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AVIS au Tiers-État. A Londres (Paris), 1788. 54 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, marbled boards. The author demands the abolition of the privileges of the nobility and the clergy as well as reasonable representation of the Third Estate in the Etats-Généraux. The section covering the pages 40-54 entitled: 'Pensées et maximes du bon Abbé de Saint-Pierre, second du nom, sur la Noblesse.' EUR 225
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COMME on voudra m'appeller. Avril 1789. No place, (1789). (2), 90 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco (slightly worn). Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3580. Original edition. Reflexions on the state of France, its finances and on the convocation of the Etats-Généraux. Discusses the theorires of Sieyès and the Instruction of the Duc d'Orléans. EUR 125
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COMMENTAIRE. Revue trimestrielle. 1978-1984. Paris, 1978-1984. Nrs 1-26. 26 nrs. 4to. Sewn. Famous journal, founded by Raymond Aron in 1978. Mainly devoted to politics, sociology, philosophy, etc. with contributions by: Henry Kissinger, R. Aron, G. de Ménil, Raymond Barre, E. Le Roy Ladurie, M. Drancourt, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Simon Leys, Joseph Schumpeter, Michel Foucault, Annie Kriegel, Alfred Sauvy, François Furet, and many others. EUR 600
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EPILOGUE, ou dernier appareil du bon citoyen, sur les miseres publiques. A Paris, Par Robert Sara, 1649. 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Moreau 1264; not in Welsh. Original edition. - With a dampstain in the outer lower corner, lightly touching some text. 'C'est la suite du Manuel du bon Citoyen. Ces deux pièces ont eu, lors de leur apparition, un grand retentissement ..... L'auteur s'élève avec force contre la théorie de la puissance absolue. Il prétend que la première ordonnance dans laquelle la formule Tale est placitum nostrum a été employée, est l'ordonnance de Charles VIII, 1485, qui défend les habits d'or et de soie aux personnes de moindre condition' (Moreau). EUR 150
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MONT-AIME LE. Ah! Si j'étois député aux Etats-Généraux et que j'eusse 100.000 livres de rente, j'en sacrifierois 99.000 avec le plus grand plaisir, pour que tous les projets et les demandes que je fais y fussent accordées. Au Temps Perdu, Dans la rue des Projets inutiles, à l'enseigne de la Vérité, 1789. 36 pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10209. - With stamp of the Bibliothèque de Trélissac on fly leaf. EUR 150
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NECESSITE, De la, et des moyens de rétablir la confiance et le crédit; par le Cen***, de l'Institut National. Paris, chez les marchands de Nouveautés, An 8e (1800). 56 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.4109; notin Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Martin & Walter. - Small repair to page 31/32 with some loss of text. Titlepage browned, some scribbling at top of titlepage. Copy from Michel Adamson with his signature on the titlepage. EUR 125
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NOUVELLE administration au voeu de la Nation, pour la régénération de l'Etat. Cadastre dans le royaume de France. Par M. de Mirabeau. Vérité, justice & liberté. (Caen, chez Manoury l'aîné), 1789. 102 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Frère; not in Martin & Walter; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Conlon. - Very rare. The unknown author uses the name of Mirabeau as penname. Proposes reform of taxes, based on the cadastre, and to consist only of territorial tax per head. Demands also suppression of the ecclesiastical rights. Very rare and interesting piece. EUR 425
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OBSERVATIONS sur l'injustice et l'immoralité des droits d'entrée dans les villes. Indication des moyens propres à compenser le produit de ces droits par de nouvelles taxes oucontributions proportionelles aux facultés. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de L. Potier de Lille, 1791. 46 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress S.5370; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11157. EUR 175
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OBSERVATIONS sur les prétendues immunités du clergé, relativement à l'impôt; suivies de l'état général des biens du clergé de France, avec un plan de réforme soumis à la délibération des Etats-Généraux. Par un citoyen impartial. No place, 1789. 78 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 11347. Project of appropriation of ecclesiastical properties, which together with the royal properties will bring in, according to the author, an annual benefit of 500 million. EUR 225
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PROJET d'encouragement de l'agriculture, du commerce et des arts, par la suppression de la milice, ou tirage au sort; avec la manière économique de suppléer aux troupes provinciales, par la création d'une école martiale, & l'établissement de manufactures & d'ateliers relatifs à leur service. Par M. l'abbé de M ..... l'aîné. No place, 1789. xiii, 56 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 14644; Kress S.5260; not in Goldsmiths. Includes a chapter 'Moyens supplétifs de ressources pécuniaires en faveur de ces asyles de charité.' EUR 100
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REPONSE des négociants de la ville de Grenoble. A MM. les juges-consuls de Montauban, Clermont-Ferrand, Châlons, Orléans, Tours, Besançon, Dunkerque et Saint-Quentin, et à laChambre de Commerce de Picardie, de Saint-Malo, et de l'Isle en Flandres. (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). 14 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin &Walter. The 'négociants' of the city of Grenoble oppose their 'chers Confrères' of the other cities in their view that the trading and commercial professions should have the right to appoint their own representatives to the Etats-Généraux. EUR 150
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SENTIMENT d'un actionnaire de la caisse d'escompte, sur l'arrêt du 29 décembre 1788, qui proroge au 30 juin 1789 les dispositions de celui du 18 août 1788. No place, 1789. 15 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Martin & Walter. First (only) edition ? In praise of the policy persued by Necker. EUR 175
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TRES-HUMBLE remonstrance du Parlement au Roy, et à la Reyne regente. A Paris, Par les Imprimeurs & Libraires ordinaires du Roy, 1649. 16 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 3814; not in Welsh. First edition. 'La loi fondamentale de la monarchie veut qu'il n'y ait qu'un maître en titre et en fonction; de sorte qu'il est toujours honteux au prince, et dommageable aux sujets, qu'un particulier prenne trop de part à son affection ou à son autorité, celle-là devant être communiquée à tous, et celle-ci n'appartenant qu'a lui seul.' Signed Janvier 21, 1649. Attributed to Président Le Coigneux. EUR 250
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ULTIMATUM d'un citoyen du Tiers-Etat au mémoire des princes, présenté au Roi. No place, 1789. (2), 68, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Martin & Walter. Discusses the rights of the Third Order in view of the presentations of the nobility and the clergy. The last 2 pages contain a catalogue of books concerning the same subject. - Bookplate of De Bruère, de Bourgneuf pasted on title. EUR 225
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BANQUE vraiement nationale. (Drop-head title). No place, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Tourneux III, 12682 (describing the copy of the Archives nationales); not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13883; not in Martin & Walter. Signed at end: 'Del....e'. The aim of this bank should be to help those proprietors who are ruined by the taxes, rather than to stimulate the wealth of a few. EUR 125
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CAVE TIBE, POPULE! Ou instruction au Tiers-Etat sur le danger de sa position actuelle. Par un noble de fraîche date. No place, 1788. (2), 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 3103 (with date 1789). The caption title of the first page reads: 'Mémoire sur la nécessité, la justice et les moyens de donner la prépondérance au Tiers-Etat dans l'Assemblée prochaine des Etats-Généraux, which explains clearly the vein of this publication. EUR 175
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ESSAI de théorie sur le gouvernement monarchique. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Maradan, 1789. vii, (1, errata), 263, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine in compartments, gilt lettering and blind stamped phrygian cap in each compartment. Not in Barbier; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux; not in Monglond. Second edition, the first appeared in 1788 and just as the first edition very rare, apparently only Yale has a copy of this edition, no further copies located, nor of the 1788 edition. The last chapter proposes a plan for financial reform, with proportional taxes, based on Vauban's ideas as laid down in his Dîme Royale.Analysis of the power and government in a monarchy, mostly theoretical and critical of monarchical power, especially in matters of finance and justice. EUR 500
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LETTRE d'avis à Messieurs du Parlement de Paris, escrite par un Provincial. Paris, 1649. 34 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Moreau 1837; not in Welsh. Based on theories of François Hotman as exposed in his Franco-Gallia and on ideas expressed by Du Plessis Mornay in his Vindiciae contra tyrannos, this piece provoked quite some polemical replies. It is considered to be one of the most important pieces of the Mazarinades. EUR 350
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LETTRE d'avis à Messieurs du Parlement de Paris, escrite par un Provincial. Paris, 1649. 34 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum. Moreau 1837; not in Welsh. Based on theories of François Hotman as exposed in his Franco-Gallia and on ideas expressed by Du Plessis Mornay in his Vindiciae contra tyrannos, this piece provoked quite some polemical replies. It is considered to be one of the most important pieces of the Mazarinades. EUR 350
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LETTRE d'avis à Messieurs du Parlement de Paris, escrite par un Provincial. Paris, 1649. 34 pp. 4to. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Moreau 1837; not in Welsh. Original edition. - Slightly spotted. Based on theories of François Hotman as exposed in his Franco-Gallia and on ideas expressed by Du Plessis Mornay in his Vindiciae contra tyrannos, this piece provoked quite some polemical replies. It is considered to be one of the most important pieces of the Mazarinades. EUR 300
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LETTRE de M***, conseiller au Parlement, à M. le Comte de *** (Drop-head title). No place, (1771). 43 pp. 12mo. Modern boards. Conlon 71:325 First edition. Criticizing the reforms of the parlements as initiated by the Edict of December 1770. Dated at end: 11 December 1771. EUR 150
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PUISSE-t-il se trouver! Rêve patriotique. Allemagne (Leipzig), 1814. 103, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Reflections on the political situation in France after the Revolution and the Empire, and developing a political theory for the future. EUR 200
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SAGE CITOYEN, Le, conciliateur et ami de la patrie, qui offre au gouvernement le moyen le plus simple et le plus facile pour remplir, en peu de temps, le déficit des finances, et assurer le prompt payement des dettes de l'Etat, sans qu'il soit besoin de recourir à de nouveaux emprunts ou à de nouveaux impôts. En France, Imprimerie de la Vérité, 1788. 33 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. First edition. EUR 200
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STOMACHATIO boni popularis. (Drop-head title). No place, (1649). 7, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 3719; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, S-1014; not in Welsh. First edition. Moreau suggests that the author wrote in Latin because he did not want to address the people 'déjà bien échauffée d'elle-même'. The author discusses the origin of royal power. EUR 125
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VOYAGE de Robertson aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le manuscrit anglois. Amsterdam (France), 1767. (4), 474 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering. Hartig 59; Trousson pp. 161-162; Gove p. 356; INED 3858; cf.: Negley 979. The first edition appeared in 1766. Utopian account of which it is suggested that it is a translation from the English. The work is evidently inspired by the Physiocratic ideas and draws also inspiration from Rousseau's Contrat Social. Contains also political, economical and moral ideas, points to the importance of agriculture and population, and pleads for the nationalization of the trade. The Encyclopedists appear as the 'Pansophistes' and are criticized (pp. 146 and ff.) The main story is that the hero has sailed with Sir Francis Drake to South America and, by his narrative, to have inspired William Penn to found an ideal city in North America. EUR 800
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(ACCARIAS DE SERIONNE, J.) Les intérêts des nations de l'Europe dévelopés relativement au commerce. A Paris, Chez Desain (Leiden, Luzac), 1767. 4 volumes. (8), 411, (1) pp.; (4), 343, (1) pp.; (4), 331, (1) pp.; (4), 396 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, small damage to front joint of vol. 4. Higgs 4071; INED 12; Sabin 3726; Einaudi 55; Echeverria & Wilkie 767/2; JFBL A32; not in Kress (cf.: 6310); not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, originally published in 1766. In this his principal work Serionne rejected the Physiocratic theories of production and taxation; he also refused to accept the prevailing opinion that the population of France was diminishing rapidly. He strongly believed that the discovery of America had stimulated European agriculture and industry, improving levels of employment and that colonial commerce had itself contributed to an increase in the population of Europe (See: Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 315-321). After having run into serious difficulties in France, the author was forced to leave France. This edition with the 'Paris' imprint was apparently destined for export from Holland. - Half-title and first blanks slightly loose in volume one, a very fine copy, with bookplate of G. de Ste Marguerite, very likely belonging to the family of De Bonnet, seigneurs de la Baume, de Saint-Marguerite et de Costefrède. EUR 900
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(BARNAUD, D.N.) Le Reveille-Matin des François et de leurs voisins. Composé par Eusèbe Philadelphe, cosmopolite, en forme de Dialogues. A Edimbourg, De l'Imprimerie de Jaques James, 1574. - (Followed by:) (BARNAUD, D.N.) Dialogue second du Reveille-Matin des François, et de leurs voisins. Composé par Eusebe Philadelphe Cosmopolite, & mis de nouveau en lumiere. A Edimbourg, De l'Imprimerie de Jaques James, 1574. 2 volumes in 1. (38), (2 blank), 159, (1) pp.; 192 pp. Small 8vo. 18th century polished calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red and green labels with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides, inside dentelles, all edges gilt, binding Belz. succ. Niedrée, small dampstain along upper margin of front cover. Hauser 2150; Haag, La France protestante, i, pp. 251-256; Méaly, Publicistes de la Réforme, pp. 143-51; Pollard & Redgrave, STC, 1464; not in Adams; not in BMSTC (French). The rare first French edition, first issue (see Pollard & Redgrave). Famous pamphlet, published in exile, after the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The first dialogue between Alithie (the Truth), Philadelpe, the Historian (l'Historiographe), Politician (le Politique), the Church and Daniel is an account of the civil wars and the massacre of St. Bartholomew, and ends with an appeal for tyrannicide and a plan for rebellion. The 2nd part shows the relation between the sieges of La Rochelle and Sancerre and the intervention of the Polish. It is to be found between two theoretical passages: one giving a theory of the 'contrat social' and the right of resistance as founded in the work of Th. de Bèze Du droit des magistrats sur leurs sujets and a second giving a description of tyranny, based on ideas of La Boetie as exposed in his Contr'un. This second part is not merely a historical account, but a real political treatise, in which the principle of the heriditary monarchy is condemned. It is written in an outspoken democratic vein. Sometimes also attributed to Th. de Bèze or Fr. Hotman (see: Elkan, Die Publizistik der Batholomäusnacht).'After St. Bartholomew's Day they (the political works) were directed against the king instead of using the fiction of the evil advisers. The right of the people to resist an evil ruler who harmed the true religion was openly expressed. Many of the authors, however, sought revenge, more on the queen mother than her son, as she was widely blamed for the massacre. Even the best of the Huguenot works expressed a desire for revenge, but they subordinated it to significant discussions of political theory. The anonymous Reveille-Matin des François ..... may have been the collaborative work of several authors, as was true of many anonymous works of the religious wars. It presented more fully -if not more precisely- a thesis that had already appeared in some pre-1572 Huguenot writing. The people conferred power on the king but did not give over the whole of sovereign authority; some remained in the hands of the lesser magistrates who had the duty to resist an evil ruler. Their identity, however, was left vague. The Reveille-matin proposed that this authority was granted in the ancient constitution of France, which had been subverted by the recent kings. When a king injures his people as cruelly as Charles IX had, who was alleged to have fired at the Huguenots himself and was responsible for the death of 10.000 of his loyal subjects in Paris alone, he can and must be disposed' (Frederic J. Baumgartner, France in the Sixteenth Century, p. 301). - Title-page and 1 leaf with a faint dampstain in the upper blank margin, page 23/24 in the second part with a small hole affecting two letters. A lovely copy of an important book. EUR 3750
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(BAUDOUIN DE GUEMADEUC.) l'Espion dévalisé. Londres (Paris), 1782. vii, (1, errata), 240 pp. 8vo. Sewn, uncut, blind covers, spine strengthened, somewhat worn, rear cover slightly damaged, uncut copy INED 299; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Negley; not in Hartig & Soboul; not in Valette; not in Versins. Original edition. 'Utopie économique.' The work contains a curious anticipation of economic and demographic nature: since man has been capable of producing his own bread, wine and other indispensible wants the inevitable consequences are 'une multiplication de l'espèce humaine à volonté' and the preservation and making of 'des bonnes lois' in order to guarantee to each the fruit of his labour, his liberty and the protection of his property. Meanwhile, society will improve infinitely since man will have more time to devote himself to the arts, to politics and to morals as a result of having less work to do in order to have a descent living. The last pages (219-240) contain 'un petit éloge de Turgot' and some remarks on economic freedom as well as a criticism on the luxury of the princes. Baudouin, who was Maître des Requêstes, was imprisoned for theft and wrote the present work while in prison. EUR 550
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(BEAURIEU, G.G. DE.) l'Elève de la nature. Premiere [-Seconde] Partie. A Amsterdam, et se vend à Paris, Chez Panckoucke, 1764. 2 volumes in 1. iv, 307, (2) pp.; iv, 212, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, somewhat rubbed and worn, corners bumped. Gove, pp. 350-352; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme Utopique, pp. 59-76; cf.: Hartig & Soboul, p. 58, Valette 16, Kress 6522, INED 348; not in Negely; not in Versins. Second edition, originally published in 1763. An 'utopie pédagogique' inspired by J.J. Rousseau's Emile. Gove mentions an Geneva edition of 1768 with J.J. Rousseau as author on the titlepage.'Apologie de la nature conform au goût de l'époque. Mais cette sorte d'utopie intéresse plus l'individu que le social. Beaurieu y fait l'éloge de l'agriculture, de la vie frugale, de l'allaitement maternel. Il condamne le luxe et l'esclavage et qualifie les Ephémérides du Citoyen d'excellent ouvrage.''(Beaurieu) avait la passion des enfants et s'occupait sans cesse de leur éducation (.....). Il conçut l'idée d'exécuter pratiquement 'L'Elève de la Nature' en faisant des expériences sur deux couples séparés (.....). C'est comme un exemple singulier de ces illusions morales, pédagogiques et humanitaires, dont le rôle effectif fut considérable, que j'ai cru pouvoir rappeler le nom oublié du pauvre Beaurieu' (Lichtenberger). EUR 600
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(BELLOY, P. DE.) Moyen d'abus, entreprises et nullitez du rescrit et bulle du Pape Sixte V du nom, en date du mois de septembre 1585. Contre le Serenissime Prince Henry de Bourbon, roy de Navarre, Seigneur souverain de Béarn, premier prince du sang de France, & premier pair de la couronne. Et Henri de Bourbon, aussi prince du sang, pair de France, Prince de Condé, Duc d'Anguien. Par un Catholique, Apostolique Romain: mais bon François, et très fidèle subiet de la Couronne de France. A Cologne, De l'Imprimerie d'Herman Iobin, 1586. (16), 28, (4, blank), 313, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, ties gone, top of spine and lower side damaged. Cf.: Hauser 2405; not in BMSTC (French); not in Adams. First edition, with errata. After the preliminaries follow 28 pp. of Déclaration de nostre Sainctiss. Pape de Rome Sixte V. A bold protest against the excommunication of Henry III and the Prince of Condé by Pope Sixtus V. For the important role the author played as an adversary of the 'Ligue', see: Weill, Les théories sur le pouvoir royal en France, pp. 210-215. - Small stamp on title. EUR 450
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(BERINGTON, S.) Mémoires de Gaudence de Lucques, prisonnier de l'Inquisition, augmentée de plusieurs cahiers qui avoient été perdus à la douane de Marseille, enrichis des savantes remarques de M. Rhedi, et de figures en taille-douce. A Amsterdam, & se trouve à Liège, Chez F.J. Desoer, 1777. With 4 engraved frontispieces. 4 parts in2 volumes. 147 pp.; (4), 143 pp.; (4) 144 pp.; (4) 164 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Gove p. 297; Versins p. 108; cf.: Hartig 50; Trousson pp. 143-144 & 266; Negley 93. Augmented edition of this at the time immense popular adventure-utopia. The original edition appeared in London in 1737 as The memoirs of Sigr. Gaudentio di Lucca. It was mistakenly attributed to Bishop Berkeley. It was not until 1935 that the true author was identified (Lee M. Ellison, Gaudentio Di Lucca, a forgotten utopia 1935). With Berkeley as its supposed author this utopia 'attained to a rank and dignity comparable to that of the Republic of Plato, the Utopia of Sir Thomas More, and the New Atlantis of Lord Bacon' (Ellison). This version was translated from the English by Milts and revised by Saint-Germain, who in the process added several ideas of his own, and it was augmented by Dupuy Demportes. Thus it became one of the most important imitations of the Histoire de Sévarambes by Vairasse d'Alais. The basic story is the confession of Gaudence before the Inquisition about his adventures and travels in and to the land of the Mezzoranies. In this land there were hardly any laws, there was abundance, equality, no death penalty, public warehouses and only one road connected with the outside world. EUR 800
