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ARREST de la Cour des Monnoyes, Qui regle les Fonctions & Salaires des Changeurs, tant titulaires que Commissionnaires, establis dans les Villes du Royaume. Du 14 Decembre 1693. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition. EUR 125
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CANAL Littoral du Delta du Rhone. (Extrait de Cultivateur, Journal des progrès agricoles, avril 1840). (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimé chez Paul Renouard, no date. 8 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Written by several owners of land ('près de 40.000 hectares de terrain') who have spend several millions of francs 'pour fertiliser cette immense surface' and proposing the construction of an irrigation canal. - At head of title: Société des Progrès Agricoles. EUR 125
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COMMUNE de Paris (de 1794). Département de police. Du 26 Fructodor l'an II (12 Septembre 1794). l'Administration de la police régénérée, aux commissaires de police et comitéscivils des quarante-huit sections. (Paris), De l'imprimerie de Lottin, l'an II (1794). Poster on white paper (52 x 41 cm) bound in a volume. 4to. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. Original edition. Deals with protection of the quality of bread produced and to see to it that the same quality is delivered in all quarters of the city. EUR 150
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CONCURRENCE, DE LA, et de la coalition en Messageries. Paris, Imprimerie Administrative de Paul Dupont, 1839. - (Bound with:) REPONSE des Administrateurs des Messageries Françaises aux publications des Messageries royales et générales. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Impr. F. Locquin et Cie., no date (1839?). - (Bound with:) OBSERVATIONS de l'administration des Messageries royales. (Drop-head title). No place, no date, (dated at end: 25 janvier 1841). With large folding table. - (Bound with:) COURTES observations adressées aux Deux chambres A propos de quelques Pétitions relatives à l'industrie des messageries. (Drop-head title). Paris, Impr. de Paul Dupont et Comp., no date (1841). - (Bound with:) A MESSIEURS les Membres de la Chambre des Députés (par les Administrateurs des Messageries royales. No place, (15 février 1841). (Entirely lithographed). - (Bound with:) AUX CHAMBRES. Réclamations de la part de divers entrepreneurs particuliers qui ont été entendue par la commission spéciale des pétitions, contre le monopole de fait en Messagerie, exercé par les grandes entreprises. Paris, Imprimerie de Cosse et G. Laguionie, Mars 1841. With one large folding table. 6 works in onevolume. 59, (1) pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 32 pp.; 22 pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 32 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Six pieces discussing the problem of the growing monopoly and lack of competition of the freight services in France. EUR 300
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FACTUM contenant les justes Deffenses des Rentiers de l'Hotel de Ville de Paris: Et les moyens veritables de la seureté de leurs Rentes, & de leur conservation. A Paris, Chez Edme Pepingue, 1649. 35, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half black morocco, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Moreau 1360; Kress S.955. First edition. - Four leaves with a small stain in lower outer margin, lightly affecting the text but not its legibility. A handwritten note on the title-page attributes this pamphlet to Portail. EUR 175
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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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LETTRE d'un Anglois à Paris. A Londres, 1787. 24 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original blind covers preserved. Kress B.1261; Stourm, p. 137; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. On French government finances and especially the taxes on the eve of the revolution. The author also sharply rejects the privileges of the clergy, the class that does not pay taxes, has accumulated an enormous wealth and is yet again exempted from paying taxes. The nobility also has priviliges but the author intelligently observes that the nobility is used to sacrifice and serving the state in various capacities, and, contrary to the clergy, it's position in the state is closely tied to the state itself, in other words, a collapse of the state will have immediate impact on the nobility and their status. It discusses the position of Calonne and the possibilities of reform and the various forms of opposition any reform will provoke from various groups. EUR 200
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MOYEN proposé à la France, pour rétablir l'équilibre dans ses finances; pour étendre la circulation dans tout le royaume; pour perfectionner l'agriculture; pour redoubler l'activité du commerce & de l'industrie. Composé en 1786. A Philadelphie, 1787. (4), 82, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Kress B.1290; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Musset-Pathay; not in Stourm. First edition. Many improvements are suggested, among which a sort of variable salary scale: 'la chose variant de prix, il faut que le prix du salaire suive la même variation ..... - Title and first page guarded and a bit spotted. EUR 250
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OBSERVATIONS certaines sur les doutes modestes d'un Quidam, doutes qui dégénérent en assertions très-immodestes contre la Richesse d'Etat. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, label with gilt lettering. INED 4702; Higgs 3003; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition, rare. 'Réfutation de Moreau, l'un des critiques de la Richesse de l'Etat, de Roussel de la Tour: 'ce que le Docteur rétrograde, qu'il lise et relise la richesse d'Etat, il y trouvera les ressources surabondantes qu'il n'y a pas encore vues'' (INED).The work is part of the extensive polemics which followed the publication of Roussel de la Tour's celebrated Richesse de l'Etat. EUR 175
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OBSERVATIONS des députés de la ville de Paris à l'Assemblée nationale, sur la contribution personelle et sur la manière de répartir et d'asseoir (sic) cette contribution. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1790. (2), 25, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths;Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10991; Tourneux 13561. - Inner margin of title renewed, two corners repaired. EUR 125
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OFFICIER, L', et Catholique royal sur le droict annnel (sic) et le I. article du tier (sic) Estat. No place, 1615. 163, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled sides, gilt lettering. Kress 337; BMSTC, French Books, 1601-1700, B-37; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Bourgeois & André; not in Lindsay & Neu; not in Welsh. First edition. - Old name and date written in upper blank margin of title-page. The 'Droit annuel' often called the Paulette (see: Marion, M., Dictionnaire des Institutions de la France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles), had to be paid by the 'propriétaires d'offices' if they were to pass their position over to their heirs. This copy has on verso title-page a text 'Au Lecteur' which is signed G.R.P.D.B., covering the whole page. Another copy of this work we had collated identical but did not have this text. EUR 450
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PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée administrative du Département de l'Aube. Tenues à Troyes, dans les mois de Novembre et Décembre 1790 - [aux mois de Novembre & Décembre 1791. IIe Session.] A Troyes, Chez Sainton, André, 1791-1792. Two volumes. (4), 518, (12) pp.; 429, (13) pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green labels and gilt lettering, gilt fillets on sides, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt, some minor imperfections. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond; Lecestre, p. 18 & p. 19. First edition. The first volume deals with the session from 3 November upto 15 December 1790 and dealt with a great variety of subjects: population du département, sur l'agriculture, sur l'industrie, sur le commerce, sur les arts, sur les grands communications, sur les rivières, sur les routs, travaux publics, ateliers de charité, encouragemens et secours de bienfaisance, biens nationaux, contribution patriotique, etc., etc. Henri Picot Dampierre was the president of the Assembly.The second volume covers the session that was held from 15 November upto 14 December 1791: this session covered a great variety of subjects: Frais d'administration, dépense de l'ordre judiciaire de l'année 1791, frais du culte, pensions et secours accordés aux ecclésiastiques et communautés religieuses, dépenses relatives aux travaux des routes, aux travaux de charité, au bien public, à la mendicité, population du département, sur l'agriculture, sur l'industrie, sur le commerce, sur les arts, sur les grands communications, sur les rivières, sur les routs, travaux publics, ateliers de charité, encouragemens et secours de bienfaisance, biens nationaux, contribution patriotique, etc., etc.The first volume has the gilt stamped name of H.P. Dampierre in the center of both sides with above a gilt stamped fleuron with the text "La Nation, la Loi et le Roi", the second volume has the gilt stamped name of T. Cobin, Pr. Général in center of both sides with above the gilt stamped fleuron 'Droits de l'Homme'. H.P Dampierre was the President of the Assembly. EUR 2500
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RAPPORT de la commission d'enquête sur l'insurrection qui a éclaté dans la journée du 23 juin et sur les événements du 15 mai (1848). (Paris, Imprimerie de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1848). 3 volumes in one. 376 pp.; 335, (1) pp.; 254 (misnumbered 252) pp. 4to. Contemporary red half morocco, corners, marbled boards, spine gilt with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Bibliothèque Nationale. La Révolution de 1848, 866. Original edition. The events of May 15 deal with a large demonstration mounted by Parisian clubists and workers to pressure the Assembly to send troops to the aid of Poland which escalated into an invasion of the Assembly and the proclamation of a New Provisional Government, including Louis Blanc and other leftists. But the Executive Commission soon dispersed the demonstrators, arrested the most popular leaders -including Albert, Barbès and Blanqui- and suppressed many of the clubs. Draconian laws prohibited street gatherings, consequent mass arrests, and the Assembly's hostility to social reform created a situation electric with fear and anger. This was precipitated into insurrection by the Assembly's decision on 21 June to slash the rolls of the National Workshops. For four days, an unprecedented civil war tore the city in two. The June uprising started with several large gatherings at the Place de la Bastille and at the Pantheon on 22 June and the morning of June 23 and were followed by the erection of hundreds of barricades throughout eastern Paris. The June days then were an insurrection of Parisian workers against the government of the Second Republic which was crushed by the army in the bloodiest street figthing in Paris before the Commune of 1871. Alexis de Tocqueville noted the working-class character in the insurrection, and Karl Marx called the June Days the first great class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Very valuable source. The rapports contain a.o.: Documents relatifs à Louis Blanc. - Documents relatifs à M. Caussidiére. - Documents relatifs à l'affaire de Belgique. - Actes du Gouvernement provisoire. - Documents sur les Clubs. - Ateliers nationaux. - Documents fournis par les préfectures, etc. The leading man of this 'Commission d'Enquête' was A. Bauchart who was vehemently attacked by Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc. A major and fundamental source for the 1848 revolution. - Quire 10 in the third volume disbound but complete. EUR 1000
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ARREST du Conseil d'Etat du roy, En faveur du dernier emprunt. 30 Décembre 1785. No place, no date (1785). 3, (1) pp. Small 4to. Modern boards. Only edition. Ficticious 'arret', secretly printed (and possibly due to those circumstances not very well printed), forming a violent diatribe against the pillaging of the treasury ('que pendant plus de quinze mois le trésor royal a été en proie à la cupidité de deux hommes dont l'un y a dilapidé plus de 80 million, ....'), and the conditions under which the new loan has been issued. Of course, this pamphlets is not listed in any of the standard bibliographies. EUR 200
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DROIT exclusif des Curés aux dixmes de leurs paroisses, ou Lettre à M. de Gr..... Pour être présentée a l'Assemblée générale des Etats de la Nation. Par un Curé de l'Anjou. (Drop-head title). No place, no date. 83, (1) pp. 8vo. Later half cloth, corners, marbled boards, red morocco label onupper cover with gilt lettering. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 5992; Kress B.1578; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. EUR 200
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ELANS, LES, d'un Patriote, ou Nouvelles bases politiques. Seconde édition mieux liée, plus précise & plus lucide. En France, et ne se trouve, quant-à-présant, que dans les mains de quelques gens de bien, 1785. (6), 59, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 85:267; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; unknown to Barbier. Interesting project for a far reaching reform of the administration and the taxes. Based on the Conlon entry, which only gives the first editions of works, this second edition was published in the same year as the first edition. EUR 175
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ETAT actuel de l'Inde, et considérations sur les établissemens et le commerce de la France dans cette partie du monde, sur les améliorations dont ils sont susceptibles, et sur la meilleure manière d'y faire le commerce. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Madame Veuve Laurent Prault, 1787. iv, 224 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (somewhat worn and damaged). Kress B.1209A; JFBL E154; Conlon 87:425; not in Sabin; not in Muller; not in Howes; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. 'A consideration of the areas in which the newly formed Compagnie des Indes would operate' (JFBL). This anonymous work gives valuable details on French trade with Africa, the Indies, the Philippines, etc. EUR 375
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EXPOSE des motifs et projet de loi portant demande de crédits pour divers travaux de navigation intérieure, présentes par M. le ministre des travaux publics. Séance du 7 Avril 1840. (Chambre des députés, 83). (Paris, Henry, 1840). - (With:) CHAIX D'EST-ANGE, G.L.A.V.C. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission chargée de l'examen du projet de loi relatif à la navigation intérieure. Séance du 12 Mai 1840 (Chambre des députés, no. 129). (Paris, Henry, 1840). - (With:) PROJET de loi sur la navigation intérieure; avec l'exposé des motifs par le ministre des Travaux publics. Séance du 5 juin 1840 (Chambre des Pairs, 97). No place, no date. 3 volumes. 40 pp; 64 pp.; 22 pp. Two volumes in 4to and one 8vo. Modern boards. Deal with a huge project of 23.400.00 Francs at the time to be financed by the governement for the improvement of the fluvial infrastructure. In the 'Rapport' the importance of improving the fluvial infrastructure to stimulate economic activity and prosperity is stressed: 'C'est que en effet la question des transports embrasse et domine aujourd'hui toutes les autres questions d'économie politique.' The expenditures in the various projects are listed and detailed. EUR 325
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LETTRE à l'auteur de la Brochure Intitulée: Bavardage Patriotique, sur l'Administration Provinciale de la Haute-Guienne. No place, 1782. 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Not in Conlon; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition (?) Defense of the provincial assemblees especially in matters of commerce and exports. EUR 150
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LETTRE à un petit capitaliste de Province sur les nouvelles entreprises de messageries. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de Lachevardiere, (1829). 40 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Original edition. Dated: Paris, le 10 décembre 1829.Deals with the monopoly on freight companies and their services. EUR 100
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NOUVELLES Observations sur le défaut de noviciat, sur le mode actuel d'admission, et sur le nobre des Agens de Change de Paris. Par l'Auteur des Observations sur l'Ordonnancedu 29 mai 1816. Paris, Chez G. Dufour, 1821. (2), 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Protesting against the right of the 'syndicat' of the 'agens de change' to present candidates for vacancies, urging to increase the number of 'agens the change' and demanding a term of three years for training for those who wish to become 'agent de change' and requesting that they are able to present 'un certificat de bonne conduite' after these three years and be only allowed into the profession upon the approval of a jury formed by 'banquiers et négocians.' EUR 150
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ORDONNANCE des Trésoriers généraux de France, Grand Voyers en la Généralité de Paris. Sur la largeur des Grands Chemins. Du 17. Decembre 1686. No place, no date (1686). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. - Date of the text handwritten in upper blank margin of title-page, tiny hole in lower blank margin of title-page. Ordonnance dealing with the diminishing width of the roads which creates difficulties for two approaching vehicles to pass each other, with the lack of maintenance of the roads by those who are responsible for maintenance and reiterating the meaning and content of several 'coutumes' and laws. EUR 150
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REFLEXIONS sur l'objet des différens Mémoires répandus dans le Public, concernant l'impression, la Tolérance & la Permission de l'Usage des Toiles peintes. A Paris, 1758. - (Bound with:) (MORELLET, A.) Réflexions sur les avantages de la libre fabrication et de l'usage des Toiles peintes en France; Pour servir de réponse aux divers Mémoires des Fabriquans de Paris, Lyon, Tours, Rouen, &c. sur cette matiere. A Genève, et se trouve A Paris, Chez Damonneville, 1758. - (Bound with:) (LA SALLE DE L'ETANG, S.P. DE.) Prairies artificielles, ou Lettre à Monsieur de *** Sur les Moyens de fertiliser les Terreins secs & stériles dans la Champagne & dans les autres Provinces du Royaume. A Paris, 1756. Three works in 1 volume. (2), 14 pp.; viii, 228 pp.; (4), 125, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. First work: Conlon 58:353; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Higgs.First edition. Written in the name of the manufacturers from Lyon, Paris, Tours, Rouen, Amiens and others, 'c'est-à-dire de ce qu'il y a de plus considérable en France en fait de Manufacture, si on en excepte celle de Draperie; & ils prétendent prouver que la tolérance de l'impression & de l'usage des Toiles Peintes qui a lieu depuis quatre ou cinq ans, a déjà fait un tort considérable à ces différentes fabriques, & que la permission, si on la donnoit, acheveroit de les ruiner'. Second work: Conlon 58:951; Goldsmiths 9350; Einaudi 4025; INED 3313; Higgs 1694; not in Kress. First edition.'Cette même année (1758), le meilleur disciple de Gournay, celui qui fut, plus fidèlement encore que Turgot, l'héritier de sa pensée, l'abbé Morellet, publiait ses Réflexions sur la libre fabrication des toiles peintes en France. La plupart des conclusions de l'ouvrage mériteront l'approbation de l'École; les principes de l'auteur sont cependant assez différents de ceux de Quesnay' (Weulersse, i, p. 59). Third work: Kress 5534; INED 2658; Higgs 1168; Conlon 56:1008; not in Goldsmiths (933 for the second edition); not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Agronomique. Nécessité de créer un bureau de l'agriculture, re recenser les terres et leurs proriétaires, et de perfectionner les techniques de fertilisation: 'les campagnes ne se dépeupleraient plus au profit des villes; ..... et avec l'accroissement de la population les impôts deviendraient moins lourds.' Le commerce exterieur des grains pourra être libre, si on prend garde d'en stocker dans les greniers' (INED). - Handwritten name on title-page of first work. EUR 1250
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(AUFFRAY, J.) Idées patriotiques, sur la nécessité de rendre la liberté au commerce. A Lyon, Chez Louis Cutty, 1762. 38 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Goldsmiths 9761; Higgs 2711; INED 135; Masui, p. 397; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Conlon 62:564; not in Mattioli. First edition, scarce. Twelve suggestions pertaining to the 'réglementation des corporations commerçantes' to further freedom (of trade). Jean Auffray was closely attached to Baudeau and Dupont de Nemours and the other économistes, he was one of the editors of the Éphémerides and of the first Gazettes dealing with agriculture and commerce. 'Citoyen zélé mais écrivain médiocre, il n'obtint pas la réputation que devaient lui mériter les vues utiles répandues dans ses différents ouvrages' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 96.) - Nice copy, partly uncut. EUR 800
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(BARBEU-DUBOURG, J.) Petit Code de la Raison Humaine, ou Exposition succinte de ce que dicte à tous les hommes, Pour éclairer leur conduite & assurer leur bonheur. Par M.B.D. (Paris), 1789. (iii)-xxii (misnumbered xxiv), 112 (misnumbered 114) pp. 12mo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. Echeverria & Wilkie 789/7; INED 218; no edition in Kress; no edition in Goldsmiths; no edition in Einaudi; not in Sabin. Final edition of this little collection of 102 maxims and reflexions forming a perfect abridged statement of the philosophy of the Enlightenment.'Both signatures a and b have had the first leaf of each cancelled; no located copy still has them present' (Echeverria & Wilkie). After the half-title and title the numbering of the prelims is: vii-ix, verso of ix an unnumbered blank page, ix again, verso numbered xii, xv-xxiv. This is a copy with a5r numbered ix (see Echeverria & Wilkie). The dedication is 'A Monsieur B.F. (i.e. Benjamin Franklin). - Small tear in outer blank margin of the title-page and a few unobtrusive spots, verso title-page and recto last page with strengthened inner margin. The first edition was published in 1774 and a second one was printed in 1782 in Paris on the press of Benjamin Franklin. Livingston (19) writes: 'It was again printed in 1789, a close copy, typographically, of Franklin's Passy press edition, and this is the only edition recorded in the Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Nationale (1914).' According to Quérard (I, 175), this edition 'est plus complète que les autres', and he adds 'ce petit traité renferme beaucoup d'idées sur le commerce maritime.' 'Éloge de la famille et du mariage, du travail, de la tolérance. Défense du droit de propriété et de l'impôt foncier. Idées agrariennes sur la population et l'agriculture' (INED). On page 87 these lines on the USA: 'La Pensylvanie est le premier pays policé de l'univers où la tolérance réciproque de tous les cultes religieux ait été garantie par une loi authentique.'The pages 89-90 are omitted in the numbering, page (91)-end contains notes to the various maxims. EUR 900
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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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(BELLEPIERRE DE NEUVE-EGLISE, L.J.) Le Patriote artesien. Dédié à Monseigneur le Comte d'Artois. Par M. de ***, ancien Officier de Cavalerie. A Paris, Chez Despilly, Le Clerc, 1761. With engraved frontispiece. xvi, 341, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges. INED 382; Higgs 2578; Musset-Pathay 1514; not in Kress; Goldsmiths, and Einaudi. First edition. 'Agronomique. De la décadence de l'agriculture, du commerce et des arts dans la province d'Artois, et des moyens de les ranimer. 'Ce n'est pas dans la simple agriculture que consiste le seul bonheur d'un État; c'est dans tous les Arts de nécessité première'' (INED).Contains statistical information on all sorts of commerce in all sorts of products among which wine, cotton, fish, tobacco, etc. as well as on a large number of professions: Peintres, Boulangers, Bouchers, Traiteurs, Miroitiers, Potiers, etc. - Small stamp on title. Very good copy. EUR 750
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(BETHUNE, PH. DE). Le Conseiller d'Estat; ou recueil Des plus Generales Considerations servant au maniment des Affaires publiques. Divise en trois parties. La I. contient les moyens d'établir un Estat. La II. les moyens de le conserver. La III. les moyens de l'accroittre. A Paris, Chez Estienne Richer, 1633. With title vignette. (4), 24, 496 pp. 4to. Contemporary polished calf, gilt fillet on sides, spine with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, spine repaired at head and foot, some small blemishes to the covers, unidentified gilt stamped arms in the center of both sides. Bourgeois & André 6094; INED 481; Goldsmiths 715; BMSTC, French books 1601-1700, C.1391, 1392, 1393 listing the editions from 1632, 1645 and 1665 but not this one; Greasse, ii, p. 252 (1645 Elzevier edition); not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. Second edition, rare, first published in 1632. 'Le Conseiller d'État se présente comme un manuel général de politique ..... L'ouvrage nous fait faire le tour des principales questions soulevèes par l'existence du pouvoir et des gouvernants. Envisageant d'abord la forme de l'État, il en indique les principaux types. Il évalue les avantages et les dèsavantages de l'État populaire, de la Seigneurie (l'Aristocratie) et de la Principauté' (Thuau, Raison d'État et Pensée Politique à l'Époque de Richelieu, p. 278-280). The work examines the relations and interdependance of states, the position of church and religion, and furthermore examines the laws, councils, magistrates and officers and their functions, foreign policy and treaties. The work is hostile to the popular state ("démocratie suisse") and the author shows himself to be in favour of tolerance: of heretics is not asked to renounce their faith but to obey the laws. States can survive with two religions within its borders, but civil war will ruin them. The principal statement (and opinion) of Bethune is: "Raison d'Etat n'est autre chose que raison d'intérêt."The work also deals with economic policy and what actually constitutes the wealth of a nation: agriculture, commerce and trade, manufactures, and sound financial policy. In fact, Guy Thuillier, in Revue économique, volume 9, no 1 (January, 1958) writes: "Le Conseiller d'Estat; ou recueil Des plus Generales Considerations servant au maniment des Affaires publiques a rarement attiré l'attention des historiens. On trouve pourtant, dans ce véritable manuel de science politique, résumées sous une forme commode et parfois très precise, la plupart des idées qui avaient cours au début du XVIIe siècle en matière d'économie politique." In this long article, entitled Politique et économie au XVIIe siècle. Le "Conseiller d'Etat" de Philippe de Bethune (1633), Thuillier gives an extensive exposition of contents and importance of this book from the point of view of sound economic policy for the state.Philippe de Bethune, the younger brother of the famous Sully, was an important French diplomat serving both Henry III and Henry IV in Scotland, Rome, the Savoie and Germany. - Somewhat browned throughout. EUR 1000
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(BLANCHET, J.) L'Homme éclairé par ses besoins. A Paris, Chez Durand le Neveu, 1764. (4), 355, (5, Approbation, privilège, errata, table) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with label and gilt lettering, all edges red, very lightly rubbed. INED 532; Conlon 64:579; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs. First edition. 'Des besoins et des passions d'où ont dérivé les connoissances humaines. Passages sur l'esprit de proprieté, les excès du luxe, l'excellence de l'agriculture, la répartition des impôts, la population, le mariage, le divorce et le célibat: ...' (INED). - Name of the author written on the title in a contemporary hand. EUR 450
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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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(BONCERF, P.F.) Inconvénients des Droits féodaux. Nouvelle édition, à laquelle on a joint que Montesquieu a écrit sur les Fiefs, dans les Livres XXX & XXXI de l'Esprit des Loix. A Paris, 1776. (2), 155, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. Kress 7193; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; this edition not in INED; Camus 1566; Peinot, Livres Condamnés, i, p. 43 (with wrong date). Third edition, published in the same year as the first edition. 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. The solemn condemnation of the pamphlet by the parlement of Paris, which the king vetoed, and the ensuing controversy in the press, in which Voltaire took a prominent part, established Boncerf's reputation and resulted in the translation of the work into many European languages. The pages 70-end contain the relevant texts by Montesquieu. The work was first published anonymously, a second edition was published with the pseudonym M. Francaleu. EUR 400
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(BONNAUD, J.-J.) Discours à lire au Conseil, en présence du Roi, par un ministre patriote, Sur le projet d'accorder l'État Civil aux Protestans. No place, 1787. 2 parts in 1 volume. 208, (4), 209-332, lxxv, (1, blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt (covers slightly worn). De Backer & Sommervogel, i, 1731, nr 4; INED 617; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. - The last 75 pages contain the 'Pièces Justificatives'. The present work is a famous attack on the reformed religions. The Duchesse de Noailles devoted much time and energy in distributing the work, so much energy and time that the book has also been called the Mémoire de Madame de Noailles.'Ce qu'ont fait les protestants avant la révolution de l'Édit de Nantes, ce qu'ils ont fait depuis, et ce qu'ils feraient dans les circonstances actuelles si le gouvernement sanctionnait leur état. Conclusion: il serait extrêmement dangereux pour la France de réhabiliter le protestantisme. L'absence des Huguenots, d'ailleurs, ne nuit aucunement à la population ou à l'économie' (INED). Bonnaud (Jacques-Julien according to INED, Jean Baptiste according to Larousse) was born in America in 1740. He fell under the protection of de Marbeuf after having published the present work, was appointed 'grand vicaire' of Lyon and was later given the task of the administration of the diocese of de Marbeuf. Bonnaud published more works in all of which he attacked the revolutionary principles. He was arrested in August 1792 and perished in the September massacres of 1792. EUR 600
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(BRIZARD, G.) Première [- Seconde] lettre à un ami, sur l'Assemblée des notables. No place, De l'Imprimerie de la vérité, 1787. 2 parts in 1 volume. 35, (1) pp.; 39, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. INED 832 (first part only); Martin & Walter 5335-6; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. All published. Describes the excitement of the population caused by the forthcoming Assemblee. Deals with the public debt, sale of domaine, equalization of the gabelles, civil rights of the protestants, paints a brief history of the ancient national assemblies, discusses the delays, etc., etc. EUR 300
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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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(CARLI, G.R.) L'Uomo Libero ossia Ragionamenti sulla Libertà naturale e civile dell'Uomo. Edizione Seconda Riscontrata, corretta, ed accresciuta sull'Originale dell'Autore. In Milano, Nell' Imperial Monistero di S. Ambrogio Magg. Per Antonio Agnelli, 1779. Engraved title vignette, title-page laid down. 196 pp. 12mo. Contemporary full vellum, labels with gilt lettering, foot of spine chipped. Feltrinelli, 99. Second enlarged edition of this quite rare work directed against the principles championed by Hobbes and Rousseau concerning human liberty. It was considered of exceptional importance to the Italian Enlightenment. Carli, one of the main figures of the Italian Enlightenment, was together with Beccaria and Verri the leading intellectual of the 'École de Milan.'In this stringent criticism of Rousseau's Contrat Social he formulates his picture of an anti-egalitarian society in strict opposition to Rousseau. 'Men are condemned by nature to a state of permanent inequality, physical, moral and economic. It is not an accident that society is divided into two classes, rich and poor. Unlike Verri, for whom economic development had in itself the power to improve the conditions of the poorer classes by allowing them to participate in consumption, and unlike Beccaria who continued to see inequality as the chief problem to be solved, Carli was convinced that development would increase not only inequality but also class conflict. The only remedy was the power of the sovereign, of a monarch who could guard against despotism but at the same time defend civil society against anarchy' (Carpanetto and Ricuperati, Italy in the Age of Reason, 1685-1789, p. 270). Carli exposes the myth of a power, which by limiting ownership and liberty, ensured -through strong centralization - the safety and happiness of his subjects and he remained convinced that politics consisted of adjustments and cautious provisions rather than of radical reform. - With contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, earlier inscription crossed out. A very nice copy. EUR 2000
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(CARLIER, C.) Considérations sur les moyens de rétablir en France les bonnes especes de bestes à laines. A Paris, Chez Guillyn, 1762. (2), xxii, 180 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt,gilt lettering, red edges. Kress S.4258; Higgs 2676; Musset-Pathay 280; not in Conlon; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. - Very good copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloß Eferding. 'L'auteur parle de la qualité des pâturages, des différentes températures de la France, des provinces les plus favorables à l'établissement des bêtes à laine. M. Turgot remit à l'abbé Carlier trois cents Mémoires sur les moutons: l'abbé en composa un ouvrage' (Musset-Pathay). EUR 300
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(CARLIER, C.) Considérations sur les moyens de rétablir en France les bonnes especes de bestes à laines. A Paris, Chez Guillyn, 1762. (2), xxii, 180 pp. 12mo. Modern boards, green label with gilt lettering on spine. Kress S.4258; Higgs 2676; Musset-Pathay 280; not in Conlon; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. - Page 180 contains the 'Approbation' and the 'Privilège', however, the 'Privilège' has been covered by a piece of paper pasted over the text. 'L'auteur parle de la qualité des pâturages, des différentes températures de la France, des provinces les plus favorables à l'établissement des bêtes à laine. M. Turgot remit à l'abbé Carlier trois cents Mémoires sur les moutons: l'abbé en composa un ouvrage' (Musset-Pathay). EUR 225
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(CHAMOUSSET, CL. H. PIARRON DE.) Vues d'un Citoyen. A Paris, Chez Lambert, 1757 (Paris, EDHIS, 1970). 2 volumes in one. (8), 239, (1) pp.; (6), 277, (5) pp. 12mo. Imitating a contemporary binding in full calf, spine gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering, red edges. INED 3575; Kress S.4093; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Higgs 1500. Reprint of the very rare first edition of this important work. The reprint has been published in a limited and numbered edition of 250 copies and 30 destined not for the trade and is since long out-of-print. This work contains the Mémoires sur la conservation des enfants, Plan d'une maison d'association avec addition et éclaircissements, and the Plan général pour l'administration des hopitaux. All of these were separately published in previous years and are described in detail in INED, nrs 3572-3574.In one of the memoirs dealing with foundlings the author outlines a plan to diminish the mortality-rate and improve their lot by suggesting that these children should be put to work in the colonization of Louisiana.Chamousset was one of the most eminent personalities of the 18th-century where the fight against pauperism and mendicity is concerned. He devoted his entire life, his social position and the considerable means at his disposal to the improvement of the conditions of the workers, the relief of the disabled, the sick and the poor, he tranformed his house into a hospital where the sick of both sexes were received and helped for free and where they received compensation for the losses suffred from their illness and its treatment once they were cured and left. He was the first who had the idea of founding mutual aid societies where the workers, paying a small weekly fee, were granted first class medical help in case of illness: He is understandably credited with being the precursor of the Friendly Society in his conception of the Maison d'association. EUR 250
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(CHASSEPOL, F. DE.) Traité des finances et de la fausse monnoie des Romains, auquel on a joint une Dissertation sur la Manière de discerner les Médailles Antiques d'avec les contrefaites. A Paris, Chez Briasson, 1740. xlviii, 238, (2), (239)-293 (misnumbered 269), (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, all edges red. Kress 4491; Goldsmiths 7783; Einaudi 1037; Conlon 40:387; not in Mattioli. First edition. The work by Chassepol (or Chassipol) is followed by the Dissertation written by Guillaume Beauvais.'Ce petit traité fut commandé par Colbert, desireux de connaître le système financier des Romains. On y trouve quelques faits précieux' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 335). - From the Bibliothèque de Mr. le Baron Zangiacomi and the Bibliothèque de Mr. Laumonier. EUR 350
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(COYER, G. FR.) Lettre à une jeune dame, nouvellement mariée. (Drop-head title). (Paris), 7 août 1749. - (Followed by:) REPONSE d'une jeune dame angloise, nouvellement mariée à Paris, à M. l'abbé C*** (Coyer). (Drop-head title). (Paris), 15 september 1749. 2 pieces. 8 pp. and 8 pp. 4to. Loose in folded leaves. INED 1228 (the first piece); Conlon 49:449 & 260. First editions. Coyer's text was reprinted later in his Bagatelles morales. It is a critical satire on French usages and customs in marriage and includes an indirect criticism of luxury: 'si on bornoit le luxe, les maisons et les empires subsisteroient trop longtemps. On s'ennuye à à voir toujours les mêmes choses.'The second piece is a satyrical reply to the first. EUR 250
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(CREQUY, C.M. DE.) Résultat des Assemblées Provinciales, à l'usage des Etats d'une Province. Bruxelles (Chartres), 1788. (8), 174, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, 235; Goldsmiths 13526; not in INED; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; not in Granier; not in Dada. First edition, very rare. 'Le seul résumé commode que les contemporains aient pu avoir entre les mains' (Renouvin). Survey of reports and results of the provincial assemblees in various provinces during the years 1778-1788, divided into the various subjects dealt with, such as: impositions - cadastre - grandes routes - commerce & manufactures - agriculture - mendicité - projets de bien public - etc.The author deals with economics and administration in a reforming spirit, close to the physiocratic ideas. Deals also with taxes, commerce, manufactures, agriculture, mendicity and public assistance.According to Goldsmiths the 'province' is Artois. EUR 750
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(DE FORGES, COMTE.) Des véritables intérêts de la patrie. A Paris, Chez les Libraires Associés, 1764. vi, (2), 194 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spinegilt in compartments, gilt lettering, joint starting to split at foot. Kress 6183 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp.); INED 1869 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp.); Goldsmiths 9943; Einaudi 1929; Higgs 3343; Leblanc 244 (edition published in Rotterdam of 127 pages only); Conlon 64:787 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp). First edition. Apparently there are at least three editions published in the same year, no priority established. Observations concerning economics, finances, justice, the army, education and population (the christian morals are favorable to population whereas luxury is not): deals furthermore with 'L'Argent', 'Du Luxe', 'Des Subsides', 'Des Obligations de la Patrie envers les Citoyens', 'De L'Administration des Finances', 'Des Impôts', 'Des Rentes', 'Des Pensions', 'Des Charges', 'Des Ambassades', 'Des Guerres', 'De la Discipline Militaire', 'Des Réformes', 'Des Désertions', 'Des Grades Militaires', 'Des Fondations', 'De L'Usure', 'Des Loteries', 'Des Monnoyes', 'Des Marchandises', 'Des Voitures & des Postes', 'Des Chemins', 'Des Mines d'Or & d'Argent', 'De l'Agriculture', 'De la Population', 'Du Commerce', 'De l'economie particuliere', etc. EUR 400
