson tend vers une sorte de socialisme imposé et surveillé par une aristocratie qui n'en prendrait que ce qu'elle voudrait' (Mornet, Les Origines Intellectuelles de la Révolution Française). - With handwritten note on fly-leaf by Jules Renouvier stating 'édition originale et publié par le marquis de Paulmy, fils de l'auteur.' EUR 900
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ARNOULD, (A.M.) Histoire générale des Finances de la France, depuis le commencement de la Monarchie; pour servir d'introduction à la loi naturelle ou Budget de l'Empire français. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie ordinaire du corps législatif, et se vend chez Rondonneau, mars 1806. xii,224, iv, 164, (4, advertisments) pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, very lightly rubbed. Kress B.5003; Goldsmiths 19258; Einaudi 162; INED 94 (only the last iv, 164 pp.); Martin & Walter, 545. First edition. 'Ambroise-Marie Arnould (1750-1812), a French economist, was director of the board of commerce under the Revolution. His works contain valuable information upon the theory of trade, the state of the balance of trade in Europe during the 18th century, French finances, etc. He advocated the division of France into departments according to their homogeneous economical nature; and appealed to all maritime nations to confederate against the menacing power of England' (Palgrave, i, p. 58). The last 164 pages contain the 'pièces justificatives', with tables throughout the text. EUR 900
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ASSEMBLEE DE NOTABLES DE 1787 - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de notables, tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1787. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788. Royal coat of arms on title, and 4 unnumbered leaves containing2 plans and explanation. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de janvier 1781. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 coloured folding maps. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire au Roi, sur l'établissement des administrations provinciales. No place 1781. - (Bound with:) (MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'n 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. 6 works bound in 1 stout volume. (4), 326 pp., 4 (unnumbered) lvs.; (4), 116 pp.; 32 pp.; xii, 231, (1) pp.; (2), xiv, (2), 183 pp.; viii, 284 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. All first editions. Firt work: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. x.P.S. Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of these proceedings, but also of the Mémoire presented to the Assembly by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of administration and financial as well as economical adminsitration. Second work: Cf.: Kress B.360; Stourm 124; Einaudi 4094; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. Third work:, Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. 59; cf.: Kress B.389; INED 3365; Goldsmiths 12232; cf.: INED 3366; not in Einaudi.Fourth work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27; not in INED. Highly important financial reports, which played an important role in the discussions of the Assemblée de Notables, and which certainly would have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. It includes reports by Boullogne (1758), De Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772, 1773 and 1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. Fifth work: Cf.: Kress S.5177; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, pp. 143-145. Of interest especially because of the accompanying notes. Sixth work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648 (without the preliminaries); INED 3373; not in Einaudi (other edition). Violent refutation of De Calonne's ideas. EUR 1500
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AUBRY-(DUBOCHET), P.F. Discours sur le système général et particulier des contributions. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, (1790). 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Cf.: Stourm, p. 177-8; Martin& Walter 719; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Monglond. Includes the projet de décret. Pierre-François Aubry-Dubochet, representative of the Third Estate (department of l'Aisne), member of the Comité des Finances. EUR 150
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AVENEL, G. D'. Histoire économique de la propriété, des salaires, des denrées et de tous les prix en général, depuis l'an 1200 jusqu'en l'an 1800. Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1913-1926. 7 volumes. (6), xxviii, 619, (1) pp.; (4), 534 pp.; (4), 701, (1) pp.; (4), 603, (1) pp.; (4), 732 pp.; (4), 690 pp.; (4), 474 pp. Royal 8vo. Modern cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Einaudi; Mattioli 155. The best and most complete edition of this monumental work, which is rarely found with the volumes 6 and 7. The book received the Prix Rossi in 1890 and 1892. - Last leaves of volume 5 slightly damaged at upper blank margin. J.A. Schumpeter states that d'Avenel's work does not receive today all the credit it deserves: 'd'Avenel had an eye for the wider implications for social and political history of prolonged and pronounced price changes' (Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, p. 782). I & II: L'argent. (Second editions); III & IV: Le travail. (Second editions); V: Les classes riches et bourgeoises. VI & VII: Les dépenses privées. EUR 1500
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BARBE-MARBOIS, (F. DE.) Rapport sur la situation des finances de l'an IV, présentée par le Directoire exécutif au Conseil des Anciens. Séances du 28 Ventôse et jours suivans. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Germinal an V (1797). With 2 large folding tables. 113, (1), xvi pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. Einaudi 286; INED 213; Martin & Walter 1478; Stourm, p. 270; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Monglond. First edition 'Remarquable par sa clarté, sa sincéreté et son étendue. Il analyse et discute les budgets de chaque ministère ..... et ne craint pas d'énoncer les faits que son contrôle lui a fait découvrir.' (Stourm) 'Oeuvre qualifée: un trésor de lumière en même temps qu'un modèle de sagesse. En annexe: rapport sur la situation des finances pour l'exercise de l'an IV, fait au Directoire exécutif par le Ministre des finances (D.V. Ramel)' (INED). Under the heading Ministère de la Marine the French colonies in America are extensiveley dealt with.Barbé-Marbois was minister of the treasury and later president of the Court of Accounts, and known to Americans for negociating the sale of Louisiana for Napoleon. He was appointed in 1785 intendant of San Domingo, the richest island of the French Antilles and he restored order to its fiscal affairs by incorruptible administration. He was elected into the Council of Ancients of the Directory and eventually chosen its president but was deported to Guiana after the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor (1797). He returned to France after Napoleon came to power and was appointed first director and then (1801) minister of the treasury, responsible for paying the bills of the new government. EUR 450
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BASTIAT, F. Harmonies économiques. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1850. (4), 463, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, original printed covers preserved. Goldsmiths 36728; Einaudi 325; Mattioli 213. First edition. Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), French economist and publicist. He later works show great familiarity with the works of French, American, Italian and British authors, among them Say, Smith, Cournay, Turgot, Ricardo, Mill, Bentham, Senior, Franklin, Carey, Custodi, Donato and Scialoja. After learning of Cobden's Anti-Corn Law League he became an ardent free-trader..... 'Bastiat was one of several writers (Quesnay, Smith, Say and Carey were others) who formed the doctrines of Harmonism, or the optimistic idea that class interests naturally and inevitably coincide so as to promote economic development. The major challenge to this view came from Ricardo and Malthus, whose theories cast a sinister shadow over the prospect of economic progress' (New Palgrave, i, pp. 204-205). 'In this brilliant work, unhappily never finished, Bastiat shows the contrast between the internal weakness of the artificial organisations which are founded on constraint, and the prosperity spontaneously arising in an economic condition in which the equilibrium of individual and collective forces results from their free and repciprocal balance.' 'Political economy has been indebted to him, both during his short life, and after it, for some of its worthiest followers' (Palgrave, i, p. 123 ff.)Bastiat was, as Schumpeter wrote, not a bad theorist, he was no theorist at all. But he was unrivalled at exposing economic fallacies wherever he found them, and he found them everywhere. He was quite simply a genius of wit and satire, frequently described as a combination of Voltaire and Franklin. In the late 20th century his ideas became more popular among libertarian economists dissatisfied with Keynesian orthodoxy and Marxist alternatives. - A very nice copy. EUR 750
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BAZARD, S.A. (ED.) Doctrine de Saint-Simon. Exposition. Première année. 1828-1829. Troisième édition, revue et augmentée. Paris, au Bureau de l'Organisateur, 1831. 432 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, marbled boards, marbled edges very lightly worn at head and foot of spine. Walch 350; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 143; Kress C.2783; Goldsmiths 27194; Einaudi 1595. Goldsmiths cites erroneously 4 different authors for the work. It was actually edited by Bazard, the preface was written by Enfantin (pp. 5-57). The pp. 59-73 contain Gustave d'Eichtal's A un catholique sur la vie et le caractère de Saint-Simon. EUR 400
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BELLE-ISLE, (C.L.A. FOUQUET, DE.) Testament politique du Maréchal Duc de Belle-Isle. A Amsterdam, Aux dépens des Libraires Associés, 1761. 12mo. - (Bound with:) (TIXEDOR, F.X.) Nouvelle France, ou France commerçante. Par Mr. F. X. T. (Tixedor) Juge de C. (Conflans). A Londres, 1765. 2 works in 1 volume. 216 pp.; (4), viii, 264 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, very lightly rubbed. First work: Goldsmiths 9713 (listing it under Chevrier); INED 379; Higgs 2627; Einaudi 1076 (listing an edition from 1762, also under Chevrier); Conlon 61:576 (Chevrier); not in Kress. First edition. First work: 'Politique et social. Réflexions sur l'intolérance, qui est parfois nécessaire (mais dommages causés par l'émigration des protestants); les impôts, qui sont moins lourds que mal répartis; la néfaste célibat des prêtres; la nécessité des lois somptuaires, bien que `le luxe qui perd un petit état en enrichit un grand'; le duel, qui peut mener à la destruction de l'espèce humaine; l'exemption d'impôts des pères de famille qui favoriserait la population; .....' (INED). According to Querard, the work is by Chevrier where indeed several reference works list it.Second work: Kress 6305; Goldsmiths 10097; INED 4337; Higgs 3430; Leblanc 384; Conlon 65:1299; not in Einaudi.First edition. Kress states the work was published first in 1755, for which statement no evidence could be found, nor does Kress have this 1755 edition, nor does Goldsmiths and Conlon lists it under 1765 thereby indicating that there is no 1755 edition.'Cet ouvrage comporte quatre parties: Du commerce en général; Des avantages qui reviendront à la France par l'établissement d'un solide commerce; De la facilité des établissements de commerce et marine dans la France; Des obstacles qui peuvent s'opposer à un solide établissement de commerce dans la France. Cette dernière rubrique se termine par des considérations sur l'établissement du commerce propre à la monarchie française. (Leblanc). 'Economique. Réflexions sur le commerce en général et sur ces avantages. Intérêt de la France à posséder un 'solide commerce', d'autant plus que notre pays offre des conditions particulièrement favorables à son développement et à celui de la marine. Défense du systême des douanes intérieures' (INED). - With the engraved bookplate of Alexis de Lamothe, Avocat. EUR 750
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BERGASSE, (N.) Cahier du Tiers-Etat à l'Assemblée des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789; ou Instructions importantes aux députés sur la réforme des abus dont on doit faire la demande. En Janvier 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Lettre de M. Bergasse sur les Etats-Généraux. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Mémoire de M. Bergasse sur les Etats-Généraux, fixés au 27 Avril 1789, précédé de son désaveu de cayer du tiers-état, qui avoit paru sous son nom, & du dépôt qu'il a fait de ce mémoire en main de notaire, pour prévenir de pareils abus. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Discours de M. Bergasse sur la motion faite par M. l'abbé Sieyès, le 15 Juin 1789, portant que l'Assemblée des Députés des Communes se constitueroit en Assemblée des Représentans connus & vérifiés de la Nation. No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Discours de M. Bergasse sur la manière dont il convient de limiter le pouvoir législatif & le pouvoir exécutif dans une monarchie. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Rapport du Comité de constitution sur l'organisation du pouvoir judiciaire, présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale. Par M. Bergasse. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Protestation de M. Bergasse contre les assignats-monnoie. No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Lettre de M. Bergasse, Député de la Sénéchaussée de Lyon, à ses commettans, au sujet de sa protestation contre les assignats-monnoie, accompagnée d'un tableau comparatif du système de Law, avec le système de la caisse à escompte & des assignats-monnoie, et suivie de quelques réflexions sur un article du Patriote Français rédigé par M. Brissot de Warville. No place, (1790). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Réponse au Mémoire de M. Montesquiou sur les assignats. Ecrits où l'on traite la question des assignats sous de nouveaux points de vue, et où l'on examine ce qu'il faut penser de l'établissement d'une Banque publique dans les circonstances présentes. A Paris, Chez Lallement 1791. 9 pieces bound in 1 volume. 52, (misnumbered 43) pp.; 53 pp.; 47 pp.;(2), 25 pp.; 90 pp.; 64 pp.; 44 pp.; 56 pp.; (2), 67 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Martin & Walter 2643; INED 404.Second work: Martin & Walter 2651; INED 407 (variant edition). Third work: Not in Martin & Walter. Fourth work: Martin & Walter 2664.Fifth work: Martin & Walter 2666.Sixth work: Martin & Walter 2656 (variant edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths.Seventh work: Martin & Walter 2667.Eighth work: Martin & Walter 2648; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14214.Martin & Walter both have 14 pages after the 56 of the main text, possibly a supplement not present here.Ninth work: Martin & Walter 2662; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 188.Nicolas Bergasse, lawyer, politician, and writer, representative of the Third Estate, one of the founders of the Société Mesmer (société de l'Harmonie Universelle), one of the founders of the société Gallo-Américaine and member of the Société des Amis des Noirs. Born in Lyon to a bourgeois family, Bergasse became a lawyer and in 1775 began pleading cases before the Parlement of Paris. At first he mixed in the circles of the philosophes, but he increasingly came to emphasize the religious bases of society. EUR 1250
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BERGASSE, (N.) Protestation de M. Bergasse, contre les assignats-monnoie. Seconde édition, augmentée des lettres écrites à M. le Président de l'Assemblée nationale à M. le Garde-des-Sceaux & à M. Necker. No place, (1790). 48 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf. Goldsmiths 14217; Einaudi 444; Martin & Walter 2656; Monglond, i, p. 945; Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 82-4; not in Kress; not in INED. Second edition. Nicolas Bergasse, lawyer, politician, and writer, representative of the Third Estate, one of the founders of the Société Mesmer (société de l'Harmonie Universelle), one of the founders of the société Gallo-Américaine and member of the Société des Amis des Noirs. Born in Lyon to a bourgeois family, Bergasse became a lawyer and in 1775 began pleading cases before the Parlement of Paris. He mixed in the circles of the philosophes, and started as a revolutionary radical. The course of the revolution increasingly worried him and he slowly moved to the more prudent and conservative side. The present pamphlet is one of a number Bergasse wrote against the assignats. EUR 200
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BERNIGAUD DE GRANGE, J.L. De l'état des finances, au 1er Mars 1789, et au 1er Octobre 1791; avec des observations sur le mémoire de M. de Montesquiou, du 9 Septembre de ladite année. Et compte à ses commettans de ses opinions sur les principaux décrets de l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Le Vigeur, 16 Octobre 1791. (2), 74 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths;not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 201; Martin & Walter 2879; Monglond II, p. 159. First edition. - Inner margin of last leaf strengthened and browned. Jean-Louis Bernigaud de Grange, representative of the Third Estate, member of the 'Comité des Assignats'. The present work is an extensive survey of the financial situation. EUR 225
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BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Institutions politiques. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Leide, Chés (sic) Samuel et Jean Luchtmans, 1767-1772. With engraved title-vignettes, engraved portrait and 5 folding tables. 3 volumes. (6), viii, 710, (12) pp.; (6), 736, (8) pp.; xxiv, 892, (26) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half pigskin, marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering, vellum corners, a bit faded and rubbed, an uncut copy. Camus 215; Higgs 3984 (citing an edition running upto 1774); Leblanc 240; Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7. The improved, revised and augmented edition, complete with the often lacking third volume, which was published in 1772 for the first time. 'Cet ouvrage est écrit à l'usage des gouvernants. Il concerne l'art de règner. Bielfeld veut réduire la politique en système, la transformer en une science qui puisse être enseignée. Il divise ses Institutions Politiques en deux parties: 1: Tout ce qui regarde l'intérieur d'un État: cadre législatifs et politiques, finances, manufactures, commerce, navigation, armée, marine ....; 2: Tout ce qui concerne la politique étrangère et les rapports d'un État avec les autres puissances' (Leblanc).'This is essentially a cameralistic guide for rulers. Bielfeld, although a German, first published his books in French; he relied in large measure upon the French data and writers' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 79). The Supplément aux Institutions Politiques pour cette nouvelle édition is to be found in the second volume covering the pages 647-736. "This Cameralistic treatise is by a Prussian state official. It was more successful outside Germany than any other Cameralistic work, presumably because it was written in the international language of the Eighteenth Century -- French" (Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7)Added: BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Lettres familières et autres. Seconde édition, revue, augmentée & corrigée. Leiden, Chés (sic) Samuel et Jean Luchtmans, 1767. (8), 310, (4) pp. Contemporary half pigskin. - Complete sets (with the third volume) are rare, but with this fourth volume containing letters, this set is very attractive. EUR 1000
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BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Institutions politiques. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Leide, Chés (sic) Samuel et Jean Luchtmans, 1767-1772. With engraved title-vignettes, engraved portrait and 5 folding tables. 3 volumes. (4), viii, 710, (12) pp.; (6), 736, (8) pp.; xxiv, 892, (26) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, corners, marbled boards, yellow edges. Humpert 7491; Camus 215; Higgs 3984 (citing an edition running upto 1774); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi (although Kress has a mixed edition of which the third volume is the volume here described, see S.4180); Leblanc 240; Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7. The improved, revised and augmented edition, complete with the often lacking third volume which was published in 1772 for the first time. - The binders knife has touched parts of the folding tables 4 and 5, with loss of a few letters. 'Cet ouvrage est écrit à l'usage des gouvernants. Il concerne l'art de règner. Bielfeld veut réduire la politique en système, la transformer en une science qui puisse être enseignée. Il divise ses Institutions Politiques en deux parties: 1: Tout ce qui regarde l'intérieur d'un État: cadre législatifs et politiques, finances, manufactures, commerce, navigation, armée, marine ....; 2: Tout ce qui concerne la politique étrangère et les rapports d'un État avec les autres puissances' (Leblanc).'This is essentially a cameralistic guide for rulers. Bielfeld, although a German, first published his books in French; he relied in large measure upon the French data and writers' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 79). The Supplément aux Institutions Politiques pour cette nouvelle édition is to be found in the second volume covering the pages 647-736."This Cameralistic treatise is by a Prussian state official. It was more successful outside Germany than any other Cameralistic work, presumably because it was written in the international language of the Eighteenth Century -- French" (Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7) EUR 1000