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(BERTRAND DE MOLLEVILLE, A.F.) Observations adressées à l'Assemblée des notables. Sur la composition des Etats-Généraux, et sur la forme la plus régulière de les convoquer. No place, 1788. With folding table. (2), 66 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 3058. EUR 110
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(BOSQUILLON, C.P.) Code national, dédié aux Etats-Généraux. Genève 1788. - (Followed by:) (CHAUVEAU-LAGARDE, C.F.) Théorie des Etats-Généraux, ou La France régénérée. Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1788). 2 works bound in 1 volume. vi, 233 pp.; 123 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt back (sides a little rubbed). First work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli; Martin & Walter 4342; INED 664.First edition. Deals with political and financial subjects. 'Bosquillon revendique le droit pour les Français d'être consultés sur les affaires intéressantes.' (INED). Second work: Not in Martin & Walter.First edition. 'Brochure tellement rare que l'auteur dans ses derniers années nous exprima plusieurs fois le regret de n'en avoir pas conservé un exemplaire' (Michaud). EUR 750
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(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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(BROUSSE.) Le vray Courtisan sans flaterie, Qui déclare ce que c'est que l'Authorité Royale. Revueu & corrigé pour la seconde Edition. A Paris, Chez la veuve d'Anthoine Coulon, 1649. 16 pp. 4to. Modern boards, label with gilt lettering. Moreau 4067; not in Welsh. Second edition. Against absolute royal power: 'l'auteur conclut ..... que les rois ne sont pas libres de tout faire, et qu'ils ont au-dessus d'eux la raison, la nature et le christianisme' (Moreau). EUR 175
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(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur sa consolidation, sur l'imprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé, suivie de l'instruction sur l'emploi forcé. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 750
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(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.) Rapports de la Commission des finances, et lois sur la dette publique, sur sa consolidation, sur l'imprunt volontaire et sur l'emprunt forcé, suivie de l'instruction sur l'emploi forcé. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (a bit worn). Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin.' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting.' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799). EUR 750
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(CAPMARTIN DE CHAUPY, B.) Philosophie des lettres qui auroit pu tout sauver. Misosophie voltairienne qui n'a pu que tout perdre. Ouvrage inutile à la présente tenue des Etats, pour laquelle il avoit été entrepris, mais qui pourra servir à celle qui pourra lui succéder, si la mode s'en continue. A Paris, En la double année des Evénemens que nos glorieux pères n'auroient jamais pu prévoir, & que nos neveux, s'ils redeviennent de bons François, ne pourront point croire, C'est-à-dire, en 1789 & 1790. 2 volumes. xxx, 368 pp.; (4), pp. 369-700. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Martin & Walter; Monglond, i, 5; Barbier, iii, 877. Only edition, very rare. - A faint waterstain at the beginning of the first volume, a few leaves repaired at outer blank margin, otherwise clean and well preserved. A very small number of copies were printed and the work was not put in the trade, hence its rarity. Also the new Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol vii, (p. 1070) states 'très rare'. The vein of this work will be obvious from the wording of the title and 'printers'. The author was in favour of the most absolute authority. EUR 1250
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(CAPMARTIN DE CHAUPY, B.) Observations sur le refus que fait le Chastelet de reconnoître la Chambre Royale. En France, 1754. (2), 258 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Conlon 54:522; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, v, p. 242, 2610. First edition. - Small stain in upper margin of title-page and first few pages, copy with wide margins, rare. Bertrand Capmartin de Chaupy (1720-1798) shows himself in this work 'le champion de l'autorité la plus absolue' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vii, p. 1070.) EUR 600
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(CELLIER, L.M. & A.B. DESPREZ.) Accord de la raison et de la tradition sur la légitimité des opérations de l'Assemblée Nationale, concernant le clergé. Chaalons, Imprimerie de Mercier, 1792. 288 pp. 12mo. Sewn, old blind cover, uncut (back strengthened). Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 198. - Title and first 4 leaves slightly waterstained. Parish priests at Vitry (Marne), the authors justify and agree with the civil constitution of the clergy. On page 288 they sign with their names which were not printed on the title-page. EUR 100
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(CHASTELLUX, F.J. DE.) De la félicité publique, ou considérations sur le sort des hommes dans les différentes époques de l'histoire. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de notes inédites de Voltaire. Paris, A.A. Renouard, 1822. 2 volumes. (4), 350 pp.; (4), 332 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, paper covered boards, corners. Not in Kress (cf.: 7197); not in INED (cf.: 1075); Goldsmiths 23385; Einaudi 1038. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In ..... De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest hapiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14). - Very lightly paperspotted. EUR 450
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(CHASTELLUX, F.J. DE.) De la félicité publique, ou considérations sur le sort des hommes dans les différentes époques de l'histoire. A Amsterdam, Chez M.-M. Rey, 1776. 2 volumes in 1. (4), xxii, 272, (2) pp.; (2), 247, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands. Cf.: Kress 7197; Goldsmiths 11375; INED 1075; Echeverria & Wilkie 776/6; not in Sabin; not in JFBL. Second edition, the work had been first launched in Amsterdam in 1772 before a French publisher dared to bring it on the market in France. That French publication was simultaneously with the present publication. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In an earlier work, De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest hapiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this earlier work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14). EUR 750
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(CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. Politique européenne. Articles extraits du Globe. Paris, Au Bureau du Globe, 1831. (4), 127 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Fournel 80,2; not in Walch; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 115; Kress C.2756; Goldsmiths 27181; Einaudi 1070. First edition. Collection of articles published earlier in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Globe and dealing with European politics. EUR 125
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(CHEVALIER, M.) Religion saint-simonienne. La presse. Articles extrait du Globe, journal de la doctrine de Saint-Simon. Paris, au Bureau du Globe et de l'Organisateur, 1831. 28 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed blue covers, small loss to lower outer margin Fournel 82,4; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 93; Goldsmiths 27033; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. Collection of articles published earlier in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Globe. EUR 75
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(CLEMENT DE BOISSY, A.A.) Le maire du palais. No place, 1771. 124 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 71:798. First edition. 'Athanase AlexandreClément de Boissy (1716-1793), conseiller à la Chambre des comptes, érudit, théologien' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire historique de la France, i, p. 540). Discusses political power in relation to the contemporary discussions concerning the parlements and the influence of royal advisers. EUR 200
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(CONSIDERANT, V.) Bases de la politique positive. Manifeste de l'Ecole Sociétaire fondé par Fourier. Deuxième édition. Paris, Bureau de la Phalange, 1842. 218, 45 (publisher's catalogue) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary cloth, label with gilt lettering, original covers preserved. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 12; Einaudi 1240; Goldsmiths 33064; not in Kress. Second edition, first published in 1841. Victor Considérant was a French political and economic theorist whose principal work was to clarify, popularize and apply specifically to the problems of his day the doctrine of Charles Fourier, whose best advocate he remains. EUR 400
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(COURTILZ DE SANDRAS, G. DE.) Nouveaux intérêts des princes de l'Europe, revûs, corrigés & augmentés par l'auteur, selon l'état où les affaires s'y trouvent aujourd'hui. Seconde édition. Cologne, Pierre Marteau (La Haye, van Bulderen), 1686. Sphere on title. (20), 519, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, somewhat worn and rubbed, short split at foot and top of front cover. Bourgeois & André 3027; Sauvy, Livres saisis à Paris, 218. Second edition. 'L'auteur a pris pour modèle l'ouvrage du duc de Rohan, Les intérêts et maximes des princes et états de l'Europe, dont il donne des extraits dans la seconde partie de son livre et auquel il ajoute ses remarques personnelles. Il se montre l'adversaire de l'empereur Léopold Ier et du duc Charles de Lorraine. Sans doute il y a beaucoup de verbiage dans cet ouvrage: toutefois, celui qui l'a écrit ne mérite pas d'être rangé (.....) 'parmi les auteurs de troisième ordre, nés pour être les singes des grands écrivains'' (Bourgeois & André). The Habsburg King Leopold had given refuge to Charles de Lorraine whose territory (Lorraine) was occupied by the French. At the court of Leopold he distinguished himself in various military campaigns, notably against the Turkish armies.'Parfois élogieux pour Louis XIV, l'auteur prend fermement position contre la révocation de l'Edit de Nantes' (Sauvy). - Name and scribbling on title. EUR 350
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(CRUCE, E.P. OU EMERI DE LACROIX.) Le nouveau Cynée. öu discours des occasions et moyens d'establir une paix générale et la liberté du commerce par tout le monde. A Paris, Chez J. Villery, 1623 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). (12), 226, (16) pp. 8vo. Imitation leather. Goldsmiths' 529. The work is very rare: Van den Dungen counts fewer than a dozen copies known worldwide. Reprint of this extremely rare and important work, published in a limited editon of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade and since long out-of-print. Le Nouveau Cynée 'is, in essence, an early plea for the settlement of international disputes by means of arbitration. It is also a condemnation of war on rational rather than religious grounds. 'Mit seinem Nouveau Cynée begründete Emeric Crucé den modernen Pazifismus ... So war Crucé der erste, der ein wirklich universelles Friedenssystem verfasste' (almost 100 years before the Abbé de Saint-Pierre's Projet pour rendre la Paix perpetuelle en Europe) writes Ter Meulen in his famous work; his colleague Christian Lange confirms this in his equally well-known study where he calls Crucé 'le prémier internationaliste véritable'. More recently, Hinsley had written that Crucé's book was, 'in the records of modern history, the first proposal for an international organization that was also a proposal for maintaining peace'.'This little work, in short, is of major significance in the history of peace writings, particularly as regards the idea of international organization. There is thus little cause for surprise to find that the two most famous collections of peace literature that exist possess a copy of it. Neither should it cause surprise to learn that a further two copies ... are to be found in two equally famous collections, this time of economic literature (the Seligman Collection at Columbia and the Goldsmiths' Collection at London). For Crucé is not only considered an early advocate of international arbitration, but equally the founder of the free trade doctrine in France ... To facilitate and increase international commerce he proposes the introduction of one currency in Europe, and one system of weights and measures, and the joining together of seas and waterways. Crucé insisted that the economic interests of nations were in peace, rather than war, but this would only become the accepted dogma of political economy one hundred and fifty years later, when Adam Smith published the Wealth of Nations ... One of the reasons commonly suggested of the long obscurity which befell this book is precisely its striking originality. Contemporaries hardly took note of the book, as its thesis appeared too unconventional, and the author's proposal unrealistic and utopian ... His patience bore fruit, (however,) and he is now regarded as the 'véritable précurseur du libéralisme moderne, ... sans doute le premier écrivain qui ait entrevu le rapport intime entre le commerce et la paix'. This estimate indicates that the absence of Crucé's work in the major collections on the history of economic literature might constitute a serious gap' (Peter van den Dungen, The Hidden History of a Peace "Classic": Emeric Crucé's Le Nouveau Cynée, p. 27ff). EUR 225
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(DEVERITE, L.A.) La vie et les doléances d'un pauvre diable, pour servir de ce qu'on voudra aux prochains Etats-Généraux. Seconde édition augmentée. (Abbeville), 1789 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 140 pp. 8vo. Modern leather. Martin & Walter 10677; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 430-431; Weller II, 244. Reprint of this important and rare work, limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. When France was floaded with pamphlets to discuss the question of how to vote and who should vote, only a few authors devoted attention to the working class, those who had to bring up the major part of the taxes. Devérité is one of the rare authors who devoted his pen to the poor; 'Il y aura, dit-il, des gens pour défendre les cités, le droit de propriété, l'agriculture, les arts et métiers, les fabriques, etc., parce que ces grands objets touchent quelques personnes de l'Assemblée; mais qui y prendra la défense des intérêts de la dernière classe du peuple? Des ces sujets qui n'ont ni propriété, ni richesse, d'aucune sorte, ni état, ni droits, autres que ceux de la nature, si restreints, soit par la constitution de l'État, soit par la droit positif, ou par divers règlements qui en empêchent ou gênent l'exercise, ....' (Lichtenberger).Sometimes attributed to L.A. de Wicquet d'Ordre. EUR 125
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(DU PLESSIS-MORNAY DE MARLI, P.) De la puissance légitime du prince sur le peuple, et du peuple sur le prince. Traité très-utile et digne de lecture en ce temps, escrit en Latin par Estienne Junius Brutus etnouvellement traduit en François. No place, 1581. 264 pp. 8vo. 19th-century Russian morocco, gilt ornamental border, gilt edges, top of sides a bit discoloured (Thouvenin). PMM 94; Adams L.151 (under Languet); Hauser 2220; Labitte, De la Démocratie chez les Prédicateurs de la Ligue, pp. 60-64; Weill, Les Théories sur le Pouvoir Royal en France pendant les Guerres de Religion, pp. 109-121; Méaly, Les Publicistes de la Réforme sous François II et Charles IX, pp. 221-247; not in BMSTC (French). First French edition, earlier published, in 1579, in Latin. The most influential and most radical of the Huguenot political works 'was the Vindiciae contra Tyrannos, which was published under a pseudonym in 1579. It may have been a collaborative work, but there is little doubt that Philippe Duplessis de Mornay was a major contributor, if not the sole author. He was a nobleman with a good education, who fought with Henry of Navarra and by 1576 was a major advisor to him. After 1594 he emerged as the elder statesman for the Huguenots. The Vindiciae consists of four questions and their answers. Are subjects bound to obey a prince if their orders contradict the law of God? The answer is, of course, no. Who may resist such a prince? The people as a whole, the officers of the people, but also a private person who has received a special call from God to save the people from a tyrant. The author then turns from religion to ask whether a prince who devastates the commonwealth can be resisted. His answer demonstrates that the people created the French monarchy and the officers of the kingdom, and the Estates general elect the king. There is a covenant between king and people in which the king pledges to rule justly. If he violates that pledge by bad law or overtaxation, the people or their officers can resist and depose him. The final question establishes that neighboring princes are obliged to aid the subjects of a prince who is a tyrant. There is in the Vindiciae a sense that France was a federation of communities, in which communities such as La Rochelle and Montauban were sovereign in their own right and contracted with the king to rule them. One of the most common accusations hurled at the Huguenots was that they intended to 'cantonnize' France in imitation of the Swiss Confederation; the Vindiciae provides some justification for the charge' (Frederic J. Baumgartner, France in the Sixteenth Century, p. 302).Sometimes it has been attributed to Th. de Bèze or to H. Languet, but Duplessis Mornay is now generally recognized as at least the auctor intellectualis. This first French version is generally preferred to the Latin edition. Together with Fr. Hotman the author is the first to put forward the question of a social contract. The translation is by Fr. Estienne. EUR 6000
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(DUBOS, J.B.) Les intérêts de l'Angleterre mal-entendus dans la guerre présente. Traduits du livre anglois intitulé: 'Englands interests mistaken in the present war'. Sixième édition reveuë, corrigée & augmentée de notes historiques. A Amsterdam, Chez J.L. de Lorme, 1704. Title printed in red and black. With 1 folding table. (10), 317, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering. Cf.: Kress 2421; Goldsmiths 4038; Einaudi 1626,note; Sabin 98172n; Alden & Landis 704/56; Echeverria & Wilkie 704/7; not in Howes; not in Streeter; not in Leclerc; not in Muller; not in JFBL. The best edition, with extensive notes added. One of at least 7 editions published in 1704. Originally published in 1703. As a matter of fact there never was an English edition, but the author apparently preferred to pass it off as such to avoid problems with the authorities, since he represented the French court as an ambassador in The Hague. Anti-British work that surveys British trade and commerce in Europe and that with the American colonies and the Indies predicting that the Navigation Acts will result in revolt and independence for the British North American colonies. EUR 800
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(DUBREUIL, S.) Hommage à la vérité, contre l'oppression, l'injustice, l'inhumanité et les rapines du Directoire et de ses représentans au Corps-législatif; ou second et dernier Appel à leurcruauté pour en obtenir la mort. Par une famille de rentiers et créanciers de l'Etat, réduite à l'agonie du désespoir par l'extrême besoin. (Drop-head title). No place, (1798). 47, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11270; Tourneux, iv, 22565. One of three different editions, according to Martin and Walter, all published in the same year. Of Babouvist inspiration. The Dubreuil family had participated in the Babeuf conspiration. EUR 225
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(DUBREUIL, S.) Hommage à la vérité, contre l'oppression, l'injustice et les rapines du Directoire et de ses représentans au Corps-législatif; ou Appel à leur cruauté pour en obtenir la mort. Par une famille de rentiers et créanciers de l'Etat, réduite à l'agonie du désespoir par l'extrême besoin. (Drop-head title). No place, (1798). 71, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11270; Tourneux, iv, 22565. One of three different editions (according to Martin & Walter) all published in the same year. Of Babouvist inspiration. The Dubreuil family had participated in the Babeuf conspiracy. EUR 300
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(DUBUAT DE NANCAY, L.G.) Les origines, ou l'ancien gouvernement de la France, de l'Allemagne, et de l'Italie: ouvrage historique, où l'on voit, dans leur origine, la Roïauté & ses attributs, la Nation & ses différentes Classes, les Fiefs & le Vasselage, les Dignitez, la Hierarchie, les Immunités Ecclésiastiques, & les Domaines; la Milice, la Chevalerie; la Justice Distributive; la Compétence des Tribunaux, leur Forme; les Parlements, les autres Cours Souveraines, les Etats Généraux, la Pairie, la Législation, & les Coutumes. A La Haye, 1757. 4 volumes. (4), 48, 390 pp.; (4), 557, (1) pp.; (4), 451, (1) pp.; (4), 359, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, red edges, small spot on front cover of volume 4. Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1022; Conlon 57:701; not in INED. First edition, scarce. ' ..... il met à la base de l'histoire la distinction d'un peuple libre et d'un peuple sujet. Il affirme en effet, l'existence, à l'origine de la monarchie, d'un ordre essentiellement militaire qui constituait seul la nation' (Carcassonne, Montesquieu et le problème de la Constitution française). Pp. 358-359 of volume 4 contain the errata to all 4 volumes.Dubuat-Nançay (1732-1787), diplomat and historian is seen as one of Cantillon's disciples because of his emphasis upon the standard of living and his treatment of luxury. He differed from Cantillon, however, both in his general philosophy and in his analysis of social problems. Thus he believed that the ruin of France could be averted only through the restoration of a feudal regime. In his emphasis upon agriculture he resembled Sully and the agrarians; in his notion of a providential natural order and of the net productivity of agriculture, the physiocrats. Unlike Cantillon, Dubuat-Nançay was a populationist in that he explicitly favored, with some qualification, as large a population as could be supported in life and health on a given territory (see for an elaborate analysis of the work and ideas of Dubuat-Nançay: J.J. Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 144-150). - Armorial bookplate in all volumes on front paste-down. EUR 1100