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(DIDEROT, D.) "Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville" [printed in:] Opuscules philosophiques et littéraires, la plupart posthumes ou inédites, (edited by J.B.A. Suard and S.J. Boudet de Vauxcelles). Paris, Imprimerie de Chevet, 1796. (16), 270, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half green morocco, corners, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, all edges gilt. INED 4256; O'Reilly & Reitman 9275; Kroepelien 1320. First edition and one of the few copies printed in 8vo and on 'papier vélin', the others being in 12mo on ordinary paper. Diderot's Supplément au Voyage de Bougainville was written circa 1772 and appears in print here for the first time. The lyrical descriptions by Bougainville of Tahiti in his Voyage autour du Monde (1771) captivated the European imagination with its vision of a people innocent of European notions of power, property and religion, and one with nature. Diderot's 'Supplement' is generally regarded as the classic literary expression of these themes and, although it does not unequivocally endorse the supposed blessings of the state of nature, 'there is no question that Diderot's work on the whole is one of the most comprehensive and enthusiastic panegyrics of primitivism in the century' (A. Owen Aldridge, "The State of Nature: an undiscovered country in the history of ideas", in Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century XCVII, 1972, p. 16).In the 'Supplement' Diderot 'met en scène, dans ce dialogue, deux personnages anonymes qui épiloguent sur le voyage de Bougainville et en lisent un prétendu 'Supplément' contenant le discours d'adieu d'un vieux Tahitien au moment du départ de Bougainville, ainsi que l'entretien entre Orou et l'aumônier. Avec un cynisme autorisé par la non-publication, Diderot a cherché à établir dans cet essai le fondement d'une morale nouvelle et conforme à la nature; et à propos de cette morale, il reprend tout le procès de la civilisation. Document capitale qui résume toute la philosophie d'un homme, d'un groupe de penseurs et de toute une époque, et que la voyage de Bougainville a servi à polariser' (O'Reilly & Reitman). Lichtenberger, quoted in INED, called this work "Le summum de la litérature sauvage du XVIIIe."This collection of inedited and/or posthumous works contains, apart from the described work by Diderot, another work by Diderot, entitled Entretien d'un philosophe and further more: 'Réflexions sur le Bonheur' by Mme du Chatelet, 'Anecdotes sur le Roi de Prusse' by Thomas, 'Du Bonheur des Sots' by Necker,' 'Le Bon Homme; Le Vrai Philosophe' by Dumarsais and 'Les Femmes, Dialogue' by Galiani. EUR 4000
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(DREVON, J.F.H. DE.) Voyage en Suede, contenant un état detaillé de sa population, de son agriculture, de son commerce, et de ses finances; suivi de l'Histoire Abrégée de ce Royaume & de ses différentes formes de gouvernement, depuis Gustave I en 1553, jusqu'en 1786 inclusivement, sous le règne de Gustave III, actuellement sur le trône, et de quelques particularités relatives à l'histoire du Dannemarc. Par un Officier Hollandois. La Haye, Chez P.F. Gosse, 1789. (2), 14, 518, (2, errata, blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine with raised bands, hinges repaired, spine damaged, bookblock broken but still solid, some minor rubbing. Kress B.1577; Goldsmiths 13771; INED 1462; not in Einaudi; Barbier, iv, 1087. First edition. Drevon (1734-1797), Grandmaster of the Horse and Chamberlain of Prince William V of Orange. He travelled to Sweden in 1785 where his travels took him to Göteborg, Trollhättan, Mariestad, Orebro, Stockholm, Uppsala Osterby and then on to Denmark where he visited Dalarna, Falun, Västerås, Köping, Ostergötland, Småland, Blekinge, Malmö, Lund, Ystad en Landskrona. - Copy from the library of Hilding Pleijel, with ex-libris, and on heavy paper with ample margins. Internally a nice and pleasing copy. EUR 250
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(ESSUILE, J. F. BARANDIERY MONTMAYEUR, COMTE D'.) Observations sur divers objets importans. A Berlin, Aux dépens de la Société Typographique, 1787. 215, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled wrappers, spine a bit damaged, uncut. Kress B.1209; INED 1751; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 87:1837; see also Weulersse, Le Mouvement physiocratique en France, vol. ii, pp. 456-460 on his opinions as expressed in his other important work, Traite des Communes .... (1777). First edition. This work is a collection of memoirs in which the author, close to the ideas of the Physiocrats, proposes several reforming projects: Sur la diminuation des matelots en France, et sur les moyens de les multiplier - la mauvaise administration du Royaume - project de création d'une caisse nationale pour secourir les pauvres sortant de la prison - De la Pêche - De la Fabrication du Sel - De l'achat et de la vente du sel par la Ferme générale - Idée sur le Commerce du Sel - des Laisses de Mer, et de leur culture - Observations sur la comsommation de Bois en France - Partage des Communes, etc. At the end there is a project entitled "Caisse de secours national en faveur des personnes innocentes, que la nécessité de rechercher les coupables, a fait priver de leur liberté". - Some pages with a brown spot in the lower outer blank margin, an uncut copy, margins a bit frayed. EUR 500
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(FAIGUET DE VILLENEUVE, J.) L'Économie politique. Projet Pour enrichir et pour perfectioner l'Espéce Humaine. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Moreau, Pissot, Knapen, Brocas et Humblot, 1763 (Paris, EDHIS, 1973). (4), xi, (1), 212 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. INED 1772; Kress 6100; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Higgs 2859; Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 754. Well executed reprint of the very rare first edition of this work, reprinted in a limited number of 250 copies and 30 copies not destined for the tade. 'Social et économique. Pour faciliter le mariage et développer l'aisance, encourager chez les gens peu fortunés l'épargne, l'économie et une éducation utilitaire; utiliser largement les religieux dans les professions libérales improductives, favoriser l'agriculture, supprimer les maîtrises et chefs-d'oeuvre' (INED). EUR 150
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(G. GUILLAUMIN.) Dictionnaire universel Théorique et Pratique du Commerce et de la navigation ..... Paris, Librairie de Guillaumin et Cie., 1861-1863. 2 volumes. (4), vii, (1), 1438 pp.; (4), 1828 pp. Large 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine in compartments, with raised bands and gilt lettering. First volume in the second edition, second volume in the first edition, with a 'supplément indiquant les changements survenus dans le tarif des douanes.' Deals with: marchandises, géographie et statistique commerciale, métrologie universelle, comptabilité, droit commercial terrestre et maritime, navigation, marine marchande, douanes, économie politique, commerciale et industrielle. - Copy from the library of Edmond Vallée with his discrete red stamp recto on the front free end-paper of both volumes. EUR 600
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(GALIANI, F.) Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds. A Londres (Paris), 1770. (4), 314, pp + 1 errata leaf. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richlygilt with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering and red edges. Weulersse, i, p. xxvi; Kress 6730; Goldsmiths 10640; Einaudi 2334; INED 1948; Higgs 4941; Leblanc, 138. First edition of this epochal work. 'At the age of twenty-two, Galiani published anonymously the first of his two major works on political economy. This was his treatise, Della Moneta (1751), one of the outstanding works of economic theory of the eighteenth century. In 1759 he was sent to Paris as Secretary of the Neapolitan Embassy, where he stayed for ten years. His friends included many of the leading figures of Parisian intellectual society, most importantly Diderot, Grimm, and Mme d'Epinay. He won great renown as a wit and satirist, at a period when Parisian brilliance was at its most scintillating. Moreover, it was in the 1760s, the decade of Galiani's stay in Paris, that political economy became the great fashionable interest of the day, thanks, mainly, to the challenging, dogmatic crusade of the physiocratic school, led by Quesnay. Policy towards the grain trade, long the most vital branch of domestic economic affairs, became more than ever the dominant issue, with the lifting of the ban on exports in 1764. The debate came to a head just before Galiani was brusquely summoned back to Naples (1769). With the aid of his friends, however, he managed to complete his second major work on political economy, his Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds, a scathing attack on the physiocrats and their policies, and surely one of the most brilliant and profound policy tracts ever written ....... Ultimately, what was the most important in the Dialogues was their methodological significance, with regard to the complex relationships between economic theory and policy, and the importance of the historical-institutional dimension. Galiani provided the first profound criticism of deductive theorizing in economics from an historical standpoint' (T. Hutchinson, Before Adam Smith, pp. 255-256 and p. 269). - Very good copy, bookplate "Bibliothèque du Chateau de Chaltraih" (?) on front paste-down. EUR 2500
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(GAUDIN, J.M.) Les Inconvéniens du Célibat des Prêtres, prouvés par des recherches Historiques. A Genève, Chez J.L. Pellet, 1781. (2), xvi, 439, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt incompartments, red label with gilt lettering, sprinkled edges, gilt fillet on sides. INED 1984; Darnton, The Corpus of Forbidden Literature in France, 1769-1789, 331; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. Against celibacy, among others because it does damage to the prosperity of the people and is the cause of all trouble: either prosperity is furthered through agriculture and industry or the church owns a third of the estates and France is under-populated. 'Exposé populationniste' (INED). The author lived after his theories: he married and published in 1805 a work entitled Avis à mon fils âgé de 7 ans. - Handwritten note on title-page stating that this work was printed in Lyon at the office of Rignault. Leaf B7 with a hole in the outer margin not affecting text, leaves S5-8 with a light stain in the outer margin not affecting text. A very good copy. EUR 450
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(GIN, P.L.C.) Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la raison et par les faits. Par un François. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, Chez tous les Libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1780. With engraved frontispiece. (4), xxiv, 427, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with red label and gilt lettering, a beautiful copy. INED 2037 (1782 edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Mornet, Les origines intellectuelles de la Révolution, pp. 217-8. Rare second edition, as the first not to be found in any of the reference works. 'Il y défend les lois fondamentales de la monarchie pure, réfute la théorie de la liberté politique ou de constitution de Montesquieu, celle de l'équilibre des pouvoirs et refuse de donner des limites à la puissance du monarque' (Mornet). The present work, which is primarily a defence of monarchic government against the theories of Montesquieu and Mably, is notable for a variety of observations on economic issues. Gin identifies the products of agriculture and manufacture as the basic forms of wealth, and condemns import on the grounds that they lead to a diminution in the population. 'Sociologie politique. De la monarchie, en général, et du gouvernement français en particulier. Plusieurs passages consacrés à des questions économiques. Réflexions sur les impôts et sur les richesses en général' (INED). EUR 1100
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(GIN, P.L.C.) Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la raison et par les faits. Par un François. A Genève, 1777. - (Preceded by:) (BONCERF, P.F.) Inconvénients des Droits féodaux. Nouvelle édition, à laquelle on a joint que Montesquieu a écrit sur les Fiefs, dans les Livres XXX & XXXI de l'Esprit des Loix. A Paris, 1776. Two works bound in one volume. (4), vii, (1), 316, (4) pp.; (2), 155, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges (rearcover lightly shaved, upper joint with a short split, two corners bumped). First work: INED 2037 (later edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Mornet, Les origines intellectuelles de la Révolution, pp. 217-8. Rare first edition. 'Il y défend les lois fondamentales de la monarchie pure, réfute la théorie de la liberté politique ou de constitution de Montesquieu, celle de l'équilibre des pouvoirs et refuse de donner des limites à la puissance du monarque' (Mornet). The present work, which is primarily a defence of monarchic government against the theories of Montesquieu and Mably, is notable for a variety of observations on economic issues. Gin identifies the products of agriculture and manufacture as the basic forms of wealth, and condemns import on the grounds that they lead to a diminution in the population. 'Sociologie politique. De la monarchie, en général, et du gouvernement français en particulier. Plusieurs passages consacrés à des questions économiques. Réflexions sur les impôts et sur les richesses en général' (INED).Second work: Kress 7193; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; this edition not in INED; Camus 1566; Peinot, Livres Condamnés, i, p. 43 (with wrong date).Third edition, published in the same year as the first edition.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. The solemn condemnation of the pamphlet by the parlement of Paris, which the king vetoed, and the ensuing controversy in the press, in which Voltaire took a prominent part, established Boncerf's reputation and resulted in the translation of the work into many European languages. The pages 70-end contain the relevant texts by Montesquieu. The work was first published anonymously, a second edition was published with the pseudonym M. Francaleu. EUR 1750
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(GIN, P.L.C.) Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la raison et par les faits. Par un François. A Genève, 1777. (4), vii, (1), 316, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. INED 2037 (later edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Mornet, Les origines intellectuelles de la Révolution, pp. 217-8. Rare first edition. - Some annotations concerning author and book on verso front free blank. A very nice copy with good margins. 'Il y défend les lois fondamentales de la monarchie pure, réfute la théorie de la liberté politique ou de constitution de Montesquieu, celle de l'équilibre des pouvoirs et refuse de donner des limites à la puissance du monarque' (Mornet). The present work, which is primarily a defence of monarchic government against the theories of Montesquieu and Mably, is notable for a variety of observations on economic issues. Gin identifies the products of agriculture and manufacture as the basic forms of wealth, and condemns import on the grounds that they lead to a diminution in the population. 'Sociologie politique. De la monarchie, en général, et du gouvernement français en particulier. Plusieurs passages consacrés à des questions économiques. Réflexions sur les impôts et sur les richesses en général' (INED). EUR 1500
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(GIN, P.L.C.) Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la raison et par les faits. Par un François. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, Chez tous les Libraires qui vendent les Nouveautés, 1780. With engraved frontispiece. (4), xxiv, 427, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides, all edges gilt. INED 2037 (1782 edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Mornet, Les origines intellectuelles de la Révolution, pp. 217-8. Rare second edition, as the first not to be found in any of the reference works. 'Il y défend les lois fondamentales de la monarchie pure, réfute la théorie de la liberté politique ou de constitution de Montesquieu, celle de l'équilibre des pouvoirs et refuse de donner des limites à la puissance du monarque' (Mornet). The present work, which is primarily a defence of monarchic government against the theories of Montesquieu and Mably, is notable for a variety of observations on economic issues. Gin identifies the products of agriculture and manufacture as the basic forms of wealth, and condemns import on the grounds that they lead to a diminuation in the population. 'Sociologie politique. De la monarchie, en général, et du gouvernement français en particulier. Plusieurs passages consacrés à des questions économiques. Réflexions sur les impôts et sur les richesses en général' (INED). - A splendid large paper copy and printed on 'papier de Hollande.' EUR 1250
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(GOSSET, P.) Projet de société pour la création d'approvisionnements et réserves en blés et farines et usines à faire le pain pour Paris et le département de la Seine; présenté à S.E. le comte de Persigny, ministre de l'intérieur, de l'agriculture et du commerce. Paris, Imprimerie centrale de Napoléon Chaix et Cie., 1853. 20 pp. 4to. Modern boards, original cover preserved. ' .... elle touche essentiellement aux intérêts de l'agriculture et de la population entière: c'est la question des blés, des approvisionnements et réserves, et de la panification.' EUR 150
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(GOYON DE LA PLOMBANIE, H. DE.) Vues Politiques sur le Commerce, Ouvrage dans lequel on traite particulièrement des Denrées, & où l'on propose de nouveaux moyens pour encourager l'Agriculture & les Arts, & pour augmenter le Commerce général du Royaume. A Amsterdam, Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1759. Title printed in red and black. viii, 296 pp. 12mo. Contemporary blind marbled covers, paper shelf number to spine, uncut. Kress 5781; Goldsmiths 9441; Einaudi 2671; Mattioli 1484; Higgs 1978; INED 2119; Conlon 59:827; Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 86-90. First edition. The copies catalogued in Kress and Higgs have 535 pages and the title ends after the words 'Commerce général', lacking the additon 'du Royaume'. No priority has been established, either of these editions is very rare. The author, philantropist and utopian socialist, proposes in this work to 'faire entrer tous les moyens de mettre en exécution les projets les plus grands pour le bonheur de la nation': the founding of a state-owned agricultural company for the sale of its products with the purpose of maintaining price stability, the foundation of 'sociétiés de crédit', development of the use of machines, etc. The whole of his socialist and utopian ideas is also elaborately dealt with in J.-C. Perrot's work 'Histoire intellectuelle de l'Économie Politique', chapter entitled Le despotisme de la raison dans l'utopie économique de Goyon de la Plombanie, pp. 284-304. See also A. Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 329-334. - Occasional faint dampstain, a very good copy. EUR 1600
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(GOYON DE LA PLOMBANIE, H.) L'homme en société, ou Nouvelles vues politiques et économiques pour porter la population au plus haut degré en France. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1763 (Paris, EDHIS, 1970). 2 volumes. xii, 262 pp.; (4), 280 pp.12mo. Imitation of a contemporary calf binding, spine gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 6105; Higgs 3036; INED 2117; Goldsmiths 9831; not in Einaudi. Well executed reprint of the very rare and important first edition, published in a limited and numbered editon of 250 copies only, and 30 not destined for the trade, since long out-of-print. The author's rarest and most important work, containing subversive and for the time modern ideas, for which reason the author apparently had his work published anonymously and outside France. Among other things this work is more or less very modern in the sense that the author believes that the State 'doit s'occuper de l'agriculture, de l'industrie, du commerce, des finances, de la population, des forces de terres et de mer.' See: Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 329-334, and Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 86-90 and the whole of his socialist and utopian ideas is also elaborately dealt with in J.-C. Perrot's work 'Histoire intellectuelle de l'Économie Politique', chapter entitled Le despotisme de la raison dans l'utopie économique de Goyon de la Plombanie, pp. 284-304. EUR 275
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(GUYOT, G.G.) Réflexions sur les moyens qui conduisent aux grandes fortunes. (At end:) Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la Veuve Lamesle, 1758. 31, (1) pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Conlon58:778. First edition. Satirical piece about the ways in which to make fortune, stating that 'la Fortune' is not blind and does not distribute her gifts to those who have least merit to them, but, on the contrary, that fortune 'est clairvoyante. Elle est laborieuse, prudente & docile. Elle est intelligente & communément juste & constante dans le choix ...' and then proceeds to give examples from luck and hard work and full exploitation of ones talents to those who climb the ladder by making good use of others, those in commerce and trade, those in power, those who inherit, etc. Satirically concluding that those who work hard and achieve something by own force least merit fortune, and those who climb by using others of course do merit fortune. EUR 175
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(HAUTERIVE, A.M. BLANC DE LA NAUTTE, COMTE D'.) De l'État de la France à la fin de l'an VIII. A Paris, Chez Henrics, Brumaire An 9 (octobre 1800). iv, 350, (2) pp. Large 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, red label and gilt lettering. Kress B.4197; Goldsmiths 17829; Einaudi 2859; not in Mattioli; INED 2232; Stourm, p. 318; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, iii, p. 211. First edition. Deals with the political situation of France in comparison with the other European nations: The political situation before the war; General thoughts on the present situation of France; Present situation of France considering its allies; Present situation of France considering its ennemies; Present situation of France considering the neutrals; Internal situation of France, followed by two chapters dealing with: 'Population et industrie de la France' and with 'Moeurs et Lois de la France.' According to Barbier the work was composed not only under supervision of Talleyrand but even partly written by him. 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. - Small hole in half-title, occasional light spotting, small library stamp on half-title, a very attractive copy. EUR 600
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(HAY DU CHASTELET, P.) Traitté de la politique de France. A Cologne, Chez P. du Marteau, 1669. Small sphere on title. (1-4), 5-264 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, rubbed and worn. Cf.:Bourgeois & André 2969; Willems 1602; Sauvy 5; INED 1073; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Upon its first publication by Elzevier in Utrecht in 1669, also anonymous, 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, protestants, etc. 'In Colbert's time Paul Hay, Marquis de Chatelet and forerunner of Vauban, pointed out that extreme poverty conduced 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 condamned the expulsion of the Hugenots as unchristian' (Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, p. 12). Spengler also points to the fact that this work, first published in 1669, inspired some of Vauban's ideas on taxation. - Author's name on title. Slightly waterstained. EUR 600
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(HERBERT, C.J.) Observations sur la liberté du commerce des grains. A Amsterdam, Et se vend à Paris, Chez Michel Lambert, Humblot, 1759. - (Bound with:) (LE MOYNE DE BELLE-ISLE.) Mémoire surla liberté de l'exportation et de l'importation des grains. (Drop-head title) No place, no date (1764). - (Bound with:) (CARADEUC) DE LA CHALOTAIS, L.-R. de. Discours ... pour l'enregistrement de l'édit du Roi concernant la liberté de la sortie et de l'entrée des grains dans le royaume. (Drop-head title). (In fine:) A Rennes, Chez Vatar, (1764). - (Bound with:) LETTRE du Parlement séant à Toulouse au Roi, au sujet de l'Edit de sa Majesté donné à Compiègne au mois de juillet 1764, concernant la liberté de la sortie et de l'entrée des grains dans le royaume. (Drop-head title). (In fine:) A Toulouse, en Parlement, 11 août 1764. - (Bound with:) (BOURGELAT, Claude). Lettre d'un ingénieur de province, à un inspecteur des ponts et chaussées, pour servir de suite à l'Ami des hommes. A Avignon (Paris, Duchesne), 1760. - (Bound with:) FONTETTE, François-Jean d'Orceau de. Lettre de M. de Fontette, Intendant de Caen à M***. Avec son mémoire pour justifier la construction et l'entretien des grands chemins dans la Généralité de Caen. No place, no date (1760). - (Bound with:) VERON DE FORBONNAIS, François. Lettre de M. Du T... négociant à Paris, à M. Rissch, négociant à Francfort sur les ouvrages et bijoux d'Or et d'Argent . (Drop-head title). No place, no date (1756). Seven works bound in one volume. (4), 60 pp.; 40 pp.; 23, (1) pp.; 6 pp.;(2), 72 pp.; 40 pp.; 59, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering, red sprinkled edges. First work: INED 2257; Kress 5784; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs.First edition.In favour of free trade in grains: agriculture is the best way to provide work for people and the best way to make sure that agricultre develops is free trade in grains. According to the note in INED this little and very scarce tract was intended as introduction for another work which would deal with the ways and means to provide work.The work has also been attributed to Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset. Second work: INED 2798; Higgs 3160; Goldsmiths 9981; not in Kress; not in Mattioli; not in Einaudi.First edition.This work has been published without a title-page and is identical to the three copies preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France and is also identical to the copies listed in Higgs, Goldsmiths and INED.In favour of the suppression on monopolies which will bring many advantages to the trade in grains. Third work: INED 943; Higgs 3166; Goldsmiths 9975; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli.First edition."J'ai l'honneur de vous annoncer ... la liberté du commerce des grains." In favour of the edict and in favour of even enlarging its reach.Fourth work: Not in INED; not in Higgs; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; not in Einaudi.In favour of free trade but regretting the fact the port of Agde is not allowed to export.Fifth work: INED 739; not in Kress, not in Goldsmiths, not in Higgs; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli (only mentioned as part of Mirabeau's Ami des Hommes, edition Hambourg 1760).First edition.On the inconveniencies of the "corvées" and the "milices".Sixth work: INED 1858; not in Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi, Higgs or Mattioli.Dealing with the inconveniencies of the "corvées" levied in "nature" (that is, work) and taxes in relation to the construction of roadsSeventh work: INED 4431; Higgs 1187; Goldsmiths 9144; not in Kress, Einaudi or Mattioli.First edition and very rare.An economists defense of the silver- and goldsmith jewellers and argues that various measures and regulations with regards to this profession in fact are not only an obstacle but are also responsible for a continued rising of the prices.Tear in inner and upper margin page 3, and pages 9-12, not affecting text. EUR 2250
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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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(JEZE.) Journal du Citoyen. A La Haye, 1754. With title vignette and many tables in the text. x, 486 (misnumbered 484) pp. 8vo.Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red edges (lightly worn, extremities rubbed, front joint split). Kress 5363; Goldsmiths 8892; Higgs 923; INED 2357; Conlon 54:746; not in Einaudi. First edition. - Somewhat browned throughout. 'A statistical handbook on Paris - government, finance, tariffs, dues, trades, etc.' (Higgs), among other things also the Compagnie des Indes is being dealt with.'Guide pratique de Paris. "Ce que vous ne trouverez guère que dans ce journal, ce sont les chambres ou hôtels garnis qu'il y a dans chaque quartier, les endroits où l'on donne à manger, le prix des loyers et celui des repas." Nombreux renseignements et chiffres sur la vie économique et sociale de Paris' (INED). "Sous ce titre se trouve un ouvrage rempli de details interessants sur Paris, et qu'on chercherait vainement ailleurs. On y trouve les prix d'une foule d'objets de commerce et d'usage journalier, la description tres detaillee des lieux les plus frequentes" (Dufour, 'Biblio de Paris', p 278). EUR 650
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(LA GERVAISAIS, N.L.M.M., MARQUIS DE.) La tactique de Tribune. Paris, Hivert, Delaforest, 1826. - (Bound with:) NOTE relative à la brochure intitulée La Tactique de la Tribune, qui vient d'être distribuée à la Chambre. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie d'A. Henry, (1826). - (Bound with:) (LA GERVAISAIS, N.L.M.M., MARQUIS DE.) Contre-note en réponse à Note relative à la brochure intitulée La Tactique de Tribune. Paris, Hivert, Delaforest, 1826. Three works in one volume. 26 pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 7, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. First work: Kress C.1708; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli.Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli.Third work: Kress C.1706; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First editions. A criticism of the government's financial plans, the 'Note' accuses La Gervaisais of not quite understanding the English budget (about which he spoke in the first text) and the last text is a defense of La Gervaisais against his anonymous opponent.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. EUR 400
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(LE SEURE.) Testament politique de M. de Silhouete. No place, 1772. - (Followed by:) LETTRE sur les Nos 45 & 49 de M. Linguet. No place, no date. - (Followed by:) (LAURENT, C.I.) Lettressur la censure des Principes de Morale de M. l'Abbé de Mably. No place, (1784). - (Followed by:) (CONSTANT DE REBECQUE, M.S.F. DE.) Dernieres pensées du Roi de P***, Écrites de sa main. A Berlin (Geneve), 1787. With a nice title vignette. - (Followed by:) RARETEZ, LES, qui se voyent dans l'eglise royale de S. Denis; Avec des remarques curieuses. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de J. Chardon, 1749. Large vignette on title with fleur-de-lys and a nice head-piece. Five works in one volume. 156, (4, 3 errata, 1, blank) pp; (2), 26 pp.; 48 pp.; 41, (1) pp.; 16 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, corners bumped, joints and extremities rubbed. First 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.The last 4 pages with the errata have been bound between the pages 6 and 7. Second work: The text is preceded by the following title: Lettre aux Rédacteurs du Mercure, sur les Numéros 46 & 49 de M. Linguet, où l'on donne une idée assez juste de la confiance dûe, en général, à ses Annales, & en particulier, à ces Critiques sur les Gouvernemens & les Loix. The text is a scathing attack on Linguet and his works. Third work: Conlon 84:1339; Le Bucher Bibliographique, 768.First edition.The Principes de Morale were condamned by the Sorbonne: the Abbé Laurent here presents a warm and ardent defence of the book in the form of three letters to his nephew. One of the interesting observations he makes is that an unjust judgement, or a biased judgement with regard to decisions of censorship, not only destroys public confidence, but creates general contempt, one of the reasons, the Abbé argues, that censorship must be exercised with great reluctance.Fourth work: Conlon 87:1663; Weller, p. 232; Haag, La France Protestante, iv, p. 32.Marc-Samuel-Francois Constant had a military career in the service of the United Provinces but left the army relatively young. This was apparently due to his friendship with Voltaire who had recognized and stimulated his litererary talents. A list of his works is given both in Quérard and Haag. This work was published the year after the death of the Prussian king. Another edition was published in 1806.Fifth work: This work was not located in any of the bibliographies consulted. Verso title-page the "Approbation" reads: "J'ai lu un Manuscrit intitulé le Trésor, les Corps saints, les Tombeaux, & les Raretez qui se voyent dans l'Eglise Royale de saint Denis en France, avec des Remarques curieuses. Faits à Paris ce 11 May 1715." A work with this title has not been located either. It describes the church of Saint Denis and its architecture and history, it has a section "Remarques sur la veneration que les Rois de France ont toujours porté aux saintes Reliques qui sont dans l'Eglise & dans le Trésor de saint Denis." Margins a bit short.Between the first and second work has been bound an issue of L'Année Littéraire, no 14, 18 avril 1786.Bookplate pasted on front paste-down "A M. l'Abbé Pascal, Bibliothécaire de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc de Penthiévre." EUR 750
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(LECLAIRE.) De l'origine des crises monétaires et des moyens à employer pour les prévenir. Paris, Imprimerie de Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard, 1865. 24 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original green printed covers preserved. First edition. The author was 'entrepreneur de peinture' and after founding the 'Maison Leclaire' was the first in France to grant workers a share in the profits of the company. The system of Leclaire served as a model for Louis Blanc in the 4th edition of his 'Organisation du travail' (1845). EUR 250
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(LEGROS, ABBE J.CH.F.) Analyse et Examen De l'Antiquité dévoilée, du Despotisme oriental, & du Christianisme dévoilé, Ouvrages posthumes de Boullanger. Par un Solitaire. A Geneve, Chez Barde Manget & Compagnie, et à Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1788. 400 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, spine richly gilt with red label and gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, red edges. Cioranescu 38958; L'Illuminismo francese alla Fondazione Feltrinelli, 513; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED (listing many other works by Legros); Conlon, Ouvrages Français relatifs à Jean Jacques Rousseau, 757. First edition. Apart from the refutation of the works of d'Holbach which he published under the name of Boulanger, this work also contains an analysis of the thought, philosophy and works of Jean Jacques Rousseau as well as numerous critical passages dealing with the theories of the physiocrats or économistes, with the pages 320-342 entirely devoted to them.The Abbé Legros was born in 1711 (died 1790) and had a succesful career within the church and an additional career of refuting and criticizing the works of the 'philosophes et économistes'. He wrote also works against Rousseau, Gebelin, and Necker, all his works being published under the pseudonym of 'Un Solitaire'. - A very nice large paper copy. EUR 900
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(LEVIS, G.P.M. DUC DE.) Collection of manuscript responses addressed to the Duc de Lévis, Pair de France and Minister of State, all dated in 1819-1820, answering inquiries by the Duc mostly pertaining to the consumption of corn in the cities of Lille, Strassbourg, Marseille, Angers, Caen and Lyon. In total 40 pages in 4to and folio, bound in one folio volume. Modern boards. Original handwritten statistical documents of great interest and signed by the mayors of the cities in question. The returned papers to the Duc de Lévis by the cities of Lille, Marseille, Angers, Caen and Lyon also contain the questions to which was answered, the papers of Strasbourg also contains a statistical survey entitled 'Entrée et sortie du froment & farine en cette ville depuis le 29 Aout 1818 jusqu'au 27 Septembre 1819'.The Duc Gaston Pierre Marc de Lévis (1764-1830), member of the Académie française, Pair de France, was a representative at the Estates general in 1789 and belonged to the minority of nobles accepting the principles of the revolution. The events of August 10, 1792, made him an émigré and he only returned to France in 1799 and lived in retirement. With the restoration he became a member of the chamber of the Pairs and in this assembly he dealt in particular with financial matters. EUR 1250
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(LINGUET, S.N.H.) Du plus heureux gouvernement, ou Parallèle des constitutions politiques de l'Asie avec celles de l'Europe; servant d'introduction à la Théorie des loix civiles ..... Tome premier [- second, suite de la première partie]. Londres, 1774. A Londres, 1774 (Paris, EDHIS, 1970). Two volumes in one. xxxii, 148 pp.; (4), 256 pp. 8vo. Imitation leather. Quérard, v, 318; not in Goldsmiths, Higgs, INED, or Kress. Very well done reprint of the first edition of this important and quite rare work, edition published in a limited and numbered edition of 250 copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade, since long out-of-print. After extensive criticism from the Physiocrat corner following the publication of the Théorie des loix civiles in 1767, Linguet here reveals his views on what he considers the best form of government to provide the greatest possible happiness to the population, advocating the preservation of private property as practised in Asia, more particularly in China, under the authority of a humane ruler, and reforms in taxation, customs, jurisprudence, and the condition of women, which he also believes to be better in Asia than in Europe. He particularly criticizes the constitutional system of Great Britain, highlighting the harshness and corruption of its rulers.Linguet (1736-1794) was the most sarcastic of all the writers against the Physiocrat school and devoted his career largely to the subversion of the Enlightenment's reforming ideals. A highly talented lawyer who originally achieved fame as a defender of civil liberties, he threw himself into the midst of political and philosophical controversies, under the impulse of an innate and quarrelsome love of contradiction, publishing numerous pamphlets. In 1777, he founded an important journal, Annales politiques, civiles et littéraires, as a vehicle for polemic on various fronts. But Linguet's status as a scourge of liberalism was confirmed by the Jacobins, who had him guillotined.The half-titles read: Oeuvres de Linguet Tome Premier (-Second); this work was first published in his oeuvres. EUR 275
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(LOUIS XVI.) Lettre du Roi à M. l'Amiral (pour fixer à la date du 17 juin 1778 le commencement des hostilités entre la France et l'Angleterre). (Drop-head title). (At end:) A Paris, Chez P.G. Simon, 1779. 2 pp. 4to. Actes royaux, vi, 40123. Apparently some uncertainty exists about the exact date of the outbreak of hositlities: as the king of France was insulted by the capture of two of his fregats (la Licorne and la Pallas) on June 17, 1778, this is considered to be the exact date of the outbreak of hostitlies. It is not quite clear why almost a year later this needs to be established: the text states: " ..... qu'il s'est élevé des doutes sur l'époque à laquelle doit être fixé le commencement des hostilités, & qu'il pourroit résulter de cette incertitude des contestations préjudiciables au Commerce", but the how and why remain unclear. EUR 100
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(MASSON, P.J.) Instruction sur les Affaires contentieuses des Négocians, La manière de les prévenir, ou de les suivre dans les Tribunaux. A Paris, Chez Le Clerc, A Charleville, Chez Raucourt, 1786. xviii, (2), 492 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering (two very light and minor defects to sides). Goldsmiths 13195; Camus 2220 (for the 1736 edition of Masson's work); not in Kress; Einaudi 3788 (1736 edition); not in Mattioli. This work is a new edition, considerably enlarged and rearranged by Le Clerc, 'syndic de la librairie', of Masson's Instruction sur les Lettres de Change, the 1739 edition and which was first published in 1736. EUR 450
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(MIRABEAU, H.G. RIQUETTI DE.) Essai sur le despotisme. Seconde édition, augmentée & corrigée par l'éditeur de cet ouvrage. Londres, 1776. (2), viii, 308 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments with label and gilt lettering, lightly shaved, corners somewhat bumped. Goldsmiths 11518; INED 3188 (1831 edition); Martin & Walter 24430; Higgs 6537 (for the first and second edition). Second, revised, enlarged and corrected edition. Philosophical and political study on despotism and its effects it pretents to refute the theories of Rousseau while the author in reality attacks straight forward the government. Still to the point remains his remark that: 'La nation finit toujours par être plus puissante que le tyran lorsque le pouvoir arbitraire parvenu à son dernier délire a dissous tous les liens de l'opinion et épuisé les ressources que la terre offre à ceux qui la cultivent en liberté. Ainsi les hommes se vengent tôt ou tard.' 'Dans cet insolent libelle, intitulé Essai sur le Despotisme, sous couleur de réfuter les théories de Jean-Jacques sur la bonté naturelle de l'homme, l'auteur s'attaquait de front aux pouvoirs.' (Duc de Castries, Mirabeau, p. 105). Important work proclaiming democratic ideas and openly attacking despotism: 'Après cette vue philosophique générale, l'ouvrage s'attaquait seulement au 'despotisme d'un seul.'' (Duc de Castries, op.cit.) - With the errata at the end of page 308. EUR 450