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BIGWOOD, G. Le régime juridique et économique du commerce de l'argent dans la Belgique du Moyen Age. (Bruxelles, Lamertin & Hayez, 1921-1922). With many tables, of which 2 folding. 2 volumes. (6), 683pp.; (6), 496, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering, original covers preserved (Académie Royale de Belgique. Classe des Lettres et des Sciences morales et politiques. Mémoires. Deuxième série, vol. XIV). Pirenne 1907. Includes many details on legal procedures and legal aspects of money lending and trade. This is the trade-edition of the work. EUR 400
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BLANQUI, (A.) Histoire de l'économie politique en Europe, depuis les anciens jusqu'à nos jours, suivie d'une bibliographie raisonnée des principaux ouvrages d'économie politique. Troisièmeédition. Paris, Guillaumin, 1845. 2 volumes. (4), xxiv, 383, (1) pp.; (4), 430 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled boards, corners, gilt lettering to spine, one corner bumped very light signs of wear. New Palgrave, i, p. 253; Einaudi 524. Third edition. The first serious history of political economy. 'In addition to doctrinal history it covered an enormous amount of economic history from the ancient world to the early 1840s .... Blanqui's treatment of history reflects his support of free trade and sympathy for the working class. It may be said that the whole of his life was spent in one long and laborious inquiry, principally directed to the solution of those questions relating to the working classes, the importance of which he had realised more clearly than most of his contemporaries. The brilliancy and vigour of his language added an additional attraction to his teaching' (New Palgrave).Lightly browned throughout, binding of volume two slightly loose. EUR 150
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BLOCH, C. L'assistance et l'état en France à la veille de la révolution. (Généralités de Paris, Rouen, Alençon, Orléans, Chalons, Soissons, Amiens). 1764-1790. Paris, Picard et Fils, 1908. (4), lxiv, 504 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, a bit spotted, small damage to lower front joint. Dada 337; not in Granier, Bibliographie Charitable. Standard work. Includes an extensive bibliography listing over 300 titles EUR 175
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BODIN - (LAVIE, J.C. DE.) Abrégé de la République de Bodin. A Londres, Chez Jean Nourse, 1755. 2 volumes. (2), xii, 466 pp.; (2), v, (1, blank), 417, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, front joint of volume 1 with split. Conlon 55:507; Quérard, iv, 638. First edition. This book was published again in 1764 in Lyon entitled 'Des corps politiques et de leurs gouvernements'. - Joint of first volume starting to split, free front endpaper loosening, held in its place by a piece of tape. EUR 450
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BOISGUILBERT - PIERRE DE BOISGUILBERT ou la naissance de l'économie politique. Paris, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, 1966. With portrait and facsimiles. 2 volumes. 20, (4), 578 pp.; (8), pp. 579-1031. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Original edition of this important study. 1.- Etudes - Biographie - Correspondance - Bibliographies. 2.- Oeuvres manuscrites et imprimées. EUR 125
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BOISSY D'ANGLAS, (F.A. DE.) Observations sur l'ouvrage de M. de Calonne, intitulé: 'De l'état de la France présent et à venir'; et à son occasion sur les principaux actes de l'Assemblée nationale; avec un postcrit sur les derniers écrits de MM. Mounier et Lally. A Paris, Chez Le Boucher, 1791. 358 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards, somewhat rubbed and small defect to lower front joint. INED 585; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Martin & Walter 3894. Original edition. 'Réfutation des assertions de Calonne sur divers articles de la Constitution, sur la nouvelle division du royaume, l'expropriation du clergé, l'émission des assignats, l'état des finances, etc.' (INED). EUR 500
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BONCERF, (P.F.) De la nécessité et des moyens d'occuper avantageusement tous les gros ouvriers. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Lottin l'aîné & J.R. Lottin, 1790. viii, 40 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Cf.: Martin & Walter 4024; INED 606; Kress S.5343; Goldsmiths 13965. Second edition, first published in 1789, with 16 pages only. On the expense and danger to public order of unemployed workmen, formerly employed on public works, with suggestions for their employment. Includes an extensive table: Etat des matières du sol, & des fabriques étrangères importées dans le royaume, pendant l'année 1788, & que la France peur obtenir pour la plus grande partie de son sol & de ses fabriques, si les opérations qu'on a indiquées sont faites, même en partie.Pierre-François Boncerf, French writer on agrarian subjects. While a clerk in the ministry of finance under Turgot he published a pamphlet, Les inconvénients des droits féodaux. According to Palgrave the work was published with the consent of Turgot. In it he attacked the contemporary system of feudal dues as ruinous to those who pay them, of little advantage to its benificiaries and contrary to the principles of freedom. - Slightly browned, name in blank portion of title-page erased, some pencil underlinings in the text. EUR 300
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BOUCHE, C.F. Des libéralités des particuliers envers la patrie, et de l'organisation d'une caisse patriotique: plan proposé à l'Assemblée nationale. Versailles, Baudouin, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13862; not inStourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 4412. Original edition. EUR 125
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BOUCHE, C.F. Des libéralités des particuliers envers la patrie, et de l'organisation d'une caisse patriotique: plan proposé à l'Assemblée Nationale. A Versailles, Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 4412; Goldsmith 13862; not in Kress; not in INED. EUR 125
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BOUCHES-DU-RHONE - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée administrative du département des Bouches du Rhône, tenue en Novembre & Décembre 1791. Aix, Imprimerie de Gibelin-David & Emeric-David, 1792. 318 pp. 4to. Modern cloth. Lecestre 26; not in Martin & Walter. Original edition. Interesting source for the history of the time. - Titlepage a little soiled. EUR 300
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, régent de France, contenant les moyens de rendre ce Royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et dupeuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, Table des Mémoires, Fautes à corriger) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; Mattioli 398; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The Mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the Mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the Mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the Mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 750
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, contenant les moyens de rendre ce royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et du peuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 156 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. Counterfeit of the first edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 600
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Histoire de l'ancien gouvernement de la France. Avec XIV lettres historiques sur les Parlemens ou États-Généraux. A La Haye, Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 3 volumes. Titles printed in red and black. - (Followed by:) (BOULAINVILLIERS, H. DE.) Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, contenant les moyens de rendre ce royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et du peuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes. - Together 5 volumes bound in4. (34), 352 pp.; (2), 324 (misnumbered 224) pp.; (2), 240, (6) pp.; (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, table & errata) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering. First work: Camus 874; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1057; Conlon 27:348. First edition. -Ex-libris of Caboud on front paste-downs, removed from the first volume. Claims the re-establishment of the États-Généraux. The absolutism of the royalty had destructed the feudal system which had assured the people of more freedom. In Boulainvilliers's view, absolutism had destructed not only the freedom of the people, but especially the religious freedom. He claimed that the absolute power of the King should be controlled by the States General. He may be considered as one of the very first historians, who considered government as a science. The above work is considered as the author's main work. See at length: Simon, Boulainvilliers, pp. 144 and ff. Second work: Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349.First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 1750
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BOURDON-DESPLANCHES, (L.J.) Projet nouveau sur la manière de faire utilement en France le commerce des grains. Par M. Bourdon Desplanches, ancien premier Commis dans les Finances. A Bruxelles, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la Veuve Esprit, 1785. 152 pp. 8vo. Modern half citron morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards, top edge gilt, a lovely copy. Kress B.820; Goldsmiths 12849; INED 735bis; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 132; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'C'est une réponse à l'ouvrage de Roubaud: Représentation aux Magistrats ...... L'auteur expose le régime des blés en France et critique la liberté absolue de son commerce et de sa circulation. Il propose le maintien de la législation en vigeur, mais il la tempère en proposant la création de Compagnies de Commerce, qui auront seules la faculté de faire sortir ou entrer les blèes du royaume. Celles-ci devront créer, dans les villes importantes, des greniers où les cultivateurs et propriétaires pourront porter les grains invendus, qui leur sont achetés à un prix fixe. L'auteur termine son étude par une critique du Traité de l'Administration des Finances de Necker en ce qui concerne les paragraphes relatifs aux grains contrarient les propositions exposées dans cet ouvrage' (Leblanc, op.cit). 'La liberté illimitée du commerce des grains présente de multiples inconvénients pour l'economie et la population. Bourdon propose un système plus modéré: créer une compagnie de commerce chargée exclusivement de l'exportation et de l'importation des grains, de l'établissement de greniers publics, de la fixation en chaque endroit du prix du pain, etc. Ce système, en outre, permettrait de supprimer les impôts sans diminuer les revenus du roi: perception d'un droit sur le quintal de blé' (INED). EUR 1250
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BOURGOIN, J. La chasse aux larrons, ou avant-coureur de l'histoire de la Chambre de Justice. Des livres du bien public, et autres oeuvres faits pour la recherche des financiers, & de leurs fauteurs. No place, 1618. (8), 85, (1) pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, vellum corners,gilt lettering to spine. Lindsay & Neu 4039; Welsh, Second Checklist, 609; cf.: Goldsmiths 470; Bourgeois & André 2440; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. Two editions were published, one in 4to and this edition. The author wrote several works of a vehement nature, against the financiers and provoked lively polemics. He demands the re-establishment of the Chambre de Justice which had been created under Henry IV. The Chambres de Justice were 'Commissions extraordinaires établies dans des circonstances spéciales pour juger de cas particuliers: notamment commissions destinées, après de temps de désordres et de malversations graves, à punir et à dépouiller les financiers enrichis par ces malversations' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions). Three years earlier Jean de Beaufort had already insisted on investigations against financial malversations in his Trésor des trésors. The 'Dédicace au Roy' starts: 'Sire, De tous tems ceux qui manient les fiances n'ont pas esté seulement soupconnez d'y mal verser, mais convancus de les voller ouvertement, artistement. Dont est venu ce vieil proverbe qui roulle encor entre le vulgaire: l'Argent du Roy est sujet à la pince.'- Old ink annotation on title, margins cut short touching a few letters of the side-notes and the running title. EUR 750
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BOUROTTE. Discours sur les moyens à prendre pour ruiner l'agiotage, rétablir le crédit national, et faire rentrer dans les caisses de la République assez de fonds pour continuer la guerre plus de trois ans contre tous nos ennemis, prononcé à la séance des amis de la liberté et de l'égalité, le 8 Septembre l'an 2e (Drop-head title). (Besançon), Imprimerie de la veuve Simard, 1793. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter I, 4826. First edition. At head of the first page the device of the Société des amis de la liberté de Besançon. EUR 150
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BOUROTTE. Discours sur les moyens à prendre pour ruiner l'agiotage, rétablir le crédit national, et faire rentrer dans les caisses de la République assez de fonds pour continuer la guerre plus de trois ans contre tous nos ennemis, prononcé à la séance des amis de la liberté et de l'égalité, le 8 Septembre l'an 2e (Drop-head title). (Besançon), Imprimerie de la veuve Simard, 1793. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; notin Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, i, 4826. First edition. At head of the first page the device of the Société des amis de la liberté de Besançon. EUR 150
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. A Versailles, Chez Blaizot, et se trouvent à Paris, Chez tous les Libraires, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Sewn, contemporaryblind covers, uncut. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Cohen-de Ricci, col. 186: "... curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raisons des propriétés' (INED). - Copy with the general half title for the two parts. EUR 750
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BREMOND, J.B. Les cinq chapitres de développement des observations au peuple françois, sur l'organisation sociale, la formation et les travaux des assemblées municipales, de districts, provinciales et nationales. A Paris, Chez Louis Jorry, Libraire-Imprimeur de Monseigneur le Dauphin & des Enfants de France, 1789. With 3 folding tables. 5 parts in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 20 pp.; 28 pp.; 32 pp.; 64 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; INED 770; Martin & Walter, i, 5067. First edition of this elaborate project aiming at a new social organization for France. - Rare in this complete state. 'Projet de loi sur l'organisation sociale (Bremond prive les célibataires de certains droits), sur l'impôt, qui doit être proportionnel aux propriétés, sur la banque nationale, etc' (INED).The preface is dated 20 Septembre 1789, and Bremond, after having declared that he presents here a project for a new social organization for France, states that this model for France is presented in a projet for a law "d'après les principes de l'Administration Municipale de la Province de Provence".The plates are models: Modele du Cadastre d'une Centurie - Modele du Cadastre d'une Municipalité (with subdivisions: Nombre & Nature des bestiaux - Productions territoriales & valeur commerciale brut - Produit des travaux des Arts & Manufactures, & valeur des matieres premieres nationales & étrangeres qui sont employées) - Modele du Cadastre d'un District, d'une Province & du Royaume. EUR 800
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Cohen-de Ricci, 186: "contient un curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. - There was a general half-title for the two parts which the binder did not preserve. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). EUR 700
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Sewn, contemporarymarbled covers, uncut. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Cohen-de Ricci, 186: "contient un curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. - Copy with the general half-title for the two parts. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). EUR 750
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. - First few leaves a bit browned, frontispiece with a small stain in lower corners and a bit spotted. Copy with the general half-title for the two parts. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). EUR 700
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BROUCKERE, C. DE. Principes généraux d'économie politique. Bruxelles, Société pour l'emancipation intellectuelle, A. Jamar, (1851). 124 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine with raised bands. Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 224. First edition. At head of title: Encyclopédie populaire. With a portrait of J.B. Say.The author had a honorable career in various public and private positions and served his country, Belgium, as minister of finances, home-affairs and of war, and was professor of mathematics and political economy. EUR 150
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CAHAINE, M. Lettre touchant la liquidation de la dette nationale, adressée de Pacy-sur-Eure à Monseigneur l'évêque de Langres, président de l'Assemblée nationale, en date du 5 septembre 1789. No place, (1789). 26 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress S.5212; Goldsmiths 13864; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 5715. EUR 150
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CAILHASSON, F.M. Opinion sur les causes du discrédit des assignats, et sur les moyens d'y rémédier. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1792. (2), 58 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 211; Martin & Walter I, 5730 (here the author's name spelled: Cailhassou); not in Monglond. First edition. 'François-Marie Cailhassou, président de l'administration départementale de la Haute-Caronne, il fut élu, le 4 septembre 1791, député à l'Assemblée Législative, fit partie de la commission des finances et parla souvent à la tribune sur les questions monétaires' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, 7, p. 842). EUR 150
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CALONNE, (C.A. DE.) Requête au Roi, adressée à sa Majesté, par M. de Calonne, ministre d'état, avec des pièces justificatives. No place, 1787. - (Bound with:) CALONNE, (C.A. De). Lettre adresséeau Roi, par M. de Calonne, le 9 février 1789. Londres, de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, no date (1789). 2 works in 1 volume. (3), 4-134, (1, blank) pp.; (2), 296 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, green and red labels with gilt lettering, top of spine repaired, a bit worn. First work: Not in Kress (compare B.1174-1177); not in Goldsmiths (compare 13433-13434); not in Einaudi (compare 801); not in INED; Stourm, p. 134. One of several editions from the year of the first publication, no priority established, of his defence of his conduct as minister of state. 'Sa fameuse Requête au Roi, si souvant invoquée, dans laquelle figurent en relief, sous un jour évidemment partial, mais avec des détails très instructifs, les actes incriminés de son administration' (Stourm). The last 87 pages contain the Eclaircissements et pièces justificatives. Second work: Kress B.1555; Goldsmiths 13867; Einaudi 799; Stourm, p. 150 & 153; not in INED. One of several editions from the year of the first publication, no priority established.'Plutôt politique que financière' (Stourm). 'Calonne, après avoir rappelé les actes de son administration, s'attache surtout à critiquer ses successeurs; il trace au Roi un plan politique pour l'établissement des lois constitutionelles, l'organisation du royaume aux points de vue judiciaire et civil, la reconstruction de la caisse d'escompte, etc., enfin pour l'extinction du déficit' (Stourm, p. 150, note 4). According to Martin & Walter (5822) the 4to edition of this work was the first edition, according to Einaudi, this is the first edition. However that may be, in 1789 there were a number of different editions published, all with differing pagination. EUR 750
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CALONNE, (C.A.) Lettre adressée au Roi, le 9 Février 1789. Londres, Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, (1789). (2), 296 pp. 8vo. Boards. Kress B.1555; Goldsmiths 13867; Einaudi 799; Mattioli 532; Martin & Walter 5822; Monglond, i, 7; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, ii, p. 505. One of several different editions published in 1789, without priority. 'Plustôt politique que financière' (Stourm). 'Calonne, après avoir rappelé les actes de son administration, s'attache surtout à critiquer ses successeurs; il trace au Roi un plan politique pour l'établissement des lois constitutionelles, l'organisation du royaume aux points de vue judiciaire et civil, la reconstruction de la caisse d'escompte, etc., enfin pour l'extinction du déficit' (Stourm, p. 150, note 4). According to Martin & Walter (5822) the 4to edition of this work was the first edition, according to Einaudi, this is the first edition. However that may be, in 1789 there were a number of different editions issued, all with differing pagination. EUR 600