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(DUBUAT-NANCAY, L. G.) Eléments de la politique, ou recherche des vrais principes de l'économie sociale. A Londres, 1773. 6 volumes in 4. xliv, 336 pp.; xii, 429, (1) pp.; xii, 418 pp.; xi, (1), 265, (1) pp.; vii, (1), 334 pp.; x, 273, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands and labels with gilt lettering (gilt volume numbering faded), spine of volume 4 expertly repaired. Kress C.4731; Einaudi 1627; Higgs 5647; INED 1483; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli. First edition, rare. Dubuat-Nançay (1732-1787), diplomat and historian is seen as one of Cantillon's disciples because of his emphasis upon the standard of living and his treatment of luxury. He differed from Cantillon, however, both in his general philosophy and in his analysis of social problems. Thus he believed that the ruin of France could be averted only through the restoration of a feudal regime. In his emphasis upon agriculture he resembled Sully and the agrarians; in his notion of a providential natural order and of the net productivity of agriculture, the physiocrats. Unlike Cantillon, Dubuat-Nançay was a populationist in that he explicitly favored, with some qualification, as large a population as could be supported in life and health on a given territory. See for an elaborate analysis of the work and ideas of Dubuat-Nançay: J.J. Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 144-150. EUR 1250
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(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Avant-dernier chapitre de l'histoire des Jacobins. (Paris), In fine: De l'Imprimerie de l'Auteur, seconde édition, (1792). 30 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 51; Martin & Walter 12137; not in Monglond; not in Tourneux. Second edition. Drop-head title on the first page reads: Lettre de M. Du Pont aux citoyens constitutionnaires, 14 mai de l'an IV. Fundamental criticism of Jacobine politics in which Du Pont discusses the circumstances through which the assembly has lost so much of its sovereignty, delivers an excellent analysis of constitutional politics and argues for the return to a constitutional and legitimate government of which he also recapitulates the fundamental principles. EUR 300
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(DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Oeuvres posthumes de M. Turgot, ou Mémoire de M. Turgot sur les administrations provinciales, mis en parallèle avec celui de M. Necker, suivi d'une lettre sur ce plan, & des observations d'un républicain (J.P. Brissot) sur ces mémoires, & en général sur le bien qu'on doit attendre de ces administrations dans les monarchies. Lausanne, 1787. With engraved portrait as frontispiece. (i)-iv, (5)-167 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf,spine gilt, gilt triple fillet on sides, top of spine stained, joint slightly split at top Kress B.1203; Einaudi 1668; INED 1614bis & 818; Schelle, Dupont de Nemours, 28; cf: Goldsmiths 13504. Second issue of the first edition. Goldsmiths gives the first issue which copy is lacking the preliminary leaves. The text of the first work, Mémoire sur les municipalités a établir en France, was drawn up by Dupont de Nemours, who used a draft made by Turgot. Written in a period when Turgot was at the height of his power and influence, the Mémoire aims at reforming the political and economical practices of France. It was never put into practice since Turgot's time as finance minister was limited to twenty months as the result of heavy pressure by all those who had something to lose by this reforming minister. The text of the Mémoire occupies the pages 5-98. The pages 99-112 consists of a draft of a letter by Dupont de Nemours to Mirabeau on the reforms proposed by Turgot in the Mémoire entitled Lettre adressée à M. le comte de M*** (Mirabeau) sur le plan de M. Turgot'. The third and last part (pp. 113-167) is Brissot de Warville's republican proposal of the institution of the Assemblée des Etats Généraux and is entitled Observations d'un Républicain. See for an analysis of Turgot's work Lavergne, Les Assemblées provinciales sous Louis XVI.'Pour donner à chacun la conscience de ses devoirs envers l'État et de ses obligations envers la collectivité, il faut rendre sensible aux habitants le lien qui les unit à leur village; aux provinces, celui qui les unit à l'État' (Renouvin, op.cit.) - First 20 pages with a faint stain in the margin. EUR 750
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(FICHTE, J.G.) Beitrag zur Berichtigung des Publikums über die französische Revolution. Erster Theil [- Erster Theil ... Zweites Heft]. Zur Beurtheilung ihrer Rechtmäßichkeit. No place, 1793. - (Bound with:) WURMBRAND, Jos. VON: (pseud. von Ad. KNIGGE). Josephs von Wurmbrand, kaiserlich abyssinischen Ex-Ministers, jezzigen Notarii caesarii publici in der Reichsstadt Bopfingen, politisches Glaubensbekenntniß, mit hinsicht auf die französische Revolution und deren Folgen. Frankfurt und Leipzig, 1792. 2 works in 1 volume. xxiii, (1 blank), 199, (1 blank), (2 druckfehler), 201-435, (3 nacherinnerung) pp.; viii, (2, inhalt), 173, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary boards with label (cover somewhat worn and rubbed, but solid; some light browning throughout; small stamp on title and verso). First work: Baumgartner & Jacobs, A1, 4x and 4x a. First edition of Fichte's principal work, very rare, all published. The leaders in German literary life were almost unanimous in welcoming the 1789 revolutionary events in France. Philosophers like Kant, Herder, Fichte, poets like Klopstock, Hölderlin and Wieland were enraptured by what they heard. Even when some of them like Fichte and Knigge were aware by 1791 of the continuing political unrest and upheaval, they kept defending the true principles and motives of the revolution against its detractors in terms which had impressed many of its readers as being subversively democratic: '...und so scheint mir die französische Revolution ein reiches Gemälde über den grossen Tert: Menschenrecht und Menschenwert' (from the introduction of Fichte's work). But the historical phenomenon was even more important because it formed the basis of Fichte's philosopical insights: the originality of Fichte's ethical system consisted in the synthesis it established between the autonomous ethics originating in Kant and the French Revolution, and social and anti-individualistic ethics. Contrary to the way he was later recepted, Fichte did not support but combat agressive nationalism and pan-Germanism; in fact his views harmonized with his cosmopolitan idea of Humanism. Through his followers (like Krause and others who also published in French) Fichte influenced many later social thinkers like Proudhon and Carlyle. The work was written in Zürich were Fichte worked as a tutor to meet his financial needs. Despite this difficulty, it proved to be decisive for his future career through the expansion of his social contacts and the intensive study of Kant. Second work: Goedeke, IV 1, 617,25.First edition, rare. Adolp Freiherr Knigge (1752-1796) mostly known through his popular social ethics ' .... über den Umgang mit Menschen ....' also wrote three anonymously published 'Staatsromane' of which this is one. Already during his lifetime Knigge was considered a 'German jacobin', attacked and prosecuted as such. It required some courage to criticise so openly German absolutism and discuss the causes and necessity of the French revolution and the effects on other European countries. Just like Fichte, he thought the political change to be legitimate, and though he disapproves of the terror, he excuses it because of the agelong suppression of the French people. Knigge advocated democratic institutions and prepared by this the civil revolution which seemed inevitable to him. EUR 2500
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(FRANKLIN, B.) La science du bonhomme Richard, ou moyen facile de payer les impôts. Traduit de l'Anglois. Seconde édition exactement semblable à la première. A Philadelphie, et se trouve à Paris, chez Ruault, 1778. - (Bound with:) LE SEURE. Testament politique de M. de Silhouette. No place, 1772. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 151, (1), (4) pp.; 156, 3 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbledcalf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled edges. First work: Fay 10.; Sabin 25583; cf.: Kress B.122 (incomplete copy); Goldsmiths 11761 (lacking last 5 pp.); this edition not in Einaudi. Second French edition, first published in 1777. The translation is by F.A. Quétant & J.B. Lecuy. The work had a tremendous and instaneous appeal as a sort of gospel of the virtues of bourgeois thrift and common sense (see at length: Echeverria, Mirage in the West.) Includes also: 'Interrogatoire de M. Franklin devant le Parlement d'Angleterre' (translated by P.S. Dupont de Nemours), followed by 'Constitution de la République de Pensylvanie, telle qu'elle a été établie par la Commission générale de Philadelphie, au mois de juillet 1776' and by 'L'interrogatoire de M.Penn à la Barre du Parlement au mois de novembre de la même année.'Second work: INED 2863; not in Kress; not in Higgs; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Etienne Silhouette, to a certain extent influenced by the ideas of Fr. Quesnay, was controleur-général des finances in 1759. He planned to tax the land property of the nobility and to reduce pensions, which provoked his disgrace. - With label J.S. Dussi on front paste-down. A very nice copy. EUR 1200
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(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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(GOEZMANN DE THURNE, L.V. DE.) Essais politiques sur l'autorité, et les richesses Que le Clergé Séculier & Régulier ont acquises depuis leur établissment. No place, 1776. - (Bound with:) (PUYSEGUR, F.J. DE CHASTENET DE.) Pieces détachées relatives au Clergé Séculier et Regulier. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1771. With one folding engraved plate, and four folding tables. 3 volumes. Together 4 volumes bound in 2. iv, 228 pp.; x, (2), 190, (2), 104 pp.; (4), 54, (2), 23, 84, 123, (1) pp.; (4), 219, (1), xx pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with gilt lettering, gilt stamped 'P' at foot of spines. First work: INED 2058; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'De la jurisdiction ecclésiastique, des abus du monachisme, des moyens d'y remédier. Les chapitres XVII-XX traitent de l'influence du monachisme sur la décadence relative des États, des moyens de le réduire à un plus petit nombre, et des ressources à tirer des biens monastiques. La force et la richesse d'un État consistent en une culture, une population et un numéraire relativement plus importants que dans les autres pays. Néfaste influence du monachisme sur ces trois facteurs, urgente nécessité de certaines réformes: mise en valeur rationnelle des biens religieux, ce qui augmenterait la population, répartition plus équitable du numéraire, etc.' (INED).Second work: INED 3681; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs.First edition.'Sur l'histoire ecclésiastique, la suppression souhaitable des ordres religieux, l'illégitimité des biens de l'Église, et la religion naturelle' (INED). In volume 1, pp. 14-50: 'Mémoire sur le commerce, les finances et l'économie', where the State is considered to be the proprietor of all the capital and business and therefore as having the right to dispose of it for the public benefit. In volume 2 we find the text Du Droit souverain sur les bien-fonds du Clergé et des moines by Cerfvol (see INED 1013). - A very nice copy. EUR 900
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(GOUDAR, A.) Testament politique de Louis Mandrin, généralissime des troupes des contrebandiers, écrit par lui-même dans sa prison. Genève, 1755 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 67 pp. 8vo. Imitation leather. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi, cf.: Mars, Ange Goudar, 14. Reprint of this very rare work, limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. This work, untraceable nowadays, has played an important role in the spread of the popular myth of Mandrin. It attacks the 'système des fermes, cet impôt déguisé empêche l'accroissement véritable de la richesse nationale, d'autant plus qu'il utilise 300.000 personnes 'improductives' puisqu'elles ne créent pas de la valeur, contrairement à l'agriculture.' EUR 125
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(GUDIN DE LA BRENELLERIE, P.P.) Essai sur l'histoire des comices de Rome, des Etats Généraux de la France et du Parlement de l'Angleterre par M+++. A Philadelphie, 1789. 3 volumes. (2), iv, 464, (2) pp.; (4), 303, (2) pp.; (4), 344 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, red edges. Martin & Walter 15890; Camus 444. First edition. - With the bookplate of the 'Seminarii Vivariensis' on front paste-down and stamp of the same institution on the title-page. One of the most esteemed comparative histories of the Etats-Généraux.The first two volumes contain a still valuable history of the French 'Etats-generaux', preceded by a concise history of representation in ancient Rome. The third volume is taken by a history of the English parliament. The publication of this work was 'hastened by the convocation of the 'Etats-generaux' in 1789', and it was awarded a prize by the French Academy. Paul Philippe Gudin de la Brenellerie (1738-1812) was educated in Geneva, acquainted with Voltaire and Beaumarchais and author of a great number of works of literary, historical and philosophical interest. EUR 450
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(GUDIN DE LA BRENELLERIE, P.P.) Essai sur l'histoire des comices de Rome, des Etats Généraux de la France et du Parlement de l'Angleterre par M+++. A Philadelphie, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Maradan, 1789. 3 volumes. (2), iv, 464, (2) pp.; (4), 303, (3) pp.; (4), 344 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Martin & Walter 15890; Camus 444. First edition. One of the most esteemed comparative histories of the Etats-Généraux.The first two volumes contain a still valuable history of the French 'Etats-generaux', preceded by a concise history of representation in ancient Rome. The third volume is taken by a history of the English parliament. The publication of this work was 'hastened by the convocation of the 'Etats-generaux' in 1789', and it was awarded a prize by the French Academy. Paul Philippe Gudin de la Brenellerie (1738-1812) was educated in Geneva, acquainted with Voltaire and Beaumarchais and author of a great number of works of literary, historical and philosophical interest.- Copy from the library of Michel Adanson, with numerous annotations in his hand and very interesting autograph letter from the author to Adanson, offering him his book. This letter has been bound in with volume 1. Adanson's bookplate loosely inserted. A desirable copy. EUR 1250
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(HAWKESWORTH, J.) Almoran et Hamet, anecdote orientale, publié pour l'instruction d'un jeune monarque. Première et seconde partie. A Londres, 1763. (2), 302, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments,red label with gilt lettering, paper covered boards. Cioranescu 51369; Conlon 63:918. First French edition, the translation done by the Abbé Prévost. Originally published in 1761. The work Almoran et Hamet attained considerable succes upon publication. Hawkesworth was gifted with much literary talent and was a great imitator of Johnson's style. - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloß Eferding. EUR 250
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(HAY DU CHASTELET, P.) Traité de la politique de France. Reveü, corrigé, & augmenté d'une Seconde partie. Avec quelques réflexions sur ce Traité par le Sr. Ormegregny. Cologne (Amsterdam), P. du Marteau, 1680. 2 volumes in 1. (12), 13-296 pp.; 135, (1) pp. 12mo. Later morocco, gilt fillets on sides, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering (joints, bands and extremeties somewhat worn). Bourgeois & André 2969; Sauvy, Livres saisis à Paris, p. 5; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; cf.: INED 1073. Augmented edition. Upon its first publication in 1669, also anonymously and outside France, the identity of the author was discovered and he was put in the Bastille (for 15 days). The author may be considered as a precursor of Vauban and Castel de Saint Pierre for his revolutionary ideas of reforming the tax system, and for his ideas concerning the clergy, commerce and protestants, etc. 'In Colbert's time Paul Hay, marquis de Chatelet, and forerunner of Vauban, pointed out that extreme poverty conducted to death and disease and thus served to depeople rural regions; that tax reforms were necessary to improve economic conditions. Although he opposed the association of rural with urban workers, on the ground that the former would become insolent and acquire corrupt customs, he asserted, like Colbert, that man's happiness is the end of 'la politique'. He condemned the expulsion of the Huguenots as unchristian' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 12). Spengler also points to the fact that this work inspired some of Vauban's ideas on taxation (see also: Vignes, Origines de la dîme de Vauban). The Réflexions added under the pseudonym of Ormegregny are by Pierre Dumoulin. They deal only with the two chapters concerning the clergy and the protestants. EUR 600
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(HEBERT, J.R.) Petit carême de l'abbé Maury, ou sermons prêchés dans l'Assemblée des Enragés. Sermon pour le premier dimanche de carême de l'année 1790. Cours complet de morale aristocratique, à l'usage des jeunes gentilshommes de ce siècle. (Drop-head titles). (Paris, Imprimerie de J. Grand, 1790). 10 nrs - (Followed by:) (HEBERT, J.R.) Vie privée de l'Abbé Maury, écrite sur ces mémoires fournis par lui-même, pour joindre à son petit carême. (Paris, Imprimerie de J. Grand), 1790. - (Followed by:) (HEBERT, J.R.) Le Chien et le Chat, ou les deux Mirabeau. (Paris, Imprimerie de J. Grand), 1790. - (Followed by:) LA NOUVELLE lanterne magique, pièce curieuse. Dédiée aux Gens de Province, Par un Sous Lieutenant de Riquette Cravatte. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie des Savoyards, 1790. - (Followed by:) VIE PRIVEE et politique de J.-R. Hébert, auteur du Père Duchéne. Pour faire suite aux Vies de Manuel, Pétion, Brissot et d'Orléans. A Paris, Se trouve à l'Imprimerie de Franklin, l'An II de la République (1794). 5 works in 1 volume. 80 pp.; (2), 28 pp.; 16 pp.; (2), 36 pp.; 36 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards. First work: Not in Martin & Walter; Tourneux 23995; Hatin, p. 167. All published of the first series. Second work: Martin & Walter 16432; Tourneux 23996. Third work: Martin & Walter, Journaux, 201; Tourneux 11357; Hatin p, 167. Periodical of which 3 numbers in all were published according to Tourneux and 4 according to Hatin, who however states never to have seen no. 3. Fourth work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 10814; not in Tourneux. Fifth work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 17996w; not in Tourneux. All original editions. - Rare and interesting 'receuil' by and on Hébert. Jacques-René Hébert (1757-1794), member of the Paris Commune, dechristianizer, leader of the Paris sans-culottes. He began to publish the Père Duchesne in 1790, which journal became by far the most popular of all revolutionary journals. Hébert did not aim at a bourgeois republic but at a democratic one, which was a disturbing prospect. Jean Siffrein Maury (1746-1817) was a cleric and counterrevolutionary. (For both see: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799. vol i, pp. 457 ff and vol. ii, pp. 645-646). EUR 1100
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D') Ethocratie, ou le governement fondé sur la morale. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1776 (Paris, EDHIS, 1967). (12), 293, (3) pp. 8vo. Boards. Vercruysse 1776-A3; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, p. 76; Goldsmiths 11509; not in Kress or Einaudi. Reprint of the first edition of one of the rarest works by Holbach, with the errata. Published in a limited and numbered edition of 500 copies. Among other things, Holbach argues in this work that 'the social pact (between individual and the State) itself is based on the useful services that the individual and society are able to render to one another, and it remains valid only to the extent that its mutually benificial aims are fulfilled. Since, therefore, the legitimacy of any governement varies directly with the happiness of one and all living under it, Holbach proclaimed with courageous logic the people's right, if there were no other hope of assuring their welfare, to overthrow and replace their rulers. More specifically, Holbach proposed radical political and economic reforms for France in keeping with the ethocratic ideal. He advocated, as against the extremes of republicanism and enlightened despotism, a limited constitutional monarchy, in which intermediate parliamentary bodies would represent the interest of society and would maintain a balance between the opposing dangers of either popular or autocratic tyranny. He called for the abolition of the heriditary class privileges, ..... defended the principle of progressive taxation, ..... insisted on the complete separation of Church of State. Freedom of the press and of thought were to be inviolable ....' EUR 175
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Par l'auteur du 'Système de la nature'. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1774. 3 volumes. (4), 210 pp.; 176 pp.; 167, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines richly gilt with green leather labels and gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on sides, some minor defects and imperfections, but a nice copy. Vercruysse 1774-A6; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78. The work was severely prosecuted by the authorities and as late as 1823 a bookseller was punished for having brought another edition on the market. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the severst penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. - Pages 123-160 (vol. 1) with a small wornhole in the outer blank margin. EUR 750
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système de la nature, ou des loix du monde physique et du monde moral. Par M. Mirabaud. A Londres, 1780. 2 volumes. (xii), 47, (1), 371, (1) pp.; (4), ii, 464 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments and with red and green labels with gilt lettering, ornamental gilt border on sides, a trifle worn. Vercruysse 1780-A1. First published in 1770.Volume one starts with four texts by Voltaire: Sentiment de Voltaire sur le Systême de la Nature (pp. 1-34), followed by Sur le Livre des Trois Imposteurs (pp. 35-38) and followed by Dialogue de Logomacos et Dondindac sur l'Etre suprême (pp. 39-42), followed by Le Pour et le Contre (pp. 43-47). This is Holbach's most famous work and expounds a complete theorie of materialism.Holbach contributed some four hundred articles to the Encyclopédie of his lifelong friend and colleague Denis Diderot. Diderot, d'Alembert, Helvetius, Voltaire and others of the philosophes met frequently for dinner and philosophical discussion at the Baron's house, which became known as 'the café of Europe' (among foreign visitors were Wilkes, Hume and Sterne). In the Système Holbach rejected the Cartesian mind-body dualism and attempted to explain all phenomena, physical and mental, in terms of matter in motion. Holbach rejected religion because he saw it as a wholly harmful influence, and he tried to supply a desirable alternative. In fact he outlined a whole ethical and political philosophy, which he expanded in his later works.Holbach may not have been a great original thinker (his important ideas can already be found in predecessors such as Hobbes, Locke and La Mettrie), but by combining various elements in their thought and pressing it to the logical conclusion he reached the most extreme position in eighteenth-century free-thought. In fact, the present book caused a rift in the ranks of the philosophes, dividing them between deists and atheists, and even provoked Voltaire to reply in defense of religion.The pages 401-464 of vol. II contain: Abrégé du Code de La Nature and the Réquisitoire du 18 août 1770 (by Seguier) qui condamne à être brûlés, différens livres ou brochures (de d'Holbach). - Pages 7-10 of the main work in volume one loose (A4-A5), never bound in as there are no marks showing these pages were torn out. EUR 800