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(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.) L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Avignon, Hambourg, 1756-1761. 10 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red edges. The L'Ami des Hommes is known for its great number or editions published in the years after 1756. Numerous editions in 4, 7 or 8 volumes can be found in both Kress and Goldsmiths. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. A Avignon, 1756. With engraved frontispiece. 431, (1) pp.; 578, (2) pp.; 577, (1) pp.IV: L'Ami des Hommes. Quatrieme Partie. Précis de l'Organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. No place, 1758. (8), 285, (1) pp.V: L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrieme Partie. No place, 1758. Réponse aux Objections contre le Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. (2), 313, (1) pp. Questions intéressantes sur la Population, l'agriculture et le commerce ..... 150, (2) pp.VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinqieme 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. 300 (misnumbered 298), (6) pp.VII: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixieme Partie. Réponse à l'Essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. No place, 1760. (4), 228, (2) pp.VIII: L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Oeconomique avec ses Explications. No place, 1760. With 6 folding engraved tables. (4), 228, (4) pp.IX: Théorie de l'Impôt. No place, 1761. viii, 422 pp.X: L'Ami des Hommes. Nouvelle édition, augmentée des Lettres sur les Corvées et les Milices. Huitième Partie. Lettres pour servir de suite à l'Ami des Hommes. Huitième Partie. A Hambourg, Chez Chrétien Hérold, 1760. Title printed in red and black. (4), 104 pp. EUR 1250
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(MOLEON, J.G.V. DE.) Du développement à donner à quelques parties principales et essentielles de notre industrie intérieure et de l'affermissement de nos rapports commerciaux avec les pays étrangers. Pour faire suite à l'ouvrage de M. le Comte Chaptal, intitulé: De l'Industrie françoise. Par M. de M*****, ..... A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Crapelet, mars 1819. (4), 58 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, spine gone, covers nearly detached. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Ancien élève de l'école Polytechnique, ancien ingénieur en chef du cadastre, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 197). EUR 150
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(MONDENARD, J. SAINT-SARDOS DE MONTAIGU DE.) Considérations sur l'organisation sociale, appliquées à l'état civil, politique et militaire de la France et de l'Angleterre; à leurs moeurs, leur agriculture, leur commerce et leurs finances, à l'époque de la paix d'Amiens. Paris, Chez Migneret, 1802. 3 volumes. x (misnumbered xii), 349, (1) pp.; (4), 322, (2) pp.; (4), 335, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments, red label and gilt lettering, gilt ornamental border on sides. Kress B.4568; INED 3230bis; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Ouvrage principal de Mondénard. Celui-ci, émigré en Angleterre, le publia anonymement à son retour. Conservateur, farouche défenseur de la propriété et de la grande culture, il s'en prend aux excès de la Révolution mais accepte quelques-uns de ses principes. Idées justes, notamment sur les rapports entre la machine et l'emploi' (INED). The first volume deals with political science; volume two with population and economics, the colonies and slavery, agriculture and commerce; the third volume deals with finances, mendicity and prisons. The work was published on the occassion of the peace of Amiens with the hope of establishing a rapprochement between France and England. It is interesting to note that the absence of a commercial agreement with the peace of Amiens is considered to be one of the causes of its failure within little more than a year and that Mondénard deals with the subject of economics and commerce in relation to the peace of Amiens (see: Coquelin & Guillaumin, vol. 2, p. 199, and the Historical Dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1799-1815, p. 16). - Some scribbling on half-title of first volume, handwritten name and date on title of first volume. EUR 1250
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(MONTESQUIEU, CH.L. DE SECONDAT, BARON DE.) Défense de l'Esprit des Loix, A laquelle on a joint quelques Éclaicissemens. A Genève, Chez Barrillot & Fils, 1750. 207, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt incompartments, label with gilt lettering. Tchemerzine-Scheler, iv, p. 931; Le Petit p. 498; Cabeen 93 (a 80 page work bound with the 1749 edition of the Esprit des Loix; Cabeen does not list the present original edition!); Conlon 50:793; INED 3552. Original edition. The work ends on page 196 and is followed by Éclaircissements sur l'Esprit des Loix (unnumbered leaf forming the pages 197-198, text covering the pages 199-207). The Esprit des Loix was severely attacked and the present work is a dignified 'Défense'. Montesquieu died not long after it was published while on a visit to Paris. Despite the success of the Esprit des Loix and the present work, the quarrel over Montesquieu's main work continued with Jansenists, Jesuits and others attacking the author. The Esprit des Loix was eventually placed on the Index (29 November 1751) and condamned by the Sorbonne. EUR 2400
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(MORELLY.) Naufrage des isles flottantes; ou Basiliade du célébre Pilpai. Poéme heroique. Traduit de l'indien par Mr. M******. A Messine (Paris), Par une Société de Libraires, 1753. Titles printed in red and black, with engraved frontispiece, and title-vignettes. 2 volumes. (2), xxxvii, (1), 216 pp.; (2), 307, (1, corrections) pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt with raised bands, corners, labels and gilt lettering, somewhat rubbed, small defect to upper cover of volume one. First edition, one of the rare issues with the portrait looking to the left and a slightly different collation for the preliminaries compared to the copies ordinarely found. According to Versins in his study published in 1963 in 'Ailleurs', this is the truely first edition, first issue. Chinard however claims that the copies with the portrait looking to the right are the first issues. 'Oeuvre du fondateur du communisme. Epopée allégorique, sorte d'utopie qui propose une société meilleure. Les idées de Morelly seront plus solidement exposées dans le Code de la nature (1755). Diatribes violentes contre la propriété, mère de tous les crimes; souhait d'une postérité nombreuse; critique de l'indissolubilité du mariage (dans la société de Morelly, il n'y a d'ailleurs ni divorce, ni adultère, ni prostitution, ni grossesse honteuse); attaques portées contre le commerce capitaliste, qui ne fait vivre qu'un tiers des hommes, etc.' (INED). 'Sous une forme allégorique, l'auteur dépeint une société fondée sur des principes communistes, morcelée en petits groupes économiques indépendants, comptant chacun cent personnes. Les idées philosophiques et sociales de Morelly exposées dans cette 'épopée' ont été l'objet d'une critique acerbe de la part de ces contemporains' (Hartig & Soboul). Trousson points to the fact that Morelly's communism is of a negative sort: their is no marriage, no property, no police, no church, no privileges, etc. It is, in fact, an anarchist state, ruled only by the laws of nature, a society without any contract whatsoever and far from the Contract Social. Nothing is forbidden since one can not make any mistakes or do wrong if one follows the rules of nature (or better, nothing wrong can exist for those who live according to nature). The majority of the ideas which were later further elaborated in Morelly's Code de la Nature are already presented here. The work is considered to be one of the most important utopian works of the 18th century. EUR 3750
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(MORELLY.) Naufrage des isles flottantes; ou Basiliade du célébre Pilpai. Poéme heroique. Traduit de l'indien par Mr. M******. A Messine (Paris), Par une Société de Libraires, 1753. Title printed in red and black, with engraved frontispiece, and a title-vignette. 2 volumes. Frontispiece, (2), xli, (1), 216 pp.; (4), 307, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, richly gilt spines, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges (slightly rubbed). Negley, Utopian Literature, 810; Hartig & Soboul, p. 54; Trousson, pp. 145-150; Versins, Encyclopédie de l'Utopie et de la Science fiction, pp. 602-603; Higgs 665; INED 3319; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition, the head on the frontispiece turned to the right (to the title-page) which is claimed by Chinard as the first issue, first edition. Versins claims that copies with the head of the frontispiece facing away from the title-page are the first issues of the first editions. 'Oeuvre du fondateur du communisme. Epopée allégorique, sorte d'utopie qui propose une société meilleure. Les idées de Morelly seront plus solidement exposées dans le Code de la nature (1755). Diatribes violentes contre la propriété, mère de tous les crimes; souhait d'une postérité nombreuse; critique de l'indissolubilité du mariage (dans la société de Morelly, il n'y a d'ailleurs ni divorce, ni adultère, ni prostitution, ni grossesse honteuse); attaques portées contre le commerce capitaliste, qui ne fait vivre qu'un tiers des hommes, etc.' (INED). 'Sous une forme allégorique, l'auteur dépeint une société fondée sur des principes communistes, morcelée en petits groupes économiques indépendants, comptant chacun cent personnes. Les idées philosophiques et sociales de Morelly exposées dans cette 'épopée' ont été l'objet d'une critique acerbe de la part de ces contemporains' (Hartig & Soboul). Trousson points to the fact that Morelly's communism is of a negative sort: their is no marriage, no property, no police, no church, no privileges, etc. It is, in fact, an anarchist state, ruled only by the laws of nature, a society without any contract whatsoever and far from the Contract Social. Nothing is forbidden since one can not make any mistakes or do wrong if one follows the rules of nature (or better, nothing wrong can exist for those who live according to nature). The majority of the ideas which were later further elaborated in Morelly's Code de la Nature are already presented here. The work is considered to be one of the most important utopian works of the 18th century. EUR 3500
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(NOVI DE CAVEIRAC, J.) Mémoire Politico-Critique, Ou l'on examine s'il est de l'interêt de l'Église & de l'État d'établir pour les Calvinistes du Royaume une nouvelle forme de se marier. Et où l'onréfute l'Écrit qui a pour titre: Mémoire Théologique & Politique sur les mariages clandestins des Protestans de France. No place, 1756. (8), 228, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Conlon 56:1138; INED 3401; Sauvy, Quelques Démographes ignorés du XVIIIe siècle, p. 362 ff. First edition. The abbé Caveirac, 'fanatiquement intolérant, (....) a fourni aux éveques du Languedoc, consultés par Voyer d'Argenson, les arguments propres à rejeter l'adoucissement du sort des protestants. La principale raison invoquée en faveur de cet adoucissement étant la dépopulation et l'appauvrissement qui résultaient de la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes, l'abbé fut amené à étudier le problème général de la dépopulation et il le fit avec soin' (Sauvy).De Caveirac draws four lines of defense: one, the depopulation as a result of the Edict of Nantes is seriously overestimated; two, the question is whether a large population is really that advantageous for a country; three, even if there is the problem of depopulation, there are other and more important reasons for it than the departure of the protestants; four, development of a policy which favours an increase of the population.The work 'Mémoire Théologique & Politique sur les mariages clandestins des Protestans de France', against which Caveirac opposes, was written by Ripert de Monclar.The revocation of the Edict of Nantes led to the departure of large groups of Protestants from France. Many authors, among whom Novi de Caveirac, tried to argue that the decreasing population of France and the resulting problems had other causes than the departure of the Protestants, and maintained their strong opposition to any legal status of the protestants in France and above all opposed the right to marry of protestants. - An excellent copy, ex-libris of M. Dupleix de Bacquencourt, intendant d'Amiens. EUR 1000
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(O'HEGUERTY, P.-A., COMTE DE MAGNIERES.) Essai sur les intérêts du commerce maritime. Par M. D***. A La Haye (Paris), 1754. With one folding table. 258 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, raised bands, green label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, extremeties very lightly rubbed, head of spine with light damage, a very nice copy. Kress 5376; Goldsmiths 8914; Higgs 738; INED 3409; Einaudi 4196; Sabin 56856; Polak 6236; Chadenat 4614; JFBL O47; Hogg 1081; Echeverria & Wilkie 754/7; not in Mattioli. First edition of this important and very scarce work. Discusses French overseas trade, including East and West Indian commerce, the Baltic trade, describes the French slave trade beween West Africa and the Carribean, supplies furthermore details on Canada, Martinique, St. Domingo, Louisiana, Senegal, the 'traité des Noirs', and commerce and condition of the French and English American colonies and of the latter their administration and role in British trade. The work contains important sections on the slave trade, the prices, number of individuals imported per year, etc.Pierre-André O'Heguerty, Comte de Magnières (1700-1763), was received in 1718 as 'avocat au Parlement de Paris' and became the President of the 'Conseil supérieur de l'Ile de Bourbon' in 1741. The above work was published in 1754, and reprinted in 1756 at the end of the Discours politiques de Hume. In this work he also gives a translation of the Navigation Act, suggesting that such an Act should also be developed for France (Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 381).The work was certainly not printed in the Netherlands (see Weller, ii, p. 138). The folding plate gives the 'produit du travail des nègres.' EUR 2000
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(ORLEANS, L.P.A. D') De la situation des Ouvriers en Angleterre. Mémoire présenté à la commission d'enquête sur les conditions du travail par M. le Comte de Paris. Paris, Michel Lévy frères, Librairie Nouvelle, 1873. With tables in the text. (4), 297, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Einaudi 4221. First edition. Louis-Philippe Albert d'Orléans, Comte de Paris, Orleanist pretender and publicist. He became heir to the throne of Louis-Philippe in 1842. After the fall of the Second Empire in 1870 he sought fusion with the Bourbon house in which understanding Chambord would be the pretender with the count of Paris as his successor. Chambord consistently rejected. In 1886 the count was expelled and from then on lived in England until his death. - First and last leaves with some spotting. With handwritten and signed dedication by the author to C. Fortescue (?) on the half-title and the bookplate of Barlingford on front paste-down. EUR 425
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(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). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi;not in INED; Stourm, p. 313; Martin & Walter 27100 First edition. - Brown spots on first page. 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 100
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(PIERRE DE SAINT-JOSEPH.) Catéchisme des partisans, ou résolution théologiques touchant l'imposition, levée & employ des finances. Dressé par demandes et responces, pour plus grande facilité. Par R.P.D.P.D.S.J. Paris, Cardin Besogne, 1649. - (Bound with:) SUITTE du Catéchisme des partisans, ou des Résolutions théologiques, touchant l'imposition, levées & employ des finances. Par M.I.B.D.E.T.E.R.O.D.P.M. Paris, 1649. 2 volumes in 1. 32 pp.; 32 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 652; Kress 788; Goldsmiths 1019; INED 4055; not in Einaudi. First edition of this very rare pamphlet offering thoughts on the power of the king in financial matters and on the organisation of the collecting of the taxes. 'Très remarquable pamphlet' (Moreau). See for an elaborate account of the man and his works Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique, xii, 2e partie, col. 2042-2044. - Very rare. EUR 350
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(PINONDEL DE LA BERTOCHE, H.) Mémoire sur la bonification des maremmes toscanes et la création de 400 poderi dans la Colmate de Castiglione et dans les montagnes de Melete près Portiglione. Paris, Imprimerie de Guiraudet et Jouaust, 1857. With three large folding maps. (4), 44 pp. 4to. Modern boards, original printed covers preserved. First edition ? Deals with the project in Tuscany and Castiglione dell'Pescaja to fertilize marshes and other areas where either the soil or the air is unhealthy and which are therefore thinly populated. Large project to gain or re-gain such lands and to turn them into practical use, attract population and increase the revenues from the soil. This work includes covering the unhealthy soil with mud, called 'colmatage', directing clean and healthy water to these areas, etc. The present work is divided into four sections: the first lists work done sofar and work that remains to be done; the second describes the various circumstances which make the project difficult; the third suggest ways to achieve the goals set, and the fourth list projected work and projects and the financial consequences.Among the measures discussed is the establishment of an agricultural school and an orphanage for both sexes. The work also contains a detailed timeframe for the project.Reference is made to large projects executed in Holland and France (Bourgoin, Camargue, La Rochelle).The author was 'Syndic des marais de Bourgoin.' EUR 325
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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 et autres sources de la puissance des Etats. Traduction de l'Anglois du Chevalier John Nickolls. Troisième édition. Imprimé à Leyde, et se trouve à Paris, chez les frères Estienne, 1754. Title printed in red and black. vi, (8), 411, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering (lightly rubbed, corners a bit bumped). Kress 5382; Goldsmiths 8917; Higgs 743; not in Einaudi (listing two other editions); not in INED (listing another edition); Conlon 54:951. At least four editions appeared in 1754, of which two are entitled third edition: the present one and another one published in Dresden and augmented with an Essai sur la Police & le Commerce des Grains. 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 600
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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 Etats. Traduction de l'Anglois du Chevalier John Nickolls. A Leyde, 1754. Title printed in red and black. vi, (8), 408 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets, all edges gilt, some very, very light wear to extremeties and joints. Kress 5380; Goldsmiths 8915; Higgs 741; INED 3607; not in Einaudi (listing two other editions); Conlon 54:951. First edition. 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. - A very good copy. EUR 600
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(POMMEREUL, F.R.J. DE.) Mémoire sur une nouvelle administration des Bois. No place, 1787. 24 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, label with gilt lettering on spine. Barbier iii, col. 178; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. 'Tendante à augmenter à la fois la production des bois & les revenus de S(a) M(ajesté).'The author was a French officer in the service of the king of Naples, he returned into the services of the French state during the Revolution (1796), became préfet of the Indre-et-Loire and then 'directeur de la librairie'. A number of his writings are listed in Martin & Walter and INED, but not the present text. EUR 175
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(POTERAT, MARQUIS DE.) Observations politiques et morales de finance et de commerce. Ou examen approfondi d'un ouvrage de M. R***, de Geneve, sur l'emprunt et l'impot. A Lausanne, 1780. 235, (misnumbered 135), (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering, red edges. Kress B.308; Goldsmiths 12044; Einaudi 4508; INED 3645; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 424; not in Mattioli. First and only edition, a reply to Rillet de Saussure's Lettres sur l'imprunt et l'impot, 1779. 'Bonnes doctrines. L'auteur y attaque les emprunts avec une chaleur philosophique; mais il n'en appreciait pas les effets utiles dans des circonstances données' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). 'Economique et financier. Passages sur le luxe et son imposition; sur la nécessité de reculer l'âge minimum de la prononciation de voeux religieux; sur les successions collatérales' (INED). - A very good large paper copy. EUR 1250
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(POTERAT, MARQUIS DE.) Observations politiques et morales de finance et de commerce. Ou examen approfondi d'un ouvrage de M. R***, de Geneve, sur l'emprunt et l'impot. A Lausanne, 1780. 235, (misnumbered 135), (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, gilt inside dentelles, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering. Kress B.308; Goldsmiths 12044; Einaudi 4508; INED 3645; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 424. First and only edition, a reply to Rillet de Saussure's Lettres sur l'imprunt et l'impot, 1779. 'Bonnes doctrines. L'auteur y attaque les emprunts avec une chaleur philosophique; mais il n'en appreciait pas les effets utiles dans des circonstances données.' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). 'Economique et financier. Passages sur le luxe et son imposition; sur la nécessité de reculer l'âge minimum de la prononciation de voeux religieux; sur les successions collatérales.' (INED). EUR 1500
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(ROSNY, J.) Histoire secréte d'un écu de six livres transformé en une piece de cinq francs; Contenant sa naissance et son entrée dans le monde, sous Louis XIV; ses aventures sous Louis XV et sous Louis XVI; ses malheurs et sa proscription sous le règne de la terreur; son émigration et son enterrement sous Robespierre; sa résurrection et sa métamorphose sous le consulat et Bonaparte. Par l'Auteur du Péruvien à Paris. Paris, Chez Frechet et Cie., de l'Imprimerie de Hocquet et Cie., An XII-(1804). With engraved frontispiece showing an écu with the head of Louis XIV and a piece of 5 francs with the head of Bonaparte. 163, (3) pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century half cloth, marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Monglond, vi, p. 868-869; not in Martin & Walter; Goldsmiths 18907; Einaudi 4868; not in Kress. First edition. EUR 275
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(SACCO, F.C.) Dei Monti di Pieta in generale, del sacro Monte di Pieta della citta di Bologna Dissertatio due con la serie cronologica de' Signori Presidenti allo stesso monte Dall'Anno 1561 fino al corrente 1775 illustrata con varie annotazioni: aggiuntavi la serie De' Notari Segretarj del medesimo per detto tempo, ed in fine la tavola de'cognomi, e delle cose notabili. In Bologna, Nella Stamperia del Longhi, 1775. With engraved frontispiece. 196 pp. 4to. Contemporarymarbled supple boards, joints a bit worn and paper of covers in general a bit shaved. Einaudi 4925; Goldsmiths 11335; Higgs 6442; Kress, Italian Economic Literature, i, 456; not in Mattioli; not in Melzi. First edition. A history of the Monte di Pieta (or Monts de Piété in French) in general and of that of Bologna.The Monts de Piété were formed first in the 15th century in Italy and the name was given to charitable funds for granting loans on the security of pawned articles. There has been a dispute over the question whether this was allowed as the lenders took a small interest to cover working expenses: the Dominicans took the position that this system was based on usury while the Franciscans warmly defended the system. However, in 1515, the Lateran council and the pope, Leo X, sanctioned the right to levy a modest interest, provided the object were not to realize a private gain. The official Monts were effective as an attempt to eliminate the private pawnbroker although the practise did not disappear entirely. The loans were important for the small and medium size business in a period when credit organization was yet undeveloped. It was only in the second half of the fifteenth century that the decay of handicraft economy and the ensuing impoverishment of the masses furnished the necessary driving force for the establishment of a considerable number of charitable pawnshops, the montis pietatis, in central and northern Italy. They did spread after the founding of first mons in Perugia (1462) and important institutions were founded in the 16th century such as Turin, 1519 and Rome, 1539 and in the papal territories in southern France: Avignon 1577.The name of the author appears at the beginning of the dedication. The first "dissertation" deals with the history of the Monti di Pieta in general, the second "dissertation" with the Monte di Pieta in Bologna in general and is followed by a year-by-year list of its principal presidents and management and summaries of activities. EUR 750
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(SAINT-JOSEPH, P. DE.) Catechisme des Partisans, ou Resolutions Théologiques touchant l'Imposition, Levées & Employ des Finances. Dressé par Demandes & Responces, pour plus grande facilité. Par le R. P.D.P.D. S.I. A Paris, Chez Cardin Besongne, 1649. With large vignette on title. 32 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 652; Kress 788; Goldsmiths 1019; INED 4055; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition of this very rare pamphlet offering thoughts on the power of the king in financial matters and on the organisation of the collecting of the taxes. - Somewhat spotted throughout. 'Très remarquable pamphlet' (Moreau). See for an elaborate account of the man and his works Dictionnaire de Théologie Catholique, xii, 2e partie, col. 2042-2044. - Rare. EUR 300
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(SAINTARD, P.) Essai sur les colonies françoises; ou Discours politique sur la nature du gouvernement, de la population & du commerce de la colonie de S.D. (Saint-Domingue). No place, 1754. (8), 360 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, all edges red, joint very lightly shaved. Kress 5397; Einaudi 4931; INED 4032; Sabin 75518; Chadenat 1478; Leclerc 1411; not in JFBL; not in Goldsmiths; not in Muller; not in Echeverria & Wilkie. First edition and very rare of this very important work dealing with the French colonies and urging the King to redress the colonial situation of France thereby attempting to safe the colonial power of France. In this period France was, with Spain, the foremost colonial power in the world and in possession of important parts of the America's. Very good and interesting political, commercial and demographical description of Saint-Domingo and also dealing with jursidiction, councils, inhabitants, military service, etc.It is interesting to note that there was apparently a second volume planned which however never saw the light of day. This volume has eleven chapters, but the 'Tables des Discours, Première Partie' mentions a 'Seconde Partie' containing the chapters 12-18, but without giving the pagination of this second part. Also the errata-leaf mentions the errata of the 'première partie', suggesting that there was a second volume planned. None of the reference works, with the exception of INED, has noted this fact, nor has anybody, including INED, ever seen a second volume. - The first and last pages a bit browned. EUR 2500
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(SCHMID D'AVENSTEIN, G.L.) Principes de la Législation universelle. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1776. 2 volumes. xx, 389, (3) pp.; (4), 474, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red labels and gilt lettering, red edges. INED 4116; Einaudi A.867; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Leblanc 113; Mattioli 3269. First edition. 'Économie politique. Doctrine plus agrarienne que populationniste, très proche de celle des physiocrates' (INED, giving a long and extensive analysis of the work). There are sections discussing population (Schmid advocates a continuous increase), family life, property (he defends private ownership of land), luxury, taxation (Schmid favours direct over indirect taxation), commerce (he advocates, among other things, free trade for the colonies and an autonomous government) and war. One of the best expositions of the body of economic thought of the time.George-Louis Schmid (or Schmidt), born in Avenstein in 1720, entered the service of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar and retired in 1757 to Nyon in the Vaud. He had close relations with Voltaire, Diderot and d'Alembert and the other leading philosophes of the 18th century. - Some occasional browning. An excellent copy of a scarce work. EUR 2500
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(SENAC DE MEILHAN, G.) Considérations sur l'ésprit et les moeurs. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez les Marchands des Nouveautés, 1787. (4), 388 pp. + errata leaf. 8vo. Contemporary paper covers, somewhat worn at spine, uncut and unopened. INED 4140; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 87:2725. First edition. 'Sur l'homme en société. Quelques réflexions sur l'influence respective de la guerre et de la paix sur le caractère national ......' (INED). A well written work giving interesting insights into society on the eve of the revolution. EUR 450
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(SERVAN, J.M.A.) Réflexions sur la réformation des Etats provinciaux. Par un ancien Magistrat du P ... de G ... (Parlement de Grenoble). No place, 1788. (2), 109 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. INED 4175 (1789 edition); Martin & Walter 31471 (1789 edition); Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, xiv; not in Kress, Goldsmiths and Einaudi. First edition, very rare, both INED and Martin & Walter citing an 1789 edition. - Fine, large paper copy. 'Politique. Défense des droits du Tiers dans les États provinciaux. Sur l'égalité des trois ordres devant l'impôt; en cette matière, le seul privilège digne de la noblesse et du clergé serait de payer beaucoup plus: 'tandis que le peuple se plaint à peine quand l'impôt ne peut s'accorder avec ses subsistance, les deux autres ordres ne peuvent supporter l'impôt quand il se refuse à l'accroissement de leur luxe'' (INED). EUR 350
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(SERVAN, J.M.A.) Réflexions sur la réformation des Etats provinciaux. Par un ancien Magistrat du P ... de G ... (Parlement de Grenoble). No place, 1788. (2), 109 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. INED 4175; Martin & Walter 31471 (1789 edition only); Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, xiv; not in Kress, Goldsmiths and Einaudi. First edition, very rare, both INED and Martin & Walter citing an 1789 edition. 'Politique. Défense des droits du Tiers dans les États provinciaux. Sur l'égalité des trois ordres devant l'impôt; en cette matière, le seul privilège digne de la noblesse et du clergé serait de payer beaucoup plus: 'tandis que le peuple se plaint à peine quand l'impôt ne peut s'accorder avec sa subsistance, les deux autres ordres ne peuvent supporter l'impôt quand il se refuse à l'accroissement de leur luxe'' (INED). EUR 375
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(SIMOND, L.) Voyage d'un Français en Angleterre, pendant les années 1810 et 1811; avec des observations sur l'état politique et moral, les arts et la littérature de ce pays, et sur les moeurs et les usages de ses habitans. A Paris, Chez Treuttel et Würtz, et à Strasbourg, même maison de commerce, 1816. With 15 plates (14aquatints, some of costumes), 13 engraved vignettes and two tables. 2 volumes. xi, (1), 525, (1) pp.; (4), 450 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.6806; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Abbey, Scenery, 18 (second edition). First edition. - Very lightly browned. Louis Simond, French traveller (1767-1831). He left France for the United States in 1792 where he travelled extensively, went to England where he also travelled extensively and returned to France at the beginning of the Restoration, travelled in Switzerland and Italy and retired to Geneva, where he died. The present work was received favorably and with much interest: the reading public was very interested in learning about the English nation with which communications had been so difficult during the long revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. This was in no small measure due to the fact that the author did not bother very much to write about topography but focussed on social conditions, history, politics, economics, judicial administration and the laws.The tables are entitled: Tableau des Progrès de la dette Anglaise and Table de Dépréciation des Espèces. - Very lightly browned. EUR 450
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(SULLY), M. DE BETHUNE DE. Mémoires des sages et royales oeconomies d'Estat, domestiques, politiques et militaires de Henry le Grand, l'Exemplaire des Roys, le Prince des Vertus, des Armes & des Loix, & le Père en effet de ses peuples françois. Et des servitudes utiles obeyssances convenables et administrations loyales de Maximilian de Béthune, l'un des plus confidens, familiers et utiles soldats et serviteurs du grand Mars des François. (Rouen, et se trouve à Paris, Thomas Iolly, Louys Billaine, Augustin Courbé, 1652-1663). 8 volumes in 6. (36), 713, (1) pp.; 561, (23) pp.; (20), 770 pp.; 707, (47) pp.; (36), 475, (1), (4), 452, (4) pp.; (2), 371, (1), (4), 267, (1) pp. 16mo. 19th-century speckled vellum. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED (all citing other editions). First volume published 'Iouxte la coppie imprimée à Amstelredam', 1652, the second volume dated at end 1663, with a title-page without publisher, place or dated and entitled 'Suitte de la premiere partie .... Tome second', page numbering starting with page 3, (Aii); volumes 3 and 4 dated 1663, published Rouen and Paris, and volumes 5-8 dated 1662, published Rouen and Paris. - Last two pages (769-770) of volume 3 in manuscript, engraved bookplate on front pate-down of all volumes, on the first two blanks in the first volume a previous owner noted, among other things: 'cette petite editon en huit tomes, reliés en six volumes, est la meilleure et la plus complette que l'on puisse avoir'. Blanqui: 'Le livre sera éternellement digne d'être consulté comme le point de départ des réforme économiques qui ont mis fin aux abus du moyen-âge et qui ont abouti à la Révolution Française.' Guillaumin & Coquelin: 'Nous possédons peu de monuments historiques aussi précieux que les mémoirs de Sully ..... C'est une narration étendue des événements du règne d'Henry IV, des opérations du gouvernement, surtout de celui Sully dirigea.' Schumpeter: 'Maximilien de Béthune, created Duke de Sully by Henry IV, the latter's minister of finance, was a much greater, and especially stronger man than was the most famous of his successors, Colbert. He reformed the fiscal system of France most succesfully and saw much beyond the range of what he actually accomplished. Moreover, he knew - which is the criterion of greatness in a fiscal administrator - how to make fiscal policy an element and tool of general economic policy.' EUR 750
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(TIXEDOR, F.X.) Nouvelle France, ou France commerçante. Par Mr. F. X. T(ixedor) Juge de C(onflans). A Londres, 1765. (4), viii, 264 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, marbled edges. Kress 6305; Goldsmiths 10097; INED 4337; Higgs 3430; Leblanc 384; not in Einaudi. First edition. Kress states work to be published first in 1755, for which statement no evidence could be found, nor does Kress have this 1755 edition, nor does Goldsmiths. '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). EUR 350
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(TURMEAU DE LA MORANDIERE, D.L.) Appel des Etrangers dans nos Colonies. A Paris, Chez Dessain Junior, 1763 (Paris, EDHIS, 1973). xxiv, 142 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. INED 4363; Sauvy, Quelques démographes ignorés du XVIIIe siècle, pp. 355-362; Conlon 63:1345; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Higgs 3214; Sabin 97459. The very scarce first edition is almost impossible to find, which led to its being reprinted in the EDHIS series. Well executed, printed in a limited editon of 250 copies of which 30 copies not destined for the trade. In this work the author calls for vigorous recruitment and immigration policy; he enumerates the causes of depopulation and attacks the growing practice of contraception. The causes of depopulation according to the author are: the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, the colonies, the taxes (he proposes to limit the taxes on manufactures) and luxery, which 'freine la nuptialité' and by consequence limits the number of children. According to Sauvy, the author had well understood the subtleties of the 'produit net' and was an adversary of colbertism. He advocated immigration of people from all nations and all religions to France and its colonies and outlines a policy to reach these goals. NUC lists only one copy of this work (RPJCB). EUR 150
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(TUYL VAN SEROOSKERKEN, DOUARIAIRE VAN ATHLONE, BORN AS:) Voor de Huishouding, Ten nutte van alle Standen, en van al de geenen, die voor de orde zyn, om eene gemaklyke en naauwkeurige rekening van de Kosten hunner Huishouding te houden, door Berekenings-Tafelen te zamen gesteld, en op de ondervinding gestaafd. Door *.*.*.*.*.*. Word uitgegeven In Den Haag, by Pieter van Daalen-Wetters, Boek- en Kaartverkoper op de Hof-Singel,1804. 52 pp. Small folio. Original pale blue wrappers, paper on spine gone, loosening but cords unbroken. After the title as described above, there is the "Voorberigt" (Preface) which is followed by a leaf containing the following text: Dit Boek Is door den Auteur de Gr. Douariaire van Athlone, Geb. Tuyl van Serooskerken, Gemaakt, volgens eene Engelsche manier, met eenige verandering. Uitgegeven Ao 1804 by P van Daalen Wetters, en heden in Ao 1815. Vermeerdert en Verbeterd by nader inrichting op het uitgekomene werk genaamt: Voor de Huishouding. Zoo er Bakkers, Slagers en Wyn-briefjes, apart mogen verkozen worden, daar deze veel benodigt zyn, vervoegt zich by den uitgever van het werk met dewelke men kan accorderen. Als ook de in 't Werk leggende nummers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, en 8. Te bekomen by G. Bakhuysen in de Hoogstraat in 's Gravenhage'. In other words, this is the second edition of the work with additional material. Then follows a leaf with explanation of the the use to be made of table 5, which leaf, according to the index, should have been placed after table III. The tables are as follows:Table I: 4 pages and entitled "Memorandum";Table II: blank, two pages, blank and entitled "Modellen, Van Lysten voor de Huishoudster, tot het bestellen van Goederen by de Leveranciers, die naast het bestelde het geleverde aantekenen, en by betaling de lyst met hunnen naam ondertekenen, om tot Kwitancie te strekken";Table III: 4 pages and entitled "Lyst van Uitgaaven";Table IV & V: 6 pages and entitled "Uitgebreid narigt van Weeklyksche onkosten in de Huishouding";Table VI: 6 pages and entitled "Model van eene Lyst voor de Ingekomen Rekeningen";Table VII: 2 pages and entitled "Uitrekening van de Middag Thee voor 10 Persoonen volgens Prys-Courant";A sheet of 2 pages entitled "Taxatie voor de Kosten van het Ontbyt en Middag Thee" (for 10 persons);Table VIII: 8 pages and entitled "Taxatie voor het Middag- en Avond-Eeten" (for 10 persons).These are followed by a list of 4 pages entitled "Tarief van Producten Welke in het Huishouden gebruikt worden", followed by one page entitled "De Onkosten voor Twee Koetspaarden Bedragende voor 6 Maanden onderhoud" and finally the page with the index and the instructions to the binder.A second copy of the tables VII and VIII has been loosely inserted, as well as two copies of the invoice listing the prices of the various tables if loosely and separately acquired from the publishers.A very scarce early book-keeping manual for household accounts. Detailed sample forms are given to calculate expenses in houshold management, subdivided into various suppliers such as butcher and baker, journal entries for general household expenses, and weekly accounts. The work gives a vivid impression of housekeeping costs in early nineteenth century Netherlands. EUR 600
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(VENTO DES PENNES, L.N.) La Noblesse ramenée à ses vrais principes, ou Examen du dévelopement de la Noblesse commerçante. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint et Saillant, 1759. iv, 307, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 5819; Einaudi 5860; Higgs 1981; INED 4410; Leblanc 217; Conlon 59:1259; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. 'Sans partager l'opinion de Coyer, l'auteur de La Noblesse Commerçante, Vento admet cependant la nécessité de développer le commerce, et expose quelques moyens aptes à le favoriser. En outre, Vento juge le célibat des prêtres et des officiers nécessaire, raison qui etaye encore sa théorie selon la noblesse ne doit pas déroger en s'occupant de commerce' (INED). EUR 400