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CALONNE, (C.A.) Lettre adressée au Roi, le 9 Février 1789. Londres, Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, (1789). (4), 140 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides (the marbled paper somewhat damaged). Kress B.1555; Goldsmiths 13867; Einaudi 799; Martin & Walter 5822; Monglond I, 7; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, ii, p. 505. First edition. 'Plustôt politique que financière'. (Stourm). 'Calonne, après avoir rappelé les actes de son administration, s'attache surtout à critiquer ses successeurs; il trace au Roi un plan politique pour l'établissement des lois constitutionelles, l'organisation du royaume aux points de vue judiciaire et civil, la reconstruction de la caisse d'escompte, etc., enfin pour l'extinction du déficit'. (Stourm, p. 150, note 4). According to Martin & Walter (5822) the 4to edition of this work was the first edition, according to Einaudi, this is the first edition. However that may be, in 1789 there were a number of different editions issued, all with differing pagination. EUR 1250
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CALONNE, (C.A.) Réponse de M. de Calonne à l'écrit de M. Necker, publié en avril 1787; contenant l'examen des comptes de la situation des finances rendus en 1774, 1776, 1781, 1783 & 1787. Avec des observations sur les résultats de l'Assemblée des Notables. Londres, de l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury, Janvier 1788. With 4 folding tables. viii, 204, 89 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, a bit rubbed. Kress B.1375; Goldsmiths 13617; Einaudi 800; not in INED; Martin & Walter 5814. The rare original edition in 4to which invited numerous counterfeited editions. Stourm (p. 126): 'Ce volume, qui récapitule toute l'administration de Calonne ..... et fournit des situations financières rétrospectives inédites ..... mérite d'être lu en entier.' - Large paper copy with the gilt stamped arms of the Duc La Rochefoucauld d'Enville in upper compartment of spine and discrete stamp on title. EUR 2000
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CALONNE, (C.A.) DE. Requête au Roi. Adressée à Sa Majesté. No place, 1787. (2), 212, (2), 98 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1177; Stourm, p. 134; cf.: Einaudi 801; this edition not in Goldsmiths (cf: 13433-4); not in INED. One of several editions from the year of the first publication, no priority established, of his defence of his conduct and actions as minister of state. 'Sa fameuse Requête au Roi, si souvant invoquée, dans laquelle figurent en relief, sous un jour évidemment partial, mais avec des détails très instructifs, les actes incriminés de son administration' (Stourm). The last 87 pages contain the Eclaircissements et pièces justificatives. EUR 300
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CARLOW, GEORG HERZOG ZU MECKLENBURG, GRAF VON. Richelieu als merkantilistischer Wirtschaftspolitiker und der Begriff des Staatsmerkantilismus. Jena, Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1929. viii, (2), 232 pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, very slightly worn, uncut and unopened (Beiträge zur geschichte der Nationalökonomie). EUR 75
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CARRA, (J.L.) M. de Calonne tout entier, tel qu'il s'est comporté dans l'administration des finances, dans son commissariat en Bretagne, &c., &c. Avec une analyse de sa 'Requête au Roi' etde sa 'Réponse à l'écrit de M. Necker'. Ouvrage critique, politique & moral. Bruxelles, avril 1788. viii, 370, 36 pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, some scratches to boards. Kress B.1377; INED 957; Stourm, p. 137; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; cf. Einaudi 913. One of several editions published in 1788, year of first edition, no priority established. The author violently criticizes minister Calonne. The last 36 pages contain 'pièces justificatives'. Jean-Louis Carra (1742-1793), editor and conventionnel. With the advent of the Revolution, he flung himself into Parisian politics. In 1787-1788, he dashed off works vilifying the finance minister, C.A. de Calonne, and the former police-lieutenant, J.B. Lenoir. He was founder of the Society of the Friends of the Blacks, an abolitionist organization. His meteoric rise to national prominence commenced with the foundation of the Annales Patriotiques et Littéraires. As the principal editor of this daily newspaper and a highly visible member of the Paris Jacobins, he had an incalculable impact on the departemental Jacobin clubs (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, i, pp. 156-157). EUR 300
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CHABOT, F. Discours sur les finances de la République. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1793). 3 parts in 1 volume. 43 pp.; 72 pp.; 66 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 6546; not in Monglond. First edition. 'François Chabot (1756-1794), a Capuchin monk turned Revolutionary, among the first clerics to swear the oath to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. In 1790 he founded a Jacobin club in Rodez and shortly after was elected deputy from the department of the Cher-et-Loire to the Legislative Assembly and, after the fall of the monarchy, to the National Convention' (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, p. 169). Chabot held position on the Left, as may be seen by the radical ideas in these discourses. The third part is entirely devoted to taxes and taxation. EUR 300
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CHAMBORRE, (J.B.) Opinion sur les finances. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, floréal an III (1795). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 234; Martin & Walter 6662. In favour of 'démonétisation définitive des métaux précieux'. EUR 150
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CHARMAT, (P.A.M.) Moyens de déduire la rareté actuelle du numéraire, de ramener la circulation générale, de libérer sur-le-champ l'ètat sans surcharge, et projet d'une danse vraiement patriotique, pour favoriser uniquement l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts utiles, dont le bénéfice net serviroit annuellement à diminuer le fardeau des impositions, au prorata de la cote de chaque municipalité du Royaume. Paris, chez l'auteur, ou chez Valleyre, 27 février 1790. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 6878. 'Gardez-vous de comparer le système de Law, dans le tems & sous l'autorité de laquelle il s'établit avec toute opération de ce genre, dans les circonstances où vous êtes arrivés.' EUR 175
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CHERUEL, A. Histoire de l'administration monarchique en France depuis l'avénement de Philippe-Auguste jusqu'à la mort de Louis XIV. Paris, E. Magdeleine et Cie., Libr.-Éditeurs, (1855). 2 volumes. (4), iv, lxxi, (1, blank), 399, (1, errata) pp.; (4), 512, (1, errata), (1, blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, somewhat rubbed and worn. Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, vii, p. 179. First edition. Pierre-Adolphe Chéruel became Professor of History in Rouen in 1830, and in 1849 he was appointed to the Chair of Ancient History, and retreated in 1874. 'Il fit alors paraître les grands ouvrages qui l'ont rendu célèbre et lui ont valu son élection à l'Académie des sciences morales et, à quatre reprises, le grand prix Gobert, triomphe sans précédent à l'Académie française' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. 8, pp. 1031-1032). With handwritten and signed dedication to 'mon ami M. Fustel.' EUR 250
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CHEVALIER, M. Des intérêts matériels en France. Travaux publics. Routes. Canaux. Chemins de fer. Deuxième édition. Paris, Gosselin & Coquebert, 1838. With 1 folding coloured map. (8), 440, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 85; Kress C.4584; Goldsmiths 30493; Einaudi 1051 (6th edition). This second as well as the third edition were both published in the same year as the first. Both are title-editions with the same errors and the same errata-leaf as in the first edition. The present work brings together into one series those articles of Michel Chevalier which had appeared before, on different occasions and in different places, on these different subjets. He intended to publish also two other parts, one on credit institutions and one on professional eduction, but these were never published.Michel Chevalier was undoubtedly one of the most eminent 19th-century French economists and belongs to that typical brand of engineer-economists (New Palgrave, i, p. 412). Chevalier was sent to the United States in 1832 to study the railways there and he foresaw with rare intelligence the future of these new methods of communication. - Somewhat spotted throughout. EUR 450
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CLAVIERE, (E.) Mémoire lu à la Convention nationale, le 5 octobre 1792, l'an premier de la République Françoise, imprimé & adressé aux quatrevingt-trois départemens, par ordre de la Convention. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale exécutive du Louvre, 1792. 64 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; notin Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Stourm, p. 219; Martin & Walter 7642; not in Monglond. First edition. Etat des recouvrements de l'arrière des anciennes contributions. Etablissement et perception des contributions nouvelles. Assignats. Liquidation de la liste civile. Renseignements sur l'exécution des lois des contributions foncières et mobilières et des patentes. Etienne Clavière (1735-1793), financier and cabinet minister. He was active as a banker in Geneva and moved to Paris after having been expelled from Geneva. In Paris he continued his career in banking, using funds he had carried out of geneva. Parisian bankers viewed him as something of a genius and learned much from him about the workings of the stock market; stock-jobbing and speculation on public funds had been practiced in Paris with little succes or assurance before Clavière's tutelage. Two men, J.P. Brissot and H.-G.R. Mirabeau, became closely associated with Clavière after he settled in Paris. He and Mirabeau formed a close alliance since Mirabeau needed a circumspect adviser, especially someone financially adroit. He welcomed Clavière as a collaborator on various projects, found him useful in attacking J. Necker, and paid hommage to him in the National Assembly. Mirabeau was a useful front for Clavière's ideas, and one important result of their collaboration may have been the idea of the assignats. E. Dumont, Clavière's friend and fellow Genevan, in his Souvenirs asigns to Clavière the role of instigator of the assignats. (See: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, I, pp. 192-4). EUR 225
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CLAVIERE, (E.) Mémoire lu à la Convention nationale, le 5 octobre 1792, l'an premier. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1792. (2), 73, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 219 (4to issue); Martin & Walter 7642. Etat des recouvrements de l'arrière des anciennes contributions. Etablissement et perception des contributions nouvelles. Assignats. Liquidation de la liste civile. Renseignements sur l'exécution des lois des contributions foncières et mobilières et des patentes. Désordre dans les régies des douanes, des salines, des forêts.Etienne Clavière (1735-1793), financier and cabinet minister. He was active as a banker in Geneva and moved to Paris after having been expelled from Geneva. In Paris he continued his career in banking, using funds he had carried out of Geneva. Parisian bankers viewed him as something of a genius and learned much from him about the workings of the stock market; stock-jobbing and speculation on public funds had been practiced in Paris with little succes or assurance before Clavière's tutelage. Two men, J.P. Brissot and H.-G.R. Mirabeau, became closely associated with Clavière after he settled in Paris. He and Mirabeau formed a close alliance since Mirabeau needed a circumspect adviser, especially someone financially adroit. He welcomed Clavière as a collaborator on various projects, found him useful in attacking J. Necker, and paid hommage to him in the National Assembly. Mirabeau was a useful front for Clavière's ideas, and one important result of their collaboration may have been the idea of the assignats. E. Dumont, Clavière's friend and fellow Genevan, in his Souvenirs asigns to Clavière the role of instigator of the assignats (See: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, pp. 192-4). EUR 225
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CLAVIERE, E. Pour l'Assemblée nationale. Sur les remboursemens &c. (Paris), Imprimerie du Patriote François, (1791). (2), 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 7631; not in Monglond. First edition. Concerning reembursements by the 'Caisse de l'extraordinaire', and speculation aiming at a devaluation of the currency. Etienne Clavière (1735-1793), financier and cabinet minister. He was active as a banker in Geneva and moved to Paris after having been expelled from Geneva. In Paris he continued his career in banking, using funds he had carried out of geneva. Parisian bankers viewed him as something of a genius and learned much from him about the workings of the stock market; stock-jobbing and speculation on public funds had been practiced in Paris with little succes or assurance before Clavière's tutelage. Two men, J.P. Brissot and H.-G.R. Mirabeau, became closely associated with Clavière after he settled in Paris. He and Mirabeau formed a close alliance since Mirabeau needed a circumspect adviser, especially someone financially adroit. He welcomed Clavière as a collaborator on various projects, found him useful in attacking J. Necker, and paid hommage to him in the National Assembly. Mirabeau was a useful front for Clavière's ideas, and one important result of their collaboration may have been the idea of the assignats. E. Dumont, Clavière's friend and fellow Genevan, in his Souvenirs asigns to Clavière the role of instigator of the assignats. (See: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, I, pp. 192-4). EUR 150
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COINZE, M. Introduction à un plan général d'administration civile et de colonisation agricole en Algérie. Paris, Frey, 1847. 62 pp. 8vo. Modern red half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, original printed covers preserved. Not in Kayser; not in Gay; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. - Somewhat spotted, with a waterstain in the lower inner margin throughout, the original yellow printed covers preserved. Pleads for the further colonisation of Algeria by introducing European civil government and attracting European (French) colonists to develop the country. EUR 175
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COLBERT - PELLISSERY, R.A. Eloge politique de Colbert, Qui n'a point été présenté à l'Académie Française pour le Prix de la St. Louis 1773. Seconde édition. A Londres, 1777. With 4 folding tables. 2 volumes. - (Bound with:) (FABRE DE CHARRIN). Tableau du Ministère de Colbert. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez Lejay, J.F. Bastien, Angot, 1774. - (Bound with:) (NECKER, J.) Eloge de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Discours Qui à remporté le Prix de l'Académie Françoise en 1773. A Paris, chez Demonville, 1788. - (Bound with:) COSTER, (J.F.) Eloge de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Discours Qui a obtenu le premier Accessit, ou jugement de l'Académie Françoise, en 1773. A Paris, Chez J.B. Brunet, & Demonville, 1773. - (Bound with:) (BRUNY, DE.) Examen du Ministère de M. Colbert. A Paris, Imprimerie d'Houry, 1774. 5 works in 2 volumes. xxiv, 16, 214 pp.; (2), 132 pp.; (4), 152 pp.; 135, (1) pp.; 64 pp.; (2), xvi, 295, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, contrasting labels on spines with gilt lettering (slightly worn, some splitting along joints but solid). First work: INED 3512; Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi, Higgs all cite the 1775 edition in one volume; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, p. 9. Second work: Kress 7009; INED 1768; Higgs 5974; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, p. 9; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Higgs; not in Leblanc, all citing the 1773 edition. Fourth work: Kress 6926; Einaudi 1339; Higgs 5714; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, p. 9; not in INED; not in Goldsmiths. Fifth work:Kress 6996; Goldsmiths 11130; Einaudi 726; INED 859; Higgs 5973; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, p. 9. Second, fourth and fifth work in first edition, first work in second edition, third work in third edition. - Some very light browning but a good copy indeed. Copy from the library of the Baron Zangiacomi with his armorial bookplate. Interesting collection of works on Colbert (1619-1683), the famous Ministre et Sécretaire d'Etat and Contrôleur général des Finances. The first work contains after the preliminairies 16 pages entitled 'Maximes générales d'un bon gouvernement suivant les opérations Economiques et Politiques de Jean Bapt. Colbert, Ministre d'Etat, Contrôleur Général des Finances. Par Mr. de Pellissery', no place, no date. There are copies with a title-page with a titlevignette giving Philadelphie, 1777 as place and date. The text is separately listed in INED 3513bis where it is remarked that this text was not published with the first edition (Lausanne 1775, 1 volume only), which edition was seized and destroyed by the police. The text forms integral part of the Eloge politique de Colbert in spite of the separate titlepage and 'ces maximes constituent une charte du colbertisme.' (INED). EUR 1400
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COMPERE-MOREL. Grand dictionnaire socialiste du mouvement politique et économique national et international. Paris, Publications sociales, (1924). 1057, (1) pp. 4to. Original publisher's black percaline. Esteemed and indispensable standard dictionary. A monumental work dealing with the history of French and international socialism containing numerous historical, biographical and bibliographical details, printed in double columns. EUR 500
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COMTE, C. Traité de la propriété. Paris, Chamerot, Ducollet, 1834. 2 volumes. (8), xxiv, 480 pp.; (8), 524 pp. 8vo. Contemporary treecalf, gilt ornamental border on sides, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges, one spine lightly damaged at head, gilt lettering a bit faded. Kress C.3704; Goldsmiths 28410; Palgrave, i, 383-4; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. François-Charles-Louis Comte was the founder of the Censeur (later: Censeur Européen) during the early Restoration era. To evade police suppression, the magazine appeared irregularly as discrete pamphlets and earned an enthusiastic following on the Left. The journal was eventually suppressed and Comte went into exile in Lausanne in 1821. He belonged to the political opposition of Napoléon and was the son-in-law of Jean Baptiste Say, some of whose works he published posthumously.The scientific importance of the present work is in no way behind the author's better known Traité de législation, which was published in 1827-1835 for which he won the Prix Monthyon and other scholarly acclaim. - Handwritten dedication by the author to the economist Louis Say. EUR 500
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CONDILLAC, (E. BONNOT DE). Le Commerce et le Gouvernement, considérés relativement l'un à l'autre. Ouvrage élémentaire .... A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Jombert et Cellot, 1776. 2 parts in 1 volume. ix, (1, blank), 587, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on sides, marbled edges (very lightly rubbed). Kress 7201; Einaudi 1208; INED 1162 (edition of 586 pp.); Leblanc 109; Lebeau, Condillac économiste, pp. 45-52; this edition not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, published in the same year as the original edition, with the errata corrected and also continuous pagination although differing from the first edition. There is a third edition from the same year in two volumes and separately paginated, without the errata while the errata are only partially corrected (Goldsmiths 11373; Einaudi 1209; and not in Kress). The present edition was newly set and printed. This is the French philosopher's only economic work, in which he sought to define the principal concepts of value, exchange, and price, and succeeded in constructing a utility theory of value. It has been described by Jevons as 'original and profound' and by H.D. Macleod as 'infinitely superior to A. Smith'. Schumpeter felt their praise to be exaggerated, but states that it 'is a good if somewhat sketchy treatise on economic theory and policy and much above the common run of its contemporaries'. Important text in which the author precedes modern theories of commerce and trade. Although Condillac obtained a 'permission tacite' to publish his work in Paris, it was nevertheless done with an Amsterdam imprint. Nevertheless it was seized by the 'Chambre Syndicale' and the sale was interrupted. See at length: Belin, Le Commerce des Livres prohibés. Higgs 5396 lists 1772 as the year of publication, which is a ghost, the work was reviewed by Baudeau in the Ephémérides du Citoyen of 1776. EUR 900