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou Principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1773. 3 volumes in 1. 318 pp.; 252 pp.; (iv), 239, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, gilt fillet on sides, marbled edges. Vercruysse 1773-A6; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78; R. Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789, 662; Kress S.4739; Goldsmiths 10952; Einaudi 2911; Higgs 5873. The third issue listed by Vercruysse, who had seen only the copy from the collection Michel Bernstein. It is apparently a very rare issue. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the severst penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. EUR 1000
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) La politique naturelle ou Discours sur les vrais principes du gouvernement. Par un ancien magistrat. Londres, 1773. 2 volumes in 1. vii, (1), 232 pp.; (4), 280 pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, gilttriple fillets on sides, spine gilt in compartments, marbled edges. Vercruysse 1773-A2; Naville p. 418; Thomas, Checklist, p. 77; Kress 6940; Goldsmiths 10950; Higgs 5872; INED 2288; Einaudi A36. The rare first edition, collation identical with the one given by Vercruysse. The present work belongs with a number of other writings such as Le Bon-sens, Système social, Ethocratie and La Morale universelle to the texts in which Holbach developed at great length the ethical and political sections of his earlier published Système de la nature. His own term Ethocratie describes the gist of Holbachian political thought. The state, whose role is simply an extension of the social ethics of enlightened self-love, ought to nurture, in every possible way, the virtues of cooperation on which the good of society and the felicity of each of its members depend. The social pact itself is based on the useful services that the individual and society are able to render to one another, and it remains valid only to the extent that its mutually beneficial aims are fulfilled. Since, therefore, the legitimacy of any government varies directly with the happiness of one and all living under it, Holbach proclaimed with courageous logic the people's right, if there were no other hope of assuring their welfare, to overthrow and replace their rulers. - With bookplate on the front paste-down 'Robinson Crusoé', depicting a man with a rifle and a parasol in Africa. EUR 1250
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou Principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1773. 3 volumes in 1. viii, 218, (2) pp.; (4), 174, (2) pp.; (4), 166, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, label and gilt lettering, red edges, tiny defect to upper front joint and lower rear joint. Vercruysse 1773-A4; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78; Kress S.4739; Goldsmiths 10952; Einaudi 2911; Higgs 5873. First edition. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the severst penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. EUR 1200
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou Principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1773. 3 volumes. viii, 218, (2) pp.; (4), 174, (2) pp.; (4), 166, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt with labels and gilt lettering. Vercruysse 1773-A4; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78; Kress S.4739; Goldsmiths 10952; Einaudi 2911; Higgs 5873; R. Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789, 662. First edition. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the foremost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the most severe penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. EUR 1100
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(HOLBACH, P.H.D.TH. D'.) Système social, ou Principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Londres (Amsterdam, M.M. Rey), 1773. 3 volumes in 1. viii, 218, (2) pp.; (4), 174, (2) pp.; (4), 166, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt with leather labels and gilt lettering, gilt triple line border on sides, lightly worn. Vercruysse 1773-A4; Naville 419; Thomas, Checklist, 78; Kress S.4739; Goldsmiths 10952; Einaudi 2911; Higgs 5873; R. Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France, 1769-1789, 662. First edition. Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. On settling in Paris, Holbach had associated with the younger philosophes who, with Diderot, d'Alembert and Rousseau, were grouping around the Encyclopédie, to which he also became a major contributor. His Salon soon became the main social center, and a sort of intellectual headquarters, for the Encyclopedist movement. Among those attending were Diderot, Grimm, Helvétius, d'Alembert, Rousseau, Boulanger, Condillac, Naigeon, Turgot, and Condorcet. The Baron also counted among his acquaintances many foreigners, notably Hume, Gibbon, Smith, Priestley, Walpole, Garrick, Sterne, Beccaria and Franklin. It is little surprizing that Holbach was also known as le premier maître d'hôtel de la philosophie. Almost everything he wrote -whether because it expounded atheism and materialism, attacked Christianity, or castigated absolute monarchy, the state church, and feudal privilege- was highly subversive under the Ancien régime and could have exposed him to the severst penalties. Consequently, his innumerable manuscripts were usually forwarded through secret channels to Holland for publication, after which the books were smuggled back into France. EUR 1100
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(HOLBERG, L. DE) Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum novam telluris theoriam ac historiam quintae monarchiae adhuc nobis incognitae exhibens a bibliotheca B. Abelini. Copenhagen & Leipzig, J. Preuss, 1741. With engraved frontispiece and 3 plates (of which one folding). (2), 380 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, joints starting to split but still strong, corners a bit bumped. Hartig 49; Trousson 123; Negley 575; Gove 303; Versins 432. First edition. In this tale of adventure, with its mock of millenarian echoes, the hero happens upon a civilization of sensate mobile trees. In Holberg's fable a bizarre species that has many reasonable customs superior to the irrationalities of the European world is used primarily to satirize human frailties by contrast. The Manuel's in their Utopian Thought in the Western World define this and similar works as 'Darwinian' because the new society always represents a much later stage of biological development. It was therefore necessary to 'find' societies hundreds of thousands years ahead of us and encircling the globe was therefore no longer possible. Falling into a hole in the earth and landing upon a society underground was one of the solutions. - Browned and paperspotted throughout. EUR 750
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(JOLY, C.) Traité des restitutions des grands, précédé d'une lettre touchant quelques points de la morale chrestienne. (Bruxelles, Fr. Foppens), 1665. Sphere on title. (2), 96, 228 pp. 16mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, slightly worn, top and bottom of spine a little damaged, small repair to upper margin of boards. Willems 1366; Bourgeois & André 6540; Peignot, Livres condamnés, i, p. 199; Kress 1158; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Le Bucher bibliographique, 537. In this counterfeit edition page 225 is correctly numbered and the word 'obeissant' on page 228 of the first edition, is here spelled 'obeyssant'. The original edition was of the same year and was published by Elzevier in Amsterdam. 'Le chanoine de Notre Dame expose ses idées hardies sous forme de deux lettres, dont la première concerne la morale chrétienne seule. Dans la seconde, il soutient que les grands et les puissants sont 'obligés en conscience de réparer et restituer tous les torts et dommages qui sont faits à leurs peuples.' Le prince ne peut établir de nouveaux impôts que 'selon les lois et les formes anciennes de son Etat, qui sont immuables et qui ne peuvent être latérées sous prétexte d'aucune nécessité', c.-à-d. sans le consentement des États-Généraux et la vérification du Parlement: 'car les rois ne sont pas maîtres de nos vies et de nos biens.' Il critique la lourdeur des impôts, les prêts usuraires des partisans: d'où ruine des princes et des peuples: et, à la fin, il cite des exemples de restitution. Intéressant, malgré une érudition copieuse et lourde' (Bourgeois & André). Small wonder this work was published outside France, where another work of the author was burnt in the same year. 'Claude Joly (1607-1700), French political theorist. Joly's writings are characteristic of the intellectual unrest which marked the troubled period of the Fronde and which inspired the many timely political pamphlets known as Mazarinades. Among them his pamphlets stand out because of their synthetic and philosophic treatment of the problems of government. Joly maintained that this work was by no means factional but on the contrary conformed to traditional French political principles. Opposed to despotism, he declared that the people had actually instituted the kingship and that consequently kings derived their authority from them. This theory he attempted to reconcile by rather subtle arguments with the principle of the divine right of kings' (Henri Sée in ESS, iv, p. 413). EUR 1100
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(LA) REVELLIERE-LEPEAUX, L.M. (DE). Réponses aux dénonciations portées au Corps législatif contre lui et ses anciens collègues. 15 Thermidor an VII (1 août 1799). (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie de H.J. Jansen, (1799). 91, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 19304; Tourneux, i, 5065. First edition. Defending the measures taken by the Directoire exécutif of which the author had been the director up to June 18, 1799, when he had to give way to what he viewed as legislative pressure on executive power. EUR 300
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(LAFOY, G. DE.) Parallèle des assemblées provinciales établies en Normandie, avec l'assemblée des États de ce duché. No place, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LAFOY, G. DE.) Additions au parallèle. No place, 1788. 2 volumes in 1. 34 pp.; 42 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners, slightly worn. Quérard, iii, p. 779 (first part only); Renouvin, Les assemblées provinciales, xv; Frère ii, 132. First (and only?) edition. - With bookplate on front paste-down. Historical and comparative essay while the addition discusses the Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée Provinciale de la haute Normandie.The author was a lawyer at the Parlement de Rouen and recognized learned jurisconsult, born in St. Malo and died in Rouen. The preface to the additions suggest that they have been published by someone else after the author died. EUR 225
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(LAFOY, G. DE.) Parallèle des Assemblées provinciales établies en Normandie, avec l'Assemblée des Etats de ce duché. No place, 1788. - (Followed by:) ADDITION au Parallèle. No place 1788. 2 parts. 34 and 42 pp. 8vo. Sewn, disbound. Quérard, iii, p. 779 (first part only);Renouvin, Les assemblées provinciales, xv; Frère ii, 132. First (and only?) edition. Historical and comparative essay while the addition discusses the Procès-verbal de l'Assemblée Provinciale de la haute Normandie.The author was a lawyer at the Parlement de Rouen and recognized learned jurisconsult, born in St. Malo and died in Rouen. The preface to the additions suggest that they have been published by someone else after the author died. EUR 225
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(LE LABOUREUR, J.) Histoire du gouvernement de la France; de l'origine et de l'autorité des Pairs du Royaume et du Parlement. On y a joint un Traité des Pairies d'Angeleterre; et un autre de laGrandesse d'Espagne. A La Haye & Francfort sur Meyn, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1743. With engraved frontispiece, titleprinted in red and black. (2), 378, (2, catalogue of Jean van Duren, La Haye) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 1015; De Réal, Science du gouvernement, viii, pp. 252 ff. First published in 1740 as Histoire de la Pairie de France ....... and reprinted in 1743 under the present title. 'Le Laboureur est l'un des écrivains qui ont le plus contribué à éclaircir l'histoire de France' (Michaud). 'L'auteur entreprend de prouver que ..... le Parlement de Paris représente les Etats du Royaume quand le Roy y va avec les Pairs' (De Réal). The work has sometimes been attributed to De Boulainvilliers. EUR 325
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(LE LABOUREUR, J.) Histoire de la pairie de France et du Parlement de Paris, Où l'on traite aussi des électeurs de l'Empire, & du Cardinalat. Par Monsieur D.B. On y a joint des Traitez touchantles Pairies d'Angleterre, mâles et femelles, & l'origine des Grands d'Espagne, par M. de G***. A Londres, Chez Samuel Harding, 1745. Titles printed in red and black. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 186 pp.; (2), 250, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt unidentified monogram on sides, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, lower compartment of spine damaged. Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 1015; De Réal, Science du gouvernement, viii, 252. First published in 1740, and reprinted as Histoire du Gouvernement de la France ..... in 1743. 'Le Laboureur est l'un des écrivains qui ont le plus contribué à éclaircir l'histoire de France' (Michaud). 'L'auteur entreprend de prouver que le Parlement de Paris représente les États du Royaume quand le Roy y va avec les Pairs' (De Réal). This work has sometimes erroneously been attributed to De Boulainvilliers. EUR 400
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(LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIERE, P.P.F.J.H.) l'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. A Londres, Chez J. Nourse, & se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint, 1767. (2), vii, (1, Fautes à Corriger), 511, (1) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper label in upper compartment of spine, marbled edges. Weulersse, i, p. xxviii; Kress 6475; Goldsmiths 10269; Higgs 3979; INED 2794; Einaudi 3307 (the 8vo edition in 2 volumes). First edition, the rare 4to edition. The rare 4to edition by 'the ablest expositor of this (the physiocratic) system' (McCulloch). Adam Smith and Diderot praised it among many others, Catherina II of Russia invited the author to her court, and according to Palgrave, the work was at the time considered more highly than l'Esprit des Loix by some contemporaries. It provoked Voltaire's l'Homme aux quarante écus and Mably's vehement criticism in his Doutes proposés aux Philosophes économistes. Schumpeter lists this work as the second text-book of physiocrat orthodoxy (the first being Mirabeau's Philosophie rurale). - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding, small stamp on title reading 'Aus Schloss Haus 1893.' EUR 4000
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(LEFEBVRE.) Des travaux publics. (A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de la Société typographique, ab. 1790). x, 57, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The author, 'ingenieur en chef des ponts et chaussées à Caen' signed the preface on page x, and dedicated his work 'A Messieurs les membres de l'Assemblée nationale, composant le Comité d'Agriculture et de Commerce.' Public works have to be subject to public examination and approval. EUR 200
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(MALVAUX, J. DE). Les moyens de détruire la mendicité en France, en rendant les mendians utiles à l'état sans les rendre malheureux; tirés des mémoires qui ont concouru pour le prix accordé enl'année 1777, par l'Académie des Sciences, arts & belles lettres de Chaalons-sur-Marne. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Chaalons-sur-Marne, Seneuze, Paindavoine, Delalain, 1780. viii, 512, (4) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.295; Goldsmiths 12061; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable 1337; cf.: INED 3039; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 129; not in Einaudi. Second, improved edition of this important text 'rempli de vues ingénieuses et de faits spécieux qu'on ne saurait trop méditer' (Coquelin & Guillaumin) which was first published in 1779. 'Moyens propres à supprimer la mendicité (politique, moraux, coactifs, etc). S'attacher à détruire la mendicité illégitime. Ce n'est pas par les hôpitaux, jugés néfastes, mais par le travail qu'on aide les mendiants, qu'ils soient valides ou invalides; Malvaux admet néanmoins l'existence de bonnes oeuvres, de Monts-de-Piété, de loteries, etc. Enfin, il propose de supprimer ce qu'il estime être les sources de la mendicité, telles l'usure, la prostitution, etc' (INED). - Stamp in blank portion of title-page, upper outer corner of title-page with a small repair. EUR 750
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(MALVAUX, J. DE.) Les moyens de détruire la mendicité en France, en rendant les mendians utiles à l'état sans les rendre malheureux; tirés des mémoires qui ont concouru pour le prix accordé enl'année 1777, par l'Académie des Sciences, arts & belles lettres de Chaalons-sur-Marne. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Chaalons-sur-Marne, Seneuze, Paindavoine, Delalain, 1780. viii, 512, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, small damage to foot of spine, somewhat rubbed and shaved. Kress B.295; Goldsmiths 12061; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable 1337; cf.: INED 3039; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 129; not in Einaudi. Second, improved edition of this important text 'rempli de vues ingénieuses et de faits spécieux qu'on ne saurait trop méditer' (Coquelin & Guillaumin) which was first published in 1779. 'Moyens propres à supprimer la mendicité (politique, moraux, coactifs, etc). S'attacher à détruire la mendicité illégitime. Ce n'est pas par les hôpitaux, jugés néfastes, mais par le travail qu'on aide les mendiants, qu'ils soient valides ou invalides; Malvaux admet néanmoins l'existence de bonnes oeuvres, de Monts-de-Piété, de loteries, etc. Enfin, il propose de supprimer ce qu'il estime être les sources de la mendicité, telles l'usure, la prostitution, etc.' (INED). EUR 500
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(MALVAUX, J. DE.) Les moyens de détruire la mendicité en France, en rendant les mendians utiles à l'état sans les rendre malheureux; tirés des mémoires qui ont concouru pour le prix accordé enl'année 1777, par l'Académie des Sciences, arts & belles lettres de Chaalons-sur-Marne. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Chaalons-sur-Marne, Seneuze, Paindavoine, Delalain, 1780. viii, 512, (4) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Kress B.295; Goldsmiths 12061; Granier, Bibliographie Charitable, 1337; cf.: INED 3039; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 129; not in Einaudi. Second, improved edition of this important text: 'Excellent livre, bien supérieur encore à tous les essais tentés de nos jours. Le style en est peu déclamatoire; mais l'ouvrage est rempli de vues ingénieuses et de faits spécieux qu'on ne saurait trop méditer' (Coquelin & Guillaumin), published for the first time in 1779. 'Moyens propres à supprimer la mendicité (politique, moraux, coactifs, etc). S'attacher à détruire la mendicité illégitime. Ce n'est pas par les hôpitaux, jugés néfastes, mais par le travail qu'on aide les mendiants, qu'ils soient valides ou invalides; Malvaux admet néanmoins l'existence de bonnes oeuvres, de Monts-de-Piété, de loteries, etc. Enfin, il propose de supprimer ce qu'il estime être les sources de la mendicité, telles l'usure, la prostitution, etc.' (INED). - Errata-leaf is bound between the pages 504-505, with an engraved armorial bookplate on the front paste-down. EUR 750
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(MARECHAL, S.) Catéchisme du curé Meslier, mis au jour par l'éditeur de l'Almanach des honnêtes gens. L'An Premier, Du règne de la Raison & de la Liberté; de l'Ere vulgaire 1789, Imprimé en 1790 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). With engraved frontispiece. 55, (1) pp. 8vo. Boards. Reprint of this very rare work by Marechal, published in a limited and numbered edition of 150 copies, and 30 not destined for the trade and since long out-of-print. Catechism of materialism, which owes to Meslier only its title, but which is in fact entirely the work of 'L'Homme sans Dieu', Sylvain Maréchal. EUR 125
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(MARECHAL, S.) Dame Nature à la barre de l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris, Chez les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1791 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976) (2), 46 pp. 8vo. Boards. Reprint of this very rare work, published in a limited and numbered edition of 150 copies and 30 not destined for the trade and since long out-of-print. General strikes will force the rich to a new and now equal distribution of wealth. This only will be the real revolution. Social manifest of striking topicality. EUR 125
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(MARECHAL, S.) Apologues modernes, à l'usage du dauphin, premières leçons du fils ainé d'un roi. Bruxelles, 1788 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 118 pp. 8vo. Modern imitation leather. Reprint of this extremely rare work, edition limited to 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade. One of the rarest works by the author of the Manifest des Egaux. 'Sylvain Maréchal nous donne l'une des premières visions de la révolution sociale, la grève générale y est déjà esquissée .... Maréchal a bien su donner un charactère communiste et internationaliste à la révolution qu'il prédit' (Dommanget, Sylvain Maréchal. ) Under the veil of teaching the son of the king, Maréchal offers an anti-monarchist view of rare vehemence. EUR 125