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(VENTO DES PENNES, L.N.) La Noblesse ramenée à ses vrais principes, ou Examen du dévelopement de la Noblesse commerçante. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint et Saillant, 1759. iv, 307, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine richly gilt with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Kress 5819; Einaudi 5860; Higgs 1981; INED 4410; Leblanc 217; Conlon 59:1259; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli. First edition. 'Sans partager l'opinion de Coyer, l'auteur de La Noblesse Commerçante, Vento admet cependant la nécessité de développer le commerce, et expose quelques moyens aptes à le favoriser. En outre, Vento juge le célibat des prêtres et des officiers nécessaire, raison qui etaye encore sa théorie selon la noblesse ne doit pas déroger en s'occupant de commerce' (INED). - Some light spotting on title-page. EUR 400
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AGRICOLA, G. De mensuris & ponderibus romanorum atque graecorum lib. V. De externis mensuris & ponderibus lib. II. Ad ea, quae Andreas Alciatus denuo disputauit de mensuris & ponderibus, brevis defensio lib. I. De mensuris, quibus interualla metimur lib. I. De restituendis ponderibus atq. mensuris lib I. De precio metallorum & monetis lib. III. Basel, apud H. Frobenium et N. Episcopium, 1550. Two full-page illustrations in the text. (8), 179,(3), 181-192, one blank leaf, 193-340, (16) pp. Small folio. 17th-century calf, spine gilt with raised bands (excellent repaired binding). Adams A.344; BMSTC (German), p. 8; Kress S.123 (lacking the blank 251-252); Smith, Rara Arithmetica, pp. 171-173. Final and enlarged edition of this work, first published in 1533. The last three texts are published here for the first time. The first work is one of Agricola's most important and became a standard work on ancient weights and measures. It is 'a valuable book of reference on the history of ancient measures ... The book is also valuable to the student of Roman and Greek numerals, and of various symbols of measures. Such works explain the origin of certain systems of measures employed before the metric system was developed, and of such symbols as are still used by apothecaries' (Smith). - Title-page browned and with faint stains, pages 198-230 with a small wormtrack in lower blank margin, internally a very good copy with good margins. Both blanks, q8 and x6, are present. EUR 2250
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ALGAROTTI, (F.) Lettres du Comte Algarotti sur la Russie, Contenant l'état du Commerce, de la Marine, des revenus, & des forces de cet Empire: avec l'histoire de la guerre de 1735 contre lesTurcs, & des observations sur la mer Baltique, & la mer Caspienne. Traduite de l'Italien. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Merlin, 1769. (4), 337, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, a bit worn and rubbed. Kress 6601; Higgs 4560; Conlon 69:492; Garnier, Bibliographie de la Russie, 162; Catalogue Russica, i, A450; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Mattioli. First French edition, rare. Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764) was an Italian poet, art and music critic, dandy and man of letters. The son of wealthy merchant, he became the darling of the European aristocracy. In 1733 he captured the attention of Émilie du Chatelet when he stayed with her and Voltaire (Voltaire called him his 'cher cygne de Padoue') to write Il Neutonianismo per le dame which was translated into English by Elizabeth Carter. Leaving France for London, he became the paramour of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who was ready to sacrafice her reputation and move to Italy with him. But Algarotti fled with Lord Baltimore to Russia, a trip recorded in his Viaggi in Russia (1760). Algarotti later became a constant companion to Frederic of Prussia who ordered a monument to be erected at Pisa to the memory of Algarotti (A Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century History, Edited by Jeremy Black and Roy Porter, p. 22). EUR 500
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ARGENSON, (R,L. DE VOYER D'.) Considérations sur le Gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. Par M. le marquis d'Argenson. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1765. Title-page printed in red and black and with title vignette. vii, (1), 312 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red edges. Menger 544; Stourm, p. 107; Higgs 3368; not in Kress, not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103; cf. Mattioli 76. Third edition, newly set and printed. The work was severely prosecuted in France, but M.M. Rey printed at least three different editions during the years 1764-1765. 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 800
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER D'.) Considérations sur le Gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1765. Title-page printed in red and black and with title vignette. xvi, 328 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards, vellum corners. Menger 544; Stourm, p. 107; Higgs 3368; not in Kress, not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. Second edition, first issue. This second edition has two issues: one with an errata-leaf (pp. xv-xvi) and numbered preliminaries, the second issue has no errata-leaf while the errata are corrected and the preliminaries are unnumbered. The work was severely prosecuted in France, but M.M. Rey printed at least three different editions during the years 1764-1765. 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). - Name of the author written on the title in an contemporary hand, with small owner's stamp on title (M. de Chamineville) and the bookplate of Charles Chabroud, avocat and constitutionel. EUR 900
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER) D'. Considérations sur le gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1765. Title printed in red and black with vignette. 7, (1), 312 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf (slightly damaged and worn). Cf.: Menger 544; Stourm, p. 107; Higgs 3090; not in Kress, not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103. One of the issues published during the years 1764-1765. Although written as early as 1737, the author's theories have already much in common with those of the Physiocrats. The work was severely prosecuted in France, but M.M. Rey printed at least three issues during the years 1764-1765. 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 600
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ARGENSON, (R.L. DE VOYER) D'. Considérations sur le gouvernement ancien et présent de la France. A Amsterdam, Chez M.M. Rey, 1764. Title printed in red and black, with title-vignette. xvi, 328 pp.8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed. Goldsmiths 10051; Higgs 3090; Weulersse i, p. xix; Stourm, p. 107; Menger p. 544; cf.: INED 87; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, pp. 31-36; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 93-103; Conlon 64:512; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Mattioli 76, but the 1784 edition. First edition. Although written as early as 1737, the author's theories have already much in common with those of the Physiocrats. The work was severely prosecuted in France, but M.M. Rey printed at least three issues during the years 1764-1765. 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 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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ARTS AND CRAFTS - COLLECTION of 71 ordinances, arrests, etc. concerning arts and handicrafts, with emphasis on spinning, from the period 1615-1789. Folio or 4to. Sewn, the folio pieces folded. Details opgeslagen in map Cat. EUR 1500
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ASSEMBLEE DE NOTABLES DE 1787 - DISCOURS prononcé de l'ordre du Roi en sa présence par M. de Calonne, Contôleur général des Finances, dans l'Assemblée des Notables, Tenue à Versailles, le 22 Février 1787. AVersailles, De l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1787. - (Bound with:) DISCOURS prononcées à l'Assemblée de Notables, Du Vendredi 25 Mai 1787. A Versailles, De L'Imprimerie de Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1787. - (Bound with:) PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de Notables, Tenue à Versailles, en l'année M.DCCLXXXVII. With 2 leaves containing the 'Plan de la Salle d'Assemblée' and 2 leaves containing the 'Explication'. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. 3 works bound in 1 volume. 34 pp.; 36 pp.; (4), 326 pp. 4to.Modern half calf, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering, marbled boards, sprinkled edges. First work: Kress B.1173; Goldsmiths 13431; Einaudi 798.First edition.Calonne had hoped, with the backing from the leading men of the kingdom (the 'Notables' were choosen, not elected), that the loans he needed would be undoubtedly forthcoming. But when Calonne in his opening speech declared that the royal finances were running a substantial deficit, the question was asked why Necker was able to create a surplus in times of war and without new taxes, where Calonne had had no war and had introduced new taxes (the third vingtieme) and still had a deficit? Calonne was shortly after replaced by Brienne whose appointment did revive credit instantly. On May 25 the Assembly was closed with an closing speech by Brienne. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths.This work contains the speeches by Lamoignon, Lomenie de Brienne, Dillon, d'Aligre, Nicolay, Barentin, Abbé de la Fare, Angran d'Alleray and Le Peletier. Third work: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. x. P.S. Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of the proceedings, but also of the Mémoire presented to the Assembly by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of financial as well as economical administration. EUR 900
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BABBAGE, CH. Science économique des manufactures, Traduit de l'Anglais de Ch. Babbage, sur la troisième édition, par M. Isoard. Paris, A la librairie Orientale de Dondey-Dupré, 1834. xxiii, (1), 392 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, a bit rubbed. Goldsmiths 28497; not Einaudi; not in Kress. First edition of Isoard's translation of the second part of Babbage's Economy of Machinery and Manufactures - the domestic and political economies of manufactures - published just a year after Biot's first translation into French. This translation is taken from the important third edition containing the final text of the classic treatise on the economics of the manufacturing industry. Isoard's translation differs from the translation by Edouard Biot. While Biot chose to translate the entirety of Babbage's work, Isoard was more selective, with the aim of reaching a wider and more varied readership than Biot. He therefore dropped technical chapters on mechanics, translated much of the technical vocabulary into layman's terms, and rearranged many of the paragraphs in order to improve the continuity of each subject. The Economy of Machinery and Manufactures was Babbage's 'brilliant and utterly original foray into political economy ... Adam Smith had analysed the sources of increases in labour productivity to be found in the division of labour: Babbage took this fundamental principle of economic growth and applied it to the individual firm. His obvious first-hand knowledge of a wide variety of industrial and business processes, combined with general analysis of production systems, made the work a tour de force. At a time of anxiety and ambiguity over the reception of new technology, he also offered authoritative policy statements on a wide range of machinery issues, including patent reform, export of machinery, crises of over production, and technological unemployment. The book's intellectual position in relationship to political economy was not, however, easily apparent, and few apart from J.S. Mill and Karl Marx appreciated its significance to their discipline' (Maxine Berg in the introduction to the Pickering Masters edition of Babbage's works, 1989). EUR 500
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BABEUF - (LAMBERT, C.G.) Lettre Écrite par M. le Contrôleur général, à M. le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale, le 28 Juin 1790. (Drop-head title). (A Paris, De l'imprimerie Royale, 1790). - (Bound with:) (LAMBERT, C.G.) Lettre de M. le Contrôleur général, à M. le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale. Du 12 Juillet 1790. (Drop-head title). (A Paris, De l'imprimerie Royale, 1790). - (Bound with:) (LAMBERT, C.G.) Lettre de M. le Contrôleur général, à M. le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale. Du 10 Août 1790. (Drop-head title). (A Paris, De l'imprimerie Royale, 1790). - (Bound with:) (LAMBERT, C.G.) Lettre de M. le Contrôleur général, à M. le Président de l'Assemblée Nationale. Du 18 Août 1790. (Drop-head title). (A Paris, De l'imprimerie Royale, 1790). Four works in one volume. 20 pp.; 18 pp.; 8 pp.; 18 pp. 4to. Modern half red morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Martin & Walter, 18865, 18866, 18867, 18869. All original editions, scarce. Those four letters all deal with the difficulties met in collecting the taxes. The first letter, which contains a 'Releve de la situation des perceptions de la Regie générale des aides dans les villes et lieux qui composent ci-devant les Généralités d'Amiens et de Soissons', strongly denounces for the cities and villages of Montdidier, Guise, Peronne, Saint-Quentin and Roye the activities of the 'Sieur Babeuf' and his petition against the taxes.During the revolution, in a period which R.B. Rose in his Gracchus Babeuf, The First Revolutionary Communist, labels "The Tax Rebellion of 1789-1790" Babeuf published his "Petition sur les Impôts" which he had circulating in 1790. With Paris and Normandy, Picardy is generally conceded to have been one of the three most heavily taxed regions of France in terms of the burden per head of the population. See Rose, op.cit., chapter 5.'Détails sur les activités de Babeuf' (Martin & Walter, 18865). EUR 1500
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BARREME, N. Mémoire à Nosseigneurs de Parlement. Pour Nicolas Barreme, cy-devant premier Commis de ministres, l'un des Directeurs Généraux de la Compagnie des Indes, & chargé directementdes Ordres de S.A.R. Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, Regent du Royaume. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie de Jacques Chardon, 1727. 14 pp. Folio. Modern boards. Kress 3675; not in Goldsmiths; not in Conlon. First edition. Deals with a conflict between Barreme and a certain Bouret about a deal in which Barreme exchanged '7 millions d'Effets Royaux' for 'Actions de la Compagnie des Indes & des Billets payable au porteur.' EUR 150
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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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BESSON, A. Rapport sur les salines et sources salées, et sur le parti le plus avantageux que peut en tirer le gouvernement. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, Pluviôse an IV (1796). With 1 folding table. (2), 49 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 3103. EUR 150
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BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Institutions politiques. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. A Leyde, & se vend à Leipsick, en Foire, Chez J.F. Bassompierre, Fils, 1768-1774. With engraved portrait-frontispiece and five folding tables. 3 volumes. xii, 608 pp.; iv, 635, (1) pp.; xvi, 800 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges, a bit rubbed. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Humpert; Leblanc 240; Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.9. Improved, revised and augmented edition, with the third volume. '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 557-628."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.9) EUR 1250
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BOULAY (DE LA MEURTHE, A.J.C.J.) Essai sur les causes qui, en 1649, amenèrent en Angleterre l'établissement de la république; sur celles qui devaient l'y consolider; sur celles qui l'y firent périr. Seconde édition. Paris, Baudouin, Prairial an VII (1799). (2), 132 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine (Lobstein-Laurenchet). Martin & Walter 4563; Robert & Cougny, Dictionnaire des Parlementaires Français, p. 425-426. Original edition. A work on the 1648 English revolution, the Tudors and Stuarts, Cromwell, presbytarians, the establishment of the republic, its consolidation and its decline. According to Robert & Cougny, the work caused 'beaucoup de bruit" and was intended to provoke a comparison between the English revolution and the French revolution, in which Boulay played an important role as one of the leaders of the moderate party. He occupied a seat in the Council of Five Hundred as well as a number of other positions, was exiled on the accusation of having conspired for the return of Bonaparte and lived in Germany upto 1820. EUR 150
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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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BOYER, A. De l'état des ouvriers et de son amélioration par l'organisation du travail Paris, Dubois, 1841 (Paris, EDHIS, 1979). 165, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn. Kress C. 5395; Goldsmiths 32324; Puech, La vie et l'oeuvre de Flora Tristan, p. 319 ff. Reprint of the extremely rare first edition. Boyer was greatly influenced by the ideas Louis Blanc developed concerning the organisation of labour. Boyer pointed to the relation between technical improvement and the misery of the working classes. He thought thoroughly about social insurance and security, retirement pensions, etc. In many of his ideas he was an advanced thinker. His ideas greatly influenced Flora Tristan. The book was published in 5 seperate instalments and is rarely found complete. EUR 125
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BURET, E. De la misère des classes laborieuses en Angleterre et en France; De la nature de la misère, de son existence, de ses effets, de ses causes, et de l'insufficance des remèdes qu'on lui a opposés jusqu'ici, avec l'indication des moyens propres à en affranchir les sociétés. Paris, Chez Paulin, 1840. 2 volumes. (4), viii, 432 pp.; (4), 492, (4, numbered v-vii) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments and with gilt lettering, a few minor imperfections. Kress C.5117; Goldsmiths 31647; Stammhammer i, p. 41; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable, 1425; Dada 223; Einaudi 749 (1842 edition); not in Mattioli. The very scarce first edition of one of the most important books on the poverty and misery of the working classes in the 19th-century. Antoine Eugene Buret had a short career (1810-1842) but what won for him chiefly the esteem of the economic world was his work De la Misère...... Buret's condemnation of the exploitation of the working classes in England was the first of its kind, preceding that of Engels, and went further in theory and analysis than Villermé in his study of France published in the same year. In this book Buret expressed and accentuated the opinions of the rising socialist school. Buret perceived the vice of the industrial system to be caused by the separation of capital and labour. Revolution is, in his view, too destructive a solution, but his own proposals were hardly less profound in their call for social change. The social consequence of intensive industrialisation were far more noticeable and more extreme in England than anywhere else in Europe, and European social reformers tended to look to England for the illustration of their theories. Buret shows in this work a clear perception of the problems and proposed well-developed and well-written theoretical solutions. As a follower of Sismondi, he criticized the liberal economy with important arguments (see: Palgrave, i, pp. 194 ff. and Maitron, Dictionnaire Biographique du Mouvement Ouvrier Français, i, p. 328.)"The development of ideas concerning the correlations between crime and poverty culminated in Buret's survey, La misère des classes laborieuses ..... The subject was truly poverty, not crime, the laboring classes, not the dangerous classes.Nevertheless, poverty and the laboring classes still exhibited most of the characteristics which were the property of the criminal world; the social terror they roused was still stamped with the specific horror formerly attching to crime.Distress (la misère) had never before been analyzed in such detail. The importance of this analyis has been pointed out so often that we need not revert to it here" (Louis Chevalier, Labouring Classes and Dangerous Classes in Paris during the first half of the nineteenth century, p. 142). - Scattered spotting throughout, repair to blank inner margin of half-title and title in volume 2. The "Table des Matières" of volume one (numbered vii-viii) has been bound at the end. EUR 1500
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias.' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance.' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, I, chapter VII). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, chapter VII). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie. Cinquième édition. Paris, Bureau du Populaire, 1848. (4), viii, 600 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, raised bands, corners, very lightly rubbed. Prudhommeaux 35. The last and most complete edition of the most famous utopian account of the 19th century. - Small library stamp on half-title. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias.' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State.' 'The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance.' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, i, chapter vii). EUR 300
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CABET, (E.) Voyage en Icarie, roman philosophique et social. Deuxième édition. Paris, J. Mallet et Cie., 1842. (4), vii, (4), 566, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, small damage to headband, gilt stamped name of Yovanne Boivin at foot of spine. Prudhommeaux 35; Trousson, p. 269. First edition with the title under which it became famous. The 1840 (actually 1839) edition, in 2 volumes, was published as Voyage et aventures de Lord Carisdall en Icarie. It was done in a very limited number of copies and distributed among friends of the author only, and hence never put in the trade. Also the author's name appears here for the first time on the titlepage. Etienne Cabet (1788-1856), French communist and social reformer. Cabet was educated as a lawyer, became a director of the Carbonari and devoted himself to democratic propaganda. Because of his inflammatory denunciations against the government Cabet was exiled; he lived in England for five years, where he came under the influence of Robert Owen, and returned to France a convert to communism. He expounded his theories in the famous Voyage en Icarie, a description of a utopia in which the government alone engages in commerce and supervises work and education. The only unit outside of the government is the family, which remains under the leadership of the head of the family. Ardent disciples rallied about Cabet and raised subscriptions to finance a vanguard which sailed for Texas in 1848 to establish an Icarian city after Cabet's model. The land which Cabet had bought, and of the location of which he had only a vague idea, was located in the middle of the wilderness, in Fanin, Texas. After suffering many perils and privations the explorers beat a retreat to New Orleans. Cabet joined his disciples the next year, bringing with him new converts, and the Icarian city was created at Nauvoo, an old Mormon town in Illinois. At first the colony prospered but disagreements developed and in 1856 the founder and two hundred of his followers abandoned the settlement. After Cabet's death the colony moved to Cheltenham, Iowa, and later to Corning, continuing to follow in large measure Cabet's ideas. As late as 1881 a Cabetian colony was founded at Cloverdale, California. 'It is in fact little realized today that if France is the 'classic land of socialism' the United States contests with Russia the claim to be considered the classic land of communism. The story of the communists in America, where they were then known as Primitive Christians, is perhaps one of the most incredible in the history of Utopias' (D. Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830-1848, pp. 56-58). 'His (Cabet) importance lies in his attempt to institute, or at least to further the establishment of, a completely communistic society, in which the supreme control of all essential activities was to be in the hands of the State. The deepest influences on his social doctrine were those of Thomas More and of Robert Owen -the Owen of the years after 1832, when the leaders of the Grand National Consolidated Trades Union were anticipating the immediate advent of the New Moral World, to be achieved, not by violent revolution, but by the refusal of the entire working class to continue labouring under the old conditions, and by the joining together of all trades to set on foot a new system of Co-operative production and distribution under their collective control. Cabet's Communism went a great deal further than Owenism towards complete community of living: he blended Owenite millennialism with communistic aspirations drawn from the record of primitive Christianity and of the social radicalism of the Middle Ages and the Catholic Renaissance' (G.D.H. Cole, A History of Socialist Thought, volume i, chapter VII). EUR 750
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CADET DE VAUX, A.A. Moyens de prévenir le retour des disettes. A Paris, Chez D. Colas, 1812. viii, 239, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled covers, uncut. Kress S.6013; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Cadet de Vaux was first apprenticed to the philanthropist Piarron de Chamousset, he practiced pharmacy and became in 1777 one of the cofounders of the first daily newspaper in Paris, Le Journal de Paris. Many of his activities before the revolution were concerned with the disinfection of cesspools and wells, the reform of sanitary conditions in prisons, industrial hygiene, and the removal of cemeteries from the center of Paris. He was elected to membership of the American Philosophical Society in 1787. From the beginning of his career Cadet de Vaux had a strong interest in chemistry and science, which he sought to apply to such fields as agriculture, nutrition, and public health. He had been instrumental, together with Parmentier, in founding the École de Boulangerie, where he also lectured on such subjects as the analysis of wheat and flour, methods of preservation, and the technology of baking. Cadet de Vaux spent the last 40 years of his long life (1743-1828) mostly at his estate in Fraconville where his many projects included agriculture (methods for preserving crops, prevention of mole infestation, cultivation of fruit and tobacco, etc.), home economics and nutrition. A product of the Enlightenment, utilitarian in his scientific outlook, Cadet de Vaux numbered among his friends Benjamin Franklin, Condorcet, and La Rocheoucauld-Liancourt, with all of whom he shared many interests. EUR 400
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CHASSET, (C.A.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée nationale, au nom du Comité des dixmes. Le 9 avril 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1790. - (Followed by:) CHASSET, (C.A.) Rapport fait au nom duComité des dixmes, à la séance du 17 juin 1790. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 2 pieces bound in 1 volume. (2), 30 pp.; 15 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 6960; not in Monglond. Second work: Kress B.1858; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter 6961; not in Monglond; cf.: Stourm 172.First editions. 'Chausset donne des renseignements assez complets sur le point obscur du produit brut et du produit net des dîmes ecclésiastiques.' (Stourm). Charles-Antoine Chasset, representative of the Third Estate. `Le 5 février 1790, au nom du comité Ecclésiastique, il fait un long rapport sur le remplacementr des dîmes `un des fléaux les plus accablants' de l'agriculture. Cependant, comme elles ne pouvent être supprimées sans nuire aux finances et sans déranger l'équilibre des impositions, le plan du comité satisfait toutes les exigences en pourvoyant aux frais du culte (9 avril 1790). Il revient sur cette question deux mois plus tard en rendant hommage à Benjamin Franklin, ce grand homme dont l'Assemblée possède le portrait.' (Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 197-8). EUR 225
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COEN, V. DE. Carnet de Bourse. Bruxelles, Des Presses de E. Hellemans, no date (early 20th century). With 108 black and white illustrations, recto and verso of each page. (118) pp. Small 4to. Original printed covers, cloth spine. Before the title-page are bound two leaves entitled 'Préface de Pot-Pourri': En France tout finit par des Chansons! Chez nous, c'est par là qu'on commence! These leaves contain three songs by Léopold Pels. The illustrations are ridiculing the terms used at the stockmarket, such as Coupons, with an illustration showing a group of men cutting someone into pieces using axes and saws, etc. EUR 350
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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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COMPAGNIE DES INDES - MEMOIRE pour le Sieur Dupleix. Contre la Compagnie des Indes. Avec les pieces justificatives. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de P.A. Le Prieur, 1759. - (Bound with:) (NECKER, J.) Réponse au Mémoire de M. l'Abbé Morellet, sur la Compagnie des Indes, Imprimèe en exécution de la Délibération de Mrs. les Actionnaires, prise dans l'Assemblée générale du 8 Août 1769. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1769. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 294, (2), 124 pp.; (2), 50 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, raised bands, green label with gilt lettering, worn and rubbed, spine damaged, joints split, but solid. First work: Kress S.4166; Goldsmiths 9478A; Einaudi 1659; Higgs 2007; JFBL D341; not in INED; not in Sabin. First edition. Joseph François Dupleix (1697-1763), French colonial administrator. Dupleix revolutionized the policy of the European powers during the critical period of their expansion in to India and the Far East. Taking advantage of temporary French superiority of sea power in Indian waters he was able by means of skilful diplomatic intervention among the Indian princes to make himself the leading European influence in India. He changed the hitherto merely commercial interests of the French and British East India companies into a rivalry for territorial and political control. His ambition developed from the conviction that he could extend French influence beyond the coastal trading ports into the interior and erect there a political hegemony which would not only pay its own way but also vastly expand trading opportunities and produce for France and the French East India Company a revenu 'fixe, constant et abondant'. His ambitious policy failed in the end and he had to return to France where he was received with honour untill he submitted 'ses créances', which were considered disappointing. The ensuing trial ruined Dupleix who died in 1763, poor. 'Dupleix avait offert à la France l'Empire des Indes; on se refusa à cueillir ce beau fruit. Cet homme exceptionnel périt victime de politiciens à courtes vues et de marchands pour lesquels tout gain est immédiat.' In 1763 appeared a work with the title: 'Mémoire pour la Compagnie des Indes. Contre le Sieur Dupleix.'The second leaf (after the title-page and preceding the text) contains the errata to the Mémoire and the Pièces Justificatives.Second work: Kress 6665; INED 3370; Higgs 4701; Sabin 52216; JFBL N25; not in Echeverria & Wilkie; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths.First edition.Morellet's Mémoire sur la situation actuelle de la Compagnie des Indes was an assault on the monopolistic priviliges of the Compagnie des Indes which was published in June 1769. Necker replied with the present work in August 1769 and Morellet responded with his Examen de la réponse de M. N*** au Mémoire de l'Abbé Morellet .... in September 1769. Morellet's succes with his campaign is shown by the suspension of that Company's charter from 1769 to 1785. - Internally a good and sound copy with wide margins. EUR 1200
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COORNAERT, E. Les corporations en France avant 1789. Deuxième édition revue et augmentée. Paris, Editions ouvrières, (1968). 316 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original publishers covers, dustwrapper present, uncut copy. Cf.: Lecotté, Essai Bibliographique sur les Compagnonnages, 215. Still a valuable study, contains a bibliography. EUR 125
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COQUELIN, CH. & GUILLAUMIN. Dictionnaire de l'économie politique, contenant l'exposition des principes de la science, l'opinion des écrivains qui ont le plus contribué à sa fondation et à ses progrès, la bibliographie générale de l'économie politique, par noms d'auteurs et par ordre de matieres, avec des notices biographiques et une appreciation raisonnee des principaux ouvrages. Deuxième édition. Paris, Guillaumin & Cie, L. Hachette & Cie., 1854. With 8 portraits. 2 volumes. xxvii, (1), 971, (1) pp.; (4), 896 pp. Royal 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt with raised bands. Einaudi, 1289; Mattioli, 769. Still a valuable and excellent work of reference particularly for its biographical and bibliographical details on French economic literature. The principal collaborators were: F. Bastiat, H. Baudrillart, Blanqui, M. Block, M. Chevalier, Dunoyer, G. Du Puynode, J. Garnier, Molinari, Moreau de Jonnès, Quételet, L. Reybaud, H. Say, L. Say. EUR 350
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COYER, (G.F.) Bagatelles morales et dissertations, par Monsieur l'Abbé Coyer; avec le Testament littéraire de Mr. l'Abbé Desfontaines. Nouvelle édition, augmentée. A Londres, et se vend à Francfort, Chez Knoch & Eslinger, 1769. Title printed in red and black. (4), 303 (misnumbered 203) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine richly gilt in floral ornaments, red edges. INED 1224 (first edition); Versins 210; Einaudi 1381 (later edition); Higgs 2130; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First published in 1754, this is an augmented edition. Recueil de pièces diverses. Considérations sur le commerce ("nerf de l'État"), le luxe, le célibat, les impôts, la population, l'allaitement maternel, etc. Critiques assez vives de la société, et annonce de bouleversements sociaux, notamment dans l'Année Merveilleuse et dans l'Astrologue du Jour: 'Riches, faites usage du peu de temps qui vous reste à jouir de votre fortune, car elle va bientôt passer en d'autres mains' (INED). The two named pieces in this INED entry are extensively analysed in Lichtenberger's Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 47-49. Criticizes the French society and predicts social revolutions. EUR 250
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COYER, (G.F.) Bagatelles morales et dissertations, avec le Testament littéraire de l'abbé Desfontanes. Nouvelle édition. A Londres, & se vend à Francfort, Chez Knoch & Eslinger, 1759. Title in red and black. Printer's device on title. (4), 289, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt double fillet on sides (a trifle worn and rubbed, corners bumped). INED 1224 (first edition); Versins 210; Einaudi 1381 (later edition); Higgs 2130; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First published in 1754, this is an augmented edition. - Title-page and first twenty pages with a faint stain in the lower margin. 'Recueil de pièces diverses. Considérations sur le commerce ("nerf de l'État"), le luxe, le célibat, les impôts, la population, l'allaitement maternel, etc. Critiques assez vives de la société, et annonce de bouleversements sociaux, notamment dans l'Année Merveilleuse et dans l'Astrologue du Jour:'Riches, faites usage du peu de temps qui vous reste à jouir de votre fortune, car elle va bientôt passer en d'autres mains' (INED). The two named pieces in this INED entry are extensively analysed in Lichtenberger's Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 47-49. Criticizes the French society and predicts social revolutions. EUR 400
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COYER, (G.F.) Bagatelles morales et dissertations, avec le Testament littéraire de l'abbé Desfontanes. Nouvelle édition, augmentée. A Londres, et se vend à Francfort, Chez Knoch & Eslinger, 1763. Title printed within an engraved ornamental border. 288 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. INED 1224 (first edition); Versins 210; Einaudi 1381 (later edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. 'Recueil de pièces diverses. Considérations sur le commerce ("nerf de l'État"), le luxe, le célibat, les impôts, la population, l'allaitement maternel, etc. Critiques assez vives de la société, et annonce de bouleversements sociaux, notamment dans l'Année Merveilleuse et dans l'Astrologue du Jour: 'Riches, faites usage du peu de temps qui vous reste à jouir de votre fortune, car elle va bientôt passer en d'autres mains' (INED). The two named pieces in this INED entry (l'Année Merveilleuse and l'Astrologue du Jou) are extensively analysed in Lichtenberger's Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 47-49. Criticizes the French society and predicts social revolutions. EUR 450
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CREMIEUX, (I.-M., DIT ADOLPHE.) Consultation pour MM. Alexandre Ferrier et Cie, gérans de l'entreprise des Télégraphs publics; Par M. Ad. Crémieux, ..... Suivi d'Adhésions motivées de MM. Lacoste, Dalloz, Hennequin, Delangle, Odilon Barrot, De Vatimesnil, Dupin, Parquin, ..... (Paris, Everat, 1832). 32 pp. 4to. Modern boards. First edition. Against the monopoly of the telegraph. The text is preceded by a facsimile of a letter by Ferrier and Cie.Crémieux later became one of the members of the Provisional government during the 1848 revolution. EUR 200
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CREUZE-LATOUCHE, J.A. Discours et projet de décret de J.A. Creuzé-Latouche, Député de la Vienne, sur les subsistances, proposés Dans la Séance de la Convention Nationale, du 28 avril 1793, l'an deuxième de la République. (Drop-head title). A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1793. 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering. Martin & Walter 8870; Lemay, Dictionnaire des Constituants, i, pp. 244-245; not in Monglond; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Jacques-Antoine Creuzé-Latouche, representative of the Tiers état, member of the Jacobins (with a short period in which he moved over to the Feuillants), elected member to the Convention nationale in 1792, supporter of full liberty of the trade in grain which he considered the best guarentee against want. This is his speech concerning the subject on which he also published a volume of 144 pages in which he praised Sully and Turgot. During the trial of Louis XVI he voted for the deathpenalty, voted also for bringing charges to Marat. EUR 175
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DAUBENTON, (L.J.M.) Mémoire sur le Premier Drap de Laine superfine du crû de la France. Lû à la rentrée publique de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, le 21 Avril 1784. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1784. - (Followed by:) DAUBENTON, (L.J.M.) Observations sur la comparaison de nouvelle laine superfine de France avec la plus belle laine d'Espagne, Dans la Fabrication du Drap. Lûes à la rentrée publique de l'Académie royale des Sciences, le 16 Novembre 1785. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1786. Two works in one volume. 15, (1) pp.; (2), 24 pp. Small 8vo.Modern boards. Kress B.699 (the edition printed in Lille) and S.5104; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First editions. - A few leaves in the second work with a faint dampstain in the upper blank margin. The second work contains from page 13-end the 'Additions aux Observations ..... le 26 mars 1786.'Louis-Jean Marie Daubenton wrote several articles for the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert and also supervised part of the Encyclopédie Méthodique devoted to the animal kingdom. He had a phenomenal career: starting as garde et démonstrateur of the natural history collection at the Jardin du Roi, he became adjoint botaniste, associé botaniste, associé anatomiste and finally pensionnaire anatomiste. He also became membre résident of the anatomy and zoology section of the First Class of the Institut National, and became member of all the major foreign academies and of the Société de Médecine and the Société d'Agriculture during his career. Around 1766 Daubenton was commissioned to investigate 'by a series of well-conceived and carefully executed experiments the most favorable natural arrangement for improving wool.' Daubenton travelled to Spain to study the breeding of the merino sheep and in France to learn current breeding practices. He erected a sheepfold near Montbard in 1767, and he had a second one built at Alfort veterinary school when he began teaching there in 1783. He also persued his wool experiments at the Jardin du Roi. He used the microscope to examine the fineness of the wool obtained and concluded in the first memoir that the wool produced was of similar quality as the wool produced in Spain. See: Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume xv, p. 111 ff. EUR 225