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CONDILLAC, (E. BONNOT DE.) Le Commerce et le Gouvernement considérés relativement l'un à l'autre. Ouvrage élémentaire. Nouvelle édition. A Paris, Chez Blanchon, An IIIe (1795). 2 volumes in 1. (4), 236 (last page misnumbered iii) pp.; (4), 148, iii (publisher's advertisments) pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, blind stamped ornaments on spine with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First published in 1776, this second edition is scarce. Both Kress and Goldsmiths have an edition of 380 pages, published by Letellier in 1795.This is the French philosopher's only economic work, in which he sought to define the principal concepts of value, exchange, and price, and succeeded in constructing a utility theory of value. It has been described by Jevons as 'original and profound' and by H.D.Macleod as 'infinitely superior to A. Smith'. Schumpeter felt their praise to be exaggerated, but states that it 'is a good if somewhat sketchy treatise on economic theory and policy and much above the common run of its contemporaries'.Important text in which the author precedes modern theories of commerce and trade.Although Condillac obtained a 'permission tacite' to publish his work in Paris (for the 1776 edition), it was nevertheless done with an Amsterdam imprint. Nevertheless it was seized by the 'Chambre Syndicale' and the sale was interrupted. See at length: Belin, Le Commerce des Livres prohibés. Higgs 5396 lists 1772 as the year of first publication, which is a ghost, the work was reviewed upon publication by Baudeau in the Ephémérides du Citoyen of 1776. - Somewhat browned throughout. EUR 500
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CONDILLAC, (E. BONNOT DE.) Le Commerce et le Gouvernement considérés rélativement l'un à l'autre. Ouvrage élémentaire. Premiere Partie [- Seconde Partie]. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Jombert & Cellot, 1776. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 273, (1) pp.; (4), 180 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, morocco label with gilt lettering, corners lightly bumped. Goldsmiths 11373; Einaudi 1209; Mattioli 741 (one of the other issues); INED 1162 (first edition); Kress 7200-7201 (first edition and the edition without errata but with the errata corrected); Leblanc 109; Lebeau, Condillac économiste, pp. 45-52. There are three editions from 1776 of this work: one with errata on page iv, which we consider to be the first edition; another edition (Kress 7201) without errata and the errata corrected, also continiously paginated as the first edition, and the present edition which is in two separately paginated volumes, with two title-pages, no errata but the errata only partially corrected. This is the French philosopher's only economic work, in which he sought to define the principal concepts of value, exchange, and price, and succeeded in constructing a utility theory of value. It has been described by Jevons as 'original and profound' and by H.D.Macleod as 'infinitely superior to A. Smith'. Schumpeter felt their praise to be exaggerated, but states that it 'is a good if somewhat sketchy treatise on economic theory and policy and much above the common run of its contemporaries.' Important text in which the author precedes modern theories of commerce and trade.Although Condillac obtained a 'permission tacite' to publish his work in Paris, it was nevertheless done with an Amsterdam imprint. Nevertheless it was seized by the 'Chambre Syndicale' and the sale was interrupted. See at length: Belin, Le Commerce des Livres prohibés. Higgs 5396 lists 1772 as the year of publication, which is a ghost, the work was reviewed by Baudeau in the Ephémérides du Citoyen of 1776. EUR 750
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COULMIERS, (F.S. D'ESCOLMIERS) DE. Ni banqueroute, ni papier-monnoie. No place, (1790). 28 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi;not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 8496; not in Monglond. First edition. François Simonnet de Coulmiers, abbé d'Escolmiers. He voted against the assignats, and in favor of the 'biens ecclésiastiques mis à la disposition de la nation'. EUR 225
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COUTURIER, (J.P.) Moyens de déjouer ceux des contre-révolutionnaires modernes dans leur dernière organisation, de ramener les assignats au pair, et d'opérer la baisse des denrées et des subsistances à la même proportion. Du 10 vendémiaire, l'an IV (2 Octobre 1795). (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 11, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress;not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 8713; not in Monglond. First edition. The actual monetary system is called 'cambonnages' and return to more sound money is requested. EUR 150
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COYER, (G.F.) Développement et défense du système de la noblesse commerçante. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Duchesne, 1757. 2 volumes in 1. 152 pp.; 206, (2) pp. 12mo.Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5597; Goldsmiths 9241; Einaudi 1383; INED 1227; Higgs 1478; not in Mattioli. First edition. Coyer wrote his famous La Noblesse Commerçante ... in 1756. He outlined in this work the advantages for the noblity if they were to be engaged in commerce, and the advantages of a commercial active nobility for the State: development of commerce and trade, rise in population growth and consumption. The work generated a substantial polemic and against the many criticisms of his system the Abbé Coyer wrote this defense, particularly against the Chevalier d'Arcq's La Noblesse Militaire. EUR 450
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CRESTIN, J.F. Développement des bases de l'augmentation de l'impôt indirect à la charge des capitalistes, rentiers, compagnies, ou sociétés de banque ou de commerce, et marchands ayant comptes courans, augmentation qui détruiroit l'agiotage, et dont le produit pourroit permettre de diminuer d'autant l'imposition foncière pour 1793, et projet de décret à la suite; prononcée ..... le 14 avril 1792. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 212; Martin & Walter, 8808; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Jean-François Crestin, homme politique. Partisan des libertés municipales, il prit part aux délibérations des notables en 1783, à la rédaction des cahiers de doléances de 1789.' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. ix, pp. 1228-9). He was elected into the Legislative Assembly, and spoke often on a wide range of subjects. He showed himself tolerant on the question of the religious orders and convents. As administrator of the his department (Haute-Saone) he proved to be an able administrator and sought to revive industry and commerce. EUR 200
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CRETET, (E.) Rapport fait au nom d'une commission spéciale sur une résolution du Conseil des Cinq-Cents, du 18 floréal, relative au règlement des transactions entre les particuliers pendant la dépréciation du papier-monnoie. 29 messidor an V. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1797). 34 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 8834. First edition. - Important, but extremely rare report. Emmanuel Cretet, comte de Champmol, director of the administration of bridges and highways (1799-1806), governor of the Bank of France (1806), and minister of the interior (1807-1809). In 1795 the propertied voters of his neighborhood eleected him member of the Council of Ancients, where he specialized in tax legislation, and specifically in pushing the enactment of a tax for the improvement of roads. P.S. Dupont de Nemours was a member of the Commission in question. EUR 300
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CREUZE-LATOUCHE, J.A. Rapports des députés de la Convention nationale réunis, pour présenter leurs idées en faveur de la liberté entière du commerce des grains. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 8873; not in Monglond. First edition. Made up on December 8, 1792, the report concluded against export of corn, but complete freedom within the Republic. Includes average prices for corn in each department since the first weeks of October 1792. The author refers several times to the ideas of Saint-Just and gives a historical survey of the theories on corn-trade of the 18th century. EUR 225
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CREUZE-LATOUCHE, J.A. Rapports des députés de la Convention nationale réunis, pour présenter leurs idées en faveur de la liberté entière du commerce des grains. (Drop-head title). At end: A Lyon, De l'Imprimerie d'Aimé-Vatar Delaroche, 1793. 32 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Cf.: Martin & Walter, 8873; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. Second edition, first published in 1792 with 48 pages. Made up on December 8, 1792, the report concluded against export of corn, but complete freedom within the Republic. Includes average prices for corn in each department since the first weeks of October 1792. The author refers several times to the ideas of Saint-Just and gives a historical survey of the theories on corn-trade of the 18th century. EUR 225
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CREUZE-LATOUCHE, J.A. Rapports des députés de la Convention nationale réunis, pour présenter leurs idées en faveur de la liberté entière du commerce des grains. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 8873; not in Monglond. First edition. Made up on December 8, 1792, the report concluded against export of corn, but complete freedom within the Republic. Includes average prices for corn in each department since the first weeks of October 1792. The author refers several times to the ideas of Saint-Just and gives a historical survey of the theories on corn-trade of the 18th century. EUR 250
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CREUZE-LATOUCHE, J.A. Rapport des députés de la Convention Nationale réunis, pour présenter leurs idées en faveur de la liberté entière du commerce des grains. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 48 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 8873. First edition. Read on December 8, 1792, the report proposes the interdiction of export of corn, but complete freedom within the Republic. Includes average prices for corn in each department since the first weeks of October 1792. The author refers several times to the ideas of Saint-Just and gives a historical survey of the theories on corn-trade of the 18th century. EUR 300
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CUSTINE, (A.P.) DE. Réflexions du Comte de Custine, Député à l'Assemblée nationale, Sur la proposition du Premier Ministre des Finances, de sanctionner, comme Caisse Nationale la Caisse d'Escompte appartenant à des Capitalistes. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. 35, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Goldsmiths 13877; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter, 9054; Tourneux, iii, 12680; not in Monglond. First edition. Adam-Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740-1793). In 1789 Custine went to the Estates General as representative for the nobility of the Metz region. Although he voted with the right on certain issues, he attached his star to the Revolution. He finally became general and was appointed to command the all-important Army of the North after the defection of Dumouriez to the enemy. His political ineptness was what eventually brought about his downfall. He was tried and wen to the scaffold on 28 August 1793. EUR 200
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D'ALLEMAGNE, H.R. Prosper Enfantin et les grandes entreprises du XIXe siècle. La colonisation de l'Algérie. La création du réseau P.L.M. Le percement de l'Isthme de Suez. Le crédit intellectuel. Le crédit foncier. Enfantin homme politique. Préface de M. Malapert. Paris, Librairie Gründ, 1935. With 48 plates of which 12 coloured. (4), 222, (2) pp. Large 4to. Original boards. Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 3; Iggers, The Cult of Authority, p. 196. First and only edition limited to 500 copies only. Exceptional documented history of the great industrial and economical innovations of the 19th century and for understanding the fundamental role of saint-simonism in this process. EUR 500
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DALPHONSE, (F.J.B.) Mémoire statistique du département de l'Indre, adressé au Ministre de l'Intérieur d'après ses instructions, par Cen Dalphonse, préfet de ce département. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la République, an XII (1804). With 3 folding tables and 1 coloured map of the departement loosely inserted, and with numerous tables. 367, (1) pp. Folio. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, some wear, slightly damaged at foot of front joint, small stain on cover at bottom. Perrot 297. First edition. After many interruptions during the Revolution, the governments of the Directory, the Consulate and Empire intensified statistical efforts. Lucien Bonaparte and Jean Chaptal established the Bureau of Statistics, which lasted until 1812. It launched a massive statistical description of France in 1801. Prefects of each department were instructed to secure from subprefects, mayors, and local savants and societies of agriculture detailed descriptive (verbal) and quantitative data on the topography, population, agriculture, industry and commerce of their jurisdiction in 1789 and 1801. This was to become a vast cooperative inquiry with a twofold purpose: to discover what change had occured during the Revolution, and to establish for 1801 a cross-sectional description of France from which later demographic and economic movement could be measured. However, the reports came in slowly or not al all. Only thirty-five were ultimately submitted, and they were uneven in completeness and accuracy. The art of phrasing questionnaires to secure precise information was just being developed. The bureau was asking too much of slender prefectoral staffs. Some harried prefects, subprefects and mayors worked hard and carefully to answer the questionnaires, others did not. Nevertheless, a mass of data was accumulated that has not yet been fully exploited by historians. (See: Historical Dictionary of Napoleonic France, pp. 455-6). The volume deals with: topography, population, agriculture, industry, and 'l'état des citoyens'. EUR 750
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DAUPHINE - REMONSTRANCES du Parlement de Dauphiné au Roi, au sujet de l'Édit du mois d'Avril dernier, & de la déclaration de 24 du même mois. Du 17 Août 1763. (Grenoble), 1763. 34 pp. 12mo. Modern boards, with leather label and gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Conlon 63:461. First edition. Against the taxes which are too heavy a burden on agriculture and the peasants. 'Le laboureur épardu, dépouillé des fruits de ses peines & de ses travaux, déchiré des plaintes & des murmures de ses enfans ..... déteste un lien dont la fécondité l'attache encore à la Patrie.' EUR 200
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DEBRANCHES, (F.E.) Résultat générale du projet de décret présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom du Comité de Liquidation. Lu pour la première fois à l'Assemblée dans la séance du 7 mai 1792, et ajourné pour la seconde lecture au lundi 14 du même mois. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1792. 1 large leaf. Folio, folded. Disbound. Not in Martin & Walter. -Some small tears in the folds, the folds strengthened verso. Detailed table of indemnities due to officers, workmen, suppliers of food and materials, etc. having not been paid probably under the ancien régime. Five columns, the first entitled 'Noms des Départemens', the second 'Division des Départemens', the third 'Causes de Créances', the fourth 'Nombres des Parties prenantes' and the fifth 'Quotité des sommes réclamées'. Lists payments to be made to, and for, among others, 'Entrepreneurs, Ouvriers et Fournisseurs du Domaine, pour paiement des travaux par eux faits en 1789 et 1790 dans les prisons de Paris', 'Entrepreneurs des Batimens civils, pour 1788 et 1789', etc. etc. EUR 250
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DECHALOTTE, J.F. Traité sur les subsistances et projet d'un approvisionnement de réserve en grains pour toute la France, sans qu'il en coûte rien au Trésor. Paris, Mme Huzard, 1829. vii, 90 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Goldsmiths 25845 (without the preliminaries); not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. EUR 150
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DELAVILLE, A.F. Réflexions tendantes au bonheur de tous les citoyens de la France, et à la prospérité de l'Etat. No place, 1789. 46, (2) pp. 8vo. 19th-century half cloth, marbled boards, corners, red label with gilt lettering on front cover. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 9870 First edition. Proposals for a more correct division of the tax burden. The last two, unnumbered, pages contain LETTRE A Monsieur Necker, Administrateur général des Finances, en lui adressant un Exemplaire de cet Ouvrage. EUR 150
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DELLEY D'AGIER, (P.C.) DE Rapport fait au nom du Comité pour l'aliénation des biens domaniaux et ecclésiastiques, sur le vente de ces biens. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790) - (Bound with:) DELLEY D'AGIER, (P.C.) DE. Décret rendu le 14 mai 1790, sur la vente des domaines nationaux, précédé du rapport ...... et suivi de l'instruction présentée ..... par Bouteville Dumetz. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Bound with:) DELAY (D'AGIER, (P.C.) DE. Opinion de M. Pierre de Delay, ..... sur l'impôt en général, prononcée à la séance du 16 Septembre 1790. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) DELAY (D'AGIER), P.(C.) DE. Opinion ..... prononcée à la séance du mardi 5 Octobre 1790, sur le projet de décret du Comité de l'imposition sur la contribution foncière. (Drop-head title). (at end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) DELAY, (D'AGIER, P.C.) DE. Seconde opinion ..... sur la définition du revenu net imposable d'une propriété foncière...11 Octobre. (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Bound with:) DELAY (D'AGIER), P.(C.) DE. Quatrième opinion sur l'organisation de l'impôt. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1791. 6 pieces in 1 volume 16 pp.; (2), 33, (1) pp.; 36 pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 16 pp.; (2), 45, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter, 9568. Reglementation of the sales.Second work: Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14282; not in INED; not in Stourm; not in Martin & Walter.Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 177; INED 1292; Martin & Walter 9563.The pages 19 and ff. deal with tobacco.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 177; INED 1293; Martin & Walter, 9564.' ..... Hâtons-nous de consoler l'habitant des campagnes; rendons-lui cette heureuse énergie, l'appanage de l'homme libre ..... Vous parviendrez, Messieurs, à ce but généreux de vos travaux, en proportionnant et bornant la contribution foncière aux seuls revenus naturels et imposables de ses propriétés, et en ne souffrant jamais que la totalité de cette contribution exède les deux cinquièmes de la masse des impôts directs et indirects.'Fifth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 177; INED 1295; Martin & Walter, 9565.' ..... Je pense que dans l'évaluation d'une propriété foncière pour la répartition de l'impôt, l'on doit écarter toute la partie du revenu qui n'est pas la suite nécessaire d'une exploitation ordinaire et d'usage selon la coutume de pays .....'Sixth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 9566.' ..... Nous ne devons, Messieurs, attribuer l'insuffisance de nos résultats sur l'impôt, qu'à la marche irrégulière que nous avons suivie .....' - The author's name is spelled in various ways: Dedelay - Delay - Delley. EUR 1200
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DES GLANNIERES, R. Plan d'imposition économique et d'administration des finances, présenté à Monseigneur Turgot, Ministre & Contrôleur général des finances. A Paris, Chez Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1774. With 3 folding tables. - (Preceded by:) PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de Notables, tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1787. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. Royal coat of arms on title, and 4 unnumbered leaves containing 2 plans with explanation. - (And followed by:) L'IMPOT Abonné, ou Moyens de faire servir une simple évaluation en masse des paroisses du Royaume, à rendre nulles les fraudes et contraventions des peuples en matière de subsides, et à les faire tourner, ainsi que les frais inutiles de perception, au profit de l'Etat. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Belin, Petit, Ve. Lambert, 1789. With engraved folding coloured plan. 3 works in 1 volume. 27, (1) pp.; (4), 326 pp.; (4), viii, 71, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, joints shaved and lightly rubbed. First work: Cf.: Kress 7006, Goldsmiths 11169; Einaudi 1540; Mattioli 997; Higgs 6079; INED 1376, all listing another issue from the same year, no priority established.At the end a letter by Turgot approving the publication. The abbé Baudeau, however, criticized it (see: Stourm, p. 121). Of interest for the physiocratic ideas.'Plan fiscal: division de la population française active en huit classes; impôts remplacés par 'la taille nette' asisse sur le capital, le droit et le revenu. Les citoyens seront ainsi délivrés du quart de leurs impôts, et les revenus de l'État accrus de moitié' (INED).The pages 25/26 have apparently never been bound in but are supplied as a xerox on old paper: they have been taken from another quarto issue (of 38 pages) and number therefore 34 and 35. Second work: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. x.Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of these proceedings, but also of the Mémoires presented the the Assemblée by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of administration and financial as well as economic government. Third work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 7651. EUR 900