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(MAZZEI, F.) Recherches historiques et politiques sur les États-Unis de l'Amérique Septentrionale, où l'on traite des établissements des treize colonies, de leurs rapports et de leurs dissentions avec la Grande-Bretagne, de leurs gouvernemens avant et après la révolution, etc. Avec quatre lettres d'un Bourgeois de New-Haven sur l'unité de la législation. A Colle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Froullé, 1788. 4 volumes. (4), xvi, 383, (1) pp.; (4), 259 pp.;(4), 292 pp.; (4), 366 pp. 8vo. Contemporary catspaw calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spines richly gilt in compartments, a very nice copy. Sabin 47206; Leclerc 957; Howes M.456; Monaghan 1052; Muller 1612; Fay 24; Echeverria & Wilkie 788/65; Echeverria, p. 124; Einaudi 3807; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in JFBL. First edition. 'This work was conceived as a corrective reply to Raynal's Histoire Philosophique et Politique and Mably's Observations. It was suggested by William Short, Jefferson's secretary, and was written with Jefferson's assistance and approval.' Contains among others: Reflexions rédigées à l'occasion du Mémoire sur la manière dont la France & l'Espagne doivent envisager les suites de la querelle entre la Grande-Bretagne & ses Colonies (volume 3, pages 217-282), by A.R.J. Turgot, dated April 6, 1776 and published here for the first time. On a memoir by Vergennes written at the request of Louis XVI to assist the Conseil d'État in formulating a policy for France and Spain in regard to the American Revolution. Turgot explored the various possible outcomes with their probable consequences for France and predicted that the eventual independence of the U.S. would lead to the independence of other European colonies in America. He recommanded arms sales to the U.S. but favored continued official neutrality and opposed direct military intervention' (Echeverria & Wilkie). Mazzei was an Italian physician who practised medicine in Smyrna and later, from 1755 to 1773, engaged in commerce in London. With several other Italians he came to the United States in December, 1773, to introduce the cultivation of the grape and the olive. He became a neighbor and friend of Thomas Jefferson. He actively supported the movement for independence and from 1779 to 1783 he was an agent for Virginia to obtain supplies in Italy. His Memorie della vita (Lugano, 2 volumes, 1845-1846) contains a lengthy account of his activities in Italy on behalf of Virginia (Monaghan, op.cit.) In the above work he was assisted by Condorcet who is the 'Bourgeois de New-Haven.' 'Compilation très exacte, qui réfute les théories de Mably et de Raynal et constitute un répertoire précieux de renseignements de tous ordres sur les États-Unis' (Fay). - Very good and attractive copy. EUR 1500
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(MIRABEAU, A.B.L. RIQUETI DE, DIT MIRABEAU-TONNEAU) Bulletin (second-cinquième) de couches de Me. Target, père et mère de la Constitution des ci-devant Français, conçue aux menus, présentée au Jeu de paume, et née au Manège. (Drop-head title). (Paris, mars 1790). 5 nrs. 7 pp.; 8 pp.; 7 pp.; 7 pp.; 7 pp. - (Bound with:) (MIRABEAU, A.B.L. RIQUETI DE, dit MIRABEAU-TONNEAU). Mort, testament et enterrement de Me Target. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). 27 pp. - (Bound with:) LEVÉE des scellés, mausolée et résurection de Me. Target. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). 16 pp. - (Bound with:) INVENTAIRE des papiers de Me. Target, trouvez chez lui après décès. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). 42 pp. - (Bound with:) RELEVAILLES, rechûte et nouvelle conception de Me. Target. (Drop-head title). (Paris, 1790). 14 pp. Together 9 pieces in 1 volume. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 24407, 24411 & Anonymes 8895, 7865, 15646. All first editions, the first work is complete. The Bulletin as well as the pamphlets added are all of satyrical vein against G.J.B. Target, who made a major contribution to the wording of the 1791 Constitution. - A very nice and well preserved collection. EUR 750
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(MIRABEAU, H.G. RIQUETTI DE.) Etats-Généraux. De Versailles, le 2 mai - 5 mai 1789. Paris, Le Jay; Versailles, Blaizot, 1789. 2 nrs. 8 pp. Small 4to. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, Journaux, 432; Rétat, Journaux de 1789, 064; Sgard, Dictionnaire des Journaux, 412 (listing wrong dates); Tourneux, ii, 10203; Hatin 121. Original edition, suppressed and forbidden immediately upon its publication. A Prospectus was issued as well, but is not present here. 'Réflexions extrêmement vives et critiques sur la présentation des députés au roi le 2 mai, le sermon de l'évêque de Nancy le 4, l'ouverture des Etats-Généraux et le discours de Necker le 5' (Rétat).The publication of this journal, although short-lived, was a sensation, although little noted in foreign newspaper. The subscription to it seems to have been enormous: the Gazette de Leyde reported that Le Jay had received 11,000 subscriptions in 5 days! The contents of the journal however provoked an immediate retaliation from the government by which it was suppressed. Mirabeau in fact used a vocabulary that was quite novel for a journal: 'cause populaire' 'assemblée nationale', called upon the 'représentants de la Nation à sentir leur dignité', and to show themselves as 'hommes d'élite d'une nation qui, pour être le premier du monde, n'a besoin que d'une constitution' (Retat). - Last leaf of the second number with a small repair, affecting text. EUR 750
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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.) Mémoire concernant l'utilité des États provinciaux, relativement à l'autorité roïale, aux finances, au bonheur et à l'avantage des peuples. A Rome, apud Laurentem Carabioni, 1750. 54 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, spine damaged at head and foot, covers spotted and scratched. INED 3203; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. xi and pp. 10-18; Weulersse xx; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 50:792. First edition. - A trifle waterstained. In a much enlarged form and with quite some changes in the principal ideas, it was re-edited in 1758 and published again in the editions of the Ami des Hommes, under a slightly different title.'C'était la préfiguration de ces assemblées territoriales prônées plus tard par Necker et que les notables adopteront en 1787' (De Castries, Mirabeau). EUR 800
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(MONTVERT, P.E.S DE.) Moyens de procurer un capital d'environ douze cent millions à la caisse nationale. A Paris, Chez Gattey, 1789. 8 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 10418. First edition. The identity of the author is revealed through a note on page 5 where he refers to his book Restauration des campagnes. Discusses the dixmes ecclésiastiques. EUR 150
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(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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(MOYDIEU FILS.) Vingt contre un, ou arrêté proposé au Tiers-état de Dauphiné. No place, (1788). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Maignien, Bibliographie du Dauphiné, 171; not inMartin & Walter; not in Rochas, Bibliographie du Dauphiné. First edition, 'Fort rare' (Maignien). Still aiming at a constitutional kingdom, with full participation of the third estate. EUR 200
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(NAUDE, G). Réflexions historiques et politiques sur les moyens dont les plus grands princes & habiles ministres se sont servis, pour gouverner et augmenter leurs Etats. Avec les qualités qu'un ministre doit avoir, de quelle condition il faut qu'il soit: et ce qu'un prince est obligé d'observer envers lui. A Leide, Chez Jean et Herman Verbeek, 1739. Title printed in red and black. (4), 260 pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, slightly rubbed, lower part of spine somewhat damaged. Thuau, Raison d'État et Politique à l'époque de Richelieu, pp. 318-336; Brunet, iv, cols 21-22. Re-edition of the 'Considérations sur les Coups d'État', the famous Machiavelian work by Naudé. Originally printed in, supposedly, only 12 copies (but Brunet claims that at least a 100 must have been printed), in Rome in 1639, with the title Considérations politiques sur les Coups d'Etat, this is a rare and very important book. This work by Gabriel Naudé, the "plus solide bibliothécaire du temps" (Thuau) is one of the most important classical works of machiavelian literature and thought in France. The work is the result of a series of conversations Naudé had with his patron, the Cardinal de Bagny, while they were on their way through Italy and it constitutes a sort of secret political treatise in which the principles of the machiavelian science are being discussed.The work discusses scope and method, defines the subject more clearly, and enters then into the heart of the treatise, the "Coup d'Etat".The "Coup d'Etat" in this work has the meaning of the time: that is, not the seizure of power of the state by illegal means but the means by which rulers may exercise their power: secret means, criminal means, anything that is considered to be illegal: not the seizure of power but the exercise of power by illegal means, what is called in Latin "arcana imperii", and further discusses the purposes for which a ruler may use these means and what the limits of the exercise of these means exactly are and when they may be used. Religion is seen by Naudé as an instrument in the hands of the princes (rulers) and he stipulates that it is important for a prince to be seen by the population as a pious man. It is little surprizing that Naudé approves of the massacres of St. Bartholemew which he calles "une action très juste, très remarquable et dont la cause était plus que légitime": this was a Coup d'Etat of which Naudé could clearly see the merits. During the Fronde, Naudé remained loyal to his ideas and, partisan of the gouvernment, wrote his famous Mascurat, a new eulogy of the "Raison d'Etat".Naudé's work can be seen as the ultimate work in which all the machiavelian arguments have been brought together and the merits of the work are clear: precise analysis of power and its workings, and while citing the ancient sources he is of striking actual value in his days. His critical spirit forces him to deny all supernatural and religion is understood to be an instrument in the hands of power, he pulls away the moral and noble justifications as if they are masks and shows the true but hidden faces of interests at stake in the political arena. He was however not a revolutionary and did not question the foundations of the State as such. He is the perfect embodiement of the collaboration between the Prince and the libertine philosopher in the service of the State. It is hardly surprizing that Naudé was not very keen on having his book published in France and the first French edition printed in France appeared only in 1752. There were of course French editions available earlier but no edition was printed in France upto the aformentioned date. EUR 750
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(PECHMEJA, J. DE.) Télèphe en XII livres. A Paris, Chez Devaux, Patris, l'an Troisième (1795). With two engraved frontispieces. 2 volumes in one. (6, including frontispiece), 202 pp.; (6, including frontispiece), 204 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with gilt lettering, red edges. Soboul & Hartig, p. 68; Negley 898; Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, p. 368. Third edition. Utopian account imitating the Télemaque. The author denounces the tyranny exercized by the rich over the poor. He mediates in a slave revolt against their oppressors and attacks the principle of slavery and inequality. - First and last leaves with a waterstain. EUR 500
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(PELESSERI, J.) Histoire de l'origine de la Royauté, et du premier établissement de la grandeur royale. A Paris, Chez Charles de Sercy, 1684. With title vignette, engraved title and many very nive engraved vignettes preceding each chapter and illustrating the contents of that particular chapter. (24, including engraved title), 580 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled edges, front joint starting to split. Conlon, Prélude, i, 2015; Cioranescu 53960; BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700, P717. First edition. Learned defence of the thesis that all royal power emanates from God, based upon sources from greco-roman antiquity and the Old Testament.Privilege dated 15 October 1683, 'achevé d'imprimer 14 mars 1684'. EUR 600
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(PETITAIN, L.G.) Lettre de Polichinelle à ses compères du comité des finances, offrant un moyen sûr de rembourser les assignats et de libérer l'Etat, sans bourse délier. (Drop-head title). Paris, chez les marchands de nouveautés, (1795) - (Bound with:) (PETITAIN, L.G.) Lettre de Polichinelle à ses compères des deux conseils composant la commission des finances, contenant envoi de sa première lettre, écrite au ci-devant Comité des finances, et un nouveau projet pour libérer l'Etat, sans bourse délier. (Drop-head title). Paris, Desenne, (1795). Together 2 pieces in 1 volume. 15, (1) pp.; 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. First work: Einaudi 4412; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, p. 240; Martin & Walter 27101. Second work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 313; Martin & Walter 27100. First editions. Precursor of modern political methods, the author proposes the State to spend without counting, and to bring back from time to time 100 francs notes to one sou, those of 1000 francs to 10 sous, etc., and thus lowering the public debt. EUR 350
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(POMMEREUL, F.R.J. DE.) Recherches sur l'origine de l'esclavage religieux et politique du peuple en France. Londres, 1783 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 54 pp. 8vo. Boards. Not in Conlon, INED, Kress, Goldsmiths or Einaudi. Very rare text, reprinted in an edition of 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade, and since long out-of-print. The author explains that the people, ignorant as they are, are still subject to oppression and exploitation. Slavery has not yet disappeared, but is present under different forms: priests have followed up druids with the same privileges, etc. What we need is a governor who is prepared to rule men emancipated by common sense and equal rights. Exciting text and astonishing enough, from the pen of a captain of the Royal Artillery Corps, later (during the Empire) director of the booktrade. EUR 125
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(PREVOST DE ST.-LUCIEN, R.H.) Moyen très-simple de convoquer les États-Généraux, sans qu'il en coute un sol au Roi. (Drop-head title). No place, (1788). 2 parts bound in 1 volume. 20 pp.; 20 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Tourneux I, 690, 690a, note; not in Martin & Walter. First edition. The second part is subtitled: Projet d'institution d'une fête nationale, & d'un ordre patriotique. Includes also a 'Modèle de la procuration qui seroit donnée uniforme, par tous les habitans du Royaume, pour être remise, par leurs députés, à leurs corps de députation.' EUR 200
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(QUESNAY DE SAINT-GERMAIN, R.F.) Projet d'instructions et pouvoirs généraux et spéciaux, à donner par les communes des pays d'élection, à leurs députés aux Etats-Généraux, convoqués à Versailles pour le 27 avril 1789. A Philadelphie (Paris), 1789. 68 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 28440. Second edition, with the errata corrected. Grandson of François Quesnay, the author provides a model for the 'cahiers de doléances' entirely based on physiocratic theories. Colonies are being dealt with on page 22 ff. EUR 250
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(QUESNAY DE SAINT-GERMAIN, R.F.) Projet d'instructions et pouvoirs généraux et spéciaux, à donner par les communes des pays d'élection, à leurs députés aux Etats-Généraux, convoqués à Versailles pour le 27 avril 1789. A Philadelphie (Paris), 1789. 68 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; notin Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 28440. Second edition, with the errata corrected. Grandson of François Quesnay, the author provides a model for the 'cahiers de doléances' entirely based on physiocratic theories. Colonies are being dealt with on page 22 ff. EUR 350
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(RICHERAND, B.A.) De la population dans ses rapports avec la nature des gouvernements. Paris, Béchet jeune, Delaunay, 1837. xii, (2), 349, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. Kress C.4479; Goldsmiths 29838; not in Einaudi. First edition. Histoire des accroissemens de la population et des effets de cette multiplication progressive. - Des moyens de diminuer les inconvéniens, et de prévenir les dangers résultans d'une population exubérante. - Some scattered spotting EUR 175
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(ROHAN, H. DUC DE.) Interests et Maximes des Princes & des Estats Souverains. Sur l'Imprimé A Cologne, Chez Iean du Pais, 1666. - (Bound with:) MAXIMES des Princes et Estats souverains. Sur l'Imprimé A Cologne, Chez Iean du Païs, 1666. Sphere on title. (8), 248 pp.; 245, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, corners bumped, rubbed and worn, damage to foot and head of spine. Willems 1371; BMSTC, French Books, 1601-1700, I.101. Probably a contrefaçon although not in conformity with the details as they are given by Willems. These two volumes are usually found bound together: the first text is by de Rohan, or at least based on de Rohan's work, additional material has been added. The author of the second text has remained unknown. Willems writes that the text by de Rohan is almost unchanged, there was only substantial new matter added concerning subjects that de Rohan had not dealt with. - Handwritten name written on title. 'Les Intérêts des Princes, dit Bérard, sont composés sur l'ouvrage du duc de Rohan, qui porte le même titre' (Willems). Willems cites a number of Elzevier editions and the particularities by which they can be recognized. Our copy does not have the errors in pagination as given by Willems. The work is the chef-d'oeuvre in this particular field of political literature: its main thesis is that the interest of the state imposes itself upon kings: this interest of the state is the tyrant imposing itself upon the tyrant. It is written to give an overview of the situation in Europe and to determine which position France should take in various conflicts or potential conflicts, to establish what the influence of various countries and rulers is on and in various parts of Europe. It maintains that what constitutes good government changes over time just as conditions change over time and that good government bases itself not on old conceptions and abstractions but on the situation as it is at present. De Rohan was most likely influenced by the theorists of "raison d'Etat" in Italy, where he served for a long time. EUR 400
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(ROHAN, H. DUC DE.) Interests et Maximes des Princes & des Estats Souverains. A Cologne, Chés Jean du Païs, 1666. Sphere on title. - (Bound with:) MAXIMES des Princes et Estats Souverains. A Cologne, 1665. Sphere on title. (8), 248 pp.; 245, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary overlapping vellum, handwritten title to spine. Willems 1371; Rahir 1431; BMSTC, French Books, 1601-1700, I.102; Barbier, ii, col. 954. These two volumes are usually found bound together: the first text is by de Rohan, or at least based on de Rohan's work, additional material has been added. The author of the second text has remained unknown. This edition is rare. Willems writes that the text by de Rohan is almost unchanged, there was only substantial new matter added concerning subjects that de Rohan had not dealt with. The work is the chef-d'oeuvre in this particular field of political literature: its main thesis is that the interest of the state imposes itself upon kings: this interest of the state is the tyrant imposing itself upon the tyrant. It is written to give an overview of the situation in Europe and to determine which position France should take in various conflicts or potential conflicts, to establish what the influence of various countries and rulers is on and in various parts of Europe. It maintains that what constitutes good government changes over time just as conditions change over time and that good government bases itself not on old conceptions and abstractions but on the situation as it is at present. De Rohan was most likely influenced by the theorists of "raison d'Etat" in Italy, where he served for a long time. EUR 700
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(SAIGE, J.) Catéchisme du citoyen, ou Élémens du droit public français, Par demandes & par réponses; suivi de Fragmens politiques par le même auteur. En France, 1788. 220, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. INED 4025; Mornet 1363. One of the two issues of the improved 1788 edition, enlarged with the 'Fragmens politiques', including a.o. 'Réflexions sur les droits des Etats Généraux, relativement à la concession des subsides'; 'De l'autorité des magistrats', etc. The author stresses the inconveniences of inequality. He is in favour of the provincial assemblees and cites in this respect Mirabeau, Turgot and Necker. 'De nombreuses déclamations s'inspirèrent de Rousseau. Citons le Catéchimse du Citoyen de Saige. 'Partout ou l'inégalité s'est augmentée jusqu'au point d'accumuler toute la propriété de l'État dans une portion quelconque de l'association, le reste des citoyens sans domicile dans le reste de leur patrie, réduits à une subsistance précaire et forcés pour se procurer de se soumettre à un travail perpétuel' est contraint à l'abrutissement. See at length: Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 427-8. - Slightly stained at blank upper margin throughout. EUR 450
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(SAIGE, J.) Catéchisme du citoyen, ou Élémens du droit public français par demandes & par réponses. A Genève, (Bordeaux), 1787. vii, 301, (1) pp. 12mo. Sewn, contemporary marbled covers, paper partlygone at foot of spine, uncut. Cf.: INED 4025; Mornet 1363 (both listing a 1788 edition only). First improved edition, enlarged with the 'Fragmens politiques', including a.o. 'Réflexions sur les droits des Etats Généraux, relativement à la concession des subsides'; 'De l'autorité des magistrats', etc. The author stresses the inconveniences of inequality. He is in favour of the provincial assemblees and cites in this respect Mirabeau, Turgot and Necker. 'De nombreuses déclamations s'inspirèrent de Rousseau. Citons le Catéchimse du Citoyen de Saige. 'Partout ou l'inégalité s'est augmentée jusqu'au point d'accumuler toute la propriété de l'État dans une portion quelconque de l'association, le reste des citoyens sans domicile dans le reste de leur patrie, réduits à une subsistance précaire et forcés pour se procurer de se soumettre à un travail perpétuel' est contraint à l'abrutissement' (Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 427-8). - Small piece torn off from pp. 189/90 and 191/2 with loss of a few letters. EUR 500
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(SAIGE, J.) Catéchisme du citoyen, ou Élémens du droit public français par demandes & par réponses; suivi de Fragmens politiques. En France, 1788. (4), 140 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. INED 4025; Mornet 1363. One of the two issues of the improved 1788 edition, enlarged with the 'Fragmens politiques', including a.o. 'Réflexions sur les droits des Etats Généraux, relativement à la concession des subsides'; 'De l'autorité des magistrats', etc. The author stresses the inconveniencies of inequality. He is in favour of the provincial assemblees and cites in this respect Mirabeau, Turgot and Necker. 'De nombreuses déclamations s'inspirèrent de Rousseau. Citons le Catéchimse du Citoyen de Saige. 'Partout ou l'inégalité s'est augmentée jusqu'au point d'accumuler toute la propriété de l'État dans une portion quelconque de l'association, le reste des citoyens sans domicile dans le reste de leur patrie, réduits à une subsistance précaire et forcés pour se procurer de se soumettre à un travail perpétuel' est contraint à l'abrutissement. See at length: Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au 18e siècle, pp. 427-8. EUR 375