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DAUBENTON, (L.J.M.) Mémoire sur le Premier Drap de Laine superfine du crû de la France. Lû à la rentrée publique de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, le 21 Avril 1784. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1784. 15, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.699 (the edition printed in Lille); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Louis-Jean Marie Daubenton wrote several articles for the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert and also supervised part of the Encyclopédie Méthodique devoted to the animal kingdom. He had a phenomenal career: starting as garde et démonstrateur of the natural history collection at the Jardin du Roi, he became adjoint botaniste, associé botaniste, associé anatomiste and finally pensionnaire anatomiste. He also became membre résident of the anatomy and zoology section of the First Class of the Institut National, and became member of all the major foreign academies and of the Société de Médecine and the Société d'Agriculture during his career. Around 1766 Daubenton was commissioned to investigate 'by a series of well-conceived and carefully executed experiments the most favorable natural arrangement for improving wool.' Daubenton travelled to Spain to study the breeding of the merino sheep and in France to learn current breeding practices. He erected a sheepfold near Montbard in 1767, and he had a second one built at Alfort veterinary school when he began teaching there in 1783. He also persued his wool experiments at the Jardin du Roi. He used the microscope to examine the fineness of the wool obtained and concluded in this memoir that the wool produced was of similar quality as the wool produced in Spain. See: Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume xv, Supplement I, p. 111 ff. EUR 175
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DAUBENTON, (L.J.M.) Mémoire sur le Premier Drap de Laine superfine du crû de la France. Lû à la rentrée publique de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, le 21 Avril 1784. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1784. - (Followed by:) DAUBENTON, (L.J.M.) Observations sur la comparaison de nouvelle laine superfine de France avec la plus belle laine d'Espagne, Dans la Fabrication du Drap. Lûes à la rentrée publique de l'Académie royale des Sciences, le 16 Novembre 1785. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1786. Two works in one volume. 15, (1) pp.; (2), 24 pp. Small 8vo.Modern boards. Kress B.699 (the edition printed in Lille) and S.5104; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First editions. The second work contains from page 13-end the 'Additions aux Observations ..... le 26 mars 1786.'Louis-Jean Marie Daubenton wrote several articles for the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert and also supervised part of the Encyclopédie Méthodique devoted to the animal kingdom. He had a phenomenal career: starting as garde et démonstrateur of the natural history collection at the Jardin du Roi, he became adjoint botaniste, associé botaniste, associé anatomiste and finally pensionnaire anatomiste. He also became membre résident of the anatomy and zoology sectio of the First Class of the Institut National, and became member of al the major foreign academies and of the Société de Médecine and the Société d'Agriculture during his career. Around 1766 Daubenton was commissioned to investigate 'by a series of well-conceived and carefully executed experiments the most favorable natural arrangement for improving wool.' Daubenton travelled to Spain to study the breeding of the merino sheep and in France to learn current breeding practices. He erected a sheepfold near Montbard in 1767, and he had a second one built at Alfort veterinary school when he began teaching there in 1783. He also persued his wool experiments at the Jardin du Roi. He used the microscope to examine the fineness of the wool obtained and concluded in the first memoir that the wool produced was of similar quality as the wool produced in Spain. See: Dictionary of Scientific Biography, volume xv, Supplement I, p. 111 ff. EUR 225
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DELORME, H.G. Réponse à la lettre de M. le Comte de Mosbourg, sur la Réduction de la Rente. Par H.G. Delorme, du Cher. A Paris, Chez Anth. Boucher, et Delaunay, 22 Avril 1824. - (Bound with:) DELORME, H.G. Réponse à la seconde lettre de M. le Comte de Mosbourg, sur le remboursement des Rentes. Par H.G. Delorme, du Cher. A Paris, Chez Delaunay, et chez Anth. Boucher, 1824. Two works in 1 volume. 24 pp.; 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress C.1228 & C.1229; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First editions. EUR 300
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DEMEUNIER, (J.N.) Rapport sur l'organisation du Ministère, fait au nom du Comité de Constitution. Par M. Démeunier. Imprimé par ordre de l'Assemblée nationale. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 40 pp. 8vo. Modern red half morocco, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 10098; not in Monglond; Dictionnaire des Constituants I, pp. 278-280. First edition. - Browned throughout, light staining in outer blank margins. Page 26-end contain a 'Projet de décret sur l'organisation du ministère, présenté par le Comité de Constitution.' EUR 125
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DESTUTT DE TRACY, A.L.C. Élemens d'Idéologie. Première Partie [-Cinquième Partie]. Seconde édition. A Paris, Chez Courcier, An XI = 1803 (-XIII = 1804, 1805, and 1818). With two folding tables in volume two. 5 volumes bound in four. (4), xxvii (misnumbered xxxii), 456 pp.; xiv, 454, (2) pp.; viii, 671, (1) pp.; vi, 527, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary green calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, gilt ornamental borders on sides, all edges gilt. E. Kennedy, A 'Philosophe' in the Age of Revolution. Destutt de Tracy and the Origins of 'Ideology', pp. 112-166 with an elaborate analysis. The volumes one and four are in the second edition, the other volumes are in the original edition. The first volume has been augmented with valuable notes. A truely beautiful copy of Destutt de Tracy's famous and principal work, published over a period of more than 10 years. Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and propounder of the doctrine of Ideology. During the French revolution he became so disgusted with the extremists among the revolutionairies that he retired from politics to Auteuil, where he joined the celebrated group of philosopher-scientists which found its center at the home of Mme. Helvétius. Among his intimates were Cabanis and Condorcet, Volney and Garat. Imprisoned for a year under the Terror, he began to study the works of Condillac and John Locke, the result of which was his elaboration of the discipline he called Ideology. The group associated with Destutt de Tracy took the name Idéologues from his doctrine. They became influential in 1795 in two new institutions, The École Normale and the Institut Nationale.'Il eut une influence indéniable sur les économistes, des littérateurs et surtout des philosophes du 19e siècle comme Thomas Browne, Stuart Mill, Spence, Taine et Ribot' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, xi, pp. 116-7). He coined the word 'idéologues', long before it acquired its pejorative sense at the hands of Marx, by which Destutt meant the science of ideas. It embraced and intertwinned psychological, moral, economic and social phenomena but which gave primacy to economics because he thought that the purpose of society was to satisfy man's material needs. Tracy rejected the physiocratic notion of value, substituting a labour theory that Ricardo subsequently endorsed in his 'Principles'. He differs on various points with Say and Smith. On numerous topics he was far less thorough and rigorous than either Smith or Say, but his exposition of the capitalization theory of taxation was superior to the rest. Along with Say, Destutt de Tracy was one of the earliest members of the French liberal school. - The first few leaves of volume one with a very small wormtrack in the lower blank margin. An exceptionally nice copy. EUR 3500
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DONATO, N. L'homme d'État, par Nicolo Donato; Ouvrage traduit de l'Italien en François, Avec un grand nombre d'Additions considérables, extraites des Auteurs les plus célebres qui ont écrit sur les matières politiques. A Liege, Chez Clement Plomteux, 1767. 2 volumes in 1. viii, 450 pp.; (4), 258 pp. 4to. Contemporarymarbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, corners lightly bumped, top of spine slightly damaged. Higgs 4246 and Conlon 67:792 both listing the 3 volumes edition in 12mo; Camus 221; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First French edition, originally published in Italian as L'uomo di governo, 1753. Nicolo Donato, elected 93rd doge of Venice in 1618, and auhor of this book which contains a treatise on public finance: a classification under seven headings, and a statement giving details of public expenditure relating more particularly to the Venetian state. The translation was done by J.B.R. Robinet. - Somewhat browned throughout. EUR 900
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DU VILLARD (DE DURAND, E.E.) Recherches sur les Rentes, les Emprunts et les Remboursemens. D'où résultent, 1. Des formes d'emprunts, moins onéreuses à l'emprunteur, & en même temps plus avantageuses aux créanciers accumulateurs, que ne le sont les différentes formes d'emprunts publics employées jusqu'à présent. 2. Des conversions de remboursemens, qui réunissent ces deux avantages, surtout, lorsque le débiteur renonce à emprunter de nouveaux capitaux. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, A Geneve, Chez Franç. Dufart, 1787. With 2 folding tables and 2 folding engraved plates. (8), 125, (1, errata), (2, prospectus) pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled boards, somewhat rubbed, corners bumped, small defect at foot of spine. Kress B.1204; Goldsmiths 13438; INED 1715; not in Einaudi; Biblioteca Mansutti, 564; Bibliothèque de la Compagnie d'Assurances Utrecht, i, p. 619. First edition. Du Villard de Durand, born in Geneva of an ancient French Huguenot family, was head of the statistical department of population in the office of the French ministry of the Interior. His treatise on the theory of loans repayable by constant or variable annuities was published under the auspices of the 'Académie Royale des Sciences' in Paris, with a preface by Condorcet recommanding it. In this work one also finds a demographic analysis to determine the appropriate rate on a loan which the borrower undertakes te repay in equal instalments over his lifetime.'He attempts to measure the desirability of an investment by using the expected rate of return. He also shows how one may find the period for which a given investment may give the maximum rate of return' (R.D. Theocharis, Early Developments in Mathematical Economics, p. 85). - Front blank partly loose. Rare and an important contribution to the history of mathematical economics. EUR 1250
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DU VILLARD (DE DURAND, E.E.) Recherches sur les Rentes, les Emprunts et les Remboursemens. D'où résultent, 1. Des formes d'emprunts, moins onéreuses à l'emprunteur, & en même temps plus avantageuses aux créanciers accumulateurs, que ne le sont les différentes formes d'emprunts publics employées jusqu'à présent. 2. Des conversions de remboursemens, qui réunissent ces deux avantages, surtout, lorsque le débiteur renonce à emprunter de nouveaux capitaux. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, A Geneve, Chez Franç. Dufart, 1787. With 2 folding tables and 2 folding engraved plates. (8), 125, (1, errata), (2, prospectus) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, very lightly rubbed, upper cover with a stain. Kress B.1204; Goldsmiths 13438; INED 1715; not in Einaudi; Biblioteca Mansutti, 564; Bibliothèque de la Compagnie d'Assurances Utrecht, i, p. 619. First edition. Du Villard de Durand, born in Geneva of an ancient French Huguenot family, was head of the statistical department of population in the office of the French ministry of the Interior. His treatise on the theory of loans repayable by constant or variable annuities was published under the auspices of the 'Académie Royale des Sciences' in Paris, with a preface by Condorcet recommanding it. In this work one also finds a demographic analysis to determine the appropriate rate on a loan which the borrower undertakes te repay in equal instalments over his lifetime.'He attempts to measure the desirability of an investment by using the expected rate of return. He also shows how one may find the period for which a given investment may give the maximum rate of return' (R.D. Theocharis, Early Developments in Mathematical Economics, p. 85). - With a name and a number in an old hand written on half-title. Rare and an important contribution to the history of mathematical economics. EUR 1500
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DUPIN, CH. Système de l'Administration Britannique en 1822, considéré sous les rapports des finances, de l'industrie, du commerce et de la navigation, d'après un exposé ministériel. Paris, Bachelier, 1823. - (Bound with:) (FRISELL, F.) De la Constitution de l'Angleterre, et des changemens principaux qu'elle à éprouvés, tant dans son esprit que dans sa forme, depuis son origine jusqu'a nos jours; avec Quelques remarques sur l'ancienne constitution de la France. Par un Anglais. Seconde édition. A Paris, Chez le Normant, 1820. - (Bound with:) SEPTENNALITE, LA, du Parlement d'Angleterre, ou Journal des Discussions, qui ont eu lieu dans les deux chambres lors de cette proposition; suivi des opinions de Tindal, Smollet, Belsham, Coxe et Blackstone, Publicistes Anglais. Extrait de l'Histoire du Parlement d'Angleterre. Londres, Treuttel et Würtz, Treuttel fils et Richter, 1824. 3 volumes in one. (4), 160 pp.; 100 pp.; 174 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering. First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.First edition.Baron Charles Dupin (1784-1873), mathematician, engineer, politician, peer of France and Senator of the Second Empire. Charles Dupin favored representative institutions about which he wrote in his Lois fundamentales de la France (1814). He visited England several times between 1816 and 1819 and during these trips he assembled most of the material that served him so well in the composition of some of his more important works. Second work: The name of the author is given by Barbier who writes that the name of the author appeared on the title page of the fourth edition. The first and second edition were both published in 1820. Fraser Frisell (1774-1846), a friend of Chateaubriand and Joubert, was educated at the University of Glasgow. He was in France in 1793 when he was thrown in jail following the decree of the Convention ordering the arrest of strangers. On the renewal of the war in 1803 he was again in France, and was thrown again in jail although not for long. He took up residence in Paris for the remainer of his life. Frisell was a man of considerable accomplishments. Chateaubriand called him 'le Gréco-Anglais.' Third work: First edition (?).Deals with the seven years term of the English parlement. EUR 400
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DUSAULX, (J.) De la passion du Jeu, depuis les temps anciens jusqu'a nos jours; ....... Dédié a Monsieur. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1779. Woodcut French royal arms on titles, 2 woodcut head-pieces and several tail-pieces. 2 volumes in one. xxxvi, 267, (1) pp.; (4), 335, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with red label with gilt lettering, joints lightly rubbed, upper joint with small split at head and foot. INED 1682; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition of this classic study of the sociology of gambling by the reformed cambling addict Dusaulx. Dusaulx clearly sets the blame for the spread of gambling and the decline of public morals on the government's political and financial interests. 'Although much of the evidence which Dusaulx, himself an ex-gambler, marshals is only what had been said before, part of his originality lies in his very forthright interpretation of the facts, and part of it lies in his much greater reliance on striking illustrations, intended to appeal to the reader's sensibilities more than to his purely rational faculties' (J. Dunkley, Gambling: a Social and Moral Problem in France, 1685-1792, pp. 145-152).Dusaulx blames Mazarin for introducing cards at court to prolong Louis XIV's minority, and thus placed the nobility on a steady course to ruin, and he blames John Law for introducing the country to a novel form of gambling, i.e. speculation, which spread to wide sections of the population. But the root of it all is the introduction of state lotteries, which implicitly sanctions and encourages private gambling. The governements which organise them, contribute to the moral depravation of their subjects. Although the study is mainly concerned with gambling in France there are other interesting chapters involving stories of gambling in other countries, including a translation of the Emperor of China's edicts on gambling.'Du jeu, au point de vue historique et moral. Seconde partie, chapitres XLIII-L sur les loteries. Dusaulx relève les erreurs de Jean Le Clerc à leur sujet, et conclut, à l'instar du Parlement de Paris, que 'ses coupables jeux sont la ruine du pauvre Peuple'' (INED).Dusaulx himself was caught by the passion for the game and was financially ruined by it. In 1775 he wrote a book Lettre et réflexions sur la fureur du jeu, in which he analyzed the psychology of the player-gambler and showed how he had liberated himself from this vice. He became later partisan of the 'philosophes' and founded 'La Musée français' in december 1784.The book was printed at the press of Monsieur, later Louis XVIII. - Last four leaves with small loss in outer blank margin and with a very light stain in upper outer margin, with the bookplate of J. Maugin on the front paste-down. A good copy. EUR 1000
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EINAUDI, L. Saggi bibliografici e storici intorno alle dottrine economiche. Roma, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1953. xiii, (3), 367, (11) pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, some light wear along edges, uncut and unopened (Storia ed Economia. Studi, Testi Documenti, Quaderni a cura du Bruno Rossi Ragazzi, 1). First edition. EUR 100
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EMERIGON, B.-M. Traité des Assurances et des Contrats à la grosse. A Marseille, Chez Jean Mossy, 1783. 2 volumes. (8), xvi, 686 pp.; (4), 680, (4 errata, advertisements) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt spine with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, a bit rubbed. Camus 2250; Kress B.573; Goldsmiths 12420; McCulloch, p. 246; not in Einaudi; Mansutti, 568; Catalogus Utrecht, ii, p. 813; Polak 3150. Rare first edition. This work by Émérigon (1716-1784) was considered at the time 'un oracle presque toujours sûr en matière d'assurance et cité devant les tribuneaux comme une autorité qui fait pour ainsi dire loi' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française XII, 1241) Deals not only with the subject mentioned in the title, but covers the whole of maritime law. (i.e. chapter 6: du navire; chapter xii: des risques maritimes; vol. 2, chapter iii: Du change maritime etc.) 'Le Traité des assurances n'est pas borné à la seule matière qu'indique son titre. Il embrasse la presque totalité du droit maritime, et ne saurait être trop recommandé à ceux qui s'occupent de cette importante partie de la législation' (Camus).The author acquired during his long career an immense knowledge about the subjects concerned here, and in fact supplied much very important material to Valin for his important work on the ordinance of 1681.'The author of this work, an advocate in the parliament of Aix and a councillor in the admiralty court of Marseilles, died in 1784 ... He had by long practice and study acquired a very extensive and profound knowledge of maritime and commercial law. This treatise is of the highest authority. It is said by Lord Tenterden, in the preface to his work on maritime law, to be "peculiarly valuable for its extent of learned research, and the numerous and apt citations of the texts of the civil law and of the marine ordinances, the opinions of former writers, and the adjudications of the courts of justice of his own country, which are to be found in every part of it' (McCulloch). - 95 leaves (including the front blank and final blank) of volume one with a stain in the outer margin. With approbation and privilège. EUR 2500
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FERGUSON, A. An Essay on the History of Civil Society. Edinburgh, printed for A. Millar & T. Caddel in the Strand, London, and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1767.viii, 430 pp., complete with the final blank. 4to. Original speckled calf, expertly repaired, spine (renewed) gilt with raised bands with the original title label preserved, paste-downs and endpapers new, gilt fillet on sides, red sprinkled edges. Kress 6432; Goldsmiths 10264; Higgs 3973; Mattioli 1254; not in Chuo. First edition of a sociological classic and the principal work of Adam Ferguson, professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a leader of the Scottish Enlightenment. 'Ferguson is today remembered for his Essay..... rather than for his contributions to moral philosophy or Roman history: he was what we would now call an intellectual historian, tracing the gradual rise of the human mind from barbarism to political and social refinement .... Debates between Reid, Dugald Stewart, Hume, Adam Smith, Lord Kames and Ferguson himself reveal Scottish philosophy, in general, to be important sociologically. Ferguson's thought was part of a general eighteenth century movement, stimulated by the French, built upon English empirical traditions, and hostile to Cartesian speculation. Ferguson is sometimes considered the father of modern systematic sociology, and although he himself was soon forgotten amidst the antiempirical reactions of Heglian disciples, the influence of the philosophical group to which he belonged was attested to by such nineteenth-century political thinkers as Comte, Mill and Marx. His discussions of politics, economics, history, easthetics, literature and ethnology were a synthesis of the thought of his time' (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). - Copy discarded from the library of the Freie Universität Berlin with their stamp (and a stamp reading 'Gestrichen') on verso of title, a very small and light dampstain in the inner margin of the preliminaries. A very good copy with wide margins of an important and scarce book. EUR 10000
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FERGUSON, A. An Essay on the History of Civil Society. Edinburgh, printed for A. Millar & T. Caddel in the Strand, London, and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, 1767.viii, 430 pp., complete with the final blank. 4to. Contemporary polished calf, gilt double fillet on sides, spine gilt with raised bands and red label with gilt lettering, rubbed and lightly worn at edges of boards, joints and spine-ends expertly strengthened, spine lightly and occasionally shaved. Kress 6432; Goldsmiths 10264; Higgs 3973; not in Chuo. First edition of a sociological classic and the principal work of Adam Ferguson, professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a leader of the Scottish Enlightenment. - Upper blank portion of the title-page neatly cut away, page one slightly dust soiled, else fine with broad margins. 'Ferguson is today remembered for his Essay..... rather than for his contributions to moral philosophy or Roman history: he was what we would now call an intellectual historian, tracing the gradual rise of the human mind from barbarism to political and social refinement .... Debates between Reid, Dugald Stewart, Hume, Adam Smith, Lord Kames and Ferguson himself reveal Scottish philosophy, in general, to be important sociologically. Ferguson's thought was part of a general eighteenth century movement, stimulated by the French, built upon English empirical traditions, and hostile to Cartesian speculation. Ferguson is sometimes considered the father of modern systematic sociology, and although he himself was soon forgotten amidst the antiempirical reactions of Heglian disciples, the influence of the philosophical group to which he belonged was attested to by such nineteenth-century political thinkers as Comte, Mill and Marx. His discussions of politics, economics, history, easthetics, literature and ethnology were a synthesis of the thought of his time. (Encyclopedia of Philosophy.) EUR 9000
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FISCHEL, M.M. Le Thaler de Marie-Thérèse. Etude de Sociologie et d'Histoire Economique. Paris, M. Giard & E. Brière, 1912. With one plate and one map. xxxi, (1), 208 pp. Large 8vo. Sewn in original printed cover, uncut and unopened. First edition. The 'Thaler', a piece of money, was used from 1751 upto 1911. EUR 125
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FISHERY - (LOUIS XV.) Reglement sur ce qui doit estre observé par les maîtres & patrons des bateaux portant masts, voiles & gouvernail, qui font la pêche du poisson frais à la mer. A Versailles le31 août 1722. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1722. 4 pp. Small 4to. Disbound. Actes royaux, v, 28640. EUR 75
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FOIRES DE LYON - EDICT du Roy, portant union de la iurisdiction de la conservation ds privileges royaux des foires de la ville de Lyon, au Corps Consulaire de ladite Ville. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie d'Antoine Vitré, 1655. - (Followed by:) EDICT ET DECLARATION des Roys Henry IV. et Louys XIV. des mois d'aoust 1606 et avril 1664. Par lesquelles les obligations contractées par les femmes, de l'autorité de leurs maris, dans la ville de Lyon, pays de Lyonnois, Forests, Beaujolais & Maconois, sont declarées bonnes & valables, tant pour le passé, que pour l'advenir. Verifiées & enregistrées au Parlement, le 22 May 1607 & 20 Aoust 1664. Et Arrest rendu en consequence, suivant la disposition desdits Edict & declaration, le 6 Septembre 1664. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie d'Antoine Vitré, 1664. - (Followed by:) ARREST Contradictoire du Conseil d'Estat du Roy, Sa Maieste y estant, portant Un Reglement general de jurisdiction entre les Prevost des Marchands & Eschevins de la ville de Lyon, Iuges Gardiens & Conservateurs des privileges de ses foires, & les Officiers de la Seneschaussée & Siege Presidial de ladite Ville. Du 23 Decembre 1668. No place, no date. Three pieces in one volume. 19, (1) pp.; 16 pp.; (2), lxxxix, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. First piece: Actes Royaux, 11376. Second piece: Actes Royaux, 5443. All three pieces have a faint waterstain in the upper inner margin, the first two pieces, being somewhat larger than the third, have been folded to fit into the volume, numbering in ink in an old hand of each leaf in the upper outer corner, starting with 195 and ending with 255. EUR 650
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FOURIER, CH. Traité de l'association domestique-agricole. A Paris, Bossange père, P. Mongie ainé; A Londres, M. Bossange et Comp., 1822. 2 volumes - (Followed by:) FOURIER, CH. Sommaire du traité de l'association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. Paris, Bossange Père, P. Mongie ainé, Londres Martin Bossange et Cie., 1823. Three volumes. lxiv, 592 pp.; viii, 648 pp.; (2), 8, 8B-8E, 9-16, (1329)-1398, B1398-1398E, 1399-1448, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary green half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, corners, gilt fillets on sides (some very light browning, first four leaves of the second work with a dampstain in the lower outer blank corner.) First work: Del Bo 5; Kress C.864; Goldsmiths 23694; Einaudi 1960 (both works). Second work: Del Bo 6; Kress C.1060; Goldsmiths 23997. First editions of the main work of Fourier, together with the very rare supplement. The first volume is signed by Fourier on verso of the half title. This is Fourier's most important work, containing 'the essence of Fourier's doctrine' (David Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France 1830-1848, p. 129.) The main thesis of the work is the discovery of the 'harmonie'. The whole work tries to pove how this 'harmonie' can be established and how life and society should be constructed to ensure succes. Fourier tried to get as much attention as possible for his ideas and to that end he published the 'Sommaire du traité...' in 1823, the often lacking supplement. The work however remained however virtually unnoticed. Although Fourier is often seen as a dreamer and fantast, he preceded in many of his ideas Marx. The theory of poverty and exploitation and its relation to the means of production can already be found with him, and the Marxist conception of the all-round man is an idea on which Fourier elaborately worked and which is the most important result of his 'harmonie'. 'He (Fourier) was emphatically a serious social thinker who contributed much of permanent value, not only to Socialist and Co-operative ideas, but also to the solution of the entire problem of work and of the incentives and human relations connected with it. (see: Kolakowsky: History of Marxism; Quack, de Socialisten, and G.D.H. Cole, A history of socialist thought.)It is little realized even today that many Fourierist communities were actually established, chiefly in the United States where the way had been prepared by Robert Owen. Fourierism was introduced to the United States by Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man appeared in 1840. Brisbane had studied in France under Fourier in 1834. In 1842 the New York Tribune, then edited by Horace Greeley, placed at his disposal a column in which for over a year he popularized Fourier's doctrines. (.....) The direct effect of Brisbane's writings was the making of of a large number of experiments in community-living all over the United States during the eighteen-forties. The most famous of these were the North American Phalanx of New Jersey, which had 112 members and flourished for 12 years; the Wisconsin Phalanx, consisting of 32 families settled on 1,800 acres of land; and Brook Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachussetts (....); others associated with the enterprise were William Henry Channing, Henry Ward Beecher, George Ripley, Charles Dana, and Daniel Hawthorne. Another Fourierist commune was established in Texas by Fourier's disciple Victor Considerant in 1849, which lasted till the Civil War (See David Owen Evans, op.cit. pp. 48-49).The 'Sommaire du Traité ....' contains, bound before the title page, the leaf 'Instructions pour le Vendeur et l'Acheteur', and contains, on the last page, the 'Appendice aux Conclusions' as well as the two inserted quires, the first, B8-E8, containing 'Banques Rurales', the second, B1398-1398E, containing 'Carton à placer entre 1398 et 1399. Antienne du chap. III. La 4e phase de civilisation, I, 159.' Extremely rare in this complete state, in conformity with the details given by Del Bo.Bound in, in the 'Sommaire du Traité', is a handwritten and signed letter by Charles Fourier, dated 9 Octobre, 1836, written on paper of 'La Réforme Industrielle ou Le Phalanstère, ....' of 4 pages, the first leaf with the letter by Fourier, recto second leaf blank, verso second leaf the addressee: madame Cara Ghribaut (??), rue St. Victor, no 76, à la 2e Cour à Paris. Fourier writes, in a moving sentence about his meeting a female friend of the addressee: '.... est une jolie femme, je m'en suis fort bien aperçu, et si j'avais eu 30 ans de moins je lui aurais dit ce que j'en pensais; mais j'ai trop à redouter que de pareils aveux ne soient indifferens à qui en serait l'objet.' EUR 16000
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FOURIER, CH. Traité de l'Association domestique-agricole. A Paris, Bossange père, P. Mongie ainé; A Londres, M. Bossange et Comp., 1822. 2 volumes - (Followed by:) FOURIER, CH. Sommaire du Traité de l'Association domestique-agricole ou attraction industrielle. Paris, Bossange père, P. Mongie ainé, Londres M. Bossange et Cie., 1823. Two works in 3 volumes. lxxx, 592 pp.; viii, 648 pp.; (2), 16, (1329)-1448, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half calf, marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering and numbering (first two volumes), original blind covers, kept in a half vellum case with vellum overlapping edges, kept in a box (the 'Sommaire'). First work: Del Bo 5; Kress C.864; Goldsmiths 23694; Einaudi 1960 (both works). Second work: Del Bo 6; Kress C.1060; Goldsmiths 23997. First editions of the main work of Fourier, together with the very rare supplement. The first volume is signed by Fourier on verso of the half title. This is Fourier's most important work, containing 'the essence of Fourier's doctrine' (David Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France 1830-1848, p. 129.) - The first and the last leaf of the Supplement are pasted to the inside of the cover, supplement loosening but still holding, main work occasionally cut short at upper margin, not affecting text. The main thesis of the work is the discovery of the 'harmonie'. The work is an elaborate exposition of how this 'harmonie' can be established and how life and society should be constructed to ensure succes. Fourier tried to get as much attention as possible for his ideas and to that end he published the 'Sommaire du traité...' in 1823, the often lacking supplement. The work however remained however virtually unnoticed. Although Fourier is often seen as a dreamer and fantast, he preceded in many of his ideas Marx. The theory of poverty and exploitation and its relation to the means of production can already be found with him, and the Marxist conception of the all-round man is an idea on which Fourier elaborately worked and which is the most important result of his 'harmonie'. 'He (Fourier) was emphatically a serious social thinker who contributed much of permanent value, not only to Socialist and Co-operative ideas, but also to the solution of the entire problem of work and of the incentives and human relations connected with it (see: Kolakowsky: History of Marxism; Quack, de Socialisten, and G.D.H. Cole, A history of socialist thought.)It is little realized even today that many Fourierist communities were actually established, chiefly in the United States where the way had been prepared by Robert Owen. Fourierism was introduced to the United States by Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man appeared in 1840. Brisbane had studied in France under Fourier in 1834. In 1842 the New York Tribune, then edited by Horace Greeley, placed at his disposal a column in which for over a year he popularized Fourier's doctrines. (.....) The direct effect of Brisbane's writings was the making of a large number of experiments in community-living all over the United States during the eighteen-forties. The most famous of these were the North American Phalanx of New Jersey, which had 112 members and flourished for 12 years; the Wisconsin Phalanx, consisting of 32 families settled on 1,800 acres of land; and Brook Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachussetts (....); others associated with the enterprise were William Henry Channing, Henry Ward Beecher, George Ripley, Charles Dana, and Daniel Hawthorne. Another Fourierist commune was established in Texas by Fourier's disciple Victor Considerant in 1849, which lasted till the Civil War (See David Owen Evans, op.cit. pp. 48-49).The Sommaire .... lacks the leaves B8-8E containing the text 'Banques rurales', and the leaves B1398-1398E containing the text 'Antienne du chapitre III', both of which are later insertions, but does contain the preliminary leaf 'Introductions pour le vendeur et l'acheteur' and the final leaf 'Appendice aux conclusions'. EUR 3500
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FRANKLIN, B. Mélanges de Morale, d'Économie et de Politique, Extraits des Ouvrages de Benjamin Franklin, et précédés d'une notice sur sa vie, Par A. Ch. Renouard, advocat. Paris, Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1824. With portrait-frontispiece and folding facsimile (split along one fold). 2 volumes. vii, (1), 252 pp.; (4), 186 pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spines gilt with green and red labels with gilt lettering. Sabin 25544; not in Howes; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First French edition. - Some dampstaining at the beginning and end of each volume but still a good copy. EUR 500
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GARNIER, G. Mémoire sur la valeur des monnaies de compte chez les peuples de l'Antiquité. Lu à l'académie, dans les séances des 21, 28 février et 7 mars 1817. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Mme. Ve. Agasse, 1817. (4), 91, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards, spine direct lettered gilt. Kress B.6930; Goldsmiths 21822; Einaudi 2385. First edition. Read at the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. During the years 1817 and 1818 Garnier presented several memoirs which formed the basis for his famous Histoire de la monnaie which was published in 1819. - Some unobtrusive scattered spotting. EUR 225
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GARNIER, G. Mémoire sur la valeur des monnaies de compte chez les peuples de l'Antiquité. Lu à l'académie, dans les séances des 21, 28 février et 7 mars 1817. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Mme. Ve. Agasse, 1817. (4), 91, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards, spine direct lettered gilt. Kress B.6930; Goldsmiths 21822; Einaudi 2385. First edition. Read at the Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. During the years 1817 and 1818 Garnier presented several memoirs which formed the basis for his famous Histoire de la monnaie which was published in 1819. - Waterstain throughout in upper blank margin or inner margin, only occasionally touching the text. EUR 175
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GARONNE AINE. Réflexions sur le commerce de France; Par M. Garonne aîné. Sur nos manufactures. Sur les Douanes. Sur le Traité de Commerce fait avec l'Angleterre en 1786. Sur les Franchisesdes Ports. Sur la possibilité de former à Paris un Entrepôt, qui offrirait de grands avantages et beaucoup de facilités au Commerce de cette Ville. A Paris, Chez P. Mongie, Capelle et Compagnie, An XII-1804. (4), 134, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed and worn, one joint with short split). Goldsmiths 18857; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. First edition. 'Ancien député de la ville et du commerce du Cote près l'Assemblée constituante, de la Société royale de littérature et des Beaux-Arts de Gand' (Quérard, La France Littéraire). The last leaf (with a small part of the outer lower blank margin cut away) contains a number of errata. EUR 225
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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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GAUME, ABBé J.(-J.) L'Europe en 1848 ou considérations sur l'organisation du travail. Le communisme et le christianisme. Paris, Gaume frères, 1848. 77, (3) pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, title within nice printed ornamental borders, uncut and unopened. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi, Mattioli; Stammhammer, i, p. 87. Original edition. Study on communism and socialism and the various movements active in Europe around 1848 affecting the social order and christianity. The Abbé, however, was interested in the social question and sought ways to deal with this question within the framework of the then existing christian order. Gaume is especially known for his thoughts on education which gave rise to the famous question of the classics. His writings on education are all inspired by one and the same thought; vividly struck by the religious and moral deterioration of his age, the author seeks its remote cause, and believes he finds it in the Renaissance, which was for society a resurrection of the paganism of antiquity, prepared the way for the Revolution, and was, in fine, the primal source of all the evil. Such is the dominating idea of the works "La Révolution" (8 vols., 1856) and "Histoire de la societé domestique" (2 vols., 1854). It is again met with in "Les Trois Rome" (1857). But to cure the ills of society it was necessary to devise a new method of moulding childhood and youth; this was to consist in catechetical instruction and the exclusion of pagan authors from classical studies. His views on education provoked a lively controversy among Catholics.- Nice copy, some occasional browning. EUR 225
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GIOJA, M. Filosofia della statistica esposta da Melchiorre Gioja autore degli elementi di filosofia. Milano, Presso Gio. Pirotta in Santa Radegonda, Febbrajo 1826. With five folding tables. 2 parts in1 volume. xvi, 308 pp.; 416 pp. 4to. Contemporary boards (a few small library markings, lightly worn). Goldsmiths, Additions, 24785.1; Einaudi 2570; Italian Economic Literature in the Kress Library 1475-1850, 885 First edition. Melchiorre Gioja (1767-1829) studied first theology, then mathematics, economics and statistics, to which last he applied himself steadily. Schumpeter affirms the importance of the results of Gioja's statistical research (p. 511, 519) and also Babbage saw in him an important predecessor. He was involved in politics, imprisoned several times and lost various positions including that of director of the statistical office at Milan. He initiated with Custodi and Romagnosi the Annali universali di statistica (1824-1871). The first part contains the 'Discorso elementare sull'indole, ull'estensione, sui vantaggi della statistica.' EUR 1100