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DEVILLE, G. L'économie politique et le socialisme. Undated manuscript, signed by Gabriel Deville, text on recto, verso blank. 7 numbered leaves. Small 4to. Article, with some corrections.Gabriel Pierre Deville (1854-1940) was a militant socialist in the Parti Ouvrier Français. Author of numerous articles and brochures, he did much for the diffusion of marxist philosophy and was the author of an abridged edition of Das Kapital which is called 'a classic' by Maitron in his Dictionnaire Biographique du Mouvement Ouvrier Français, vol. xii, pp. 46 ff. EUR 200
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DROZ, J. Économie politique ou principes de la science des richesses. Suivi du catéchisme d'économie politique de J.B. Say augmenté de notes et d'une préface par Charles Comte. Bruxelles, Société Typographique Belge, 1841. xi, (1), 384 pp. Small 8vo. Original printed cover, small piece of paper torn away from outer upper corner, uncut. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Apparently a rare edition. The first edition was published in 1829, and Kress calls the 1846 edition the second edition. F.X.J. Droz (1773-1850), elected member of the Académie Française in 1813, was appointed one of the first members of the illustre 'Academie des sciences morales et politiques' when it was reopened in 1833. His main field of interest was moral theory but his Économie politique ou principes de la science des richesses proved to be of great service to the science of political economy being a very lucid and 'élégant exposé général des notions fondamentales' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 619).With a separate title-page for Say's text, of which this is the fourth edition. EUR 225
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DROZ, J. Économie politique ou principes de la science des richesses. Paris, Renouard, 1829. xvi, 387 (misnumbered 391, pagenumbers 257-261 ommitted, but complete) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with green label with gilt lettering. Kress C.2268; Goldsmiths 25751; Coquelin & Guillaumin,i, p. 619; Masui 468; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. - Rare, faint waterstain on lower half of the pages. F.X.J. Droz (1773-1850), elected member of the Académie Française in 1813, was appointed one of the first members of the illustre 'Academie des sciences morales et politiques' when it was reopened in 1833. His main field of interest was moral theory but his Économie politique ou principes de la science des richesses proved to be of great service to the science of political economy being a very lucid and 'élégant exposé général des notions fondamentales' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, I, 619). EUR 450
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DU BOIS-AYME, (J.M.J. AIME DUBOIS, DIT:) Examen de quelques questions d'économie politique et notamment de l'ouvrage de M. Ferrier intitulé 'Du gouvernement dans ses rapports avec le commerce'. A Paris, Chez Pelicier, 1823. (4), 248 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, original blind covers preserved. Kress C.1052; Goldsmiths 23733; Einaudi 1625; Mattioli 1052. First edition. A scathing attack on Ferrier in which Du Bois-Aymé deals with the four parts which constitute the work by Ferrier: sur les richesses des peuples - sur l'argent - sur le commerce - le systême commercial. The author was one of the very first economists to use mathematical formulae, a most important and widely overlooked contribution. In this work he develops a number of mathematical formulae in his discussion of 'value' (pp. 102-103). For a detailed discussion see Theocharis, p. 80. EUR 900
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DUCLOZ-DUFRESNOY, (C.N.) Origine de la caisse d'escompte; ses progrès, ses révolutions, les changemens survenus dans le régime de son administration: ses statuts: son organisation: ses droits à la confiance publique, ou Lettre à M. le Comte de Mirabeau, sur sa motion concernant la Caisse d'escompte. No place, (At end: A Paris, Chez Clousier), 1789. (2), 95, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1579; Goldsmiths 13880; Stourm 193; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter, 11475; Monglond, i, p. 245; Tourneux, iii, 13708. First edition. - Copy with wide margins. The author was one of the 'commissaires des actionnaires' of the caisse. Charles-Nicolas Ducloz-Dufresnoy, writer of a number of works on the finances of France, in favor of the creation of 'papier-monnoie' which he promoted through a number of tracts and pamphlets. EUR 250
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DUFRICHE DE VALAZE, (C.E.) Loix pénales, dédiées à Monsieur frère du Roi. A Alençon, de l'Imprimerie de Malassis le jeune, 1784. (6), 420, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, green label with gilt lettering (lightly damaged at head and foot of spine, corners bumped). INED 1535; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; not in Camus. First edition. The first part deals with jurisdiction on mariage, abortion, etc. The second part deals with economics: 'il faut multiplier les manufactures car elles favorisent le luxe' (INED). Concerning questions of justice, the author demands equal treatment before the law for all social classes! The last 2 leaves contain the 'Approbation, Privilège du Roi' and the errata. - Sometimes also listed under Valazé. Somewhat browned throughout, lower outer corner of half-title torn away, page 63 has an contemporary handwritten piece of paper pasted in with comments on the text. EUR 300
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DUPONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) La pacte de la famille et les conventions subsequentes, entre la France et l'Espagne. Avec des observations sur chaque article. Paris, de l'Imprimerie nationale, juillet 1790. (4), 152 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41; Kress B.1831; Einaudi 1671; Martin & Walter 12155; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Dupont de Nemours here examines the Family Compact: the Spanish-French alliance which was first concluded in 1733 and repeatedly renewed over the century. Dupont analyses the treaty article by article: the text of the treaty printed left, Dupont's observations and comments on the right.Spain invoked this particular treaty and called upon the French king after an incident with British troops in the far Pacific. Louis XVI and his ministers were inclined to send the help requested, even at the risk of war; but the National Assembly, confronting diplomatic questions for the first time, spurned the Spanish request. A national, representative regime did not recognize family ties between ruling houses as fit basis for international agreements, much less action (W. Doyle, The Oxford History of the French Revolution, pp. 164-165). EUR 750
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS - LOI RELATIVE à l'adresse aux François sur les contributions publiques. Donnée à Paris le vingt-huit Juillet 1791. (Drop-head title). Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1791. With one folding table. 32 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Kress B.2081 (different edition); Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1426; Stourm, p. 161 (also describing another edition); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. One of two editions published in the same year. Stourm explicitly stresses the importance of the law which Du Pont de Nemours had put up for voting on the evening of the 24th of June, 1791: 'La plus célèbre et la plus fréquemment citée est celle du 24 juin 1791, que Dupont de Nemours fit voter dans la séance du soir de cette date. On y trouve des très curieux renseignements sur le poids comperatif des charges de l'ancien régime et du régime inauguré par la Constituante, comparaison toute à l'avantage du nouveau régime, naturellement.' (Stourm). The folding table has been signed by the members of the 'Comités des contributions publiques' among which is Dupont de Nemours. EUR 375
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS - RAPPORT fait au nom de Comité des contributions publiques, sur le taux de la retenue que les débiteurs de rentes ou autres prestations seront autorisés à faire à raison de lacontribution foncière, en acquittant ces rentes ou prestations. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 11, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Schelle; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Kress B.2090; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1956. First edition. Dated June 1, 1791 and sigend at end by: La Rochefoucauld, Roederer, Defermon, d'Allarde, Dupont de Nemours. EUR 200
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, (P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité des finances à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 14 août 1790. Sur le répartition de la contribution en remplacement des grandes gabelles, des petites gabelles, des gabelles locales et des droits de marque des cuirs, de marque des fers, de fabrication dur les amidons, de fabrication et de transport dans l'intérieur du Royaume sur les huiles & savons. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). 80 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Schelle 41L; Kress B.1832; Goldsmiths 14299; Martin& Walter, ii, 12191; Stourm 167. First edition. This report belongs with some others to the writings in which Du Pont de Nemours took a strong stand against the Revolutionary government's growing resort to the issuance of paper money. In these works Du Pont de Nemours recommended as an alternative to printing money that the government reduce a proportion of its increases in spending on new programs and that it temporarily retain, though at a reduced rate, the taxes on salt, bouillon and furs, which it was about to abolish. EUR 350
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, (P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité des finances, sur les moyens de remplacer la gabelle, & de rétablir le niveau entre les recettes & les dépenses ordinaires de l'année 1790. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1790. (2), 86 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, marbled boards. Schelle 41d; Kress B.1833; Goldsmiths 14301; Einaudi 1679; Martin & Walter 12189; Stourm 167. First edition. 'Travail ou sont étudiés les principes fiscaux et l'ensemble de la situation financière ..... On y trouve un exposé intéressant du Fonctionnement de l'ancienne gabelle' (Stourm). EUR 600
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, (P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du comité des finances, à l'Assemblée nationale, Par M. Du Pont, Député de Nemours. Le 14 août 1790. Sur la répartition de la contribution en remplacementdes grandes gabelles, des petites gabelles, des gabelles locales et des droits de marque des cuirs, de marque des fers, de fabrication sur les amidons, de fabrication et de transport dans l'intérieur du Royaume sur les huiles & savons. (Drop-head title). (Paris, Baudouin, 1790). With tables in the text. 80 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41l; Kress B.1832; Goldsmiths 14299; Einaudi 1678; Stourm, p. 167; Martin & Walter 12191; not in INED First edition. 'It was not so much his physiocratic doctrine as his general grasp of macroeconomics that led Du Pont to take a strong stand against the Revolutionary government's growing resort to the issuance of paper money. In March 1790 he prepared a report for the Committee on Finance, whihc warned against the Assembly's resort to financing revolution through the use of paper money. As an alternative to printing money Du Pont recommended that the government reduce a proportion of its increases in spending on new programs and that it temporarily retain, though at a reduced rate, the taxes on salt, bouillon, and furs, which it was about to abolish. If any deficit remained in the government's budget after these actions, it was to be made up by a surcharge on all other remaining taxes. The following month he restated his case, citing the dangers of inflation, but by then the paper money, or assignats, had already been printed' (James J. McLain, The Economic Writings of Du Pont de Nemours, p. 148). EUR 350
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, (P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité de l'imposition, sur les impositions indirectes en général et sur les droits, à raison de la consommation des vins, et des boissons en particulier. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1790. (2), 37, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41s; Goldsmiths 14308; Einaudi 1677; INED 1623; Stourm, p. 167; not in Kress; Martin & Walter 12193. First edition. 'Débute par des théories physiocratiques contre les impôts indirects, le budget en tel désarroi qu'on ne peut proposer d'affranchir encore la nation des droits sur les boissons. Projet de remplacement des aides par un droit 'ad valorem' assuré par des inventaires annuels chez les propriétaires' (Stourm; see also at length: Schelle, p. 321 ff.)'As political opinion turned increasingly toward more indirect taxes, Du Pont retreated from his support of a tax on the net revenue of the wine industry. He noted in October 1790 (this report), that if only indirect taxes were politically possible, then a tax on wine would be preferable to taxes on wheat and other food. The tax would be borne by vintners and would have the same general effect, he now argued, as a tax on their net revenue. But because wine was not a necessity as compared to wheat and other food, a tax on wine (and other liquor) would not oppress the poor as much as taxes on all food' (James J. McLain, The Economic Writings of Du Pont de Nemours, p. 149). EUR 300
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité des contributions publiques, sur la répartition de la contribution foncière et de la contribution miliaire entre les départemens. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. - (Bound with:) NOTES à joindre au raport du Comité des contributions publiques, sur la répartition des contributions. (Drop-head title.) (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale), (1791). Together 2 pieces bound in 1 volume. 25, (1) pp.; 3, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1969 & 1647; not in Schelle; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14791 (for three parts); not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 164. A third part containing 4 large folding tables is lacking. Signed by the members of the Committee: La Rochefoucauld, Defermon, Roederer, d'Allarde, Dauchy, Dupont de Nemours. EUR 500
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DUREAU DE LA MALLE, (A.J.C.A.) Économie politique des Romains. Paris, Hachette, 1840. With 2 folding plans and tables (1 folding). 2 volumes. (4), viii, 452 pp.; (4), 512 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress C.5159; Goldsmiths 31333; Einaudi 1696; not in Mattioli. First edition. 'Ouvrage d'un grand mérite qui se distingue autant par l'érudition et la sage critique dont son auteur a fait preuve, que par la variété et l'intérêt des recherches dont les résultats y sont consignés' (Chevalier). Dureau de la Malle (1777-1857), succesful author of numerous literary works, monographs, and studies, mainly on classical antiquity, in which field of interest he also published a number of studies on political economy. ' ..... l'oeuvre de Dureau de la Malle garde presque intact, au bout de cinquante ans, tout son mérite et sa valeur' (Say & Chailley, Dictionnaire de l'Économie politique). EUR 750
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ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTIES - (DU TILLET, G.L.) Sentiment d'un évêque sur la réforme à introduire dans le temporel & la discipline du Clergé. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) (LEBRET DE SAINT-MARTIN, A.C.) Réfutation des principes de M. l'abbé Sieyès, dans ses 'Observations sur les biens ecclésiastiques et dur les dîmes'. (Drop-head title). No place, September 1789. - (Followed by:) LEBRET DE SAINT-MARTIN, (A.C.) Suite de la réfutation des principes de M. l'abbé Sieyès, sur les biens ecclésiastiques, ou analyse de leur valeur réelle et des moyens capables d'assurer aux ecclésiastiques un traitement équitable, d'employer utilement le produit des biens du clergé et des domaines; de régénérer aussitôt le trésor national; de rétablir la circulation des finances, et perfectionner l'agriculture. Versailles, Baudouin, 24 Septembre 1789. - (Followed by:) (REBOUL-SENEBIER). La vérité toute nue, ou Avis important à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur le danger de l'offre insidieuse faite par M. l'Evêque d'Autun, de la vente des biens du clergé. (Paris), L. Jorry et se trouve chez l'auteur, (1789). - (Followed by:) TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, C.M. DE. Opinion de M. l'èvêque d'Autun, sur la question du biens ecclésiastiques. Paris, Baudouin, (1789). - (Followed by:) MAURY, J.S. Opinion sur la propriété des biens ecclésiastiques, prononcée dans l'Assemblée Nationale, le mardi 13 octobre 1789. Paris, Baudouin, 1789. - (Followed by:) TREILHARD, J.B. Opinion sur la propriété des biens du clergé. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, (1789). - (Followed by:) CLERMONT-TONNERRE, (S.M.A. DE). Opinion sur la propriété des biens du clergé. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, 1789. - (Followed by:) (BOISGELIN DE CUCE, J.R.) Discours sur la propriété des biens ecclésiastiques, par l'Archevêque d'Aix. Paris, Desprez, 1789. - (Followed by:) (CHAPT DE RASTIGNAC, A. DE.) Questions sur la propriété des biens ecclésiastiques en France. (Drop-head title). No place (1789). - (Followed by:) DUPONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Discours prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, sur l'état et les ressources des finances. Versailles, Baudouin, 1789. With 6 folding leaves of tables. 11 pieces bound in 1 volume. 12 pp.; 48 pp.; 22 pp.; 16 pp.; 14 pp.; (2), 42 pp.; 12 pp.; 19 pp.; 73, (1), 3, (1) pp.; 164 pp.; 218 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering. First work: Martin & Walter 12538. Criticizes especially the wealth of the higher clergy and the plurality of benificiaries. - An exceptional collection. Second work: Marin & Walter, Anonymes, 15513. The next piece in this collection makes clear that the author of this piece is Lebret de Saint-Martin. Third work: Martin & Walter 20024; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Fourth work: Martin & Walter 28857b. Fifth work: Martin & Walter 32083. Considers the ecclesiastical properties as national property. Sixth work: Martin & Walter 23598. Seventh work: Martin & Walter 32840. Claims ecclesiastical property as national property. Eigth work: Martin & Walter 7710. Ninth work: Martin & Walter 3793. Tenth work: Martin & Walter 6802; INED 1055. Eleventh work: Schelle 40d; Kress B.1582; INED 1601; Stourm 175; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter 12171 (incomplete). Speech held the 24th of September 1789 of which Stourm speaks highly. It is is fact one of the most important speeches held by Dupont de Nemours in the Assembly. EUR 2100
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ENGELS, F. l'Origine de la famille, de la propriété privée et de l'état (pour faire suite aux travaux de Lewis H. Morgan.) Traduction française par Henri Ravé. Paris, Georges Carré, 1893. (2), xxxiii, (1, blank), 290, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides. Rubel, p. 252, 93. First French edition. Marx had studied very thoroughly Morgan's work before he died, and Engels, himself an expert in the field of agrarian societies and primitive societies, wrote this work in which he based himself on Marx's notes, Morgan's pioneer work and his own historical knowledge and insights. He based himself more on Morgan than Marx did who thought of Morgan as no more than one specialist among the many, while Engels, however, considered Morgan to be an important author. According to Engels, Morgan had discovered in America the materialistic conception of history as Marx had done 40 years earlier in Europe. He also felt that Morgan's antropological discoveries were of great importance. In this work Engels studied the origins of the family, the changing role of women and the growing importance of the State as an instrument of the exploiting class. The most striking feature of the book is its real and important contribution to the study of the emancipation of women (See: David McLellan, Friedrich Engels). - Name written on title. Some leadpencil underlining and annotations. EUR 300