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(SAINT-SIMON, C.H. DE.) Nouveau Christianisme. Lettres d'Eugène Rodrigues sur la religion et la politique. L'éducation du genre humain de Lessing, traduit, pour la première fois, de l'Allemand par E. Rodrigues. Paris, Bureau du Globe, 1832. - (Bound with:) (ENFANTIN, B.P.) Morale. Réunion générale de la famille. Enseignemens du Père Suprème. Les trois familles. Paris, Librairie Saint-Simonienne, 1832. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 7, (1), 346, (2) pp.; (8), 207,(5) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. First work: Fournel, p. 94; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 402; Kress C.3321; Goldsmiths 27808; Einaudi 4951. The rare edition containing also the Lettres by Rodrigues and the latter's translation of Lessing. 'At the end of his life, he (Saint-Simon) recognized the importance of a 'New Christianity', intending to reform religion by introducing a new morality allowing the development of human passions and the persuit of well-being ..... the fastest possible improvement of the lot of the poorest class' (J. Droz, Europe between Revolutions, 1815-1848.)Second work: Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 175. The final section entitled Les trois familles is by E. Barrault. EUR 900
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(SALMASIUS, C.) Defensio Regia, pro Carolo I, ad Serenissimum Magnae Brittanniae regem Carolum II. Filium natu majorem, haeredem & successorem legitimum. Rothomagi, apud Ioannem Berthelin, Ioannemm Viret, Ioannem Du Bosc & Jacobum Besogne, 1650. (24), 681, (1, blank) pp. 12mo. Contemporary supple vellum, title handwritten on spine. Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, vol. ii, p. 1637. Originally published in 1649, and often reprinted. The work provoked the famous reply by Milton 'Pro populo Anglicano defensio, contre Claudii anonymi, alias Salmasii, defensionem regiam'. Where Salmasius defended Charles II, Milton defended the right of the people to try and execute an unjust king. - Handwritten annotations on first and last blanks. 'Claude Saumaise (1588-1658), l'un des plus célèbres érudits et critiques du XVIIe siècle. Il embrassa le protestantisme, alla s'établir à Leyde (1631), où il succéda comme professeur à Joseph Scaliger. Appelé en Suède par Christine, près de laquelle il séjourna un an, il retourna en Hollande. Sa réputation était immense parmi ses contemporains.....' (Lalanne, op.cit) EUR 400
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(SEXBY, E.) Traicté politique composé par William Allen, Anglois, et traduit nouvellement en françois, Où il est prouvé par l'exemple de Moyse, et par d'autres, tirés hors de l'escriture, que tuer un tyran 'titulo vel exercitio', n'est pas un meurtre. Lugduni, 1658. (2), 94, (2) pp. 12mo. Later overlapping vellum, gilt lettering to spine. Quérard, Supercheries, i, 271; Brunet, i, 189-190: '...... livre assez recherché'. This is the 1793 reprint done by Mercier de Compiegne, published with the same date and place as the original first French edition and also very rare. Famous pamphlet first published as Killing no Murder in 1657 published under the name of William Allen. It is an apology for tyrannicide ironically dedicated to Cromwell himself, printed in Holland and sent over to England. Sexby followed the book to England, to concert measures for carrying out its principles. He was arrested on 24 July while about to embark for Flanders. He died in the Tower on 13 January 1658. Sexby schemed for a long time against Cromwell from the moment the two men breached. This was the result of Cromwell's refusal to support the Frondeurs in France and his abandonment of other projects against France while Sexby strongly favored an Anglo-Spanish alliance against France. From that moment on Sexby allied himself with the disaffected Republicans and started disseminating pamphlets against the Protector and took a leading part in the schemes for joint risings of royalists and levellers. A vital part of all these schemes was the assassination of Cromwell. EUR 450
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(SOBRY, J.F.) Le mode françois, ou Discours sur les principaux usages de la Nation françoise. Londres, 1786. (2), 448 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, slightly rubbed and light damage to head and foot of spine. Le Bucher Bibliographique, 608; INED 4228; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition, extremely rare since the edition was seized and destroyed by orders of Breteuil. Sobry, 'monarchiste conformiste, bien pénétré de la conception du pouvoir central, consacre une partie de son ouvrage aux questions économiques et démographiques' (INED). The French territory can sustain a large population, condamnation of divorce, sections dealing with population, commerce, taxes, agriculture and usury. The author also proposes 'de maisons publiques pour les enfants des pauvres ouvriers, et même pour ces derniers dans leur vieillesse, car ils sont fort utile à la patrie.' - Fine copy on heavy paper. EUR 1000
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(STEVENS, J.) Examen du gouvernement d'Angleterre, comparée aux constitutions des Etats-Unis. Ou l'on réfute quelques assertions contenues dans l'ouvrage de M. Adams, intitulé: Apologie des Constitutions des Etats-Unis d'Amerique, & dans celui de M. Delolme, intitulée: De la Constitution d'Angleterre. Par un Cultivateur de New-Jersey. Ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, & accompagné de Notes. A London, et se trouve à Paris, chez Froullé, 1789. viii, 291, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf,green marbled boards, spine gilt with red label and gilt lettering, yellow edges. Sabin 41646; Echeverria & Wilkie 789/118; not in JFBL; Fay 25; Schelle 32; Einaudi 5482; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First French edition of the text by Stevens. This translation is particularly important for the political contents of the notes which were added by Dupont de Nemours, Condorcet and Gallois, which in fact take up by far the greater part of the book (pp. 67-291). Because of these important notes this work is much sought after. Echeverria, in his work Mirage in the West, points to the fact that the American constitutions were the subject of intense interest and study during the years 1789 and 1790. In this period the new American federal Constitution and Bill of Rights were studied, discussed and cited. (pp. 163-164). The work is sometimes attributed to W. Livingstone, erroneously. See A.D. Turnbull, John Stevens, (1928), pp. 90-91. EUR 1000
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(STRAATMAN, H. DE.) Testament politique de Charles, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar. Déposé entre les mains de l'Empereur Léopold à Presbourg, le 29 Novembre 1687 en faveur du Roy de Hongarie et de ses successeurs arrivans à l'Empire. A Lipsic, chez Georges Weitman, 1696. (2), xix, (1), 113, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary brown calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands (slightly rubbed and shaved). Quérard, Superchéries, i, pp. 700-701; not in BMSTC, French Books 1601-1700. First edition. - Paper browned due to the quality of the paper. Quérard has a long note on this work and its author. The text formulates in a strong and decisive tone the politics of the House of Austria. The text was published again by the 'Académie des Bibliophiles' in 1866 by Anatole de Montaiglon and with a bibliographic study. A second edition was published in 1760, Ratisbonne. Among other things, the author puts forth a project for perpetual peace. EUR 350
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(TERRASSON, J.) Sethos, histoire ou vie tirée des monumens anecdotes de l'ancienne Egypte. Traduit d'un manuscrit Grec. A Paris, Chez Jacques Guerin, 1731. Titles printed in red and black. 3 volumes. (4), xxviii, 426, xii pp.; (4), 427-562, 322 pp.; (4), 323-832 (misnumbered 842), (6, fautes à corriger) pp. 12mo. Contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt with labels and gilt lettering. Hartig p. 45; Trousson, pp. 134-135; Negley 1092; Gove, pp. 286-287; Versins, p. 874; cf. Valette 310 (edition of 1813); Conlon 31:680. First edition. Supposed translation from a Greek manuscript describing a still innocent nation not affected by luxury and ambition. It is written in the tradition of Télémaque and is more or less conservative utopian account. 'Il s'agit d'un jeune prince égyptien qui, après son initiation aux mystères de son état, parcourt le monde et régénère tous les royaumes où regne l'injustice. Il arrivera ainsi, après avoir fait le tour de l'Afrique, jusque chez les Atlantes et découvrira là, une monarchie élective qui, visiblement, est aux yeux de notre Abbé le nec plus ultra de l'utopie' (Versins). Van Wijngaarden, in his Les Odysées Philosophiques en France entre 1616 et 1789, devotes 7 pages to the work. Hartig is the only reference work calling for 'cartes' in his description, no other reference work calls for maps. EUR 800
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(TIPHAIGNE DE LA ROCHE, C.F.) Histoire des Galligènes, ou Mémoires de Duncan. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Arkstée & Merkus; la veuve Durand, 1765 (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 2 volumes in 1. (4), 165 pp.; (4), 136 pp. 8vo. Modern leather, gilt lettering to spine.. Hartig 58; Trousson p. 267; Gove p. 354; Versins pp. 887-888. Reprint of this excessively rare work, edition limited to 150 numbered copies and 30 copies not destined for the trade. Communist utopian work in which the author made ridiculous the so-called progress resulting from private property and social circumstances of the time. The only copy known of this thrilling work was in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, but disappeared. The above reprint was made after a copy luckily found in a private collection. EUR 150
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(VISENET.) Manuel de l'électeur dans l'exercice de ses fonctions. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Impr. P. Renouard, (1827). 19, (1) pp. 8vo. Disbound, a bit spotted. First edition. At head of first page: Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera.The society 'Aide-toi, le Ciel t'aidera' was formed to aid opposition candidates for election to the Chamber of Deputies in the period 1827-1834. It was directed by a central committee in Paris and operated through a network of local committees and agents throughout the country. After the Revolution of 1830, the original directors of the society (among whom Barrot, Guizot and de Rémusat) withdrew, and leadership passed to young republicans, including Godefroy Cavaignac, Etienne Garnier-Pagès, and Louis Blanc. Under their direction the society published pamphlets, distributed letters of political intelligence and advice to members.This particular publication informs those allowed to vote, how the elections are organized and structured in order to ensure fair elections: it deals with the "comités électoraux", "Nouvelles inscriptions sur les listes électorales", "Faux électeurs", "Choix des candidats", "Moyens de réunion des électeurs", "Cartes d'électeurs", "Formation du bureau", "Secrte des votes", etc. Its aim was to instruct the public so that they could be aware of attempts to "steal" the elections. EUR 125
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ANTRAIGUES, (E.L.H.A. DE LAUNAY) D'. Mémoire sur la constitution des Etats de la province de Languedoc, et sur le danger qui menace la liberté publique, quand les provinces sont régies par des Etats inconstitutionnels. Imprimé en Vivarnais, 1789. 71 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 424 (variant issue). Text which caused great upheaval when it was published at the eve of the meeting of the Etats-Généraux. EUR 200
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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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ASSEMBLEE DE NOTABLES DE 1787 - PROCES-VERBAL de l'Assemblée de notables, tenue à Versailles, en l'année 1787. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788. Royal coat of arms on title, and 4 unnumbered leaves containing2 plans and explanation. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de janvier 1781. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1781. With 1 folding table and 2 coloured folding maps. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire au Roi, sur l'établissement des administrations provinciales. No place 1781. - (Bound with:) (MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.) Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France, depuis 1758 jusqu'n 1787. Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C.) Compte rendu au Roi, au mois de mars 1788, et publié par ses ordres. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1788. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu au Roi en 1781. Nouveaux éclaircissemens. Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. 6 works bound in 1 stout volume. (4), 326 pp., 4 (unnumbered) lvs.; (4), 116 pp.; 32 pp.; xii, 231, (1) pp.; (2), xiv, (2), 183 pp.; viii, 284 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. All first editions. Firt work: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. x.P.S. Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of these proceedings, but also of the Mémoire presented to the Assembly by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of administration and financial as well as economical adminsitration. Second work: Cf.: Kress B.360; Stourm 124; Einaudi 4094; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. Third work:, Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. 59; cf.: Kress B.389; INED 3365; Goldsmiths 12232; cf.: INED 3366; not in Einaudi.Fourth work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27; not in INED. Highly important financial reports, which played an important role in the discussions of the Assemblée de Notables, and which certainly would have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour. It includes reports by Boullogne (1758), De Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772, 1773 and 1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc. Fifth work: Cf.: Kress S.5177; not in Einaudi; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED; Stourm, pp. 143-145. Of interest especially because of the accompanying notes. Sixth work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648 (without the preliminaries); INED 3373; not in Einaudi (other edition). Violent refutation of De Calonne's ideas. EUR 1500
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BANCAL DES ISSARTS, (J.H.) Du nouvel ordre social; Par Henry Bancal, député à la Convention nationale. Imprimé par ordre du Comité de Constitution de la Convention nationale. A Paris, Chez les Directeurs de l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1792 (Paris, EDHIS, 1978). 52 pp. 8vo. Sewn in printed covers. Martin & Walter 1287; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. Reprint of this very rare work, published in a limited number of copies. This work by Jean-Henri Bancal des Issarts is the perfect expression of Girondin thought: liberal in economics, ownership based on individual efforts and work and protected by the law, condamnation of too much social inequality and in favour of a system of public, free and secular instruction. It is the work of a man who was drifting towards atheism and he was viewed by many in the Convention during the Revolution as an atheist.Later in the Revolution, which he served in various positions and on various posts, he was sent on a mission to Dumouriez who handed him over the Austrians who kept him in prison for 33 months. During this period Bancal converted to religion and after his release he published his Du nouvel ordre social fondé sur la religion, a work in which he sought to create a constitutional, civil and economic order based on religious principles. It was ill received by the Directoire and marked the end of the public career of this remarkable man. EUR 125
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BERGASSE, (N.) Cahier du Tiers-Etat à l'Assemblée des Etats-Généraux de l'année 1789; ou Instructions importantes aux députés sur la réforme des abus dont on doit faire la demande. En Janvier 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Lettre de M. Bergasse sur les Etats-Généraux. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Mémoire de M. Bergasse sur les Etats-Généraux, fixés au 27 Avril 1789, précédé de son désaveu de cayer du tiers-état, qui avoit paru sous son nom, & du dépôt qu'il a fait de ce mémoire en main de notaire, pour prévenir de pareils abus. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Discours de M. Bergasse sur la motion faite par M. l'abbé Sieyès, le 15 Juin 1789, portant que l'Assemblée des Députés des Communes se constitueroit en Assemblée des Représentans connus & vérifiés de la Nation. No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Discours de M. Bergasse sur la manière dont il convient de limiter le pouvoir législatif & le pouvoir exécutif dans une monarchie. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Rapport du Comité de constitution sur l'organisation du pouvoir judiciaire, présenté à l'Assemblée Nationale. Par M. Bergasse. A Paris, Chez Baudouin, 1789. - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Protestation de M. Bergasse contre les assignats-monnoie. No place, (1789). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Lettre de M. Bergasse, Député de la Sénéchaussée de Lyon, à ses commettans, au sujet de sa protestation contre les assignats-monnoie, accompagnée d'un tableau comparatif du système de Law, avec le système de la caisse à escompte & des assignats-monnoie, et suivie de quelques réflexions sur un article du Patriote Français rédigé par M. Brissot de Warville. No place, (1790). - (Followed by:) BERGASSE, (N.) Réponse au Mémoire de M. Montesquiou sur les assignats. Ecrits où l'on traite la question des assignats sous de nouveaux points de vue, et où l'on examine ce qu'il faut penser de l'établissement d'une Banque publique dans les circonstances présentes. A Paris, Chez Lallement 1791. 9 pieces bound in 1 volume. 52, (misnumbered 43) pp.; 53 pp.; 47 pp.;(2), 25 pp.; 90 pp.; 64 pp.; 44 pp.; 56 pp.; (2), 67 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Martin & Walter 2643; INED 404.Second work: Martin & Walter 2651; INED 407 (variant edition). Third work: Not in Martin & Walter. Fourth work: Martin & Walter 2664.Fifth work: Martin & Walter 2666.Sixth work: Martin & Walter 2656 (variant edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths.Seventh work: Martin & Walter 2667.Eighth work: Martin & Walter 2648; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14214.Martin & Walter both have 14 pages after the 56 of the main text, possibly a supplement not present here.Ninth work: Martin & Walter 2662; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Stourm, p. 188.Nicolas Bergasse, lawyer, politician, and writer, representative of the Third Estate, one of the founders of the Société Mesmer (société de l'Harmonie Universelle), one of the founders of the société Gallo-Américaine and member of the Société des Amis des Noirs. Born in Lyon to a bourgeois family, Bergasse became a lawyer and in 1775 began pleading cases before the Parlement of Paris. At first he mixed in the circles of the philosophes, but he increasingly came to emphasize the religious bases of society. EUR 1250
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BERNSTEIN, L. Un plan socialiste sous la Révolution Française. (Drop-head title). (Leiden, Brill, 1937). 34 pp. (numbered 194-228). 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, discoloured, spine damaged (Offprint from: 'International Review for Social History'). EUR 125
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BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Institutions politiques. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Leide, Chés (sic) Samuel et Jean Luchtmans, 1767-1772. With engraved title-vignettes, engraved portrait and 5 folding tables. 3 volumes. (6), viii, 710, (12) pp.; (6), 736, (8) pp.; xxiv, 892, (26) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half pigskin, marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering, vellum corners, a bit faded and rubbed, an uncut copy. Camus 215; Higgs 3984 (citing an edition running upto 1774); Leblanc 240; Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7. The improved, revised and augmented edition, complete with the often lacking third volume, which was published in 1772 for the first time. 'Cet ouvrage est écrit à l'usage des gouvernants. Il concerne l'art de règner. Bielfeld veut réduire la politique en système, la transformer en une science qui puisse être enseignée. Il divise ses Institutions Politiques en deux parties: 1: Tout ce qui regarde l'intérieur d'un État: cadre législatifs et politiques, finances, manufactures, commerce, navigation, armée, marine ....; 2: Tout ce qui concerne la politique étrangère et les rapports d'un État avec les autres puissances' (Leblanc).'This is essentially a cameralistic guide for rulers. Bielfeld, although a German, first published his books in French; he relied in large measure upon the French data and writers' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, p. 79). The Supplément aux Institutions Politiques pour cette nouvelle édition is to be found in the second volume covering the pages 647-736. "This Cameralistic treatise is by a Prussian state official. It was more successful outside Germany than any other Cameralistic work, presumably because it was written in the international language of the Eighteenth Century -- French" (Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XX.7)Added: BIELFELD, (J.F.) DE. Lettres familières et autres. Seconde édition, revue, augmentée & corrigée. Leiden, Chés (sic) Samuel et Jean Luchtmans, 1767. (8), 310, (4) pp. Contemporary half pigskin. - Complete sets (with the third volume) are rare, but with this fourth volume containing letters, this set is very attractive. EUR 1000
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BLANCHARD, P. Catéchisme de la nature, ou religion et morale naturelles, Par Platon Blanchard, citoyen de la Section de la Réunion. A Paris, Chez Maradan, Le Prieur, l'an second (1794). With engraved allegorical frontispiece with the text "Voulez-vous être heureux ? Écoutez la Nature." 222 pp. 16mo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands amd gilt lettering, paper covered boards with green corners. Martin & Walter 3512 (incomplete); Tourneux iii, 17262. First edition. The author, Pierre Blanchard (dit Platon) was a bookseller. In this work he deals with various subjects (Idolaterie, Révélation, Polytheisme, Atheisme, Dieu, Scepticisme, etc. etc.) and advances the ideas of the "Etre Supreme" and natural religion. Just as many other similar publications this work's principal aim was to educate the young. EUR 350
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BODIN - (LAVIE, J.C. DE.) Abrégé de la République de Bodin. A Londres, Chez Jean Nourse, 1755. 2 volumes. (2), xii, 466 pp.; (2), v, (1, blank), 417, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, front joint of volume 1 with split. Conlon 55:507; Quérard, iv, 638. First edition. This book was published again in 1764 in Lyon entitled 'Des corps politiques et de leurs gouvernements'. - Joint of first volume starting to split, free front endpaper loosening, held in its place by a piece of tape. EUR 450