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GIRARD, P. DE. Décret qui accorde un prix d'un million à l'inventeur de la meilleure machine à filer le lin. 7 mai 1810. (Manuscript copy on paper of the Depot des Lois). 2 pp. 4to. - (Bound with:) AMPERE, J.J. M. Philippe de Girard. (Corbeil, Typ. de Créte), no date (around 1845). 16 pp. 8vo. - (Bound with:) INVENTION de la filature méchanique du lin. Notice chronologique. (Drop-head title). (Paris, Imprimerie de Guiraudet et Jouaust), no date (1851). 24 pp. 4to. - (Bound with:) RAPPORT et loi avant pour objet d'accorder aux héritiers de Philippe de Girard inventeur de la filature méchanique du lin, une Pension A titre de récompense nationale. Paris, Typographie Panckoucke, 1853. 13, (1) pp. 8vo. - (Bound with:) DUPIN, Ch. Rapport fait Au nom de la Commission chargée d'examiner le projet de loi qui confère, à titre de récompense nationale, des pensions aux héritiers de feu Philippe de Girard, inventeur de la filature méchanique du lin. (Drop-head title). (Paris, Imprimerie du Senat et du Corps legislatif, no date (1853?). 14 pp. 8vo. - (Bound with:) RECLAMATION d'un million et les intérêts par Madame la Comtesse de Vernède de Corneillan, née de Girard, Nièce et Héritière de M. le Chevalier Philippe de Girard, Inventeur de la filature méchanique du lin (1856). Paris, Imprimerie de Guiraudet et Jouaust, 1856. (4), 71, (1) pp. 4to. - (Bound with:) TRES RESPECTUEUX recours à sa Majesté l'Empereur soumettant à son èquité souveraine les erreurs de dates et de faits source et base de la décision du Conseil d'État contre le droit de Madame la Comtesse de Vernède de Corneillan, née de Girard, Nièce et héritière de M. le Chevalier Philippe de Girard, Inventeur de la filature mécanique du lin. (1860). Paris, Imprimerie de Ch. Jouaust, (1860). 7 pieces in 1 volume. 2 pp.; 16 pp.; 24 pp.; 13, (1) pp.;14 pp.; (4), 71, (1) pp.; 40 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Not in Siegelaub, Bibliographica Textilia historiae; Hoefer, vol. xx, cols. 668-678; Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. 16, cols 168-170. - A few pieces have contemporary underlining and handwritten notes and comments in the margins, three texts have been bound with their original, printed covers, the last text has a handwritten dedication to Monsieur Gudin or Godin by the Comtesse Vernède de Corneillan, née de Girard. Philippe de Girard invented the machine for spinning linen along principles still valid today. He was awarded a million francs by Napoléon and, in anticipation started three factories. But due to political circumstances and the fact that Napoléon did not keep his promise, his factories, very succesful from the start, faced soon ruin and de Girard was imprisoned. Ruined and betrayed by two collaborators, he accepted an invitation by the Austrian government. He again set up a factory and was again succesful. When de Girard was awarded the gold medal given by the Société d'encouragement pour l'Industrie nationale, he returned to France. Despite his brilliant discoveries (de Girard was the inventor of many more novelties) and the intervention on his behalf by journalists, politicians and intellectuals, the government refused to give him any financial help or reward. De Girard died in 1845 and his niece continued to find a way to get the money once awarded to de Girard. Also Charles Dupin appealed to the government, but all to no avail. EUR 800
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GOUVENAIN, C.A. DE. Découverte fort importante pour les finances, le commerce, la banque, l'industrie, les arts, etc., ou description d'un procédé que chacun pourra employer sans aucuns frais etvarier à son gré; Il servira, 1. à marquer tous billets, lettres de change, obligations, titres et effets quelconques en papier, payables au porteur ou à ordre, de manière à en rendre inutiles le vol et les fausses signatures; 2. Aux Auteurs, Imprimeurs, Libraires, Artistes, Fabricans brevetés d'invention ou non, pour prévenir et faire reconnaitre les contrefaçons que l'on fait souvent de leurs ouvrages; 3. A tous Négocians, Marchands, et à nombre d'autres individus, pour marquer, numéroter ou écrire toutes les choses dont ils voudront avoir seuls la connaissance; 4. Enfin à faciliter et assurer, dans beaucoup de cas, les transactions entre personnes éloignées, etc. etc.: ...... A Dijon, Chez l'Auteur, Douillier, 1826. With 22 leaves with tables. - (Preceded by:) GOUVENAIN, C.A. DE. Observations sur le vinaigre. Lues, le 25 messidor an 9, à la société des Sciences, Arts et Agriculture, de Dijon, par le cit. C.A. de Gouvenain; et rapports des commissaires nommés par la Société à ce sujet. (Drop-head title). A Dijon, de l'Imprimerie de Carion, no date. - (And preceded by:) GOUVENAIN, C.A. DE. Table exacte de la pesanteur spécifique de mélanges d'alcool et d'eau, faite par centièmes de volumes, Déterminée par l'expérience et le calcul depuis le o jusqu'au 20e degré du thermomètre de Réaumur; précédée de la description de quelques aréomètres pour servir à l'usage de cette table, et de plusieurs observations et expériences: .... A Dijon, Chez l'Auteur, et chez Douillier, 1825. With 4 folding tables. Three works in one volume. 19, (1) pp.; 3, (1) pp.; 16 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, label with gilt lettering to spine. Development of a system by which through a system of letters and numerals a 'marque' can be formed to authenticate securities. The text contains a full explanation of the system and gives examples, the tables can be used to execute the operation. The work contains at the end a leaf inviting a 'souscription' (subscription). The author was member of the academies of Dijon and Besançon and member of the 'Société d'encouragement de Londres pour les arts, manufactures et commerce.' EUR 350
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GRIMAUDET, F. Des monnoyes, augment et diminuation du près d'icelles, livre unique. A Paris, Chez Hierosme de Marnef, & la vefve Guillaume Cauellat, 1586. (14), 159, (1) pp + 1 leaf with printer's device. 8vo. Contemporary supple vellum. Kress 162 (listing a copy with the date 1585 but stating that the first edition was published in 1576); Goldsmiths 229 (year 1585, without further remarks); Einaudi 2776 (without further remarks); not in INED; not in Mattioli; Adams G-1263 (1576 edition); BMSTC (French), p. 209. Second edition, first published in 1576. A contemporary owner changed the date on the title-page back to 1576 by crossing out one x in the date M D LXXXVI. In all copies we have had it always appeared that the date on the title-page had been manipulated: the 'V' is always printed slightly lower and the 'I' always further away from the main characters making up the date. Brunet does not know of any 1585 edition, nor does BMSTC, the Einaudi copy is also dated 1586, nor have we ever seen or handled a 1585 edition. François Grimaudet (1520-1580), studied in Angers, had a profound knowledge of the Ancient authors. After having spoken about abuses by the clergy, first in the provincial assembly of Angers, and later in the Provincial States of Orléans, he was accused of heresy and forced to retire. When the catholics took Angers he fled to escape death.The present work is an important contribution in the discussion on monetary inflation which accompagnied the period of the French civil wars in the second half of the sixteenth century, a debate in which also Bodin and Malestroit participated. EUR 1900
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GROTHE, H. Katechismus der Bleicherei, Färberei und des Zeugdrucks oder Lehre von der chemischen Bearbeitung der Gespinnstfasern. Leipzig, J.J. Weber, 1862. With 44 illustrations in the text and 2 sheets with colored samples. viii, 234 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled boards (extremities and corners slightly rubbed). Not in Bibliographica Textilia Historiæ. First edition. - Title-page with small red stamp in lower blank margin, and some scribbling in the upper blank margin. Herman Grothe was the author of another work entiled: Katechismus der Spinnerei, Weberei und Appretur, oder Lehre von der mechanischen Verarbeitung der Gespinnstfasern, also published in Leipzig at Weber, in 1861. He was a civil engineer, publisher of the Polytechnischer Zeitung and member of the Reichstag.The present work is a chemical and technical treatise dealing, among other things, with: Das Bleichen vegetabilischer Gespinnste; Das Bleichen animalischer Gespinnste; Farbstoffe aus dem Thierreiche; Mineralfarbstoffe, etc. etc. and contains technical instructions, chemical formula, while the illustrations show the instruments used in this industry and necessary for production with explanations about their use, and plants to be used for the production of colors and how this is to be achieved, etc.The last two leaves contain in total 20 coloured samples. EUR 300
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GUEVARRE, A. La mendicita sbandita col sovvenimento de' poveri tanto nelle citta, che ne' borghi, luoghi, e terre de' stati di qua, e di la da' monti, e colli di sua maesta Vittorio Amedeo re' di Sicilia, di Gerusalemme, e Cipro &c. Come altresi lo stabilimento degli ospizij generali, e delle congregazioni di carita d'ordine della maesta sua. In Torino, nella stampa di Gianfrancesco Mairesse e Giovanni Radix, 1717. - (Bound with:) INSTRUZIONI, e regole degli ospizj generali per li poveri da fondarsi in tutti gli stati della S.R. maesta' del re di Sicilia &c. Di ordine della medesima maesta. In Torino, nella stampa di Gianfrancesco Mairesse e Giovanni Radix, 1717. With coat of arms on title. - (Bound with:) INSTRUZIONI, e regole delle congregazioni di carita da fondarsi d'ordine della S.R. maesta' del re' di Sicilia &c. nelle citta, e ne' luoghi degli suoi stati, ove non possono farsi ospizij generali per li poveri. In Torino, nella stampa di Gianfrancesco Mairesse e Giovanni Radix, no date. - (Bound with:) NUOVA Aggiunta al libro della Mendicita sbandita col sovvenimento de' poveri tanto nelle città, che ne' borghi, luoghi, e trre de'Stati di quà, e di là da' Monti, e Colli di sua Maesta. In Torino, Appresso Gio. Francesco Mairesse, 1738. With title vignette. Four works in one volume. viii, 196 pp.; 144, (4) pp.; 52, (3) pp; 34 pp. Small 4to. Modern marbled calf (imitation old style), spine with raised bands and gilt, gilt floral borders on sides, sprinkled edges. Not in Kress, but Kress, Italian 211, 212 and 213 (also bound in 1 volume), fourth work not in Kress Italian: Einaudi 2800, 5106 and 5107; Goldsmiths 5393, 5394, 5395 for the first three works, the fourth not in Goldsmiths; Mattioli 1535 for the first work only, the other three not in Mattioli; ICCU locates 3 copies: Biblioteca del Seminario vescovile Biella, Biblioteca civica Mondovi' and Biblioteca nazionale universitaria Torino. First editions of all works, the first blueprint for the set-up of anti-poverty institutions that were to bring together publicly-funded secular charities, government, religious charity provisions and private beneficence. It is also the first centralized model for diversified charity provisons, from almshouse or hospice, to employment advice for the able-bodied, bread allowances handedn out to non-residents: a rationalization resting on a unified and up-to-date record of information on the assisted individuals. A rare study and proposal concerning the administration of charity in Turin with the overall aim of eradicating begging and mendicancy. Begging was an increasing problem all over Europe at the time, and many cities and communities founded charitable institutions to deal with the situation. - The first and most substantial work outlines the foundation of a ospedale generale or an almshouse in Turin, to alleviate the situation of the poor. Although run in conjunction and close contact with the Turin churches, the almshouse is set up as a secular organisation, with representatives from the city government on its board. Once the poorhouse is up and running, private charity will be forbidden; Turin citizens will not be allowed to privately support beggars, vagabonds or the homeless. The rules and regulations for the proposed ospedale generale are presented in 54 paragraphs, detailing organisation, health provisions, catchment area, and financial administration. The second half discusses the 37 most common objections raised against publicly-funded charitable organisations.The two folloowing works bound with it contain a general instruction for the organisation of charitable institutions within the Duchy of Savoy, issued the same year. Pertinent observations are made on who needs to be supported, where and how to found charitable institutions, how to govern them, and how to prepare the accounts. Even though the administration of charity appears to be a secular concern, carried out with the support of the clergy, it is suggested that the weekly bread ration should be handed out after church on Sunday, to force the recipients to attend mass. A special chapter is devoted to the Regole del Segretario outlining the detailed information to be kept on the recipients of charity. Sample entries show that some of the poor are transferred to the hospice, others receive some bread, the able-bodied and young are advised to find employment, and others are returned to their own parish. An interesting concept is the institution of 'adoption schemes', well-off families in the parish adopt one of the poor, and treat him or her as one of their dependants. The poor either have to work or pray for their adoptive families. Special, more detailed rules are given for the poor who actually live in the almshouse, as to their religious and spiritual support, exercises, food, working hours and clothing regulations.First work has a few leaves with some spotting, small dampstain in the blank outer corner, the second has a few leaves with a dampstain in the upper blank margin, third work with a small wormtrack in the inner margin: copy printed on strong paper and with generous margins. EUR 750
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GUILDS - ARREST de la Cour de Parlement de Paris, donné entre les officiers de la senechausée & siège présidial, le prevost & les eschevins de la ville du Mans, & les seigneurs hauts-iusticiers de la province du Maine, d'une part. Et la communauté des marchands de ladite ville & province: les six corps des marchands de la ville de Paris, Roüen & Tours, d'autre part. Sur l'érection & establissement des iuridictions consulaires. Avec les doctes plaidoyez des advocats des parties. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie de Nicolas Bessin, 1647. 12 pp. Small 4to. Disbound. EUR 175
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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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HAGEMEIERUS, J. De foedere Civitatum Hanseaticarum commentarius. Francofurti ad Moenum, apud Ioannem Beyerym, 1662. 51 unnumbered leaves. 8vo. Modern half vellum. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. - Cut short, touching the author's name on title-page with loss, very close to headlines but nowhere else with loss. Some leaves browned. The Hanseatic League, an association of German towns which during the 13th and 14th centuries secured the entire trade of the countries surrounding the Baltic, exporting their produce to Germany, England, and the markets of western Europe, and carrying back the manufactured goods of the west and the special products of warmer climats. Monopoly was the watchword of the Hanseatic from beginning to end of their career; but while their policy enabled them, in the infancy of European nations, to amass wealth and gain power, their blind adherence to the same aims and methods in face of the discoveries, new economic views, and developed political life of the 16th century, led to the final destruction of their organisation. EUR 350
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HEEREN, A.H.L. Manuel de l'histoire ancienne considérée sous le rapport des constitutions, du commerce et des colonies des divers États de l'Antiquité. Traduit de l'Allemand de A.H.L. Heeren, ....... Par Al. Thurot. Seconde édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, Chez Firmin Didot, Père et Fils, 1827. (4), xx, 525, (7, Genealogical tables, errata) pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, uncut, a nice copy. ESS, vii, p. 310. Second French edition. Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren (1760-1842), German historian. Heeren began his career as theologian but later turned his interests to classical philology and history. His entire life was dominated by Winckelmann's and Goethe's conception of Greece. His philosophy of history was largely determined by Herder, his interest in constitutional history and political geography was awakened and promoted through the influence of Montesquieu and his preoccupation with problems of economic history may be traced to reminiscences of his Hanseatic childhood. Heeren is one of the forerunners of the historical school in history, economics, jurisprudence and political science. With Niebuhr he may be considered the founder of the modern scientific study of ancient history; through his pupil Pertz he stimulated the critical study of mediaeval sources; his interest in constitutional history left its mark on Waitz, and his study of political geography on Ritter. EUR 225
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KIRKHAM, H. Des paquebots à vapeur. Cherbourg, Impr. de Lecouflet et Thomine, 1840. 37 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Political and economical arguments in favor of Cherbourg as the main port for the transatlantic steam ships, rather than Le Havre. EUR 150
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KNAPP, G.F. Die neuern Ansichten über Moralstatistik. Vortrag. Jena, Friedrich Mauke 1871. 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, edges frayed, (Sonderdruck aus B. Hildebrand's Jahrbüchern für Nationalökonomie und Statistik Bd. XVI Heft 4 und 5). First edition of a lecture given on 29 April 1871 at the University of Leipzig. Knapp (1842-1926) studied in Munich, Berlin and Göttingen, and in 1867 became head of the statistical office of the municipality of Leipzig, in 1869 extraordinary professor of economics in Leipzig and in 1874 professor in Strasbourg. He was one of the leading German Kathedersozialisten (socialist professors), and co-founder of the Verein für Sozialpolitik.At the beginning of his career he carried out some important work in statistics: he was the first to develop a systematic theory of mortality measurement in his Über die Ermittlung der Sterblichkeit ... (1868). 'Opposing the viewpoints of Quételet and his followers, who claimed that man's behaviour is governed by statistical "laws," he viewed statistics simply as a tool in the realistic study of the manifold social phenomena and fully realized the limitations of statistical observations' (ESS). EUR 250
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LADVOCAT, (J.B.) Nouveau dictionnaire géographique, ou description de toutes les parties du monde. Par Vosgien. Dernière édition, entièrement refondue et corrigée ..... Orné de cartes géographiques coloriées, ....., et de dix-sept planches représentant les monnaies de tous les peuples commerçans, avec l'indication de leur poids, de leur titre et de leur valeur en francs: Par M.B., employé aux Relations Extérieures, et Hocquart. Paris, Saintin, 1817. With 7 folding maps, all coloured in outline. (4), 682, 15, (1, blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, gilt lettering to spine. Besterman, vol. 1, p. 474. One of the last editions published. Important and often reprinted work. Ladvocat was appointed librarian of the Sorbonne in 1742. He was a man of many talents and widely learned: belles-lettres, mathematics, philosophy, history, oriental languages, Greek and Latin were among the areas in which he excelled.Apart from the maps the volume contains at the end a 'Tableau de la Valeur des Monnaies des Principaux Etats du Monde .... Paris, Chez Saintin, 1818" containg tables with the value of various currencies and 8 leaves with 16 plates depicting the various coins in use. Although the title states "dix-sept" (17) plates, there seems to be no plate missing. EUR 600
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LAGARDEL, G. Proletariat' i armiya. London, 1902. 48 pp. Small 8vo. Original printed covers (Biblioteka Zhizni, no. 3). Zaleski 1295; Anderson 681; Maitron, DBMOF, 13, p. 175ff.; not in Brécy; not in Stammhammer; not in Dolléans & Crozier. First edition? Hubert Lagardelle was one of the leading theorists of syndicalism. He was born in 1875 in Toulouse and died in 1958. He became involved in the socialist movement in the early 1890s, founded, in 1899, the journal Le mouvement socialiste, which lasted upto 1914. He is the author of many pamphlets and borchures and books, although this pamphlet is not mentioned even by Maitron, only Zaleski and Anderson listing the work.The cover serves as title-page; at the head of title: Le Prolétariat et l'Armée par H. Lagardelle. EUR 250
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LANDRE, C. L. Wiskundige hoofdstukken voor levensverzekering. Utrecht, Gebr. van der Post, 1893. xxii, 361, (1 errata) pp. 8vo. Original publisher's covers, spine with loss of paper at head and foot, a bit soiled, uncut copy. Catalogue Compagnie d'Assurances Utrecht, i, p. 517; not in Mansutti. First edition. Standard work, a reworking and synthesis of some contributions the author wrote for various journals, focussing on the more complex mathematical applications for life insurance accounting. Landré worked as mathematician for a Dutch Insurance Company and the Dutch government health department. The work was translated into German and went through several editions. Text in Dutch. EUR 225
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LAUTARD, L. Mémoire sur les questions: 1. Déterminer le véritable cause des pertes dont le commerce se plaint aujourd'hui? 2. Déterminer le moyen le plus efficace pour procurer au commerce les avantages nécessaires? Sujet mis au concours par l'Académie de Marseille, sur la proposition de son Exc. Mgr. le Baron de Damas. A Marseille, chez les principaux libraries, A Paris, Chez Lenormand fils; C.J. Trouvé, 1824. (2), 134 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Quérard, La France Littéraire, iv, p. 627. Only edition. - Last leaf repaired. Laurent Lautard, born in Marseille in 1763, entered into a commercial profession and was arrested during the revolution. He retired after the Revolution from public life devoting his time to scholarly and literary works and activities for the Académie marseillaise. The present work won the second price as is indicated on the title. EUR 250
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LAVELEYE, A. DE & A. DE GRANDSAGNE. Nécessité et moyen d'occuper les ouvriers qui manquent d'ouvrage en France. Mémoire présenté au Roi et aux Chambres. Paris, Imprimerie de Decourchant, 1831. With one folding map. 78, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco with gilt lettering and marbled boards. Goldsmiths 26898; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Jouffroy, Recherches sur les sources de la création d'une Grande Lignes de Chemin de Fer au XIXe siècle; not in The Pioneer Period of European Railroads. First edition. - Very lightly spotted. Discusses the problems of unemployement, and proposes to put the unemployed to work by developping large-scale railroad projects, which in its turn will greatly contribute to the economy, and discusses the financial implications of the project. The folding map shows France indicating railroads in red (north-south) and blue (east-west). EUR 225
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LAW, J. John Law's 'Essay on a Land Bank'. Edited by Antoin E. Murphy Dublin, Aeon Publishing, 1994. With portrait illustration of John Law at verso of half-title; indexand select bibliography. (8), 112 pp. 8vo. High quality library edition in special slip case. First edition, limited to 750 copies. Law's first known writing, ca. 1703-1704 and recently discovered in manuscript, on monetary economics, based on a land bank proposal Law had made to the Scottish Parliament and which shows him as an outstanding economic theorist. In it he outlines the first use of the concept of demand and supply in economic analysis, the first use of the term 'demand for money' and the first analysis of inflation in a money supply/demand framework. With an appendix comparing the texts of Essay on a Land Bank and Law's works in the Oeuvres Complètes and the Essay and Manuscript 1705 Act for a Land Mint (a text here presented for the first time in print as well). The detailed commentary by Antoin Murphy shows that the essay was written a short time before Law's seminal Money and Trade with a proposal for supplying the Nation with Money (1705). 'A document that challenges the generally accepted view of a large element of Law's work' (Prof. David Laidler, University of Western Ontario) EUR 275
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LE CLERC (DE BEAUBERON, N.F.) Mémoire pour les curés a portion congruë, Par M. Le Clerc, Avocat au Baillaige de Caen. A Caen, Chez Gilles le Roi, 1765. (2), 57, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards. INED 2728; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon. First edition. - Some occasional and unobtrusive browning. 'Mémoire historique et économique exprimant la misère des curés 'portionnaires' et les moyens d'y remédier' (INED). EUR 150
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LE MAITRE, (A.) La Metropolitée, ou De l'établissement des villes Capitales, de leur Utilité passive & active, de l'Union de leurs parties & de leur anatomie, de leur commerce, &c. Par Le Sieur le Maitre, ..... A Amsterdam, Chés Balthes Boekholt, pour Jean van Gorp, 1682 (Paris, EDHIS, 1973). With frontispiece. (16), 192 pp. Small 8vo. Imitation leather. INED 2786; Kress S.1542; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon, Prélude, 1043. Well executed reprint of the first (and only?) edition of this extremely rare work, reprinted in a limited edition of 250 copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. 'Ouvrage plein d'intérêt dans lequel on trouve toute une théorie du commerce et de l'aménagement du territoire. L'éloge qui y est fait des grandes villes (sans elles, les richesses, la bonté, les forces et la gloire d'un État sont imperceptibles; leur cause finale et essentielle étant l'utilité publique, elles doivent être très opulentes), contraste avec les critiques qu'on leur adressera si souvent au siècle suivant' (INED).The author studies the interest, utility and influence of the large cities, how they were formed, their size and location in an area, and the indispensable institutions of a city: librairies, academies, gardens, banks and the stock-market ('bourses'). The author is against luxury, in favour of freedom of trade, the nobility should get active in commerce and pleads for social care (hospitals, orphanages, etc) as a means to prevent mendicity and crime.The word 'population' is being used in this work, it appears on page 142, while its earliest use was dated around 1748. The word is here used in the meaning of population and not in the meaning of number of inhabitants. EUR 250
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LESSIUS, L. De justitia et iure ceterisque Virtutibus cardinalobus Libri Quatuor, Ad 2.2 D. Thomae à quaest. 47. usquue ad quaest. 171. Editio sexta, auctior et castigatior; Cum Appendice de Monte Pietatis. Antverpiæ, Ex Officina Plantiniana, Apud Balthasarem Moretum, 1626. With beautiful engraved title by C. Galle after P. Rubens. (16), 825, (1, Approbatio), (66), + imprint leaf. Folio. Contemporary richly blind-tooled calf over boards, five raised bands to spine, clasps preserved. De Backer & Sommervogel, iv, col. 1730; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700; not in Camus; Kress S.457 (1617 edition); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. Sixth edition, first published in 1605. The edition from 1621 was the first edition with the engraved title after P. Rubens, this is the second edition with the same engraved title-page. A work of moral theology which is 'one of the earliest treatises to investigate the ethics of economics' (The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, p. 818). De justitia et jure is Lessius's most important book. It was notable especially for its analysis of contemporary commercial practice, and Lessius's opinions on the morality of various business arrangements exercised a substantial influence on the thinking of statesmen and church leaders. 'Combining a full command of earlier scholastic authorities with a hitherto unprecedented grasp of market phenomena, Lessius provided fresh insights that challenged traditional economic doctrine in authoritative fashion. Lessius is, certainly, the foremost continuator of the Spanish school of economic thought. Further, he has claims for consideration as a major contributor to the development of economic analysis ...' (B. Gordon, Economic Analysis before Adam Smith, pp. 245-246).The Catholic Encyclopedia writes: This work, composed with great accuracy, shows best the soundness of judgement, the common sense, and the clearness of mind which distinguishes Lessius. The chapters on interest and other commercial subjects are epoch-making in the treatment of those difficult questions; Lessius was especially consulted by the merchants of Antwerp on matters of justice. EUR 5500
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LINGUET, (S.N.H.) La France plus qu'Angloise, ou Comparaison entre la procédure entamée à Paris le 25 Septembre 1788 contre les ministres du Roi de France, et le procès intenté à Londres en 1640, au Comte de Strafford, principal ministre de Charles premier, roi d'Angleterre. Avec des réflexions sur le danger imminent dont les entreprises de la robe menacent la nation, & les particuliers. Seconde édition. Bruxelles, 1789. 149, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Cioranescu 40562; not in INED; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. Second edition, first published in October 1788. Linguet had printed, in the 116th number of his Annales, a proposal for fiscal reform which he had first publicized in his Annales in 1778 and 1779, an exepient for terminating once and for all the chronic state of financial crisis that had precipitated Louis's capitulation to the aristocrats. The king ignored Linguet's lesson in political and economic pragmatism. Financiers and capitalists were up in arms against it, as was the Paris parlement. This body condamned the 116th number of the Annales to be lacerated and burned at the foot of the grand staircase in the courtyard of the Palais de Justice. Linguet, in rage, published his La France plus qu'angloise in October 1788 and included in it a thinly veiled warning to the king that his next blunder, a fatal one, would be to retreat headlong into the arms of aristocratic reactionairies more English in their pretensions to exercising legislative supremacy than Commons or Lords. This move would signal disaster for the monarchy, as it would alienate the Third Estate from the throne as well as from the aristocratic party, driving it into isolation, and from there into independence and the revolution. At the same time, Linguet was educating the Third Estate in this work: how to recognize their rights and act in their own best interest. For an extensive analysis of this work see: D. Gay Levy, The ideas and Careers of Simon-Nicolas-Henry Linguet, pp. 243-4. EUR 500
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LO FASO PIETRASANTA DOMENICO. Memoria al Parlamento di Domenico Lo Faso e Pietrasanta, Duca di Serradifalco ..... Dove ragionandosi intorno i mezzi di recare a sollecito compimento le strade principali del regno, si espone un progetto di nuova arganizzazione per lo accurato regolamento delle opere. In Palermo, Dalla Reale Stamperia, 1814. With charming title vignette, head- and tailpieces. 60, (2) pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. First edition. - Last three leaves with a small stain in upper inner margin. Memoir of the Duca di Serradifalco to increase the ways of communication and transportation in Sicily to further the development of the Sicilian economy. This little book is lacking in all the economic and sicilian bibliographies consulted. EUR 300
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LOUREIRO, A.J. DA SILVA. Codigo Mercantil de França, Traduzido do Francez e Offerecido ao Muito alto e Muito poderoso Senhor D. Pedro I., Imperador Constitucional e Defensor Perpetuo do Imperio do Brasil ..... Rio de Janeiro, Na Typographia Nacional, 1825. (8), 163, (1 blank, 3 Indice, 1 blank) pp. Small 4to. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (spine somewhat damaged, outer corners very slightly rubbed, title-page slightly foxed). Not in Bosch catalogue; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Sabin; no copies in NUC; no copies in RLIN and OCLC. First Brazilian edition of the commercial code between France and Brazil. As printing in Brazil was suppressed by the Portuguese until the throne was transferred there in 1808, this is one of the earliest Brazilian imprints. Pedro I became Brazilian emperor in 1822 after leading a succesful revolution. His name is linked indissolubly with national independence; he gave independant Brazil a monarchial form of government and thus assured the unity of the country. His constitution of 1824 remained the fundamental law until the republic. Although essentially liberal, it gave much power to the emperor and most of his reign was marked by absolutism in government. EUR 7500
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LYON - REPRESENTANS du peuple, envoyés dans la Commune-Affranchie, pour y assurer le bonheur du Peuple avec le triomphe de la République, dans tous les départemens environnans, et près l'armée des Alpes. (Drop-head title). A Commune-Affranchie, De l'Imprimerie républicaine, (1793). 1 leaf, verso blank. Folio. Folded and mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Charléty. Rare poster. - Central fold strengthened, slightly browned. Decisions signed by Fouché, de Nantes, Laporte and Albitte, dated 21 December 1793, explicitly forbidding the current authorities to dispose any of the commercial papers entrusted to them without the explicit and specific authorization of the Représentants du peuple. At head of title: 'Au nom de peuple français.' EUR 350
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MAIGNE DE LA GRAVIERE, FILS. Un mot sur le Chemin de Fer du Centre par Clermont ou par Limoges. Paris, Imprimerie de Lacour et Maisrasse, 1843. With a large folding map. 63, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original blue printed covers preserved. Not in Cole, The Pioneer Period of European Railroads. First edition. EUR 150
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MARSHALL, A. Money, Credit and Commerce. London, MacMillan & Co., 1923. xv, (1), 369, 3 (blank, advertisments) pp. 8vo. Original publisher'scloth, gilt lettering on spine, spine with light spots. Blaug, Great Economists before Keynes, pp. 150-3. First edition. Third volume of Marshall's study of the direction of man's efforts for the attainment of material ends. Principles of Economics appeared in 1890, Industry and Trade in 1919, and finally, in 1923, the third volume Money, Credit & Commerce appeared. The postponement of this only treatise on money untill after he was eighty years of age was an extraordinary example of Marshall's hesistation in allowing his work to reach the world, especially since much of this material had been written forty years earlier. The importance of his writings is to be seen in the achievements of his pupils as a result of his teaching. In 1888 Professor Foxwell claimed that Marshall's pupils already occupied half the economic chairs in the United Kingdom. Alfred Marshall is one of the most perplexing of all great economists. He was the dominant figure in British economics from the 1890s right up to the 1930s. Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was born in Bermondsey, a London suburb and died at Balliol Croft, his Cambridge home for many years at the age of 81. Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge from 1885 to 1908, he was the founder of the Cambridge School of Economics which rose to great eminence in the 1920s and 1930s: A.C. Pigou and J.M. Keynes, the most important figures in this development, were among his pupils. EUR 300
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MARTHA-BEKER. Rapport fait à la Commission de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Clermont-Ferrand, sur le prolongement du Chemin de Fer de Bourges à Clermont, par M. Martha-Beker, rapporteur. Clermont, Imprimerie de Thibaud-Landriot et Cie., 1842. 70 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original yellow printed covers preserved. Not in Cole, The Pioneer Period of European Railroads. Original edition. The Academy of Clermont-Ferrand had ordered a commission to report on the necessity of a railroad connection between Paris and Clermont-Ferrand. Members of the commission were: Baudin, Cariol, Delapchier-Duchasseint, de Douhet, Mallay, Smith, et Martha-Beker. The report was approved by the Academy in its session of June 2, and its publication was ordered. EUR 150
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MISES, R. VON. Notes on Mathematical Theory of Probability and Statistics by Richard von Mises, Gordon McKay Profesor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics. Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard, 1946. 324 leaves, mimeographed on recto, verso blank. 4to. Kept in a binder with a white paper cover with handwritten title to spine. (Special Publication No. 1 from the Graduate School of Engineering). Rare original mimeographed text of his lectures given in 1946 and the foundation of his important Mathematical Theory of Probability and Statistics. In this work he restates and extends the foundations of probability and builds on them a unified theory of probability and statistics, with particularly original contributions to statistics. Richard von Mises (1883-1953) after earning his doctorate in Vienna 1907, taught at universities in Europe and Turkey and then, from 1939, in the United States. The fields to which von Mises made distinctive contributions are (1) mechanics and geometry, (2) probability and statistics, (3) philosophy of science, and (4) analysis. Of these, the first two categories occupied him the most and he has advanced philosophy by his research on the concept of probability. He was a scholar with wide interests, who wrote perceptively on the philosophy of science from a positivist point of view, but was also a recognized authority on the poet Rilke. Of all the neo-positivists he remained the most faithfull to the scientific insights of Ernst Mach. EUR 1125
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MONTCHRETIEN - JOLY, A. Antoine de Montchrétien. Poéte et économiste Normand. Genève, Slatkine Reprints, 1970. 133, (1) pp. 8vo. Green publisher's cloth. Cabeen, A Criticial Bibliography of French Literature. The Seventeenth Century, 1676. Frère, vol. ii, p. 320. Reprint of the original edition published in 1865 in Caen by Le Gost-Clérisse. Judged by Cabeen as 'Somewhat old but still interesting for discussions of plays and their style, thought Petit de Julleville and Lachèvre have more information.' Antoine de Montchrétien was the author of the Traité de l'Économie Politique (1615), an extremely scarce book which apparently was the first text which linked economy with politics. EUR 75