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ESCHASSERIAUX AîNé, (J.) Opinion sur les causes de l'état présent du commerce et de l'industrie, et les moyens de les rétablir sur les véritables bases de l'économie politique. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1794). 26 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 12789; not in Monglond. First edition. Joseph Eschassériaux (1753-1823), showing sympathy for the new ideas, was elected into several posts as representative for his department before he elected into the Legislative Assembly and after that into the Convention. He sided with the Mountain, voted for the death of the King, published several reports on justice, administration, subsistances, the reunion with Belgium, agriculture, etc. After Thermidor he became member of the Comité de salut public. EUR 150
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FABRE, (C.D.C.) Rapport et projet de décret sur le mode de partage des biens communaux. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1793). 74 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. EUR 150
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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) Oeuvres complètes. Paris, à la librairie Sociétaire, 1841-1848. With 2 folding tables, 1 double-page table and 2 plates. 6 volumes. xxxvi, 336 pp.; (4), lxviii, (2), xlii, 243, (1), 107 pp.; xv, (1), 451 pp.; viii, 593, (1) pp.; xii, 603 pp.; (2), xvi, 489 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, red and green morocco title-labels with gilt lettering, raised bands, marbled sides and edges. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 8; Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, p. 16. I: Théorie des quatre mouvements et des destinées générales. Troisième édition.II-V: Théorie de l'unité universelle. Deuxième édition. (Verso half-title reads: La théorie de l'unité universelle a paru primitivement sous le titre de Traité de l'association domestique-agricole, ou attraction industrielle). VI: Le nouveau monde industriel et sociétaire ..... Troisième édition, 2e tirage. The double-page table is entitled: 'Phalange en grande échelle' and the plates are bound between the pages 122-123 and are entitled 'Plan d'un phalanstère en grande echelle' and 'Plan d'un phalanstère ou palais habité par une Phalange industrielle.' One folding table entitled 'Tableau du Cours du Mouvement Social' is loosely inserted in volume one, the other folding table is to be found in volume 2. - Stamp of Mr. Alphonse Pignollet on all titles and half-titles. EUR 2250
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FRANKLIN, (B.) La science du bonhomme Richard. Paris, A. Hiard, 1830. With lithographed portrait. 30 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Sabin 25583; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. A very nice and charming edition. The work had a tremendous and instaneous appeal as a sort of gospel of the virtues of bourgeois thrift and common sense (see at length: Echeverria, Mirage in the West). EUR 225
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FRESNE, (F. EBAUDY) DE. Plan de restauration et de libération fondé sur les principes de la législation et de l'économie politique. Proposé aux Etats-Généraux. Comparaison du Plan de libération des propriétaies et de celui des capitalistes. No place, 1789. 14, 170 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 13948 (without the preliminaries); see: INED 1717bis; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. Second edition. Frequent references to Necker, comparison with England, proposes the suppression of several taxes. The author suggested in several of his writings that French was an immensely rich country but badly managed. He prososes an alternative plan to the plan's of Necker and also deals with commerce, trade, credit, etc. INED lists a volume in which the author apparently summerizes earlier publications, and among these earlier publications INED mentions a slightly different title from ours, hence we suppse this to be a second edition. EUR 225
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FROUMENTEAU, N. Le secret des finances de France, descouvert, et départi en trois livres ..... & maintenant publié, pour ouvrir les moyens légitimes & nécessaires de payer les dettes du Roy,décharger ses sujets des subsides imposez depuis trente un ans, & recouvrer tous les deniers (sic) prins à sa Majesté. No place, 1581. 3 parts in 1 volume. (56), 152 pp.; (2), 3-472 pp.; (8), 435 (misnumbered 439) pp. 8vo. 18th-century calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on both sides, very lightly rubbed, joints tender. Kress 146; INED 1932; Einaudi 5204; Mattioli 1340; not in Goldsmiths; Haag, La France protestante (2e éd.) vi, pp. 747 ff.; BM STC French 189; Adams F-1084. Augmented edition of Le secret des thrésors de France, also published in 1581, and hence the best edition of this valuable statistical analysis of public finances of the years 1550-1580. There are at least three different issues of the book: there are copies with 'Le' from the title printed in Italics and with an 'Epitre' at the beginning of the second book of either 16 or 30 pages, which copies are ordinarely found, and their are copies with 'Le' printed in Roman type and with the 'Epitre' in 16 pages, the scarcer copies. In all copies the 'Epitre' contains the same text, the difference being whether or not the text is printed in larger or smaller type. The present copy is with 'Le' printed in Roman type. Includes a statistical analysis of public finances of the years 1550-1580 and criticizes the 'régime fiscal' of the period. The author herewith anticipates writers as Boisguilbert, Vauban and Boulainvilliers, as well as the physiocrats. Froumenteau, the pseudonym of a protestant, gives also statistics on population and the damage caused by the wars of religion. Sometimes attributed to Barnaud. This version is an augmented edition of the Secret des thrésors de France, also published in 1581, and hence this is the best edition of this valuable source.- The preface of part 2 is here printed in a small type, hence the preface has fewer pages than in other issues: to keep pace with the pagination of the rest of the volume, the numbering jumps from 16 to 33. EUR 1600
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GAETE, (M.M.CH. DE GAUDIN), DUC DE. Mémoire sur le Cadastre, et détails statistiques Sur le nombre et la division des taxes de la contribution foncière; sur le reveunue commun des propriètaires de bien-fonds enFrance, etc. A Paris, Chez Delauney, 1818. (4), 108 pp. 8vo. Modern green boards, gilt lettering on spine. KressC.64; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. - Large stain in all margins throughout, not affecting legibility. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it' (Palgrave, ii, pp. 176-7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances. EUR 300
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GAETE, (M.M.CH. DE GAUDIN), DUC DE. Notice historique sur les finances de France, (de l'an 8-1800-au 1er avril 1814). A Paris, de l'Imprimerie d'Ange Clo, 1818. 8, 240 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, leather label with gilt lettering, corners very lightly bumped. Kress C.65; Einaudi 2416; Mattioli 1404; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it'. (Palgrave II, pp. 176/7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances. The present work is of great importance for the financial history of his time. - The present work contains a handwritten and signed letter by the Duc de Gaëte which is bound in between the half-title and the title. Copy with wide margins, uncut. EUR 750
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GAETE, M.M. CH. GAUDIN, DUC DE. Mémoires, souvenirs, opinions et écrits de Duc de Gaëte, ancien ministre des finances, ex-député, gouverneur de la Banque de France. Paris, Baudouin frères, 1826 (for the third volume: Paris, Impr. de Goetsy, 1834.) 3 volumes. - (Followed by:) RAPPORT de la Commission libre nommée par les manufacturiers et négocians de Paris, sur l'enquête relative à l'état actuel de l'industrie du coton en France. Paris, Impr. de Sellingue, 1829. Two works in 4 volumes, bound in 3. (4), 336 pp.; (4), 599, (1) pp.; 317 pp.; ix, (1), 238, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt with gilt lettering, volume 3 not uniform, numbering on spines interchanged. First work: Kress C.1664 & 3727; Goldsmiths 24970 & 28570; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, iii, p. 242 (269-70); not in Einaudi. First edition of all volumes. The third volume containing the 'Supplément' was published 8 years later and is almost always lacking. These memoirs deal almost exclusively with finance. Martin Michel Charles Gaudin, duc de Gaëte (1756-1841), was placed at the age of seventeen in the office of the ministry of finance. In 1791 he was appointed one of the commissioners of the national treasury. He resigned office at the breaking out of the Terror and refused the portfolio of finance under the Directory contenting himself with being the general commissioner of the post office, but accepted it after the 18th brumaire from the hands of the First Consul. He continued to hold his office up to the fall of the empire, and during the Hundred Days. He assisted in the reorganisation of the administration of the system of finance. In the present work, published to defend his financial administration against attacks from the more ardent among the Legitimists, the Duc de Gaëte states that, when he first entered the ministry, the treasury only possessed in cash the miserable sum of 177,000 francs. He adds that on principle and from the first day he assumed office he pursued two main objects: first, to improve and consolidate (the national) credit by looking carefully after the interests of the creditors of the state; and second, to bring the ordinary revenue to the necessary level by taxes on consumption. He also successfully organised the system of collecting the taxes and the execution of the general land survey (Cadastre) by the law of the 15th of September 1807. Gaudin ranks as the author of the modern system of French financial administration, acting on the opinion he had expressed in his Notice Historique, that at the time of the outbreak of the revolution, the national assembly 'might easily have ameliorated the older system instead of destroying it' (Palgrave, ii, pp. 176/7). Gaudin is always described as honest, methodical and intelligent and proved to be one of the most capable financial ministers in French history, being responsible for all those Napoleonic measures which so splendidly restored the nation's shattered finances.Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The results of an inquiry held from December 1, 1828 till February 15, 1829, about the cotton business and industry. EUR 600
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GALIANI - RUBEN, M. Ferdinando Galiani. Der politische Ökonom des Ancien Régime. Leipzig, Frommhold & Wendler, 1936. 88, (2) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed cover (Inaugural Dissertation, Universität Basel). EUR 100
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GANILH, CH. Essai politique sur le revenu public des peuples de l'Antiquité, du Moyen Age, des siècles modernes, et spécialement de la France et de l'Angleterre, depuis le milieu du 15e siècle jusqu'au 19e. A Paris, chez Giguet et Michaud, 1806. 2 volumes. 420 pp.; (4), 503, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary halfcalf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled boards, green corners, some offsetting to boards, sprinkled edges. Kress B.5046; Goldsmiths 19270; INED 1953; Humpert 12952; not in Einaudi; Mattioli 1391. First edition. Important work 'sur les recettes publiques' which contains a financial history and a theory of tax. 'En faveur de l'industrie et du bien-être, et contre le populationisme agricole et l'impôt direct' (INED). EUR 750
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GARD - PROCES-VERBAL de la première session de l'Assemblée administrative du département du Gard, séante à Nismes. A Nismes, chez C. Belle, 1791. With engraved vignette. (2), 182 pp. 4to. Sewn, contemporary marbledcovers, some loss of paper to spine, a nice uncut copy with large margins. Lecestre p. 65 (folio edition); not in Martin & Walter. Very rare original edition. Deliberations of the period 3 November through 11 December 1791 and dealing with a great variety of subjects: Entrepreneurs des Chemins - Juges de Paix - Tranquilité publique - Canal de Beaucaire - Tribunal de Commerce - Mendicité dans la ville de Nismes - etc. etc. With an elaborate index at the end. EUR 750
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GASSER, S.P. Einleitung zu den Oeconomischen Politischen und Cameral-Wissenschaften, worrinen für dieses mal die Oeconomico-Cameralia von den Domainen- oder Cammer- auch andern Gütern, deren Administration und Anschlägen, so wol des Ackerbaues als anderer Pertinentien halber, samt den Regalien angezeiget und erläutert werden. Nebst einem Vorbericht von der Fundation der neuen œconomischen Profession, und des Allerdurchlautigsten Stifters eigentlichen allergnädigsten Absicht. Halle, Wäysenhaus, 1729. Title printed in red and black. (viii), 24, 347, (1) blank + 2 folding plates. 4to. Vellum-backed boards (uncut, very small ink inscription to the fore-edge of the title, a very good and clean copy.) Humpert 783; Kress 3799; Stammhammer, p. 32; not in Einaudi or Goldsmiths; NUC records only three copies (NNC, MH-BA, MiU). First edition. Simon Peter Gasser (1676-1745) was appointed by Friedrich Wilhelm I to the first chair of economy to be founded in Prussia, at the University of Halle in 1727, where Gasser had until then been a lecturer in law. The present work, an introduction to the science of cameralism, and dedicated to his patron, the king - 'great Œconomus, and still greater soldier' - is his only work of the kind (he published numerous books in Latin on law). It represents an important landmark of cameralism, above all for its commentary on the king's desire to promote that science as a professional discipline in the universities, as signified by the new chair at Halle. See A. W. Small, The Cameralists, pp. 206-221; Palgrave, ii, 187; Roscher, Geschichte der Nationale-Oekonomik, pp. 371-6. EUR 3000
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GAULTIER DE BIAUZAT, J.F. Doléances sur les surcharges que les gens du peuple supportent en toute espèce d'impôts; Avec des Observations Historiques & Politiques sur l'origine & les accroissemens de la Taille; sur l'assujettissement du Tiers-Etat au paiement de la totalité de ce Tribut, & sur les moyens légitimes de soulager les Taillables, & de rétablir les Finances, sans recourir à de nouveaux Impôts. No place, 1788. viii, (3, errata, 1 blank), 248 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.1420; Goldsmiths 13636.1; Einaudi 2418; INED 1990; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 354; Martin & Walter 14448; Lemay, Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 393-395; Stourm, p. 148. First edition, copy with errata leaves. 'Un des meilleurs exposés de l'état financier de l'époque. Les gens du peuple donnent au fisc les trois cinqième de leur revenu. Histoire de la taille. Nécessité de revenir à l'égalité et de décharger le peuple. Cet brochure de 248 pages eut beaucoup de retentissement.' (Stourm).'Critique du système fiscal s'appuyant sur l'histoire. Gaultier étudie surtout la taille pour montrer que c'est le Tiers-État qui supporte le poids des impôts' (INED).'Cette brochure fit une grande impression sur l'opinion contemporaine. Elle donne de précieux renseignements sur le système fiscal de l'Ancien Régime, qu'elle critique, en montrant que les gens du peuple supportent tout le poids de l'impôt. L'auteur réclame une égalité proportionnelle dans sa répartition et s'élève contre les exemptions et les privilèges' (Leblanc, op.cit). EUR 650
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GAULTIER DE BIAUZAT, J.F. Doléances sur les surcharges que les gens du peuple supportent en toute espèce d'impôts; Avec des observations historiques & politiques sur l'origine & les accroisemens de lataille; sur l'assujettissement du Tiers-Etat au paiement de la totalité de ce tribut, & sur les moyens légitimes de soulager les taillables, & de rétablir les finances, sans recourir à de nouveaux impôts. No place, 1788. vi, (7)-151, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary vellum, red label with gilt lettering, somewhat warped. Kress B.1420 (other issue); Goldsmiths 13636.1 (other issue); Einaudi 2418 (other issue); INED 1990 (other issue); Leblanc, 354; Martin & Walter 14448; Lemay, Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 393-395; Stourm, p. 148. Second edition, textually identical to the first edition, but newly set, no errata leaf and the errata corrected. Probably very rare issue, since only Leblanc lists this copy all other reference works citing the first issue of the first edition. It is one of the best expositions of the actual financial situation of that era and had considerable influence on contemporary opinion. 'Un des meilleurs exposés de l'état financier de l'époque. Les gens du peuple donnent au fisc les trois cinqième de leur revenu. Histoire de la taille. Nécessité de revenir à l'égalité et de décharger le peuple. Cet brochure de 248 pages eut beaucoup de retentissement' (Stourm). 'Critique du système fiscal s'appuyant sur l'histoire. Gaultier étudie surtout la taille pour montrer que c'est le Tiers-État qui supporte le poids des impôts' (INED). 'Cette brochure fit une grande impression sur l'opinion contemporaine. Elle donne de précieux renseignements sur le système fiscal de l'Ancien Régime, qu'elle critique, en montrant que les gens du peuple supportent tout le poids de l'impôt. L'auteur réclame une égalité proportionnelle dans sa répartition et s'élève contre les exemptions et les privilèges' (Leblanc, op.cit). EUR 700
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GENOVESI, A. Lezioni di commercio o sia d'economia civile con un ragionamento sull'agricoltura e un altro sul commercio universale. Milano, della Societa Tipogr. de'classici italiani, 1824-1825. With portrait. 2 volumes. lxiii, (1), 392, (1) pp.; 398, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering. Carpenter, Economic bestsellers, XXII, (16); cf.: Kress C.1246; Italian economic literature in Kress, ii, 866; this edition not in Mattioli. Both reference works state that the titlepage of volume 1 reads: Opere scelte di Antonio Genovesi. However, our copy has on its titlepage in both volumes the same text as described above. Also the portrait is not called for by both reference works. Quire 8 (the pages 113-128 in volume 1 is a blank quire: the text has been added in xerox made from another copy. 'This work is one of the best that has been written on the narrow and hollow principles of the mercantile system, and without the author having any clear idea of the real sources of wealth' (McCulloch, p. 64).He was 'the most distinguished and the most moderate of all Italian mercantilists ... Commerce was for him not an end only, but also a means by which the products of industry at large were brought to the right market. He, moreover, distinguished between useful commerce which exported manufactured goods and brought back in return raw material, and harmful commerce which exported raw material and imported foreign goods; he also insisted that useful commerce calls rather for liberty than for protection, while upon harmful commerce the stricest embargo should be laid, or at least it should as far as possible be bound hand and foot' (Cossa, Introduction to Political Economy, p. 235). EUR 500
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GOMEL, CH. Les causes financières de la Révolution française. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1892-1893. 2 volumes. - (Followed by:) GOMEL, Ch. Histoire financière de l'Assemblée Constituante. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1896-1897. 2 volumes. (Followed by:) GOMEL, Ch. Histoire financière de la Législative et de la Convention. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1902-1905. 2 volumes. Together 6 volumes. xxxi, 548 pp.; xix, 645 pp.; xxxv, 565 pp.; 586 pp.; xxiv, 517 pp.; xx, 576 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spines with gilt lettering and with raised bands. Guide to Historical Literature, (8th. ed.), VC 634-636. Original edition. Indispensible standard work. Deals with: Les Ministères de Turgot et Necker; Les derniers Controleurs Généraux; L'Assemblée Constituante 1789; L'Assemblée Constituante 1790-1791; La Législative et la Convention, 1792-1793; La Législative et la Convention 1793-1795.Marcel Marion, in the ESS, volume vi, p. 696, writes: 'Of no less significance are his writings on the financial causes of the French revolution; they deal in a most elucidating manner with the administrations of Turgot and Necker and the last of the controllers general and with the financial history of the Constituent Assembly, the Legislative Assembly and the Convention.' - Very fine copy. EUR 1250
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GORET, CH. La lanterne sourde, accompagnée de notes lumineuses. Paris, J. Grand, & chez Lacloye, 1791. (12), 118 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 15168; Tourneux iii, 14845; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. Original edition, scarce. Deals with the supplies for Paris, abuses and the near-monopoly of the mills of Corbeil and the Leleu brothers. In praise of the policy of Turgot. EUR 400