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BONAPARTE, R. Démocratie Suisse. Article paru dans 'L'Événement' du 5 juin 1890. Paris, Imprimé pour l'Auteur, 1890. (6), 26, (2) pp. 8vo. Original printed covers, very lightly damaged at foot of spine. Offprint of the article published in L'Événement of June 5, 1890, published at the expense of the author and printed by Georges Chamerot. The prince Roland Bonaparte, descendant of Lucien Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, achieved acclaim through his various important scientific voyages the results of which were published in various scientific journals. The present text is an exposition of the origins and history of the federative and democratic republic of Switserland. - A large paper copy. EUR 175
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BOUCHE, C.F. Des libéralités des particuliers envers la patrie, et de l'organisation d'une caisse patriotique: plan proposé à l'Assemblée nationale. Versailles, Baudouin, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13862; not inStourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 4412. Original edition. EUR 125
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BOUCHE, C.F. Des libéralités des particuliers envers la patrie, et de l'organisation d'une caisse patriotique: plan proposé à l'Assemblée Nationale. A Versailles, Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemblée Nationale, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 4412; Goldsmith 13862; not in Kress; not in INED. EUR 125
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BOUCHER, J. Sermons de la simulée conversion, et nullité de la prétendue absolution de Henry de Bourbon, Prince de Bearn, à S. Denys en France, le Dimanche 25 Juillet, 1593. Iuxte la Copie Imprimée à Paris, chez G. Chaudiere, R. Niuelle, & R. Thierry, 1594. (12), 625, (23)pp. 8vo. 19th-century blue morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering on spine, gilt inside-dentelles, all edges gilt, binding signed: Duru 1849. Hauser, Les Sources de l'Histoire de France, 3074; Labitte, De la Démocratie chez les prédicateurs de la Ligue, pp. 266 ff.; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, i, p. 382; Adams B-2574; not in Mortimer; not in BMSTC (French). Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition. 'Fameux prédicateur de la Ligue, né à Paris vers 1548, mort à Tours en 1644. Après avoir été recteur à l'Université de Paris, prieur et docteur de Sorbonne, il était curé de Saint-Benoît, quand commencèrent les troubles de la Ligue. Il fut un des plus fanatiques partisans de l'Union, et jusqu'à la reddition de Paris, il ne cessa d'exhaler, soit dans ses sermons, soit dans ses écrits, la haine la plus furieuse contre Henri III et contre le Béarnais' (Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, i, pp. 338-339). Boucher became one of the most important leaders of the Paris rebellious movement from 1585 onwards. During one of the processions of the Ligue on May 12, 1593, Boucher propagated the total extinction of the House of Bourbon. After Henry IV changed his religion the Ligue started to fall apart: 'Le seul principe vital de la Ligue une fois accepté par l'adversaire de la Ligue, l'Union n'avait qu'à se dissoudre.' The clergy tried to keep resistence alive 'pour ne pas laisser pénétrer dans leur paroisses ses idées de modération et de trêve ...... Jean Boucher montra l'exemple. Du 1er au 9 août 1593, il s'empara, en l'absence de Morenne, de la chaire de Saint-Méry, et, durant neuf jours, il récita neuf sermons auxquels il attachait la plus grande importance ...... Les Sermons de la simulée conversion...., qui sont fort recherchés par des bibliophiles, donnent pour ainsi dire le dernier mot de la Ligue; ils en resument les idées et les opinions' (Labitte, op.cit.) The above described volume is very rare, since it was immediately confiscated and burned. Brunet 1, 1151: "Edition originale, assez rare." - Very good copy in a very nice morocco binding, some pages cut short never, however, affecting the text. EUR 2250
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, régent de France, contenant les moyens de rendre ce Royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et dupeuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, Table des Mémoires, Fautes à corriger) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; Mattioli 398; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The Mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the Mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the Mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the Mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 750
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, contenant les moyens de rendre ce royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et du peuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 156 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. Counterfeit of the first edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 600
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Lettres sur les anciens Parlemens de France qu'on nomme Etats-Généraux. Par M. de Boulainvilliers. Tome Premier [- Tome Troisième]. A Londres, Chez T. Wood & S. Palmer, 1753. 3 volumes. (4), 235, (1) pp.; (4), 224 pp.; (4), 207, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering. Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1132; Simon, Boulainvilliers, p. 144ff.; Conlon 53:490. First separate edition. One of De Boulainvillier's major works. The Lettres was a brief for the regent, defending his dynastic right to his office. They were also a plea for the dukes, urging the nobility to support them against the Parlement. And above all, the Lettres was an appeal to Orléans, inviting him, in the course of a history of the Estates General, to revive the assemblies of the "nation". Boulainvilliers pursued all these aims in his Lettres, orchestrating them in an impressively complex performance. The Lettres was his most strenuous effort at writing French history as a princely client, counselor, and controversialist. The Lettres was also his masterpiece (Harold A. Ellis, Boulainvilliers and the French Monarchy, p. 144.)All his works were prohibited in France and not published untill after his death, and then primarily outside France. These fourteen letters were first published as part of his great work, the Histoire de l'ancien gouvernement de la France, published in 1727. EUR 900
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BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE. Histoire de l'ancien gouvernement de la France. Avec XIV lettres historiques sur les Parlemens ou États-Généraux. A La Haye, Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 3 volumes. Titles printed in red and black. - (Followed by:) (BOULAINVILLIERS, H. DE.) Mémoires présentés à Monseigneur d'Orléans, contenant les moyens de rendre ce royaume très-puissant, & d'augmenter considérablement les revenus du Roy et du peuple. A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes. - Together 5 volumes bound in4. (34), 352 pp.; (2), 324 (misnumbered 224) pp.; (2), 240, (6) pp.; (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, table & errata) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering. First work: Camus 874; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 1057; Conlon 27:348. First edition. -Ex-libris of Caboud on front paste-downs, removed from the first volume. Claims the re-establishment of the États-Généraux. The absolutism of the royalty had destructed the feudal system which had assured the people of more freedom. In Boulainvilliers's view, absolutism had destructed not only the freedom of the people, but especially the religious freedom. He claimed that the absolute power of the King should be controlled by the States General. He may be considered as one of the very first historians, who considered government as a science. The above work is considered as the author's main work. See at length: Simon, Boulainvilliers, pp. 144 and ff. Second work: Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349.First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France. EUR 1750
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. A Versailles, Chez Blaizot, et se trouvent à Paris, Chez tous les Libraires, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Sewn, contemporaryblind covers, uncut. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Cohen-de Ricci, col. 186: "... curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raisons des propriétés' (INED). - Copy with the general half title for the two parts. EUR 750
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Sewn, contemporarymarbled covers, uncut. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Cohen-de Ricci, 186: "contient un curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. - Copy with the general half-title for the two parts. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). EUR 750
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BREMOND, J.B. Premières observations au peuple françois, sur la quadruple aristocratie qui existe depuis deux siècles, sous le nom de haut Clergé, de possédants fiefs, de Magistrats, & du haut Tiers; & vues générales sur la constitution & la félicité publique. No place, 1789. - (Followed by:) BREMOND, J.B. Secondes observations au peuple françois. Compte rendu à la Nation, de la somme de sa contribution, du produit net de sa recette & de sa dépense. Dénonciation du travail en finance, & restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition & du recouvrement. Suite des vues générales sur la constitution & sur la félicité publique. No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. - First few leaves a bit browned, frontispiece with a small stain in lower corners and a bit spotted. Copy with the general half-title for the two parts. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). EUR 700
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BRESSON, (J.B.M.F.) Réflexions sur les bases d'une constitution, par le citoyen ***, présentées par Bresson. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Prairial an III (1795). 70 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 5091. EUR 175
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BRUN DE LA COMBE, (J.A.) La France régénérée. Ouvrage publié par numéros. A Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1788. 35, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Martin & Walter 5445; INED 851. First edition. - Quire H misbound, but complete. In 1785 the author had published an important and audacious work Le triomphe du Nouveau Monde, which, however, was seized and forbidden immediately upon its publication because of the advanced socialist ideas contained in it. (See at length: Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle). In this pamphlet, published at the eve of the Revolution, the author lists 40 articles of general reforms.'Dans la nomination des députés aux États Généraux, il faut donner la préférence au député marié sur le député célibataire. Titre sur les secours aux indigents et sur les bureaux de charité' (INED). EUR 200
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BUSSY, M. C. DE. Histoire et réfutation du socialisme depuis l'antiquité jusqu'à nos jours. Paris, Imprimerie Gaittet, 1863. (4), 323 pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut. Stammhammer, i, p. 41. Second edition, first published in 1859. - Stamp on title. Traces the origines of socialism back to Lycurges and proceeds through history dealing with a.o. Plato, Les Vaudois, Munzer, Thomas Morus, Campanella, Morelly, Mably, Robespierre, Saint-Just, le Père Duchène, Hébert, Marat, Babeuf, Saint-Simonism, Proudhon, Leroux, Louis Blanc, Cabet, Fourier, Considérant, etc. EUR 175
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CABET, (E.) Le vrai Christianisme suivant Jésus-Christ. 3ième édition. Paris, 1848. 636, xii pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed cover, uncut. Prudhommeaux, pp. 162-163. Third edition, first published in 1846. The author tries to prove that Christ is the precursor of modern times and his teaching is a breviary of democracy.'Aux environs de 1840, Jésus est tenu en grande estime par tous les démocrates. Pour Louis Blanc, Raspail, Barbès et Ledru-Rollin, sans parler de Buchez, de Pierre Leroux et de Lamartine, "le Christ demeure le précurseur des temps modernes, et l'Evangile le bréviaire de la Démocratie"' (Prudhommeaux). 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, 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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CAMPANELLA, (T.) Oeuvres choisies, précédées d'une notice de Madame Louise Colet. Paris, Lavigne, 1844. With folding facsimile. - (Preceded by:) COLET, L. Poésies complètes de Madame Louise Colet. Paris, Ch. Gosselin, 1844. (6), iii, (1, errata), ii, 342 pp; (4), iv, 346 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments (joints lightly rubbed). Trousson 264; cf.: Versins 144. The first work contains: Poésies - the famous utopian work Cité du Soleil - Lettres - Jugements et témoignages sur Campanella. Tomaso Campanella (1568-1639), Italian philosopher. He is the author of two famous and important utopias: the universal theocratic monarchy described in his Monarchia di Spagne (Amsterdam, 1640), and the communistic Città del sole (Frankfurt, 1623). Like the utopias of More and other Renaissance writers the Città des sole owes much to Plato's Republic; it owes still more to contemporary accounts of the Incas and to the exemple of religious communities such as those founded by the Anabaptists and the Catholic missionaries. To community of goods Campanella added that of women. He subjected all social life -economic, sexual and educational- to stringent regulation. It is significant that he animated his whole community with the conceptions of natural right and equality (Rodolfo Mondolfo in ESS, volume iii, p. 166). EUR 225
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CAMPANELLA, (T.) Oeuvres choisies, précédées d'une notice de Madame Louise Colet. Paris, Lavigne, 1844. With folding facsimile. (6), iii, (1, errata), ii, 342 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, original cover preserved. Trousson 264; cf.: Versins 144. Contains: Poésies - the famous utopian work Cité du Soleil - Lettres - Jugements et témoignages sur Campanella. - A little spotted in places. Copy inscribed by the editor Louise Colet. Tomaso Campanella (1568-1639), Italian philosopher. He is the author of two famous and important utopias: the universal theocratic monarchy described in his Monarchia di Spagne (Amsterdam, 1640), and the communistic Città del sole (Frankfurt, 1623). Like the utopias of More and other Renaissance writers the Città des sole owes much to Plato's Republic; it owes still more to contemporary accounts of the Incas and to the example of religious communities such as those founded by the Anabaptists and the Catholic missionaries. To community of goods Campanella added that of women. He subjected all social life -economic, sexual and educational- to stringent regulation. It is significant that he animated his whole community with the conceptions of natural right and equality (Rodolfo Mondolfo in ESS, volume iii, p. 166). EUR 225
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CONDORCET, (J.M.A.N. DE CARITAT DE.) Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet. Seconde édition. A Paris, Chez Agasse, l'an III (1795). (iv), v-viii, 389, (1) pp. 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, lightly rubbed. Cf.: Printing and the Mind of Man 246; En Français dans le Texte 196; Robinet 382; INED 1184; Martin & Walter, 8083. Identical with the first edition, but re-set. We have not been able to trace a record of this edition in any of the reference works consulted. Considered to be Condorcet's most original and most important work. In it he divided history into ten epochs, the first nine dealing with history upto the time in which he himself lived, whereas the tenth is his prophetic view of the future. It is the most original part of the book in which Condorcet forecasts among others the future moral, intellectual and physical improvement of man. '..... it is with the Sketch itself that Condorcet's name and influence have been chiefly associated, and it is with that work -often regarded as the philosophical statement of the eighteenth century- that Condorcet bequeathed to the nineteenth century the fundamental idiom of its social thought, the idea of progress ..... The Sketch not only demonstrated the power of the social art but also made clear that it could succeed only as a communal and democratic art. It is this emphasis upon the collective experience and achievements of mankind, this concern with the 'most obscure and neglected chapter of the of history of the human race', namely rhe progress of the mass of the people in society, that links Condorcet's view of history with the conception of social science' (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). EUR 1200
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CONDORCET, (J.M.A.N. DE CARITAT DE.) Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet. A Paris, Chez Agasse, l'An III (1795). viii, 389, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, label with gilt lettering. Printing and the Mind of Man, 246; En Français dans le Texte, 196; Robinet 382; INED 1184; Martin & Walter 8083. First edition. 'A belief in the ultimate perfectibility of man lies at the root of all progressive thinking about the human condition. The philosophes and Godwin had familiarized the reading public with this notion; it was left to Condorcet to give it its finest and most durable expression. (....) But it is as the most fully developed exposition of the progress of man that Condorcet's work is now remembered, and it is this which has given it its lasting appeal.' (Printing and the Mind of Man).Considered to be Condorcet's most original and most important work. In it he divided history into ten epochs, the first nine dealing with history upto the time in which he himself lived, whereas the tenth is his prophetic view of the future. It is the most original part of the book in which Condorcet forecasts among others the future moral, intellectual and physical improvement of man. '..... it is with the Sketch itself that Condorcet's name and influence have been chiefly associated, and it is with that work -often regarded as the philosophical statement of the eighteenth century- that Condorcet bequeathed to the nineteenth century the fundamental idiom of its social thought, the idea of progress ..... The Sketch not only demonstrated the power of the social art but also made clear that it could succeed only as a communal and democratic art. It is this emphasis upon the collective experience and achievements of mankind, this concern with the 'most obscure and neglected chapter of the history of the human race', namely the progress of the mass of the people in society, that links Condorcet's view of history with the conception of social science.' (Encyclopedia of Philosophy). EUR 4500
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CONSTITUTION OF 1793 - PROJET de Constitution du Peuple Français. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention Nationale. (Drop-head title). A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 10 juin 1793. 1 leaf, verso blank. Folio. Folded, mounted in a 4to modern half morocco binding, gilt lettering on spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Tourneux. Extremely rare and original poster. - Fine copy. This is the proposed Jacobin project of a constitution for the French Republic, ratified by the Convention on 24 June 1793, approved nationally in a referendum of primary assemblies but never put into effect. The Convention was elected in the summer of 1792 to draft a republican constitution that would replace the monarchical one of 1791. A number of projects were submitted, of which the most influential was the marquis de Condorcet's, reported on 15 February 1793. After the arrest of the Girondins the Convention voted to debate the constitution each afternoon until agreement was reached. M.-J. Hérault de Séchelles presented a version on 10 June, which was accepted with some modifications on 24 June. The Convention presented the new constitution to France along with a succession of social measures. The democratic language of the constitution was displayed in the context of these Revolutionary laws that abridged hitherto sacrosanct property rights. As literature, the 1793 constitution has an extraordinary power, which found immediate recognition when Hérault de Séchelles read the draft on 10 June. The fact that the revolutionaries of 1848 were inspired by this constitution and that it passed into the ideological armory of the Third Republic is sufficient proof of its power. It represents a fundamental historical document, that contributed much to the later democratic institutions and developments. See at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, i, pp. 238-242. EUR 4500
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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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D'OLIVIER, P. La voix d'un citoyen, sur la manière de former les Etats-Généraux. No place, 1788. (2), 34 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 10868; Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, p. 324. The very rare first edition and the first work by Dolivier or D'Olivier. Proposing an entirely new way of electing deputees, with the aim to diminish the prerogatives of the nobility and the clergy. Demanding also to fix the price of bread in a separate chapter entitled: 'Requête aux futurs Etats-Généraux pour prévenir la trop grande cherté du blé'. As all the publications of the future 'enragé', of great rarity. The author's name is often spelled: Dolivier. Pierre Dolivier was an advocate of extensive social reform. Denouncing suffrage based on property ownership, he appealed for social equality in the future, writing: "I wish that in its social policy the state establish a just equality of means so that each member can attain the full enjoyment of every right that is due him' (Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799, i, p. 324.)Pierre Dolivier, "red priest" with radical ideas about property, social justice, ideas which certainly influenced Babeuf and his movement and conspiracy. Among the papers of Babeuf Dolivier's most influential book was found, "Essai sur la Justice Primitive" and Dolivier's name appeared on a list of possible candidates for the future gouvernment after the "coup d'état": an order to arrest him was issued on the grounds that he was member of the conspiracy of Babeuf and his Equals. Dolivier escaped arrest. EUR 750
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DEGRASSALIO, C. Regalium Franciae libri duo, iura omnia & dignitates Christianiss. Galliae Regum, continentes. Carolo Degrassalio Carcassonensi authore. Item tractatus iura seu privilegia aliqua Regni Franciae continens, per Ioannem Ferrault V.I licentiatum editus. (Paris), apud Pocetum le Preux, 1545. (16), 351, (1) pp. 8vo. 18th century half calf, marbled boards, corners, red label with gilt lettering, split along joint, foot and head of spine damaged, ubbed along edges. Not in Adams; BMSTC (French) p. 130. Second or third edition, first published in 1538, there were two editions in 1545. Just as Ferrault, Degrassalius pleaded for total independence of the French throne in wordly matters, and just as Ferrault he was one of the first to theorize on the absolute power of the King. 'Le livre de Grassaille est le plus complet: Grassaille a profité des travaux de Ferrault et de tous les savants comme Guy Pape, Boyer, Montaigne, qui avaient étudié avant lui le droit public français. Le roi ne reconnait, ni en droit, ni en fait, aucun supérieur dans les choses temporelles, pas plus le souverain pontife que tout autre. A lui faire les ordonnances, de battre monnaie, d'établir des impôts nouveaux, de surveiller les communes. Quant à ses droit sur l'Église, quelques-uns sont communs à tous les monarques, d'autres n'appartiennent qu'au roi de France' (Weill, Les Théories sur le pouvoir Royal en France, pp. 15-17). - With library stamps on title-page, and library stamp recto and verso fly-leaf. Title-page a bit browned. EUR 1250