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MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Collection of twenty-three works by Montesquiou-Fezensac, bound in two volumes. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to spines. Interesting and nice collection of scarce tracts dealing with the finances of France in the early years of the revolution. Contains: MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Aux trois ordres de la Nation. No place, (1789). 30 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Mémoire sur les Assignats, ou Supplément aux Mémoires sur les Finances du Royaume. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Didot l'ainé, Octobre 1791. 36 pp - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Lettre de Montesquiou, Député à l'Assemblée Nationale, A M***. A Paris, ce 11 novembre 1790. (Drop-head title). No place, (1791). 11, (1) pp.- (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Réponse de M. Montesquiou, à MM. Bergasse, Maury, &c. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 12 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Réponse de M. Montesquiou à M. Mirabeau l'Ainé Sur la fabrication des Assignats. (Drop-head title). No place, (1790). 8 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Réponse de M. de Montesquiou à la réplique de M. Bergasse. A Paris, Chez P. Didot l'aîné Et Desenne, 1791. (2), 51, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Lettre ..... à M. Clavière, sur son ouvrage intitulé: De la conjuration contre les finances de l'Etat, et des moyens à prendre pour en arréter les effets. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Du Pont, (1792). 32 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Motion faite à l'Assemblée Nationale, Le 17 Mai 1791, ..... , sur les moyens de remédier à la rareté du numéraire. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. 12 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Opinion .... Sur les Assignats-Monnoie. (Drop-head title). (Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1790). 12 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Opinion .... , Sur la liquidation de la dette publique. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1790). 32 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Opinion ..... Sur l'organisation du trésor publique. Le 10 Mars 1791. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1791). 8 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Mémoires sur les finances du Royaume, Présentés à l'Assemblée Nationale, à la Séance du 9 Septembre 1791, ..... Avec des Pièces Justificatives. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. With 59 leaves with tables. 81, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Plan de travail. Présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom du Comité des Finances, .... (Drop-head title). (A Paris), Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblé Nationale, (1790). 20 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, Au nom du Comité des Finances, ...., Le 18 Novembre 1789. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, (1789). With 7 folding tables on 19 leaves.(2), 25, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, Au nom du Comité des Finances, ...., Le 26 Septembre 1789. (Drop-head title). A Paris, Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblé nationale, 1789. 24 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, Au nom du Comité des Finances, ...., Le 26 Février 1790. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 11, (1) - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, Au nom du Comité des Finances, ...., A la Séance du 15 Mars 1790, Sur le Mémoire de M. le Premier Ministre des Finances, du 6 du même mois. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790. (2), 29, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport sur la Dette Publique fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, Au nom du Comité des Finances, Le 27 Août 1790, .... A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1790. 31, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, Sur l'ordre de liquidation & de remboursement de la dette publique, au nom des Commissaires réunis des Finances & d'Aliénation. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1791). 32 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) État des dépenses publiques pour l'année 1791. Publié au nom du Comité des Finances, et suite du rapport du 6 Février 1791. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. With 13 folding tables. 8, 12 pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait à l'Assemblée Nationale, au nom du Comité des Finances, ...., Sur la demande faite par la Municipalité de Paris, d'une avance de fonds. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1791). 7, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport fait au nom des Comités des Finances et de l'Extraordinaire, ..... , Dans la Séance du 17 Avril 1791. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1791). 7, (1) pp. - (Followed by:) MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC, (A.P. MARQUIS DE.) Rapport des Commissaires de l'Assemblée Nationale, Envoyés dans les Départemens de la Meuse, de la Moselle et des Ardennes, ..... , le 13 Juillet 1791. 16 pp.Kress, numbers B.2159, B.1861, B.1606, and B.1863 owns only the items 6, 13, 14 and 16; Martin & Walter, 24935, 24940, 24951, 24943, 24944, 24946, 24952, 24960, 24962, 24963, 24964, 24959, and numbers 24967-24977; Mattioli 2469 (item 10) and 2470 (item 14).Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fézénsac was a writer and general. He was born in 1739 to a noble family of the Périgord. He was elected to the Estates General as a representative of the nobles from the bailliage of Meaux. Although a close friend of Provence and presumably an advocate of his viewpoint, Montesquiou-Fézénsac proposed that nobles should surrender their priviliges in taxation. Because of his willingness to speak out on matters of taxation and finances he was selected, in 1789, for the Committee of Finances in the National Constituent Assembly, and soon became its rapporteur. EUR 1750
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MOREAU DE JONNES, A. Le Commerce au dix-neuvième siècle, État actuel de ses transactions dans les principales contrées des deux hémispheres; causes et effets de son agrandissement et de sa décadence, et moyens d'accroitre et de consolider la prospérité agricole, industrielle, coloniale et commerciale de la France; Ouvrage qui a remporté le prix extraordinaire fondé par S.E. le Baron de Damas, et décerné par l'Académie Royale de Marseille. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Regnard, Arthus-Bertrand, 1825. Two volumes. xii, 395, (1) pp.; (4), 362, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards, upper joint of volume one tender, some discolouring of the marbled covers. Kress C.1502; Goldsmiths 24522; not in Einaudi. First edition of this important survey on international commerce and trade in the early 19th-century. Moreau de Jonnès (1778-1870), winner of the first Prix Statistique of the Académie Royale in 1819, was the leading French statistician of the first half of the nineteenth century. In 1834, Thiers appointed him head of the government's department of statistics.The present work starts with an analysis of the causes and effects of growth in commercial volume in the 19th century in general, broken down by country (Great Britain, France, USA), imports, exports, consumption, colonial commerce and trade, naval powers, means of consolidating and enlarging French commerce, with Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Great-Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Africa, Colonies, America, etc. - With old ownership's entry on both half-titles. Copy signed by the author on verso half-title, as required. EUR 800
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MORIN, A. Expériences sur le tirage des voitures faites en 1837 et 1838. Metz, Mme Thiel, Paris, Carilian-Goeury, L. Mathias, 1839. With 2 folding tables and tables in the text. xxviii, 102 pp. 4to. Modern boards, red labels on spine with gilt lettering, original printed covers preserved. First edition. - First part of the work with a large stain in upper margin and in lower blank margin. Arthur Jules Morin was general of artillery and director of the Conservatoire des Arts & Métiers at Paris. He had earlier been a professor of mechanics at Metz. A member of the Académie from 1843, he wrote extensively on hydraulics, mechanics, and ballistics, teaching repeatedly on strength of materials. EUR 275
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MOURGUE, J.A. Observations sur les naissances, les mariages et les morts qu'il y a eu, parmi les habitans de Montpellier, pendant vingt-une années consécutives, de 1772 à 1792 inclusivement, et calculs qui en résultent sur les probabilités de la vie. Par M. J.A. Mourgue. Lu le 6 pluviose an 4. No place, no date. Four folding tables. Pp. 33-75. 4to. Disbound, in sheets, uncut and unopened, taken from a volume. Not in Kress, Goldsmiths or Einaudi; not in Compagnie d'Assurances de la Vie, Utrecht; not in Biblioteca Mansutti. One of the first treatises on the subject, the memoir was read at the Institut in the year 4 (1796) and covered the pages 33-75 of the Mémoires présentés à l'Institut des sciences, lettres et arts par divers savans. Sciences mathématiques et physiques. Tome premier. The text has also been published as Essai de statistique in 1800 (an IX) (listed in INED, 3338).Studies the birth, death, and marriage rates among the inhabitants of Montpellier during the period 1772-1792 and draws from these calculations on life expectancy.The tables contain 'Tableau des naissances', 'Tableau des naissances d'enfans illégitimes', 'Nécrologie ou notice des âges des personnes mortes' (per year and per month, split into age groups and into male and female, and those who died in hospital, and among the inhabitants), 'Tableau du nombre des mariages' (by year and month), and 'Nécrologie des personnes centenaires mortes'.Based on the results of these researches, Mourgue endeavours to explain why the death rate is much higher in the last quarter of the years, especially since he discovered that similar information from other cities gave similar results. His explanation is that the differences in growth and activity of nature explain these significant differences in death rates: the activity of plants and other vegetation in spring and summer, Mourgue asserts, produces a healthier atmosphere and hence less people die. He supposes that the same condition of nature explains the birth rates which are significantly higher in November, December and January, which means that conception took place in March, April and May: the months in which the air is much healthier due to the activities of nature ! EUR 500
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NAVIER, (L.H.M.) De l'exécution des travaux publics, et particulièrement des concessions. A Paris, Chez Carilian-Goeury, 1832. (4), 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn, no cover, an uncut copy. Offprint from the Annales des Ponts et Chaussées. The author studies the relationship between price and utility of public works (bridges, canals, roads, railroads, etc.) EUR 125
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NOIRET, CH. Mémoires d'un ouvrier rouennais. Rouen, François, Libraire, 1836 (Paris, EDHIS, 1979). vi, 91, (3) pp. 8vo. Printed covers. DBMOF, vol. ii, pp. 154 ff. Reprint of the extremely rare original edition. This little tract is a history of the development of the industry in and around Rouen and the deplorable conditions of the working classes. Charles Noiret was a republican and socialist and it was this work this established his name. He showed that the wages had dropped dramatically since the economic crises of 1830, that abuses were abundant and rights few. He proposed the foundation of 'Sociétés d'ouvriers pour l'exploitation de l'industrie': the working classes would subscribe for 1 or 2 francs a month with the aim of having, in the course of a coule of years, accumulated sufficient funds for the foundation of a 'coopérative de production'. EUR 125
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OWEN, R. Le livre du nouveau monde moral contenant le système social rationel basé sur les lois de la nature humaine par Robert Owen abrégé et traduit de l'Anglais par T.W. Thornton. Paris, Paulin, Éditeur, 1847. (5), 6-72 pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards, spine with label withgilt lettering. N.L.W., A Bibliography of Robert Owen, 72; Einaudi 4246; Goldsmiths 35458; not in Mattioli; not in Kress. First French edition, abridged version of Owen's The Book of the New Moral World, published between 1836 and 1844. The pages 5-18 contain "Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Robert Owen" by Thornton.On the question of labour relations Thornton was a great supporter of Cooperation which was considered a possible alternative to class war and strikes, and the basis for an alliance between labour and capital: and this explains his interest in Robert Owen and his ideas and experiments. Owen, in the USA in the mid-40s of the 19th century, returned to France when he learned about the revolution that had broken out, in the hope to win sympathy and adherants for his ideas. The current little work had been the first attempt to win attention for his ideas and while in France, Owen had more borchures and works published or translated, but he gained little influence.The present work is quite scarce in the trade. A very nice and clean copy. EUR 1250
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PALGRAVE, R.H.I. Dictionary of political economy. London, Macmillan and Co., 1910. With 1 plate. 3 volumes. xv, (1), 800 pp.; xvi, (2), 848 pp.; xxii, 881, (3) pp. Royal 8vo. Original publishers cloth, gilt lettering, somewhat worn. Winchell (8th ed.), CH36. The second edition, an exact reprint of the first edtion, but with additional material. A classic work of reference following in the footsteps of the great Dictionnaire de l"économie politique of Coquelin et Guillaumin of 1852-1853. Palgrave"s monumental work was virtually a solo effort, and achieved by the editor as a single-minded labour of love in relatively old age. Edgeworth commented that it would "remain a monument of what may be accomplished by individual initiative and energy" (quoted by Murray Milgate in his article on the Dictionary in New Palgrave, vol. III, pp.791-791).Front joint of volume 2 weak, binding volume 1 loosening but attached. EUR 250
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PARAVEY, P.F. Supplément au Mémoire de la libre navigation du Rhin. Contenant quelques observations sur le Mémoire imprimé par ordre du Comité consultatif du commerce de Strasbourg, et intitulé; De la Navigation du Rhin. Par P. F. Paravey, Négociant à Coblence. Coblence, floréal, an X (1802). 32 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. First edition. Defense of Paravey's earlier publication 'De la navigation libre du Rhin', which had provoked a number of other publications among which the one as mentioned in the title which is identical to Paravey's but for the deletion of the word 'libre'. EUR 150
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PERDIGUIER, A. Les Gavots et les Devoirants ou la Réconciliation des Compagnons. Pièce en cinq actes. Paris, Agricol Perdiguier, 1862. 75, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn in original printed wrappers, lower part of spine gone, handwritten date and a number on front cover. Lecotté, Essai Bibliographique sur les Compagnonnages, 677. First edition. Agricol Perdiguier (1805-1875), originally a working man, was elected a representative to the French national assembly of 1848. He wrote three books on French Compagnonnages, or local groups called Devoirs, of itinerant artisans confederated by crafts into general associations covering the whole of the country -many groups had in secret survived their abolition by law in 1791. Perdiguier was clear-headed and intelligent, deservedly esteemed by his fellow working-men. He travelled all over France for many years in order to study the labour organisations in his country and he is known as the 'réorganisateur du compagnonnage'. The importance of his ideas is to be found in the fact that he felt that the working classes could emancipate only through cooperation. Flora Tristan was deeply influenced by him (see: J.L. Puech, La vie et l'oeuvre de Flora Tristan). EUR 250
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PHOONSEN, J. Wissel-styl tot Amsterdam, vervattende niet alleen wat men gewoon, maar ook wat een voorsichtigh koopman, tot sijn securiteyt, in de wissel-handel dienstig en noodig is. Mitsgaders ordonantien, willekeuren, en reglementen van wisselen tot Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerpen, Lions, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Nurnberg, Augsburg, Breslauw, ..... Als ook Ordonantien van Lodewyk de XIV. wegens de handel der Negotianen en Kooplieden Beschreven, en by een vergadert, door J. Phoonsen. Zynde deezen Druk vermeerderd met de Wissel-regten in Deenmarken, Sweeden, Brandenburg, Pruyssen, en tot Dantzig, yder in zyn eygen spraak, met desselfs Vertaalingen. 't Amsterdam, by Andries van Damme, En Joannes Ratelband, 1711. Title printed in red and black. (8), 336, (4), 384, (2) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum, paper labels to spine gone. Kress S.1445 (first edition); not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; EHB 2206. Probably fifth edition. A very popular handbook on bill-broking for merchants which went through a great number of expanding editions. It includes the regulations and practices of Amsterdam and the other major commercial cities of Europe, for the greater part in the original language with translations into Dutch. Originally published in 1676 the work was published in succesively expanding editions, and also translated into French. The author Johannes Phoonsen (1631-1702) was a 'book-keeper' in the service of an Amsterdam merchant, after he had failed as a merchant on his own account. Yet he was an authority as a writer on the practice of commerce, trade and finance and is credited with several memoirs and recommendations relating to the Amsterdam exchange bank remaining in manuscript. - A few quires with a faint stain in the inner upper margin, a fresh copy. EUR 800
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POMPERY, E. DE. Théorie de l'Association et de l'Unité universelle de C. Fourier; Introduction religieuse et philosophique. Paris, Capelle, 1841. - (Bound with:) PELLARIN, Ch. Allocutions d'un Socialiste, par Ch. Pellarin, auteur de: Fourier, sa vie et sa théorie. Paris, Capelle, Librairie Sociétaire, 1846. Two works in one volume. (8), xvi, 384 pp.; 48 pp. 8vo.Modern half hard-grained morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, the letters H.D. stamped in gilt at foot of spine. First work: Del Bo, p. 40; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 32488; Einaudi 4496. First edition. - With the bookplate of Henry Delpech on front paste-down. Edouard de Pompery adopted the ideas of Fourier in 1839, the year in which he lectured at a meeting of the freemasons of Brest on Fourier's ideas and system. He also published in the Phalange, the Démocratie pacifique, the Revue sociale of Pierre Leroux and the Courrier Français.A bit paperspotted.Second work: Del Bo, p. 39; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in EinaudiFirst edition, and a rare work by the man who is chiefly known for his often reprinted work on Fourier's life and theories, an important and very good book on Fourier.Pellarin started out as a Saint-Simionist but became a Fourierist after he had read the Traité de l'Association domestique-agricole.A bit browned. EUR 600
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POUSSIELGUE, J.-B.-E. Des Finances de la France en 1817. Des réparations de la Contribution Foncière, et du Cadastre. A Paris, Chez Testu et Cie., Delaunay, Pélicier, 1817. vii, 240 pp. + errata leaf. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled paper somewhat shaved. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 425. First edition. The author (1764-1845) held several posts in finances before the revolution, had a short career in diplomacy, occupied the post of administrator in the Egyptian army and was finally employed at the cadastre. EUR 300
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PRICE, R. Observations sur la nature de la liberté civile, Sur les principes du Gouvernement, sur la justice et la Politique de la Guerre avec l'Amérique, auxquelles on a ajouté un Appendix & un Postscriptum, Contenant un état de la dette Nationale, une estimation de l'argent tiré du Public, par les taxes, & un exposé du Révenue & des dépenses de la Nation, depuis la dernière Guerre. Par Richard Price ..... Traduit de l'Anglois, Sur la onzième Édition, augmentée & corrigée par l'Auteur. A Rotterdam, Chez Hofhout & Wolfsbergen, libraires sur le Vischersdyk, 1776. With woodcut tailpiece. (6), 148 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards with gilt monogram "G W", spine with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper shelf label at foot of spine, red edges. Conlon 76:1416; Kress 7249; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; American Independence, 224z; Sabin 65453; Echeverria & Wilkie, 776/33. The scarce first French edition of the Observations on the nature of civil liberty, and the principles of governement, and the justice and policy of the war with America, and published in the same year as the first English edition where the book had rapidly reached 11 editions by the time this translation appeared. - Copy with library stamp of Fideicommis Bodenstein in blank margin of the title and Bodenstein bookplate, with the same monogram as the cover in the center, on the front paste-down. A defense of the American patriots, this book was to become the foundation text in the definition of liberty, whether physical, moral, religious, or civil: categories which Price was at pains to distinguish. His definition of liberty and self-government was, of course, fundamental to his view that the American patriots were justified in seeking to govern themselves. "His defense of the rebels and his advocacy of parliamentary reform were based on the principles of self-government. He proposed that every nation has the right to govern itself and not be subject to the alien will of another nation, and that every individual has the right to participate in some measure in the government of his own society" (Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, iii, pp. 360-361). The work played a considerable part in determining the revolutionists to declare for independence. EUR 1500
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RAYNAL, (G.T.F.) Révolution de l'Amérique. Par l'Abbé Raynal, Auteur de l'Histoire Philosophique & Politique des Établissements & du Commerce des Éuropéens dans les deux Indes. A Londres, Chez Lockier Davis, Holborn, 1781. With portrait-frontispiece and a charming title-vignette. xii, 192, (2) pp. 12mo. Sewn in contemporary blind wrappers, paper label to spine, an uncut copy. Echeverria & Wilkie 781/103; Howes R.85; Sabin 68103 note; Fay 15; Feugère 76; not in JFBL (see R61 for another edition); Kress B.407; INED 3749. One of many editions from the same year, some with, most without the frontispiece. Historical essay on the American revolution. Raynal sympathized with the colony. He has some reflexions on the future of the economy and on demography. He advises the Americans to be on their guard for 'une trop inégale répartition des richesses' (INED). 'An analysis of the causes of the American Revolution together with a history of its progress, from a pro-Colonial point of view' (JFBL).'Raynal in his Révolution de l'Amérique was an authentic subversive when he argued from the concept of popular sovereignty to the right of revolution and asserted that "there is no form of governement whose prerogative is to be immutable." He urged the Americans to found their liberty on constitutionalism, union, freedom of conscience, and the education of the people' (Echeverria, Mirage in the West, pp. 69-70).The pages viii-xii contain an announcement by the Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon, that Raynal has proposed to announce two competitions for essays for which he has provided the funds, further the subjects of these essays and the conditions for participation. The subject for the year 1783 is: La Découverte de l'Amérique a-t-elle été utile ou nuisible au Genre Humain ? The price is 1200 livres. - Very nice and uncut copy. EUR 450
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RICARD, S. Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux Etats de l'Europe; les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs ..... le frêt des navires, & les primes d'assurance ..... des détails sur les monnoies ..... le cours des changes ....., enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam touchant les assurances et le règlement des avaries. Edition entièrement refaite d'après un plan nouveau, rédigée et considérablement augmentée par Mr. de M** (T.A. de Marien). A Amsterdam, Chez E. van Harrevelt, 1781. 2 volumes. vii, (1), 619, (5) pp.; (4), xvi, 531, (4) pp.4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, a bit rubbed. Kress B.415; Einaudi 4732; Goldsmiths 12154; INED 3814; McCulloch 63; not in Mattioli. Last and best edition, first published in 1700. - Fine copy on heavy paper. This work has been reprinted through the whole of the 18th century. The author was a well-informed merchant of Amsterdam. During the 18th century the book was constantly revised and enlarged, so that by the end of the century little remained of the original work except the title. The 1781 edition was by far the best counting-house guide that had appeared, being, in this respect, infinitely superior to the dictionaries of Savary and Postlethwayt (McCulloch). EUR 1500
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RICARDO, D. On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation. Second edition. London, John Murray, 1819. viii, 550, (4, advertisments) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, gilt lettering to spine, extremities shaved, corners bumped, spine rubbed, joints weak, slightly damaged at foot of spine. Kress C.401; Goldsmiths 22322; not in Einaudi; Carpenter XXXVII, (2); McCulloch pp. 16-17; PMM 277 (for the first edition); Mattioli 3016. Second edition, printed in an edition of 1000 copies only, first published in 1817. One of the major classics in the history of political economy. By 1817 Ricardo had become a respected authority through the publication of a number of pamphlets. Urged by James Mill and others to set down a systematic account of his theories, he produced this book. It is based on older and accepted theories of relations between rent, labour and production, but a new emphasis was provided by his theory of distribution. His exact mathematical approach and deductive methods have influenced succeeding generations of economists, especially in the fields of currency and banking. 'Ricardo was, in a sense, the first "scientific economist"' (PMM, p. 168).'The fundamental ground-work of the Principles is based on the theory that, given free competition in trade, the exchange value of commodities will be determined by the amount of labour expended in production: not a wholly original thesis, nor one capable of absolute expression, but one which was given new force by the theory of distribution with which Ricardo reinforced it' (PMM). - Title-page with a short tear in outer blank margin, internally a fresh copy. EUR 4000
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ROSCHER, W. (G.F.) Geschichte der National-Oekonomik in Deutschland. München, R. Oldenbourg, 1874. viii, 1085, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled boards, corners, gilt lettering. Blaug, Great Economists before Keynes, p. 208; Einaudi 4860. First edition. 'Roscher may be considered as one of the most important German economists of his time. He was one of the founders as well as one of the leading exponents of the German 'Older' Historical School. He did not develop any new theory: his main contribution to political economy lay in the field of method. He adhered to what he called the 'historical-psychological method' as opposed to the 'idealistic method.' This inductive method intended to provide a description of the actual course of economic development and of real economic life. Thus, Roscher tried to analyse laws of economic development by comparing the history of different people and nations and showing analogies in stages of their development .... His compendium on the history of political economy in Germany (the present work) was his most outstanding work and has remained important. Roscher may be regarded as the most eminent historian of cameralism and early German political economy' (New Palgrave, p. 221). Schumpeter called the present work 'the fruit of enormous labor', while Blaug writes: 'Roscher was closer to the ideas of the English classical economists than were Hildebrand and Knies, and he alone ... carried out fundamental research in the history of economics, best represented by his still valuable Geschichte der Nationaloekonomik in Deutschland.Copy with the general title (preceding the title-page): Geschichte der Wissenschaften in Deutschland. Neuere Zeit. - With handwritten ex-libris in upper outer blank corner of the title-page and the engraved bookplate of Th. Limpberg on the front paste-down. EUR 600
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SAINT-CHAMANS, A.L.P. DE. Du système d'Impôt fondé sur les principes de l'Économie politique; par M. le Vte. de Saint-Chamans. Paris, Le Normant, 1820. (4), 640, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards (slightly sunned). Goldsmiths 22857; Einaudi 4934; Masui, p. 478; not in Kress; not in Menger; Palgrave, iii, p. 345. First edition. 'Boutade d'un écrivain distingué, qui a dépensé au service des doctrines surannées de l'économie politique plus d'esprit qu'il n'en fallait pour faire un excellent ouvrage. C'est dans son livre que se trouve la plus habile apologie du système mercantile' (Blanqui, Histoire de l'Économie politique en Europe, vol. ii, p. 391).In Palgrave's opinion, Saint-Chamans 'was the most distinguished of the upholders of the theory of the balance of trade.' The last part of the book contains numerous tables and notes. - Small library label on front paste-down. EUR 500
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SAINT-CHAMANS, A.L.P. DE. Nouvel essai sur la Richesse des Nations. Paris, Le Normant père, 1824. (4), 422, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary blind covers (somewhat worn, frontcover detached). Kress C.1331; Goldsmiths 24063; Einaudi 4935; not in Mattioli. First edition. In Palgrave's opinion, Saint-Chamans 'was the most distinguished of the upholders of the theory of the balance of trade', but holds that Saint-Chamans based his views on two erroneous views: the mercantile system and protection. EUR 300
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SAINT-SIMON - CHARLETY, S. Histoire du Saint-Simonisme (1825-1864). Paris, Hartmann, 1931. With 16 plates. (10), 386, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, a very nice uncut copy. Second, improved and definitive edition. Esteemed biography of the movement and its whereabouts. Contains an important bibliography covering the pages 365-379. EUR 125
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SAVARY DE BRUSLONS, J. Dictionnaire universel de commerce, contenant tout ce qui concerne le commerce qui se fait dans les quatre parties du monde, par terre, par mer, de proche en proche, & par des voyages au long cours, tant en gros qu'en détail. L'explication de tous les termes qui ont rapport au négoce, les monnayes de compte qui servent à y tenir les livres et écritures des marchands .... les productions .... les étoffes, ouvrages et manufactures .... les Compagnies de commerce tant français qu'étrangères .... avec l'histoire de leur établissement .... les banques .... les Chambres d'Assurances, le détail du commerce de la France .... l'établissement des six corps marchands et des cent-vingt-quatre communautés des Arts et métiers .... Les Édits, déclarations, ordonnances, arrêts et réglements. Ouvrage posthume, continué sur les mémoires de l'auteur par Ph.L. Savary. Nouvelle édition. Tome Premier [-Tome Troisième]. A Paris, Chez la Veuve Estienne et Fils, 1741. 3 volumes. (8), xxvii, (1), 544 pp., (545)-1140 numbered columns; (4) pp., 1772 numbered columns; (4) pp., 1316, 684 numbered columns. Folio. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering. Kress 4584; Goldsmiths 7819; not in Einaudi; not in INED. -Very small damage to head of spines of volumes 1 and 2. Jacques Savary (1622-1690) was for some time director of the French Royal Domains, and later became general business agent to the Duke of Mantua. He had such sound notions about commerce and was so successful in his operations that Colbert appointed him in 1670 in the "Conseil de la Reforme", which was to reform and refine the rules of commercial practice. The "Commercial Code" of 1673 resulting from it was called after him "Code Savary". He was then also pressed to write down and publish all his commercial knowledge, which pressure led to the publication of the famous Le parfait Négociant (1675). It taught everything a merchant should know, but only his left papers revealed to the world the immense and universal knowledge on commerce Savary possessed. The dictionary was immensely successful and covers all aspects of commerce and trade as well as legal and historical matters. Deals among others with: trading cities throughout the world, their manufactures, operation of foreign trade, trading companies (including a short history of the South Sea Company), banking (including an account of John Law's Bank), bookkeeping, etc. etc. The dictionary was the first of its kind to appear in Europe, and has furnished the principal part of the material for most of the dictionaries that were to follow. The project was sponsored by the French government who justly considered that such a dictionary, if well executed, would be of national importance. Hence a considerable, and indeed the most valuable portion of the work is compiled from memoirs sent to the author, by order of government, by the inspectors of manufactures in France and by the French consuls in foreign countries (see: McCulloch, p. 61). The dictionary is preceded, in volume one, with an elaborate, long (upto column 544) separate essays on the "État général du commerce de l'Europe" (and followed by the other continents Africa, Asia and the Americas). EUR 2500
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SAVOY, É. Paupérisme et Bienfaisance. Fribourg, Fragnière Frères, Éditeurs, 1922. With some statistical tables in the text and a bibliography. 423 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original publisher's printed paper covers, slightly frayed at edges, an uncut and unopened copy. 2 copies in OCLC and RLIN (NYP and ILO). The author first deals with doctrines, causes and remedies for poverty in general. Then he discerns among the more practical means to combat poverty between preventive and curative means. A chapter is dedicated to a historical survey of the problem of social assistance in the region of Fribourg (Switzerland), interregional aspects, assistance to foreigners and some statistics. At the end he deals with poor law and organisation in Fribourg region. EUR 150
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SAY, J.B. Traité d'Économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses. A Paris, Chez Deterville, An XI-1803. Two volumes. (iv), xlvi, 527, (1) pp.; (iv), 572 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt of spine faded, head of volume one chipped. En Français dans le Texte, 207; Kress B.4729; Goldsmiths 18616; Einaudi 5118; Carpenter XXXIII (1); McCulloch p. 21; Schumpeter p. 491-493. The very rare first edition. Although initially suppressed by Napoleon on publication, this work eventually ran into 32 editions and was, apart from the Wealth of Nations, the most popular economic text of the first half of the nineteenth century. Say became in 1815 France's first professor of political economy and translations of his Traité were used as textbooks at universities on both sides of the Atlantic. The Traité went beyond Smith in developing what Say called 'one of the most important thruths of political economy' - that supply creates its own demand, the doctrine ultimately names Say's Law, one of the cornerstones of classical economics. Say also was an early proponent of the utility theory of value, and was therefore much at odds with his classical contemporaries, to whom labour was the source of value (New Palgrave, iv, p. 249). Say ranks with Sismondi and Cournot in originality concerning his contributions to economic theory and Schumpeter has called this work 'the most important of the links in the chain that leads from Cantillon and Turgot to Walras.'- Volume one with some browning and spotting, some pages with a dampstain in the blank inner margin, the last 150 pages with a clear waterstain, half-title and title-page of volume 2 with a small stain and some light browning, short tear in page 157 touching one letter, upper joint weak. EUR 4000
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SCHIRACH, (G.B. VON.) Mémoires pour servir à la Connoissance de l'État Actuel du Royaume de Danemarck. Traduits de l'Allemand de Mr. de Schirach & enrichis de plusieurs additions & corrections de l'Auteur même. No place, 1785. 183, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, morocco label with gilt lettering, joints starting to split, small damage to head and foot of spine, a bit bumped. Conlon 85:1850; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. Apparently very rare: only one copy recorded in NUC (Yale). First French edition of this interesting economic analysis of the economic and demographic situation in Denmark. Deals in particular with the policy and legal proclamations by which foreigners could obtain the full rights just as every Danish citizen, the so-called 'droit d'indigenat'. Copy from the library of the Abbé Morellet, with his bookplate. André Morellet was an economist and miscellaneous writer and philosophe. He became a disciple of Gournay and in his writings, which chiefly proposed the liberation of commerce and industry, he mainly upheld the ideas of Gournay including his reservations with regard to Physiocracy. EUR 1500
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SEGUIN, A. Observations sur la nouvelle conception financière présentée à la Chambre des Députés, par M. le Président du Conseil des Ministres, Le 5 janvier 1825; ... Paris, Imprimerie d'Ant. Béraud, Janvier 1825. - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Observations sur le rapport fait au nom de la commisssion de la Chambre des Députés, charger d'examiner le projet de loi sur la dette publique et l'amortissement. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de A. Henry, Février 1825 - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Moyen de parer aux principaux inconvéniens des projets ministériels, sur les indemnités et sur la dette publique, en conservant les avantages qu'on peut obtenir de ces projets. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de A. Henry, Mars 1825. - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Memento, et Barême de la perspective de notre avenir financier, en cas de naufrage de port. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de A. Henry, Mars 1825. - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Plan Extrait de l'ouvrage sur les finances, en 4 volumes in-8. (Drop-head title). No place, (1825). - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Causes de la dernière erreur de M. le Président du Conseil des ministres. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de J. Tastu, (1825). - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Résultats inévitables de l'adaption du projet sur la réduction des rentes. ..... (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de J. Tastu, Avril 1825. (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Balance entre l'avantage pécuniaire de la réduction des rentes, et le désavantage pécuniaire de l'augmentation de leur capital nominal. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de A. Henry, Avril 1825. - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. De la nécessité de prescrire une règle positive pour l'emploi des sommes affectées à l'amortissement, dans le cas d'adoption des projets ministériels sur la dette publique. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de A. Henry, Avril 1825. (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Moyens d'acquitter intégralement le milliard des indemnités, et d'atteindre le but politique au quel elles se rattachent; en parant aux principes inconvéniens des projets ministériels sur l'indemnité et sur la dette publique. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Chaignieau jeune, Avril 1825. (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Régulateur des rentiers, ou guide et résultat des combinaisons et des spéculations rentières qu'engendrera la loi sur la dette publique et l'amortissement; Et considérations sur les disposit que pourroient faire naître, et sur les emprunts que pourroient nécessiter dans l'avenir les besoins et les convenances de la nouvelle ère financière de la France; ..... Neuvième édition. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de C.J. Trouvé, Juillet 1825. - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Moyens d'obtenir le bien que desirent le Roi, le Dauphin, et les Chambres; et d'éviter les maux qui dérivent des conceptions financières de M. le Président du Conseil des Ministres. Paris, Janvier 1826. (Bound with:) (DELON.) Moyens d'exécution, applicables au systême de credit public de la France, faisant suite au systême fondé en 1816, sous le ministère de M. Corvello; et pouvant servir de réponse à la mesure de réduction de nos cinq pour cent en trois, proposée, par M. de Villèle. (Drop-head title). (Paris), De l'Imprimerie de J.M. Eberhart, (1825). - (Bound with:) (VAYSSE DE VILLIERS, R.J.F.) Opinion impartiale d'un capitaliste sur le projet de la réduction des rentes, sur les moyens de remplacer d'une manière avantageuse autant qu'honorable l'économie qui devoit en résulter, et sur la nécessité de maintenir l'intérêt a 5 pour 100. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Le Normant fild, (1825). - (Bound with:) DERNIER CRI, dernières plaintes, derniers gémissemens des rentiers. ..... Par G.D., Avocat sans Cause. A Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Février 1825. 15 works bound in one volume. (4), 120 (misnumbered 119) pp.;one dedication leaf, 38 pp.; 20 pp.; 28 pp.; 119, (1) pp.; (2) pp.; 4 pp.; 23, (1) pp.; 55, (1) pp.; 31, (1) pp.; 24 pp.; (2), xvi, 236, 96 (Appendice) pp. + 4 leaves with tables numbered 111-117; 8 pp.; 15, (1) pp.; 86 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, blue label to spine reading 'Chambres des Députés, session 1825. Objects DIV Tom II', and red label reading 'Réduction de la Rente par Armand Seguin', at foot of spine the number '12' gilt stamped. I: Kress C.1553; Goldsmiths 24599; not in Einaudi. II: Kress C.1554; Goldsmiths 24600; not in Einaudi. - Second work with a printed dedication leaf, the fifth work with a handwritten and signed dedication, the work by Delon (number 13) has a somewhat larger size and has been folded to fit into the volume. III: Kress C.1551; Goldsmiths 24598; not in Einaudi.IV: Kress C.1550; Goldsmiths 24597; not in Einaudi.V: Kress S.5636; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi, pages 1-4 incorrectly numbered as 29-32.VI: Kress C.1548; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.VII: Kress C.1557; not Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.VIII: Kress C.1547; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.IX: Kress C.1549; Goldsmiths 24596; not in Einaudi.X: Kress C.1552; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XI: Kress C.1556; Goldsmiths 24602; not in Einaudi.XII: Kress C.1788; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XIII: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XIV: Kress C.1583; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.XV: Kress C.1407; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.All first or only editions with the exception of number 11.Armand Séguin made a fortune by winning the contract to supply the French revolutionary armies with boot leather. Napoleon, who had no love for profiteers, tried to reduce his fortune through taxes and fines but failed. Séguin survived the Empire and the Restoration and lived thereafter the life of an eccentric, Balzacian rentier, devoting most of his intellectual energies after 1815 to the composition of pamphlets on government finance. He is best known for his memoirs on heat and respiration and as Lavoisier's assistant from 1789 to the latter's death in 1794. EUR 900