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GOUGES-CARTOU, (A.) Mémoire sur les subsistances, Par M. Gouges Cartou, Député du Quercy & Membre du Comité des Subsistances. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. 55, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 15301. First edition. - Inner top margins towards the end with a waterstain, not touching text. On corn prices. The first 8 pp. are numbered i-viii and form the 'Avertissement'. The text starts on page 9 with the more appropriate caption title: Mémoire sur les causes de la cherté des grains, et sur les moyens de soulager la misère publique. At the end a Projet d'arrêté. The author favors free trade: his proposed 'projet' reads (article II): 'La circulation des grains & farines sera entièrement libre dans toutes les parties du Royaume, dont la Corse & les Colonies Françaises font partie.' EUR 250
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GOUPY DE MORVILLE, (J.B.) Vues générales d'un plan politique, concernant une nouvelle constitution de l'Armée nationale française, et un projet de finance y relatif, pour l'anéantissement futur de toutes les pensions militaires. Présentées et soumises au jugement du Roi et des Etats-Généraux. (Paris, Impr. Ph.-D. Pierres), 1790. 80 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, 15413; not in Tourneux. First edition. EUR 250
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GOURAUD, CH.(-M.CL.) Histoire de la politique commerciale de la France et son influence sur le progrès de la richesse publique depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Auguste Durand, Dentu, 1854. 2 volumes. (4), 388 pp.; (4), 459, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards, front joint of volume 2 a bit rubbed at top. Einaudi 2664. First edition. - With a handwritten and signed dedication by the author to Monsieur le Chancelier du Pasquier on half-title. EUR 250
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GOUY D'ARCY, (L.M.) DE. Opinion sur le projet de M. Necker; prononcée dans la séance du 21 novembre 1789, matin. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13909; Stourm, p. 175; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 15488. First edition. On the creation of national notes and a special bank, and patriotic contributions. EUR 200
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GUERIN, C. Compte rendu par C. Guérin, directeur de la Caisse des Employés et des Artisans, dans l'Assemblée générale des actionnaires, tenue le 12 Brumaire, an XII. (Drop-head title) (Paris), Imprimerie de Le Normant, (1803) 8 pp. 8vo. Folded leaf, uncut, unopened. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. EUR 75
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GUIRAUDET, (CH.PH.) T. Doctrine sur l'Impot, Précédés de quelques vues sur l'Économie Politique en général. A Paris, Chez A.J. Dugour, An VIII (1800). (4), 266 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, label with giltlettering. INED 2212; not in Kress, Goldsmiths or Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Martin & Walter 16174. First edition, although INED (listing this edition) states that the first edition was published in 1790, but no copy with that date could be found. Fiscal theories inspired by several economic theories from the preceding century. The author cites, analyses or criticizes Quesnay and his followers, Adam Smith, Stewart, etc. EUR 300
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GUYTON (DE MORVEAU), L.B. Opinion et projet de décret sur la fixation du maximum de la contribution foncière pour 1792. Prononcés le samedi 31 mars 1792, l'an 4e de la liberté. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 14 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 208; Martin & Walter, ii, 16278. First edition. EUR 125
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HAUSER, H. Les compagnonnages d'arts & métiers à Dijon aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris, Picard & Fils, 1907. (4), 220 pp. 8vo. Half cloth. Bourgeois & André 5595; Lecotté, Essai Bibliographique sur les Compagnonnages, 409. First edition. Compagnonnages, more-or-less secret societies of workers. Each of the rival compagnonnages included artisans from various skilled trades, and they fought bitterly against one another for control of jobs. Their goal was mutual assistance, finding jobs for members, and helping apprentices to learn their trade. These organisations existed before the Revolution and survived the police state of the First Empire. During the Restoration, they benefited from official tolerance and regained a certain amount of importance, but they never reached more than an elite minority of the artisans and only in about a dozen trades. The principal ones were the Devoirants or Devorants, and the Gavots, also known as the Renards de la Liberté. EUR 150
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HAUTE-GUIENNE - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale de Haute-Guienne, tenue à Villefranche, dans les mois de Septembre & d'Octobre 1779. Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Imprimeriede Vedeilhié, 1780. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée Provinciale de Haute-Guienne, tenue à Villefranche dans les mois de Septembre et d'Octobre 1780. Villefranche en Haute-Guienne, Imprimerie de Vedeilhié, 1781. With 2 folding tables. Two volumes inone. viii, 251, (1) pp.; (2), 304 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, slightly rubbed. Lavergne, Assemblées provinviales, pp. 67 ff. Original edition. Proceedings of the first and second session of the Assembly as planned by Turgot and created by Necker. The second of the Assemblées Provinciales as planned by Turgot and created by Necker, and, together with the first (of Berri) the only two that survived until the Revolution. The freedom of wine trade was one of the important issues. Another important matter was the reorganisation of the cadastral administration by Henri de Richeprey, the author of the article Imposition in the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert. The meetings and discussions stood under strong influence of the president, Champion de Cicé, a friend and disciple of Turgot. EUR 900
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HAUTE-NORMANDIE - PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée provinciale de la généralité de Rouen, tenue aux Cordeliers de cette ville, aux mois de novembre et décembre 1787. A Rouen, Chez Pierre Seyer, 1787. With 6 folding tables. - (Followed by:) PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée du département de Rouen. A Rouen Chez Jac. Jos. Boullenger, 1787. 2 volumes in 1 (4), 416 pp.; 24 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges, rear joint split at top, spine-ends damaged, two corners bumped, some light scratches to binding. Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, 196 ff. First edition. Rare with the proceedings of the preliminary session of September 1787. President was the cardinal La Rochefoucauld, but the meetings were dominated by Thouret, who gained more and more influence, to become later, in August 1789, president of the Assemblée Nationale. A sixth table, originating from an other publication, has been added to the 5 tables belonging to the first volume. This added table contains: Etat de situation des routes pour 1789. EUR 650
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HERRENSCHWAND, (J.F. DE.) De l'économie politique moderne. Discours fondamental sur la population. Paris, Maradan, An III (1795). 16, 279 (misnumbered 289) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled calf (ancient style), spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress B.2969; Goldsmiths 16208; Einaudi 2890; not in INED; Mattioli 1620. Original edition published in 1786, London, T. Hookham. 'The dynamic aspects of population growth were treated more fully by Herrenschwand, a Swiss-born sometime French official, than by any other French author. Throughout his work runs the view that although man's procreative power is without inherent limit, population 'can multiply only in proportion to its support', and does increase as man's cultural progress enables him to increase the available food supply. He seems to have believed, moreover, despite his great faith in man's capacity for intellectual and cultural progress, that unless appropriate economics policies were persued by statesman, population pressure and misery would be the lot of the lower classes, who comprised about three quarters of the population' (Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus). Herrenschwand borrowed his conception of nature from Shaftesbury, was influenced by Adam Smith and Arthur Young, and apparently knew the works of Franklin, Steuart, Decker, Price, Davenant, and Temple, and was a critic of Necker's views and policies. Arthur Young praised Herrenschwand's works highly. - Occasional spotting, and throughout interleaved. EUR 800
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HIRZEL, (H.K.) Le Socrate rustique, ou Description de la conduite économique et morale d'un paysan philosophe. Traduit de l'allemand de M. Hirzel, premier Médecin de la République de Zurich, par un Officier Suisse au Service de la France (J.R. Frey de Landres) et dédié à l'Ami des Hommes. Troisième édition, corrigée et augmentée. Zürich, Chez Fuesslin & Comp., 1768. 408 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spine gilt with green label with gilt lettering, all edges marbled, very lightly rubbed. Musset-Pathay 1772; Kress 6561; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 2905 (edition of 1777); Higgs 4312; Carpenter, Dialogues in Political Economy. Translations from and into German in the 18th century, p. 14 and no. 15. Third French edition of 'Die Wirtschaft eines philosophischen Bauern'. Hans Kaspar Hirzel (1725-1803), town physician of Zurich, describes the model farm of Jakob Gujer (1716-1785), known as 'Chlijogg', a farmer-philosopher who attained European fame through this account. Goethe came to see him twice and thought him one of the most wonderful creatures on earth. He was portrayed by Lavater in his famous work on physiognomy. The first German edition of this work was published in 1761 by Heidegger as part of Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich; he also published the first French edition, the first to be in book form, in 1762. 'This was the most succesful German socio-economic work of the 18th century. It shows the importance of French as an intermediary language. (.....) More importantly, through the French translation it came to the attention of Arthur Young who had it translated and published as an appendix to his Rural Economy (1770) which went through several editions. The translation made for Arthur Young was also published several times in the American colonies and in the early years of the new republic. The myth it fostered of the superior virtue of the agricultural life has been a powerful and persistent force in American life' (Carpenter).Includes the correspondence of the author with De Mirabeau. EUR 600
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HIRZEL, (J.G.) Le Socrate rustique, ou Description de la conduite économique et morale d'un paysan philosophe. Traduit de l'allemand par un officier suisse au service de la France (J.R. Frey de Landres) et dédié à l'Ami des Hommes. Seconde édition, corrigée et augmentée. Zürich, Chez Heidegger & Comp., 1764. 408 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges (a trifle worn). Musset-Pathay 1772; not in Kress (cf.: 6511); not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 2905 (edition of 1777); Carpenter, Dialogues in Political Economy. Translations from and into German in the 18th century, p. 14 and no. 15; Mattioli 1639 (later edition). Second French edition, all editions are rare. Hans Kaspar Hirzel (1725-1803), town physician of Zurich, describes the model farm of Jakob Gujer (1716-1785), known as 'Chlijogg', a farmer-philosopher who attained European fame through this account. Goethe came to see him twice and thought him one of the most wonderful creatures on earth. He was portrayed by Lavater in his famous work on physiognomy. The first German edition of this work was published in 1761 by Heidegger as part of Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich; he also published the first French edition, the first to be in book form, in 1762. 'This was the most succesful German socio-economic work of the 18th century. It shows the importance of French as an intermediary language. (.....) More importantly, through the French translation it came to the attention of Arthur Young who had it translated and published as an appendix to his Rural Economy (1770) which went through several editions. The translation made for Arthur Young was also published several times in the American colonies and in the early years of the new republic. The myth it fostered of the superior virtue of the agricultural life has been a powerful and persistent force in American life' (Carpenter).Includes the correspondence of the author with De Mirabeau. EUR 600
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HOPE. Lettre de M. Hope, négociant d'Amsterdam, à M. le Couteulx de Canteleu, membre du Comité des finances de l'Assemblée Nationale, & par lui donnée en communication audit Comité. Pour la circulation des assignats-monnois dans la Hollande. No place, no date. (2), 38 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 16745. EUR 225
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ISORE, (J.) Vues sur l'impôt en nature, considéré en lui-même, et rapproché des circonstances actuelles. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, prairial an III (1795). 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; notin Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 16994; not in Monglond. First edition. Jacques Isoré (1758-1839), born in Chateaurouge, died in Liancourt. He entered the convention on 5 September 1792 and took his place with the Mountain, became a member of the Jacobin club a few days later, voted for the death of the king 'sans sursis'. EUR 175
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IVERNOIS, F. D' Tableau historique et politique des pertes que la Révolution et la guerre ont causées au peuple Français, dans sa population, son agriculture, ses colonies, ses manufactures et son commerce. A Londres, De l'Imprimerie de Baylis, Se vend chez P. Elmsley et D. Bremner, ...... Mars - 1799. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 304 pp.; (4), 312 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, very lightly rubbed. Goldsmiths 17528; Kress B.3894 (first edition); INED 2324; not in Mattioli; Sabin 35302 (for the English edition); not in JFBL; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; Stourm, p. 305. Second, revised and enlarged edition. - Very small tear in blank outer margin of the title-page. 'Particulièrement instructif' (Stourm). 'Matériaux historiques et économiques servant à réfuter l'assertion du Directoire, selon laquelle nos ressources sont entières. Pour Ivernois, un seul moyen d'en sortir: restituer nos récentes conquêtes territoriales' (INED). EUR 800
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JEAN-BON SAINT-ANDRE, (A.) Opinion sur les bases de l'économie politique. Séance du 26 floréal an III (15 Mai 1795). (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 34 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 4030; Martin & Walter 17272; Stourm, p. 234. First edition. - Very rare. 'Démonétisation des assignats; le quintal de froment seule unité monétaire; l'or et l'argent ne seront plus employés comme monnaie'. 'Faire du blé un étalon monétaire, sont l'assignat serait le seul gage légal' (INED).Andre-Jeanbon Saint Andre, organizer of the Revolutionary navy and member of the Committee of Public Safety. He was an early supporter of the revolution and joined the Jacobins, was elected a deputy of the Lot to the National Convention in September 1792. He performed several functions and was sent on several missions, but his most significant role in the Revolution was to reform the navy. He found a weak and dispirited navy that was no match for the British and he left a formidable fleet that could at least challange the enemy's control of the seas and proved to be one of the most capable administrators of the Revolution. (see: R.J. Caldwell in: Historical Dictionary of the French revolution, 1789-1799, vol. ii, pp. 859 ff.) EUR 200
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JOBARD, J.B.A.M. Nouvelle économie sociale, ou monotaupole industriel, artistique, commercial et littéraire, fondé sur la perrenité des brevets d'invention, dessins, modèles et marques de fabrique. Paris, Mathias, 1844. xii, (5)-475 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering. Kress C.6356; Goldsmiths 33698; Einaudi 3076; not in Mattioli. The only edition. Jobard, 1792-1861, had always been passionately interested in technology, social reform, and patents and copyright. Being himself an inventor and strenuous upholder of the maintenance of copyright, he published, besides many pamphlets on the subject, the above work. 'Si vos nobles efforts .... n'ont pas répondu à toutes vos espérances, vous ne devez en accuser que la mauvaise constitution de l'industrie, qui livre, de nos jours, le travail et la production à l'anarchie la plus déplorable, déjoue les meilleurs calculs, trompe les plus sages prévisions (.....), au milieu de cette guerre impie de la libre concurrence, qui ravage les pays de liberté, sous le séduissant mais fatal drapeau du laisser faire et laisser passer' (pp. vi-vii). The motto on the titlepage reads: Ne laissez pas tout faire. Ne laissez pas tout passer.Jobard worked for a couple of years in the Netherlands and became Belgian citicizen in 1815. He introduced lithography into Belgium and opened an important shop. In 1839 he founded the Courrier belge and was appointed curator at the Musée de l'Industrie in 1841. He died in Brussels in 1861. - Name on title and half-title, half-title strengthened at innermargin. EUR 375
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JOHANNOT, (J.J.) Rapport et projet de décret ..... sur les moyens de rétablir les finances, et le crédit public. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, nivôse an III (1795). - (Followed by:) JOHANNOT, (J.J.) Rapport fait au nom des Comités de salut public, de législation et des finances, réunis (sur les moyens d'améliorer les finances publiques.) (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie national, germinal l'an III (1795). - (Followed by:) JOHANNOT, (J.J.) Supplément au rapport fait au nom des Comités de salut public, de législation et des finances, réunis. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1795). 3 pieces bound in 1 volume. 23, (1) pp.; 52 pp.; 16 pp. 8vo.Modern half morocco. None in Kress; none in Goldsmiths; none in Einaudi; none in INED; Martin & Walter 17334-6; Stourm, pp. 226-7. First editions. First work: Evaluation des biens nationaux à 15 millards.Second work: Classification des dépenses et moyens d'y pourvoir. Estimation des biens nationaux. Valeur portée à 15 millards passés, sans compter 3 millards en Belgique. Hypothèque des assignats garantie par une caisse spéciale. Includes 16 pages of decrees.Third work: Création de cédules qui ouvriront à l'agriculture, au commerce et aux manufactures de nouvelles sources de régénérations. Includes 16 pages of proposed decrees. EUR 450
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JOLLIVET, J.B.M. Pétition au Conseil des Cinq-Cents, contre l'emploi des progressions dans les contributions et dans les emprunts forcés. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1799). 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter 17359; Stourm, p. 305-6. First edition. Clear recapitulation of arguments against progressive taxation.- Copy from the library of Michel Adanson, with a few annotations in his hand. EUR 300
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JOURDAIN, C. Mémoire sur les commencements de l'économie politique dans les écoles de moyen-âge. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1874. (4), 51 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Offprint from: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. EUR 125
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L(INDET, R.TH.) Opinion de M. L..... député du bailliage d'E(vreux), sur le commerce des grains. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1789). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 21587. Original edition. Robert-Thomas Lindet (1743-1823). 'Homme politique. Curé à l'époque de la révolution, il fut député du clergé d'Evreux aux états généraux, puis en mars 1791 fut élu évêque constitutionnel de l'Eure, et envoyé à la Convention, où il vota le mort du Roi'. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1144; see also Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, p. 599). Recommands the absolute ban of any exports of corn and demands severe punishments of those who refuse to supply corn to the home market. EUR 200
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LA BLACHE, (L.A.F.J. FALCOZ) DE. Opinion contre l'émission des assignats. Du 5 septembre 1790. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1790. 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14280; not in Kress;not in Einaudi; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 17846; not in Monglond. First edition. Born in 1739 at the Chateau d'Anjou (Isère), he was raised by his grand-uncle from his mother's side, Paris-Duverney, who made him his heir. The heritage of Paris-Duverney gave him a considerable fortune and he left the army. Liberal, he was elected for the nobility to the Estates-General and was one of the first to associate with the Third Estate. In the National Assembly he dealt only with financial matters. (see: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii. pp. 486-7). EUR 125