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SEGUIN, A. Memento, et Barême de la perspective de notre avenir financier, en cas de naufrage de port. Paris, de l'Imprimerie de A. Henry, Mars 1825. - (Bound with:) SEGUIN, A. Plan extrait de l'ouvrage sur les finances, en 4 volumes in 8vo, par Armand Seguin. (Drop-head title). No place, (1825). 2 works in one volume. 28 pp.; 119, (1) pp., the pages 1-4 incorrectly numbered as 29-32. 8vo. Disbound. First work: Kress C.1550; Goldsmiths 24597; not in Einaudi.Second work: Kress S.5636; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition of both works. - First quire loose. Armand Séguin made a fortune by winning the contract to supply the French revolutionary armies with boot leather. Napoleon, who had no love for profiteers, tried to reduce his fortune through taxes and fines but failed. Séguin survived the Empire and the Restoration and lived thereafter the life of an eccentric, Balzacian rentier, devoting most of his intellectual energies after 1815 to the composition of pamphlets on government finance. He is best known for his memoirs on heat and respiration and as Lavoisier's assistant from 1789 to the latter's death in 1794. EUR 350
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SELIGMAN, A. La première tentative d'émission fiduciaire en France. Etude sur les bilets de monnaie du Trésor Royal à la fin du règne de Louis XIV (1701-1718). Paris, P.U.F., 1925. (4), 173, (3) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, covers and spine discoloured and spine slightly worn, uncut and unopened. First edition. - A few underlinings at beginning and end. The last part of the book deals with various project of founding a bank in the period 1705-1715 and with the early period of the system of John Law. EUR 175
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SISMONDI, J.CH.L. SIMONDE DE. De la Richesse commerciale, ou principes d'économie politique, appliqués à la législation du commerce ..... Tome premier [- second]. A Geneve, Chez J.J. Paschoud, 1803. 2 volumes. (iv), lxxxv, (1), 348 pp.; (iv), 448 pp. 8vo. Uncut and largely unopened in the original blue paper wrappers, printed paper labels to spines, spine and frontcover of volume one expertly renewed with almost identical blue paper, marginal waterstaining, somewhat worse at the beginning of each volume and towards the end of volume two, kept in two chemises half blue calf, and boards box. Einaudi 5298; Kress B.4734; Goldsmiths 18617; De Salis, ii, p. 61. Scarce first edition of Sismondi's important work. Born in Geneva, the son of a Calvinist clergyman, Sismondi was 'the first critic of industrial capitalism' (Blaug). De la richesse commerciale 'was intended as a systematic exposition of the ideas of Adam Smith. Yet in it Sismondi also pointed out that he was presenting "an absolutely new" way of looking at aggregate output changes. Crude arithmetic examples depicted output during a given year as a function of investment during a previous year, and showed how a closed economy differed from an economy with international trade, and how the latter differed when there was an export surplus and an import surplus. Algebraic formulas in his footnotes repeated the same arguments presented arithmetically in the text. But the book was little noticed, and so Sismondi's original efforts produced no contribution to the development of economics' (Thomas Sowell in The New Palgrave).De la Richesse commerciale 'has a number of original features, for example, it includes an early statement ascribing the international exchange of goods to differences in factor endowments and factor prices - England, being plentifully endowed with capital, will import labor-intensive goods, such as lace from France, from countries where capital is relatively scarce and wages low. Sismondi here points the way to doctrinal developments that were bought to full fruition by Ohlin in the twentieth century but were overshadowed during the nineteenth century by the Ricardian doctrine of comparative cost, which was primarily designed to demonstrate the gains from trade' (Spiegel, p. 303).Theocharis describes Sismondi as the only French author of his time who was considerably influenced by Canard, noting that in the introduction to De la Richesse commerciale Sismondi 'admitted that many times in the earlier chapters of his book he had nothing better to do than repeat Canard's ideas. He does not, however, imitate Canard in the use of mathematics except once, "car appliquer ce langage à une science qui n'est point exacte c'est s'exposer à des erreurs continuelles". His main attempt at mathematical economics is when he tries to show that in both a closed economy and with foreign trade a country, ceteris paribus, will be progressing, declining or stationary according to the level of wages' (Theocharis, Early developments in mathematical economics (1983), p. 78ff). EUR 5250
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SMITH, (V.) Observations présentées au nom du Conseil Municipal de Clermont-Ferrand, en faveur du Chemin de Fer du Centre, de Paris à Clermont, rédigées par M. Smith, Membre adjoint et Rapporteur de la Commission municipale des Chemins de fer de Clermont. Clermont-Ferrand, Imprimerie de Perol, 1842. With a large folding map. (2), 46 pp. Large 8vo. Modern boards, orginal printed covers preserved. Not in Cole, The Pioneer Period of European Railroads. Original edition. Argues in favour of a 'grande ligne de fer au centre de la France'. A very nice copy with large margins. EUR 175
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SMITH, A. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations. By Adam Smith, Ll.D. With a life of the author, an introductory discourse, notes, and supplemental dissertations. By J.R. McCulloch. A new edition, corrected throughout and greatly enlarged. Edinburgh, Printed for Adam and Charles Black, and William Tait, London, Longman & Co., 1838. With a frontispiece (Tassie medallion) of Adam Smith and a portrait. (6), lxiii, (1), 648 pp. 8vo. Modern leather, spine lettered, an uncut copy. Vanderblue, p. 17; Kress C.4734; Goldsmiths 30309; this edition not in Einaudi, no McCulloch edition in Mattioli. The second McCulloch edition of Smith's masterpiece. 'Of real importance is the edition by John Ramsey McCulloch (1828) which contains a life of Smith and numerous notes, first published in four volumes and later in single-volume editions which for some three decades were used by students almost to the exclusion of others' (Vanderblue, p. x). Some light marginal browning, Tassie medallion somewhat heavier browned, owner inscription on front free endpaper. EUR 450
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STOURM, R. Bibliographie historique des finances de la France au dix-huitième siècle. Paris, Librairie Guillaumin & Cie., 1895. (4), iii, (1 blank), 341, (1 blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporaryhalf cloth, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Besterman, 1384; Einaudi, 5488; Mattioli, 3519. The only book-edition. First published in "Annales de l'Ecole libre des sciences politiques", 1886-1891. A very useful tool for the period containing in the elaborate notes a wealth of information. Rare and important.Copy inscribed by the author. EUR 150
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STRACCHA, B. Tractatus De Mercatura, seu Mercatore, ..... Huc accessit Petri Santernae Lusitani Tractatus, de Sponsionibus & Assecurationibus mercatorum. Alios praeterea Tractatus aliundeexcerptos, unum videlicet D. Ioan Nider, De contractu mercaturae: alterum D. Bald. de Ubald. Perusini, de Constituto, in Iureconsultorum gratiam adiunximus, duoque D. Roberici Suarez Consilia, de Usu maris, & mercibus super illo transuehendis, Cum Indice rerum singularium locupletissimo. Lugduni, Apud Sebastianum Honoratis, 1558. With woodcut device and figurated initials. 635, 82 pp. + colophon leaf, reading Lugduni, excudebat Iacobus Forus. 8vo. Contemporary supple wrinkled vellum, handwritten title to spine, a bit spotted and spine a bit browned. Ars Mercatoria S31.4; BMSTC (French), p. 409; not in Einaudi (5491 for the first edition); Kress, IEL, 31 and Kress 77; Goldsmiths 69.1; not in Camus, Bibliothèque de droit, (other edition cf. nr. 2169); Adams S.1911; Baudrier, Bibliographie Lyonnaise, iv, p. 174. Classic of commercial and maritime law. It includes a lengthy section on bankruptcy and maritime law and was first published in 1553, followed by editions in 1555 and 1556. The additional work by the Portugese author Santerna appears here for the first time as part of the work by Straccha (according to Kress, Italian Economic Litertaure). The work covers the pages 481-569, with separate title-page, followed by the work by Nider (pp. 570-609), Ubaldis (pp. 610-618) and finally Suarez (pp. 619-635). - Some scribbling onto title-page in blank margins, at foot of title-page, in the blank margin a contemporary handwritten ownership's entry. The author, Benvenuto Straccha (1509-1578), was the first to present, in the present work, a systematic exposition of commercial law, which he was the first to view as distinct from civil law, and to examine it from the practical standpoint. It deals with commerce in general, the merchant class, mercantile contracts, maritime law, bankruptcy and mercantile practice.Benvenuto Stracca (or Straccha) was an Italian humanist jurist. Stracca's work is distinguished by the care with which he studies the practical arguments which are disregarded by the other jurists of his period and by the absence of the scholastic categories and formulae so much in vogue at the time. Previously commercial law had been studied only with regard to individual cases, as part of civil and canon law. It was Stracca's distinctive merit to have been the first to present a systematic exposition of commercial law as a complex of norms separate from the other branches of the law and to have carried it out from both the practical and the legal aspect. 'His work contains information of interest to economists. He shows the usefulness of trade and navigation; discusses the restrictions on certain branches of trade, and expresses comparatively moderate opinions on the theory of usury' (Palgrave). The present work is his first and most significant work in the field of commercial law.The text by Santerna deals with maritime insurance of commercial transports and was originally published in Venice in 1552. The present edition of the Mercatura is the first to include all these additonal treatises on similar subjects. EUR 4000
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STUART, JAMES MONTGOMERY. Histoire du libre échange en Toscane. Florence, Imprimerie de la Gazzetta d'Italia, 1877. 147, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Sewn in contemporary printed cover, very lightly damaged. Einaudi 5496 (for the Italian translation). First French edition. First published in English as The History of Free Trade in Tuscany (1876) and translated into Italian the same year as Storia del Libero scambio in Toscana.On both the front cover and the title-page is a vignette with in the center Cobden Club, surrounded by a double line circle and between the lines the words Libre-Echange-Paix-Harmonie Entre les Nations. EUR 100
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THOMAS, E. Recherches Historiques sur les Droits du Roi aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Paris, E. Dentu, no date (ab. 1895). (2), 162, (2) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, marbled boards, raised bands with gilt lettering (very lightly rubbed at extremeties). First edition. - Uncut and partially unopened, printed on 'vergé'. Deals with the taxes to be collected on trade and manufactures: 'des droits de sortie et d'entrée, des droits d'acquits de paiement et à caution, et des certificats de descente, De la marque des toiles et autres étoffes dans les frontières des provinces de l'étendue de la ferme'; etc.In the 17th and 18th century France was divided into three different areas where different tax-regimes operated and which had different trading rights: the area called the Cinq grosses fermes, the Provinces étrangères, and the Pays étrangers. EUR 150
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TIFAUT DE LA NOUE, J. Réflexions Philosophiques sur l'Impôt, Où l'on discute les Principes des Economistes, & où l'on indique un Plan de perception patriotique; accompagnées de notes. Par Jérôme Tifaut de la Noue. A Londres, Et se trouve à Paris, Chez la Veuve Barrois, & fils, Fr. Amb. Didot l'aîné, 1775. With engraved frontispiece, one engraved plate and one table. xx, 361, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges (corners a bit bumped). Kress S.4837; Goldsmiths 11340; Higgs 6419; Einaudi 5625; INED 4326; Conlon 75:1690; Leblanc 143. Rare first edition. The author is severely critical about one of the central issues of the Economistes: their idea of reducing all taxes to one single tax. He reviews Des Galannières' Plan d'Imposition, which reasons along those lines, and takes it as point of departure for his criticisms and to present his alternative proposals: to exempt the land from taxation and to replace this tax by a progressive tax on consumption and revenues.The last page contains the errata. - Small stain in outer margin of frontispiece, offsetting onto title-page. The frontispiece was designed by the author himself. EUR 1500
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TOULOUSE - RECUEIL des Actes, Mémoires et Arrêts du Conseil privé du Roy. Concernant ce qui s'est passé dans la Ville de Toulouse, entre le Corps des Marchands & le Sindic & Capitouls de la même Ville: Au sujet des Impositions depuis 1550 jusques en 1715. No place, 1715. 83, (5) pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, spine with label with gilt lettering. 'C'est l'unique dessein que l'on s'est proposé dans ce Recueil, où l'on verra tous les mouvemens que le Corps s'est donné pour parvenir à la suppression des Industries qui ont longtems ravagé la Ville de Toulouse, & dont le Corps des Marchands & celui des Artisans se trouvoint accablés, & pour prevenir par une voye suere & facile la disete des grains en rendant libre les Entrées qui mettoint un obstacle à cette espece de Commerce' (page 4).Toulouse, the major city in southwestern France, the capital of the Languedoc was a classic Old Regime city: the parlement and the church dominated a very traditional local elite. The city was administered by eight capitouls, whose offices conferred noble status. Noble estates of the region produced grain for much of the Midi, and aristocratic social and political life in town completely overshadowed a relatively feeble bourgeoisie. Commercial and manufacturing interests were minor compared to their counterparts in Bordeaux, Nantes, Marseille, or even nearby Montpellier. - First three leaves with a faint dampstain in the upper blank margin. EUR 750
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TURGOT, (A.R.J.) Le conciliateur, ou Lettres d'un ecclésiastique à un magistrat, sur les affaires présentes. Troisième édition. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Du Pont, député de Nemours à l'Assemblée Nationale constituante, hôtel de Bretonvilliers, Isle Saint-Louis, 1791. 56 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter; W. Walker Stephens, The life and writings of Turgot, pp. 18-19. Third edition, first published in 1754, second edition 1788. The title is derived from a proposal made to effect the reconcilement of both Jesuits and Jansenists to the action of the State, by its sacrificing to them their common enemy, the Protestants. The attempt to deprive the small body of Protestants of the limited rights they enjoyed, and the unprincipled character of the policy suggested, raised Turgot's indignation. It is said that king read the work and was favourably impressed by it. At all events, the project of persecuting the Protestants was abandoned.In the preface, written by Dupont de Nemours, Dupont explains the reason for this reprint of this rare work: the National Assembly was about to discuss 'les moyens de faire cesser les maux que des querelles religieuses ont produits'. - Very rare. EUR 750
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TURGOT, (A.R.J.) Réflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses. Par M. Turgot. (Paris), 1788. 136 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, extremeties a bit shaved, spinegilt in compartments, gilt lettering to spine. Kress B.1506; Goldsmiths 13536; Einaudi 5772; Mattioli 3673; INED 4362; En Français dans le Texte, 165. First bookform edition, originally published in the Ephémérides du Citoyen between November 1769 and January 1770. 'The Réflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses was a major influence on Adam Smith, and an early example of the economist as policy-maker. The Réflexions is a remarkable book, containing not only the skeleton of the structure of Adam's Smith's Wealth of Nations, particularly the concept of the division of labor, the distinction between the market and the natural equilibrium price of commodities, and the stress on the volume of real savings as the prime determinant of an economy's rate of growth, but going beyond Adam Smith in the analysis of the relation between profit and interest and the clear statement of the law of diminishing returns in agriculture' (Blaug, Great Economists before Keynes, pp. 254-255). 'His treatment, however, of value and exchange, here, and, briefly, in the Reflexions, foreshadowed that of such leading neoclassicals as Menger, Böhm-Bawerk, Walras and Marshall. As Professor Groenewegen has concluded: 'He has no peer in the eighteenth century in the elegance with which the exchange models are developed. They resamble contributions of the neoclassical school much more than those offered by Turgot's contemporaries'' (Hutchinson, Before Adam Smith, ch. 18). 'It gives, in brief compass, a luminous statement of some of the most important principles relating to the economic constitution of societies - the division of labour; the origin and use of money; the nature of capital and the different modes of its employement; the necessary rise of capitalist chiefs of industry; the legitimacy of interest and loans; and the impossibility of arbitrarily fixing the rate of that interest. It unfortunately contains, along with many truths, the erroneous doctrines of the physiocrats on the exclusive productiveness of agriculture, and on the consequent propriety of imposing taxes only on the land of a country....It is, in fact, not a work of research but of exposition, and, regarded in this light, has real originality, and may justly be pronounced a masterpiece' (J.K. Ingram, quoted in Walker Stephens, The Life and Writings of Turgot). 'His most comprehensive work on economics was his Réflexions sur la Formation et la Distribution des Richesses, ..... This work may be placed beside that of Quesnay as the first scientific exposition of political economy. It was written nine years before Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, and the extent to which it influenced the illustrious Englishman is difficult to determine. It is undeniable, however, that many of Smith's ideas, such as the division and productivity of labour, freedom of enterprise, competition and the like, are mentioned explicitly by Turgot' (Paul Harsin on Turgot in the Encylopaedia of the Social Sciences). 'Principal ouvrage - il absorbe preseque complètement l'apport de Turgot à l'analyse économique - de l'un des plus grands économistes scientifiques de tous les temps' (Schumpeter), les Réflexions, d'inspiration apparemment physiocratique, n'en sont pas moins profondement originales. Plus développées, elles eussent constitué, a-t-on dit, le 'grand traité d'économie politique de leur temps.'' On n'est pas loin aujourd'hui de les considérer comme telles, et Schumpeter n'hésite pas à les égaler à la Richesse des Nations d'Adam Smith qu'elles surpassent même à ses yeux quant à la structure théorique' (En Français dans le Texte). 'If we now try to compare Turgot's scientific personality with those of Beccaria and A. Smith, significant similarities strike us first: all three were poly-historic in learning and range of vision; all three stood outside the arena of business and political persuits; all three displayed single-minded devotion to the duty in hand. Turgot was undoubtedly the most brilliant of the three, though his brilliance was somewhat tinged with superficiality, not in economics, but in his outlying intellectual domains. The main difference, from the standpoint of their scientific achievement, is that A. Smith expanded very little of his energies on nonscientific work, Beccaria very much, and Turgot, from 1761 on, almost all he had...... Such as it is, however, Turgot's theoretical skeleton is, even irrespective of its priority, distinctly superior to the theoretical skeleton of the Wealth of Nations. In order to arrive at this opinion, it is not necessary to impute to Turgot anything he did not actually say or to credit him with any implications of what he did say that he may possibly not have seen himself. He actually delivered the goods ..... And there are practically no definite errors to be found in this first of all treatises on Value and Distribution that were to become so popular in the later decades of the nineteenth century. It is not too much to say that analytic economics took a century to get where it could have got in twenty years after the publication of Turgot treatise had its content been properly understood and absorbed by an alert profession. As it was, even J.B. Say -the most important link between Turgot and Walras- did not know how to exploit it fully' (Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, pp. 246-249).Marginal wormholes throughout in the outer blank margin, from page 81 to the end an occasional wormhole in the text touching the occasional letter but without rendering text or words illegible. EUR 6000
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VAUBLANC, (V.M.V.), COMTE DE. Du commerce de la France en 1820 et 1821. Par M. le Comte de Vaublanc, Ministre d'État, Député du Calvados. A Paris, Chez C.-J. Trouvé, et chez Goujon, 1822. - (Bound with:) (MATHIEU DE DOMBASLE, C.J.A.) De l'Avenir industriel de la France; un rayon de bon sens sur quelques grandes questions d'économie politique. Nancy, Imprimerie d'Haener, no date (1835). 2 volumes in 1. vi, 207, (1, blank) pp.; (2), 82 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with green label and gilt lettering (very lightly rubbed, old paper label with number on spine). First work: Kress C.1001; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi.First edition.Vincent Marie Viennot de Vaublanc, born in Champagne in 1756, served in the army. Representative for the Seine-et-Marne departement in the Assemblée Législative where he was one of the speakers for the right, although many of his views were liberal. After de coup d'État of the 18 Fructidor, he fled to Germany. After the second restauration he was appointed minister of the Interior which post he did not held for very long. Second work: cf: Kress 3993; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition with this title. - The second work lacks the cover-title, the first leaf is the 'Table des Matières' which suffered from loss of paper in the outer margin affecting one letter. This work was originally published as Des intérêts respectifs du midi et du nord de la France dans les questions de douanes; de l'importance relative de l'industrie intérieure et du commerce extérieur; des intérêts spéciaux du commerce et de l'avenir industriel du royaume in 1834. Christophe Jospeh Alexandre Mathieu de Dombasle was born in Nancy and became a famous agricultural writer: 'Mathieu de Dombasle est un des hommes qui ont rendu les plus grands services à l'agriculture française' ..... il entreprit une industrie alors toute nouvelle, la fabrication du sucre de betteraves, et s'adonna en même temps à l'agriculture.' He founded, together with M. Bethier and Alban de Villeneuve, 'l'établissement de Roville (1822). C'était la première école d'agriculture française; mais elle acquit bientôt une célébrité européenne' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). Kress lists a fourth edition, the original edition was published a year earlier. EUR 600
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VIDAL, F. De la répartition des richesses ou de la justice distributive en économie sociale; ouvrage contenant: l'éxamen critique des théories exposées soit par les économistes, soit par les socialistes. Paris, Capelle, 1846. (4), 500 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, corners. Bel Bo, Fourier, p. 69; DBMOF, iii, p. 502; Goldsmiths 34912; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. Vidal marks the transition from utopian socialism of Saint Simon and Fourier to collectivist socialism. 'In his works, as in those of his contemporary Pecqueur (.....) the principal doctrines of collectivism are clearly expressed and reduced to formulas; among these are the so-called 'iron-law' of wages, the theory that wealth is the produce of work 'of others', and that economic evolution leads infallibly to the socialisation of land and of capital. Vidal, however, does not go so far as this in his conclusions. He contents himself with cooperation for producers, profit-sharing for labourers, and a minimum wage fixed by law. His principal works are De la répartition des richesses .... , a critical explanation of the doctrines of the liberal school and those of the principal French socialists, interesting even at the present day ....' (Palgrave, iii, p. 621). EUR 750
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VIDAL, F. De la répartition des richesses ou de la justice distributive en économie sociale; ouvrage contenant: l'éxamen critique des théories exposées soit par les économistes, soit par les socialistes. Paris, Capelle, 1846. (4), 500 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, raised bands with giltlettering. Bel Bo, Fourier, p. 69; DBMOF, iii, p. 502; Goldsmiths 34912; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. Vidal marks the transition from utopian socialism of Saint Simon and Fourier to collectivist socialism. 'In his works, as in those of his contemporary Pecqueur (.....) the principal doctrines of collectivism are clearly expressed and reduced to formulas; among these are the so-called 'iron-law' of wages, the theory that wealth is the produce of work 'of others', and that economic evolution leads infallibly to the socialisation of land and of capital. Vidal, however, does not go so far as this in his conclusions. He contents himself with cooperation for producers, profit-sharing for labourers, and a minimum wage fixed by law. His principal works are De la répartition des richesses .... , a critical explanation of the doctrines of the liberal school and those of the principal French socialists, interesting even at the present day ....' (Palgrave, iii, p. 621). - With stamp on title and page 1, some underlining, a faint and small stain in lower blank margin, occasional spotting. EUR 600
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VILLERME, (L.R.) Rapport à l'Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, sur l'État physique et moral des ouvriers employés dans les fabriques de soie, de coton, et de laine; par M. Villermé. (Drop-head title). No place, no date (Paris 1839). With numerous tables throughout the text. Pp. (229)-594. 4to. Modern half cloth, marbled boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Granier, Bibliographie Charitable; not in Dada. First edition. Published in the 'Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques', this report served as the basis for the second part of the Tableau de l'État Physique et Moral des Ouvriers employés dans les manufactures de coton, de laine et de soie, Paris, 1840. Louis-René Villermé (1782-1863), French physician and statistician. He obtained his medicial degree in 1814. His twofold interest in the laboring classes and in social and economic statistics led to a wide range of published works. He was elected a member of the Académie de Médecine in 1823 and of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in 1832. When the manufacturers of Mulhouse took the initiative in calling public attention to the child labor prevalent in the silk mills, the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques invited Villermé to an investigation of the conditions. His report served as the basis for the law of 1841 extending a measure of protection to children in industry. - Very good copy, with wide margins. EUR 600
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VOLTAIRE (F.M. AROUET DE.) L'Homme aux Quarante écus. No place (Genève, Cramer), 1768. (2), 120 pp. 8vo. Nineteenth-century half morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Bengesco 1478; Le Petit, p. 557; Peignot ii, p. 188; R. Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France 1769-1789, 317; no copies in Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi, Higgs and INED although they record other editions from this year. First edition, with the errata uncorrected and listed on page 120. 'The Homme aux Quarante Ecus is in fact the only one of Voltaire's publications on a distinctly economic subject. The dogmatic and often pompous and heavy style of the Physiocrats had probably bored him, as well as their abstract and subtle mode of reasoning. L'Homme aux Quarante Ecus, directed against Mercier de la Rivière's Ordre naturel et essentiel des societies politiques, is the history of the owner of a small estate yielding a net income of forty crowns a year, who has been frightened by the appearance of several edicts promulgated "by a few gentlemen who, having some leisure, have undertaken to govern the kingdom from their firesides.'' Overflowing with wit and sarcasm, the book consists of conversations between the man with the forty crowns and the most motley succession of people and, with the author's usual unfairness, is not free from misrepresentations and gross exaggerations of Mercier's real meaning' (Palgrave, iii, p. 632). 'Mercier avait prétendu que, dans un Etat organisé selon la doctrine physiocratique, une somme moyenne de cent vingt francs (quarante écus) devait suffire à l'existence de chaque citoyen. De là le titre que Voltaire donne à la réfutation burlesuqe de leur système. Il y ridiculise surtout l'impôt unique sur la terre réclamé par les Economistes, et qui réduira l'homme aux quarante écus à n'en avoir plus que vingt, tandis que prospèreront à côté de lui de gros financiers inexpugnables à l'impôt' (Coquelin et Guillaumin, ii, p. 855).The book is a brilliant parable, which had an enormous success immediately on its appearance. It was quickly condamned and forbidden and most editions appearing from then on were published without indication of either place or printer. - Copy without the half-title. EUR 1400
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WIGS - PUBLICATIE tegen de invoer van gemaakte paruycken. Bij de Vroedschap der stad Utrecht provisioneel gearresteert den 10. december 1753 en (more solito) gepubliceert van den Stadhuyse op den 22. December 1753. Utrecht, Jacob van Poolsum, 1753. With large woodcut coat of arms of the city of Utrecht on titlepage. 8 pp. (including titlepage, last page blank). 4to. Modern marbled boards. An edict by the city of Utrecht intended to counteract the import of wigs produced in other places and abroad, as this was believed to be disadvantageous for the artisans in the city. The production of wigs had assumed some importance in Utrecht since the beginning of French influence on fashion in the second part of the xvii century. No one was allowed to import more than 2 wigs at the time. EUR 175
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WILDIERS P. & M. CAETHOVEN. Manuel pratique des assurances maritimes. Marchandises - corps - Police d 'assurance Maritime d'Anvers de 1859. Police du Lloyd's. - Clubs. Réassurance. - Avarie Commune. Préface de M. Frédéric Sohr. Antwerp, Éditions Lloyd Anversois, (1936). 341 pp. Large 8vo. Sewn, with later textile rebinding ofspine. Rare first edition of this long time standard handbook on maritime insurance, which won the prestigious Prix Français Genicot in 1938 and went quickly out of print. Because of the war it appeared not until 1947 in a greatly revised second edition and a third in 1964. EUR 250
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WOLKOFF, M. Opuscules sur la rente foncière. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1854. (8), 321, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half cloth, marbled boards, originalcovers preserved. Einaudi 5939. First edition. Almost entirely devoted to either explaining or criticizing the theories of Ricardo. The pages 209-213 contains mathematical formula.The author's name is sometimes written as 'Volkoff' or 'Volkof'.Copy printed on 'grand papier vélin'. EUR 175
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WOLKOFF, M. Opuscules sur la rente foncière. Paris, Guillaumin et Cie., 1854. (8), 321, (1) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers, an uncut copy. Einaudi 5939. First edition. Almost entirely devoted to either explaining or criticizing the theories of Ricardo. The pages 209-213 contains mathematical formula.The author's name is sometimes written as 'Volkoff' or 'Volkof'. - Copy on 'Grand papier'. EUR 170
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ZACCHIA, L. De Salario, seu operariorum mercede Tractatus in tres partes distinctus, In quo quaestiones omnes, tàm ad Theoricam, quàm ad Praxim pertinentes proponuntur, pertractantur, resoluuntur, ..... Cum Duplici Indice. Romae, Ex Typographia Nicolai Tinassi, 1658. - (Bound with:) ZACCHIA, L. Centuria Decisionum Ad Materiam Tractatus De Salario, et Operariorum Mercede. Venetiis, Apud Turrinum, 1664. Title-page of the first work printed in red and black, both title-pages with a large woodcut vignette. Two works in one volume. (100), 404 (misnumbered 406) pp.; (76), 180 pp. Folio. Later half calf, spine with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, three vellum corners (vellum on one corner gone). Vinciana 1161 for the 1679 edition which was the first collected edition of these two works, these two separate original editions lack; Einaudi 6102 also the 1679 edition; Kress S.1150, first work only, second work not in Kress; Goldsmiths 1425, first work only, the second not in Goldsmiths; both not in Camus. Scarce first edition of both works. Lanfranco Zacchia was an Emilian jurist and the author of a Latin treatise (the present one) on wages which deserves mention for the rarity of the consideration of that subject in the days when he wrote. Zacchia distinguishes different forms of wages which he regards as the reward for any description of work. Wages are fixed by the monarch or the law, by custom or contract, and failing these, by a judge, who in fixing them should take account of the ability of the workman, the quality of his work, and the price of food. He also studies the judicial effects on wages of alterations in the value of money. The work deals with the subject in 110 questions or problems, both practical and theoretical, and treating numerous professions and sorts of work. Zacchia also deals, in various places, with the problem of usury.The second work deals with the decisions taken by the Rota, after the title-page there is the "Index Decisionum S. Rotae Romanae Tractatui de Salario seu Operariorum Mercede Annexarum" followed by the "Index Argumentorum Harum decisionum" and followed by the third index, the "Index Locupletissimus Harum decisionum, Alphabetica serie digestus".Both works printed in two columns per page.The woodcut on the first title-page shows the Madonna with Jesus while two angels place a crown on the Madonna's head. - Somewhat browned, somewhat heavier in places. EUR 3500
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ZIEGENHAGEN, F.H. & W.A. MOZART. Lehre vom richtigen Verhältnisse zu den Schöpfungswerken, und durch öffentliche Einführung derselben allein zu bewürkende algemeine Menschenbeglückung .... mit einer Musik von W.A. Mozart. Zu Hamburg zu finden bei dem Herausgeber, (Privately Printed in Hamburg), 1792. With engraved frontispiece and 1 large folding engraved plate and 6 engraved plates by D. Chodowiecki, and 4 folding tables of music (8 pages) by W.A. Mozart. (10), 633 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled boards, lighty rubbed, preserved in a fine morocco and gilt backed folding case. Rümann 1299; Schröder 4549; Music in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 896; Koechel 619; Lanckoronska, Maria und Oehler, Richard, Die Buchillustration des XVIII. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, ii, 119-120 & 214; and see the study by Barbara Richter, Franz Heinrich Ziegenhagen, Leben, Werk und Wirken eines engagierten Kaufmanns und Philanthropen im zeitalter der Aufklärung (2003). First edition of this beautifully illustrated and major work of utopian socialism by the industrialist Franz Heinrich Ziegenhagen (1753-1806), a utopian freemason, who also provided a libretto for a music commission for Mozart bound in at the end (see note below). This is also the first printing of this Mozart cantata ! Franz Heinrich Ziegenhagen was a German merchant and social reformer. He was brought up in the spirit of Pietism but abandoned his protestant faith later in his life and turned into a radical critic of religion. He was succesful as a merchant but never gave up his literary and reforming persuits. He put his entire fortune at the disposal for the spread of his works and ideas and the financial support of the various projects aiming at the practical realization of his ideas. Ziegenhagen died poor and alone in 1806.In Lehre vom richtigen Verhältnis zu den Schöpfungswerken und die durch öffentliche Einfürung desselben allein zu bewürkende algemeine Menschenbeglükkung, Ziegenhagen justifies and describes his utopian project: an attempt at establishing an independent, self-sufficient separate colony based on agricultural as well as innovative educational principles. His ideal was to create a "Erziehungs-kommune" (Educational commune) where children would be brought up without distinction based on titles, financial background or status of whatever nature and where education would not just be theoretical but also practical. The institute was intended to be later transferred into a community with collective property and based on the ideas of Rousseau with a balance between man and nature.Ziegenhagen founded an agricultural property in Billwerder, by Hamburg, and appealed in vain to wealthy citizens, the aristocracy and even the French Convention to support similiar institutions. The project failed and after 12 years he sold the Billwerder property and returned to his Elsass homeland in 1802 where he committed suicide four years later. Chodowiecki's marvelous large folding engraved plate depicts the realization of the author's ideals and having him riding on horseback through the gardens and buildings with various related events happening. Daniel Nicolaus Chodowiecki, the eminent German painter and engraver was one of the best and most sought after illustrators of his time and the beautiful and lively engravings of this book by Chodowiecki add further to the book's importance. The folding engraved frontispiece depicts a large lecture room with natural history illustrations on the walls and a very ornate organ on the far wall. The breathtaking view of the author riding through the colony has already been mentioned. The other engravings depict various classrooms with students studying electrical experiments, using various types of other scientific instruments for experiments as well as learning crafts and skills with a view of a blacksmiths shop. The last plate shows a group of students dissecting a pig with a "Kunst-Kammer" in the background.Perhaps most delightful about this book is the first appearance of a "little German cantata" ("Die ihr des unermeßlichen Weltalls ....") which was composed by Mozart in 1791, the same year as his "Magic Flute" which was also greatly influenced by Masonic imagery. The cantata was intended as an inaugural work for the projected community and was scored for voice and keyboard. Ziegenhagen provided the libretto and commissioned Mozart for the music. The work reflects the authors philosophy and speaks of pacifism and universal brotherhood, with an oblique reference to naturism ! All of this reflects the liberal philosophy of the time, with which Mozart would have come into contact as a member of the Viennese Masonic Lodge. The work here was composed for soprano and piano and later composers would add orchestral arrangements as well as string quartets. Ziegenhagen's connection with Mozart has not been satisfactorily established to date. The autograph of K.619 is at the library of the University of Uppsala, Sweden. EUR 20000
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