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LA BORDE, A. DE. De l'esprit d'association dans tous les intérêts de la communauté. Troisième édition. Paris, Gide, 1843. viii, 496 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Goldsmiths 28428. 'Ce livre est surtout remarquable par la justesse de ses prévisions et par son excellente appréciation des institutions les plus favorables au développement de la prospérité publique .... lorsque M. de Laborde publia cet exposé des avantages 'de l'esprit d'association', riche de faits et plein d'aperçus lumineux sur les véritables sources de la puissance industrielle et politique des Etats' (Blanc, Histoire de l'Économie Politique, p. 295).Laborde deals here with the advantages of associations in its many forms. Among others: 'associations municipales, associations industrielles', deals furthermore with the effects of these associations, its influence on commerce, communication, transport, charity, science, politics, literature, etc. It reflects the liberal ideas of the Restauration and defends the municipal and constitutional associations against those who favor a return to the days and times of the Ancien Régime. EUR 250
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LA JONCHERE, (E. LECUYER) DE. Systême d'un nouveau gouvernement en France. A Amsterdam, Chez François Le Bon, 1720 (Paris, EDHIS, 1970). With 3 folding tables. 4 volumes in 2. (2), 58, 200, (2) pp.; (2), 282, (2) pp.; (2), 270, (2) pp.; (2), 333, (1) pp. 12mo. Imitation of a contemporary binding, raised bands, gilt spine, red label with gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 2517; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 38; Masui, p. 406. Well executed reprint of this extremely rare and important work proposing a detailed and comprehensive plan of fiscal reform. The reprint was done in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. Precursor of John Law, the author proposes financial and governmental reforms, which remained unnoticed, up to the appearance of A. Callery's Le précuseur de Law (1880) in 'La France judiciaire': 'Au nombre des réformateurs principaux qui, après Boisguillebert et Vauban, se sont occupés de l'amélioration des institutions financières de l'ancienne France, il faut placer La Jonchère ... (The Système .....) tiré à très petit nombre sans doute, est devenu tellement rare que depuis quinze ans nous n'avons pu nous en procurer un seul exemplaire, et qu'il a manqué à toutes les bibliothèques privées les plus importantes dont les catalogues ont été imprimés depuis le commencement du siècle.''Although De Lajonchère (sic) expressly denies having followed Vauban's 'Dime Royale', he starts from the same initial principle ... He advocates one sole tax, to be paid without privilege or exemption, by all Frenchmen without distinction, to consist of a percentage collected in money or in kind, on the general produce of the ground, mines, quarries, etc., by a "Compagnie du Commerce", to be formed for the purpose. This company was to have the monopoly of foreign trade, its shares being given as reimbursement of the price of all the offices sold by the king's predecessors and of the capital of the rents due to towns or individuals. The corn collected by the compagny was also to be enthrusted with the recoinage and "diminuations" of the metallic currency, which were to bring it down to what La Jonchère calls "its intrinsic value"' (Palgrave, i, p. 537). EUR 200
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LA MILLIERE, (J.L. CHAUMONT DE.) Mémoire sur le département des ponts et chaussées, Janvier 1790. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie royale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA MILLINIERE, (J.L. CHAUMONT DE.) Supplément au mémoire sur le département des ponts & chaussèes ou réponse à deux écrits relatifs à ce mémoire, qui ont paru depuis la publication. Septembre, 1790. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA MILLINIERE, (J.L. CHAUMONT DE.) Observations sur un écrit de M. Biauzat, député à l'Assemblée Nationale, relatif à l'organisation des ponts et chaussées. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de Laurens Aîné et Compagnie, (1791). 3 works bound in 1 volume. vii, 144, (1, errata, 1 blank) pp.; (2), 67, (1) pp.; 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt. Martin & Walter 18992, 18993, 18994; Tourneux 17434, 17438, 17446. The author, engineer at the Ponts & Chaussées, asks for a confirmation of the abolition of the 'corvée', and for a regulation on transport; for laws on plantations, nurseries and the alignment, and for a general scheme for work related to navigation. EUR 750
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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (D'ENVILLE, L.A.) Discours au nom du Comité de l'imposition sur la contribution foncière. Le 11 Octobre 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Opinion sur la proposition d'une émission nouvelle d'assignats-monnoie. Le 27 Septembre 1790. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1790). - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité d'aliénation sur le mode de paiement des domaines nationaux. Le 10 Septembre 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale au nom du Comité chargé de l'aliénation des domaines nationaux, sur les ventes aux municipalités. 16 Juillet 1790. Et décret du même jour, sanctionné par le Roi le 26. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Décret rendu les 25, 26 & 29 juin 1790, sanctionné par le roi, le 7 Juillet suivant, sur la vente des domaines nationaux aux particuliers; précédé du Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait au nom des Comités réunis des finances et d'aliénation, sur les ventes des domaines nationaux. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. 2 parts. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité chargé de l'aliénation des domaines nationaux. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Opinion sur les assignats-monnoie. Le 15 Avril 1790. Paris, Baudouin, 1790. - (Followed by:) LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-(D'ENVILLE L.A.) Opinions sur le projet de finances présenté par le Comité des Dix, le 18 Novembre 1789; et sur les banques publiques, le 9 Décembre 1789. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, (1789). 9 pieces bound in 1 volume. 8 pp.; 12 pp.; 15, (1) pp.; 7, (1) pp.; 30 pp.; 8pp. and 8-16 pp.; (2), 17, (1) pp.; 14 pp.; 34 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 176; Martin & Walter 19353. Second work: Goldsmiths 14358; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19361. - A highly interesting collection. Third work: Goldsmiths 14293; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 165; Martin & Walter 19365.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 165; Martin & Walter 19364.Fifth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19363.Sixth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 165; Martin & Walter 19366.Seventh work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. Eighth work: Goldsmiths 14357; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 176; Martin & Walter 19360.Ninth work: Goldsmiths 13919; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; cf.: Stourm, p. 175; Martin & Walter 19359.'La Rochefoucauld, député de la noblesse de Paris, fut le rapporteur attiré, non plus des budgets, mais des réformes fiscales. Parmi les importants travaux sortis de sa plume, ceux qui concernent la contribution foncière et la répartition des impôts directs demeurent les plus célèbres' (Stourm). EUR 1500
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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (D'ENVILLE, L.A.) Discours au nom de Comité de l'imposition sur la contribution foncière, le 11 octobre 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Goldsmiths 14289; cf.: Stourm, p. 177; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19353; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Louis-Alexandre duc de la Roche-Guyon et de la Rochefoucould d'Enville, homme politique, membre de l'Académie des sciences, élu à l'Assemblée des notables, puis aux Etats-généraux, il fut l'un des premiers à se réunir au Tiers état.' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire historique de la France, ii, p. 1568). EUR 125
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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (D'ENVILLE, L.A.) Discours au nom du Comité de l'imposition sur la contribution foncière, le 11 Octobre 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 14289; cf.: Stourm,p. 177; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 19353; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Louis-Alexandre duc de la Roche-Guyon et de la Rochefoucould d'Enville, homme politique, membre de l'Académie des sciences, élu à l'Assemblée des notables, puis aux Etats-généraux, il fut l'un des premiers à se réunir au Tiers état.' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire historique de la France, ii, p. 1568). EUR 150
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J. DE.) Discours sur l'établissement d'une banque publique prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet.' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays'. (See: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 250
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J. DE.) Discours de M. Laborde de Mereville, sur l'établissement d'une banque publique, prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays' (See: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 250
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J. DE.) Discours sur l'établissement d'une banque publique prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet.' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays'. (See: Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 250
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LABORDE DE MEREVILLE, (F.L.J.J. DE.) Discours sur l'établissement d'une banque publique prononcé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le 5 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1789. 43, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1641; Goldsmiths 13917; INED 2417; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 17881; not in Monglond. First edition. 'Avantages économiques qui résulteraient de la création d'une banque publique. Laborde soumet ses arguments et les moyens propres à réaliser ce projet.' (INED). François-Louis-Jean-Joseph de Laborde de Méréville, representative for the Third Estate, participated in the American war, member of the Order of Cincinnatus, his name is on the list of the Club de Valois, together with among others Sieyès and Target. This is his most famous speech, against Necker and paper money. 'Toute circulation forcée de papier-monnaie est néfaste pour le pays' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, ii, pp. 488-9). EUR 175
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LABORDE, A. DE. De l'esprit d'association dans tous les intérêts de la communauté, ou Essai sur le complément des bien-être et de la richesse en France par le complément des institutions. Paris, Gide fils, 1818. (2), x, 584 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, extra, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress C.98; Einaudi 3149; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli. First edition. 'Ce livre est surtout remarquable par la justesse de ses prévisions et par son excellente appréciation des institutions les plus favorables au développement de la prospérité publique ..... lorsque M. de Laborde publia cet exposé des avantages de l'esprit 'association', riche de faits et plein d'aperçus lumineux sur les véritables sources de la puissance industrielle et politique des Etats' (Blanqui, Histoire de l'Économie politique, ii, p. 295). EUR 325
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Réflexions sur le revenu net du territoire. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; not in INED; Martin & Walter 18928. First edition. 'l'Eplication du revenu net, de ce système que les économistes ont tant célébré, de cette opinion aussi désuisante en théorie, que délicate en exécution, n'est pas très facile à ..... donner'. EUR 200
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Discours sur la propriété des mines, prononcé le 21 Mars 1791: Par M. Heurtault de Lamerville, Député du Département du Cher. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblé Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 18920. First edition. In favour of individual property except when it concerns mines of precious metals. EUR 225
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Discours sur la propriété des mines, prononcé le 21 Mars 1791: Par M. Heurtault de Lamerville, Député du Département du Cher. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblé Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 18920. First edition. In favour of individual property except when it concerns mines of precious metals. EUR 225
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LAMERVILLE, (J.M.) HEURTAULT (DE.) Discours sur la propriété des mines, prononcé le 21 Mars 1791: Par M. Heurtault de Lamerville, Député du Département du Cher. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblé Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Einaudi; Martin & Walter 18920. First edition. In favour of individual property except when it concerns mines of precious metals. EUR 225
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LASSALLE, F. Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, der ökonomische Julian, oder: Kapital und Arbeit. Berlin, 1864. x, 269 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments. Stammhammer, i, p. 126; Quack, v, pp. 282 ff.; Einaudi 3226; Masui 830. Rare first edition. Lassalle 'attacked (the economist) Schultz-Delitzsch ..... for the principles he had borrowed from Bastiat, and denounced his system of co-operation as an utterly insufficient solution of the labour problem, expounding at the same time his own views and vindicating his practical proposals. In this book ..... occurs the celebrated passage in which he ridicules the 'abstinence' theory of profit' (Palgrave).The three most important economic publications, the Arbeiterprogramm (1863), Offenes Antwortschreiben (1863) und Herr Bastiat-Schulze von Delitzsch, ....... (1864), are all of them brilliant pamphlets that embody, so far as analysis is concerned, a somewhat superficial but ably exploited Ricardianism ..... (Schumpeter, p. 454). - Bookplate removed from the front paste-down, a fine and clean copy. EUR 400
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LATRADE, (L. CHASSAIGNAC DE.) Développements de la proposition concernant les associations d'ouvriers présentés (à l'Assemblée Nationale). Séance du 22 juin 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) CORBON, (C.A.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité des travailleurs sur la proposition du citoyen Alcan, relative aux associations, soit entre ouvriers, soit entre patrons et ouvriers. Séance du 4 juillet 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) MOURAUD, P. Rapport fait au nom du Comité des travaux publics, sur la proposition du citoyen Latrade, concernant les associations d'ouvriers pour les entreprises de travaux publics. 12 juillet 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) TOURRET, (C.G.) Projet de décret relatif aux actes et contracts à passer pour la constitution et l'organisation des associations ouvrières. Séance du 9 Septembre 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) GILLON, P. Rapport fait au nom du Comité du travail, sur le projet de décret relatif aux actes et contrats à passer pour la constitution et l'organisation des sociétés ouvrières. Séance du 25 Septembre 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). 5 pieces bound in 1 volume. 6 pp.; 8 pp.; 13, (1) pp.; 6 pp.; 10 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. These five pieces dealing with workers associations and the organization of labour and published by the Assemblée Nationale, are numbered 111, 174, 209, 435 and 484 at top of each first page.This small collection of works deals with the workers' cooperatives, the principal objective of the early French labor movement. They discuss government support for the cooperatives and contain among others the important proposal by Corbon (2nd text) in which he introduced a bill to provide government encouragement through 3 million francs in credit to cooperatives consisting of workers or workers and employers. EUR 350
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LAVOISIER - ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, portant homologation des délibérations des actionnaires de la Caisse d'Escompte, des 8 & 15 janvier 1789. Du 17 Janvier 1789. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1789. 10, (2 blank) pp. 4to. Sewn. Duveen, p. 286; see also: Poirier, Lavoisier, pp. 234 and 261. 'Lavoisier was in 1789 the most active administrator of the important banking concern known as the Caisse d'Escompte. He was one of the board who, on july 20 of that year, presented loyal greetings from the bank to the Constituent Assembly' (Duveen). The name of Lavoisier does appear in this Arrêt. EUR 300
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LE (MERCIER DE LA) RIVIERE, (P.P.F.J.H.) Palladium de la constitution politique, ou régénération morale de la France: question importante proposée à l'examen des départemens, des districts, &c., & à la décision de l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, Chez l'auteur & chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1790. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 2794bis; Martin & Walter 19320; May, Le Mercier de la Rivière, 164 First edition, very rare. - A trifle stained. INED, May and Martin & Walter all list an edition published by Baudouin from the same year. Disciple of Quesnay, the author demands a fundamental political and administrative reform of all the educational institutions, universities, academies, etc. so that they may serve and further strengthen the revolution and the regeneration of France. EUR 1000
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Lettre à M***, un de ses commettans, sur le rapport du Comité des finances. 26 février (1790). (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 20376. First edition. What to do when we have no money, no credit, and no other means to raise money? 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 225
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Rapport des commissaires nommés pour l'examen des projets de banque, et conférer, à leur sujet, avec le Premier ministre des finances, et les Administrateurs de la Caisse d'Escompte. Suivi des décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale, rendus le 19 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1648; Goldsmiths 13921; INED 2747; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter 20379. First edition. The projects under discussion emanated from Mirabeau, Talleyrand, La Borde and Dupont de Nemours. 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 200
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LE COUTEULX DE CANTELEU, (J.B.) Rapport des commissaires nommés pour l'examen des projets de banque, et conférer, à leur sujet, avec le Premier ministre des finances, et les Administrateurs de la Caisse d'Escompte. Suivi des décrets de l'Assemblée Nationale, rendus le 19 décembre 1789. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.1648; Goldsmiths 13921; INED 2747; Stourm, p. 172; Martin & Walter 20379. First edition. The projects under discussion emanated from Mirabeau, Talleyrand, La Borde and Dupont de Nemours. 'Jean-Barthélemy Lecouteulx de Canteleu, homme politique, né en 1749, mort à Paris le 18 septembre 1818. Premier échevin de Rouen (1789), il fut envoyé aux États généraux, où il s'occupa presque uniquement de finances. Membre du Conseil des Anciens, il devint sous l'Empire sénateur et comte, puis pair de France sous la Restauration. (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1109). EUR 225
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LE NOBLE, (P.M.) Examen général et détaillé des récoltes et des consommations de blé en France. Avec indication de moyens propres à remédier à la surabondance et aux disettes. A Paris, Chez les Principaux Libraires, 1822. With 1 folding table. vi, (2), 150 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress C.895; INED 2803; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. The author had published earlier a 'Projet sur l'établissement des gréniers d'abondance', (1792). This is the 'mature' book dealing with the same subject: how to form 'des réserves pour parer aux mauvaises récoltes, .....' - With a clear waterstain almost throughout EUR 175
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LE TROSNE, (G.F.) De l'administration provinciale, et de la réforme de l'impôt. A Basle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez P.J. Duplain, 1788. 2 volumes. (4), xvi, 605, (1) pp.; (4), 556pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering. Kress B.1438; Goldsmiths 13644; Einaudi 3357; INED 2867; Peignot, Les Livres Condamnés, ii, p. 164. The second edition, published posthumously, augmented with the author's Dissertation sur la féodalité and Manière de simplifier le plan proposé. It was originally published in 1779. The work was seized already in 1780, although Necker favoured its publication: ' ..... en 1780 il devait y avoir une réunion du clergé à Paris, le garde des sceaux craignait que ce livre n'indisposait les êveques ..... pour éviter tout bruit et tout scandale, il le fait saisir .....' (Peignot). 'En 1755, les difficultés occasionées par la perception de l'impôt et l'insuffisance des moyens procurés par lui, font penser à un projet émis par le Marquis de Mirabeau dans sa brochure de 1750 sur l'utilité des États provinciaux. L'Académie