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DEZAMY, (A.) T. Code de la communauté. Paris, Prévost, Rouannet, 1842 (Paris, EDHIS, 1967). With a folding lithograph plan of a 'Palais communal'. vii, (1, blank), (9)-292, (4, table des matières, blank, errata, blank) pp. 8vo. Printed paper covers. DBMOF, ii, pp. 84-86; Stammhammer, i, p. 64,; Dolléans & Crozier, p. 44. A well executed rerpint of the exceptionally scarce first edition, and one of the key books in the history of socialism. The cover is also a reprint of the original covers of the original work. This edition was published in an editon of 500 numbered copies only and is since long out-of-print. Alexandre Théodore Dézamy (1803-1850) was the leading representative of the Babeuf tradition in the decades preceding 1848. The present work is a communist utopia which owed much to Fourier, Morelly, and Cabet. Although Dezamy had worked for a time with Cabet, he later came to critizise sharply Cabet's conciliatory tactics and his opportunism, rejecting his appeal for bourgeois aid for the working class as unrealistic and calling upon the proletariat to unite and free itself. There is much support in Dezamy's writing for Werner Sombart's contention that Dezamy anticipated Marxian revolutionary socialism. Marx himself, in the Holy Family, had said about Dézamy 'un des disciples communistes les plus conséquents des philosophes matérialistes du XVIIIe siècle' who had 'développé la doctrine du matérialisme en tant que doctrine de l'humanisme réel et comme base logique du communisme.' Dézamy was also a talented materialist philosopher, which he had proven in a work criticizing Lamennais's Du passé et de l'avenir du peuple. The Code de la Communauté 'décrit un phalanstère communiste qui fut également penser à l'abbaye de Thélème de Rabelais. Le livre respire le matérialisme du XVIIIe siècle.' The book is divided into 19 chapters and contains (pp. 264-269) 47 articles 'of faith'. For the Cabet-Dézamy controversy, and an extensive analysis of the above work, see: H.P.G. Quack, de Socialisten, vol. iii, pp. 244 ff. and J. Prudhommeaux, Icarie et son fondateur Etienne Cabet. Our copy is dated on the titlepage 1842, while the printed cover gives as date of publication 1843: verso titlepage it is stated that the book will be published in parts. With 'la dernière livraison je donnerai une belle couverture imprimée.' The publication and distribution began in 1842, hence a titlepage dated 1842, and the last livraison was issued in 1843, hence the cover dated 1843. The original printed cover also reads differently from the titlepage with respect to publishers: Paris, chez Dezamy, éditeur, Prevot, Rouanet (sic), Pandellé. EUR 300
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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 PONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Principes Constitutionnels, Relativement au Renvoi & à la nomination des Ministres. Discours prononcé à la Société des Amis de la Liberté & de la Constitution de 1789. Dans la Séance du 20 Octobre 1790. Par M. Du Pont, Député de Nemours à l'Assemblée Nationale. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1790. v, [6]-18 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled paper cover. Monglond, ii, 830; Schelle, Dupont de Nemours, p. 415; Martin & Walter, 12161. Original edition. Important speech on the topic of the choice of ministers: Dupont de Nemours defends the following theory: the moment the king is deprived of his right of dissolution of parlement (as in England) it is dangerous to refuse to the king the right to select his ministers from outside the assembly and to force him to obey to the wishes of the majority, whose wishes could well be in conflict with the wishes of the people. In England, the king can consult the people by dissolving the chambers and ordering elections. In France, the king has no such right. This thesis, eloquently put forward by Dupont, was accepted by the right in the Constituent Assembly and was accepted by a majority. It was a very important speech with serious consequences: it widened the already exisiting gap between government and assembly.The "Société des Amis de la Liberté & de la Constitution de 1789" was founded by Dupont, Condorcet, and other moderate members of the Committee of the Constitution, to combat the growing radical influence of the Jacobins. EUR 450
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DUBOIS-CRANCé, (E.L.A.) Motion d'ordre sur la garantie de la liberté des opinions. (Paris), Imprimerie J.Ch. Laveaux, (1794). 18 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11148.First edition. Delivered at the Jacobins on August 16, 1794. EUR 125
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DUGUET, (J.J.) Institution d'un prince, ou Traité des qualitez, des vertus et des devoirs d'un souverain. Nouvelle édition, avec la vie de l'auteur (par C.P. Goujet). A Londres, Chez Jean Nourse, 1743. Titles printed in red and black. 3 volumes. (2), cxvi, 396 pp.; (2), 612 pp.; (2), 616 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering. Cf.: INED 1538; not in Parmentier; not in Willeart, Bibliotheca Janseniana Belgica; not in Colonia. Second edition, first published in 1739. The Jansenist theory of power, placed on the Index on May 22, 1745. The work was composed towards 1699, but published for the first time in 1739. It was highly praised by Saint-Simon and d'Argenson. 'L'originalité du système de Duguet est double. Non seulement il n'évoque même pas le problème de l'acceptation ou du refus de monde, mais il pose comme prémisse à toute considération politique la possibilité d'un ordre chrétien, dont le prince est tenu d'offrir les conditions à ses sujets. L'Institution présente l'image de la cité chrétienne idéale .....' (Jansénisme et politique, (1965), pp. 100-21.) EUR 600
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DUGUET, (J.J.) Institution d'un prince, ou Traité des qualitez, des vertus et des devoirs d'un souverain, soit par rapport au gouvernement temporel de ses Etats, ou comme chef d'une sociétéchrétienne qui est nécessairement liée avec la religion. En quatre parties. A Londres, Chez Jean Nourse, 1739. Title printed in red and black. (40), 738 pp. 4to. Contemporary polished calf, spine richly gilt with raised band, gilt triple fillets on sides, inside dentelles, lower corners umped. INED 1538; Conlon, 39:426; not in Parmentier; not in Willeart, Bibliotheca Janseniana Belgica; not in Colonia; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The very rare first edition in 4to. The Jansenist theory of power, placed on the Index on May 22, 1745. The work was composed towards 1699, but published for the first time in 1739. It was highly praised by Saint-Simon and d'Argenson. 'L'originalité du système de Duguet est double. Non seulement il n'évoque même pas le problème de l'acceptation ou du refus de monde, mais il pose comme prémisse à toute considération politique la possibilité d'un ordre chrétien, dont le prince est tenu d'offrir les conditions à ses sujets. L'Institution présente l'image de la cité chrétienne idéale .....' (Jansénisme et politique, (1965), pp. 100-21.)The prince is furthermore supposed to 'protéger d'abord l'agriculture, puis le commerce et les manufactures; bannir l'usure et le luxe. 2. Le Prince prendra garde à ce que les biens de l'Eglise restent le patrimoine des pauvres et à ce que les évêques vivent dans la frugalité' (INED). - Some pages browned, first few leaves with a clear waterstain in the outer blank margin. EUR 1200
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DUNOUY, (J.H.) Organisation d'un nouveau pouvoir exécutif, dont l'impression a été ordonnée par la Section des Sans-culottes. A Paris, Chez C.F. Cagnion, an 1er (1793). 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 11984. The aim of this plan is 'qui liera indivisiblement toutes les parties de l'Empire sans avoir besoin de rien changer à son organisation, et qui assurera au peuple, de la manière la plus certaine, sa souveraineté, qui n'a été jusqu'à présent que chimérique, et consolidera pour toujours sa liberté.' EUR 175
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DUPONT (DE NEMOURS, P.S.) La pacte de la famille et les conventions subsequentes, entre la France et l'Espagne. Avec des observations sur chaque article. Paris, de l'Imprimerie nationale, juillet 1790. (4), 152 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Schelle 41; Kress B.1831; Einaudi 1671; Martin & Walter 12155; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Dupont de Nemours here examines the Family Compact: the Spanish-French alliance which was first concluded in 1733 and repeatedly renewed over the century. Dupont analyses the treaty article by article: the text of the treaty printed left, Dupont's observations and comments on the right.Spain invoked this particular treaty and called upon the French king after an incident with British troops in the far Pacific. Louis XVI and his ministers were inclined to send the help requested, even at the risk of war; but the National Assembly, confronting diplomatic questions for the first time, spurned the Spanish request. A national, representative regime did not recognize family ties between ruling houses as fit basis for international agreements, much less action (W. Doyle, The Oxford History of the French Revolution, pp. 164-165). EUR 750
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DUPONT DE NEMOURS, P.S.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité des contributions publiques, sur la répartition de la contribution foncière et de la contribution miliaire entre les départemens. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, 1791. - (Bound with:) NOTES à joindre au raport du Comité des contributions publiques, sur la répartition des contributions. (Drop-head title.) (Paris, Imprimerie Nationale), (1791). Together 2 pieces bound in 1 volume. 25, (1) pp.; 3, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First work: Martin & Walter, Anonymes, 1969 & 1647; not in Schelle; not in Kress; Goldsmiths 14791 (for three parts); not in Einaudi; not in INED; Stourm, p. 164. A third part containing 4 large folding tables is lacking. Signed by the members of the Committee: La Rochefoucauld, Defermon, Roederer, d'Allarde, Dauchy, Dupont de Nemours. EUR 500
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ENGELS, F. Socialisme utopique et socialisme scientifique. Traduction française par Paul Lafargue. Paris, Librairie G. Jacques & Cie, no date (1902). 64, (4 blank) pp. 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, uncut, loose. Dolléans & Crozier 169; cf.: Stammhammer, iii, p. 104, nr 58. The first edition appeared 1880. - Front cover spotted. The early socialists and social reformers are here put aside in favour of 'scientific socialism'. EUR 75
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ESPINAS, A. La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution. Paris, Alcan, 1898. (4), 412, (2), 31 (catalogue de fonds) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, slightly discoloured. - With handwritten and signed dedication to Pillon by the author. Pp. 107-412 deal with socialism and the French Revolution, and with Babeuf and Babouvism in particular. 'Traite principalement de Babeuf et le babouvisme (...). C'est le premier exposé systématique de la doctrine babouviste depuis l'apparition de Buonarroti, exposé qu'éclaire l'apport du XIXe s., assimilé, discuté et mis à jour' (Dommanget, Babeuf, p. 20). EUR 150
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ESPINAS, A. La philosophie sociale du XVIIIe siècle et la Révolution. Paris, Alcan, 1898. (4), 412, (2), 31 (catalogue de fonds) pp. 8vo. Sewn in original green printed covers, spine slightly damaged, a nice uncut copy. First edition of this important work. Pp. 107-412 deal with socialism and the French Revolution, and with Babeuf and Babouvism in particular. 'Traite principalement de Babeuf et le babouvisme (...). C'est le premier exposé systématique de la doctrine babouviste depuis l'apparition de Buonarroti, exposé qu'éclaire l'apport du XIXe s., assimilé, discuté et mis à jour' (Dommanget, Babeuf, p. 20). - Stamp on half-title. EUR 125
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FAVIER. Observations de Favier sur la maison d'Autriche, et particulièrement sur le traité de Versailles, du premier Mai 1756; entre le roi et l'impératric Reine de Hongrie. Nouvelleédition. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1792. viii, 103, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Apparently this short treatise was written at the request of d'Argenson in 1756, just after the publication of the Treaty of Versailles and the declaration of War against Great Britain. A nice touch is that another note states that the author, having been informed by d'Argenson, that the king 'n'étoit pas susceptible d'une attention longue et suivie', he composed this in 48 hours, presenting the points of views of the minister (d'Argenson) in such a way that each section could be read separately. Both notes are to be found verso of the title-page. It is followed by an Avis des Éditeurs where they state that now that the 'maison d'Autriche nous a forcés à lui déclarer la guerre' it might be very interesting to read what Favier had to write about the Austrians in 1756. The treatise tried to answer the following questions: is the proposed treaty advantageous for France in terms of security, enlargement, and monetary. The whole ends with a short sort of summary in which it is shown that the previous treaty did nothing for France and that the court of Vienna does nothing else but conspire. EUR 225
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FERRIER, F.L.A. Du gouvernement consideré dans ses rapports avec le commerce. Ou de l'administration commerciale opposée à l'économie politique. Seconde édition. Paris, Pélicier; Lille, L. Danel, 1821. (4), xliii, (1, blank), 581 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Goldsmiths 23105; Einaudi 1878; not in Kress; not in Mattioli. Second edition, first published in 1805, and a very interesting work and constituting an early and severe criticism of Adam Smith. Includes chapters on: Du commerce de l'Inde; Du commerce des colonies; De la France et de l'Angleterre comparées dans l'esprit de leur commerce; De la doctrine des économistes comparée à celle de Smith; De l'argent considerée comme moyen d'échange; Du systême commercial. EUR 425
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FERRIER, F.L.A. Du gouvernement consideré dans ses rapports avec le commerce. Paris, de l'Imprimerie d'A. Egron, chez Perlet, An XIII-1805. (4), 400 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards and marbled edges. Kress S.5806; Goldsmiths 18996; Einaudi 1877; INED 1828. First edition. Includes chapters on: Du commerce de l'Inde; Du commerce des colonies; De la France et de l'Angleterre comparées dans l'esprit de leur commerce; De la doctrine des économistes comparée à celle de Smith; De l'argent considerée comme moyen d'échange; Du systême commercial. Constitues an early criticism of Adam Smith and is in general critical of the economists from the preceding era and provoked the indignation of Say, Blanqui and Daire.- Occasional spotting. EUR 375
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FICHTE, J.G. Reden an die deutsche Nation. Neue wohlfeilere Auflage. Leipzig, F.L. Herbig, 1824. iv, 380 pp. 8vo. Contemporary boards, paper label to spine, a bit rubbed and worn. Meyer 204; Ziegenfuss, i, p. 342. This is the second corrected edition of this important text, which had great influence on the development of German nationalism. Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814), German philosopher and exponent of ethical idealism. He taught at Jena from 1794 to 1799 and was dismissed on charges of atheism. He took up residence in Berlin; there he helped to found the University of Berlin. The originality of Fichte's ethical system consisted in the synthesis it established between the autonomous ethics originating in Kant and the French Revolution, and social and anti-individualistic ethics. Of the three thinkers who had the greatest influence upon his mental development (namely Lessing, Spinoza and Kant), the third proved decisive, especially Kant's moral philosophy. EUR 300
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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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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) Le nouveau monde industriel (half-title: et sociétaire ou les séries passionées). Paris, chez tous les libraires, 1840. 2 volumes in 1. xxxiv, (2), 408, ii pp.; (4), 409, (1, blank), iii pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards and marbled edges, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering (lightly rubbed). Del Bo, Fourier, p. 6; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Stammhammer. First collective edition according to Del Bo. The Notice biographique sur Charles Fourier has been written by Jean Czynski. The original work was written on request of his friends who asked him to put his ideas in a more comprehensive order. Many of the ideas put forth by Fourier were in anticipation of ideas later made famous by Karl Marx, see at length: Kolakowsky, A History of Marxism and G.D.H. Cole, A history of socialist thought. - Rare. EUR 600
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FOURIER, CH. (F.M.) Oeuvres complètes. Paris, à la librairie Sociétaire, 1841-1848. With 2 folding tables, 1 double-page table and 2 plates. 6 volumes. xxxvi, 336 pp.; (4), lxviii, (2), xlii, 243, (1), 107 pp.; xv, (1), 451 pp.; viii, 593, (1) pp.; xii, 603 pp.; (2), xvi, 489 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, red and green morocco title-labels with gilt lettering, raised bands, marbled sides and edges. Del Bo, Fourier, p. 8; Del Bo-Gerits, Supplement, p. 16. I: Théorie des quatre mouvements et des destinées générales. Troisième édition.II-V: Théorie de l'unité universelle. Deuxième édition. (Verso half-title reads: La théorie de l'unité universelle a paru primitivement sous le titre de Traité de l'association domestique-agricole, ou attraction industrielle). VI: Le nouveau monde industriel et sociétaire ..... Troisième édition, 2e tirage. The double-page table is entitled: 'Phalange en grande échelle' and the plates are bound between the pages 122-123 and are entitled 'Plan d'un phalanstère en grande echelle' and 'Plan d'un phalanstère ou palais habité par une Phalange industrielle.' One folding table entitled 'Tableau du Cours du Mouvement Social' is loosely inserted in volume one, the other folding table is to be found in volume 2. - Stamp of Mr. Alphonse Pignollet on all titles and half-titles. EUR 2250
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FOX, J.C. ET W. PITT. Recueil de discours prononcés au Parlement d'Angleterre. Traduit de l'Anglais et publié par H. de J(anvry) et L.P. de Jussieu. Paris, chez Le Normant; Magimel, Anselin et Pochard, 1819-1820. With 1 engraving (volume 2), and 1 frontipiece (volume 4). 12 volumes. xvi, 406 pp.; viii, 403, (1) pp.; vii, (1, blank), 331, (1) pp.; xvi, 403, (1) pp.; vii, (1, blank) 378 pp.; vii, (1, blank), 379, (1) pp.; (v)-vii, (1, blank), 423, (1) pp.; vii, (1, blank), 373, (1) pp.; viii, 407, (1) pp.; viii, 393, (1) pp.; viii, 400 pp.; (2), (v)-viii, 435, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf. Not in Sabin; NUC lists one location (GU) and it seems that no collected English edition was published. First collected edition. Covers the period 1768-1806 and contains the speeches in Parliament by Fox and Pitt. The early volumes contain also speeches on the American revolution. - Lacks the half-title and title-page in volume 7, and the title-page of volume 12. EUR 750
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FRESNE, (F. EBAUDY) DE. Plan de restauration et de libération fondé sur les principes de la législation et de l'économie politique. Proposé aux Etats-Généraux. Comparaison du Plan de libération des propriétaies et de celui des capitalistes. No place, 1789. 14, 170 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 13948 (without the preliminaries); see: INED 1717bis; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm. Second edition. Frequent references to Necker, comparison with England, proposes the suppression of several taxes. The author suggested in several of his writings that French was an immensely rich country but badly managed. He prososes an alternative plan to the plan's of Necker and also deals with commerce, trade, credit, etc. INED lists a volume in which the author apparently summerizes earlier publications, and among these earlier publications INED mentions a slightly different title from ours, hence we suppse this to be a second edition. EUR 225
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GARMANNUS, CHR. Commentatio de ratione belli seu ut a Gallis dici solet Raison de Guerre ex jure et moribus gentium. Copenhagen, Hoepfner, 1747. Charming title vignette. (8), 46 pp. 4to. Sewn, no covers. Thesis defended before Chr.L. Scheidt, German historian and jurist, who spent some years at Copenhagen University. EUR 175
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GOUY D'ARCY, (L.M.) DE. Opinion sur le projet de M. Necker; prononcée dans la séance du 21 novembre 1789, matin. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1789. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Goldsmiths 13909; Stourm, p. 175; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED; Martin & Walter 15488. First edition. On the creation of national notes and a special bank, and patriotic contributions. EUR 200
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GUEROULT, G. Les théories de l'Internationale. Étude critique. Paris, Didier et Cie., 1872. viii, 256 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Stammhammer, i, p. 99; Dale, French Labor: A Bibliography, p. 91. First edition. Saint-simonian journalist, Guéroult here discusses the International in relation to the events of the Commune, its doctrines, the social theories, its influence and its political activities and influence. EUR 175
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GUYTON (DE MORVEAU), L.B. Opinion sur la responsabilité solidaire des ministres. Prononcée le 23 juillet 1792, l'an 4 de la liberté. (Drop-head title). Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1792). 10 pp. 8vo. 19th-century boards. Martin & Walter 16279; not inMonglond. Original edition. 'Louis Bernard Guyton de Morveau, savant chimiste (1737-1816), contribua à l'établissement de l'école polytechnique. (Camus). In 1789 Guyton became president of the Dijon Patriotic Club; and in 1790 he was elected procureur général syndic of the Côte d'Or, one of the new 'departments' into which Burgundy was divided. He held this important administrative post until elected to the National Assembly in August 1791. This took him to Paris, where he remained for the rest of his life. In 1792 he became a deputy to the National Convention, which declared France a republic, and he was among the majority who voted for the execution of Louis XVI in January 1793. For an extensive survey of Guyton's life and works, see Dictionary of Scientific Biography, v, pp. 600-4. EUR 125
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HENRY IV - SOUSPIRS, LES, de la France, sur la mort du Roy Henry IIII. & la fidélité des François. Paris, Pierre Ramier, 1610. - (Followed by:) (PLAIX, C. DE) Anticoton, ou Réfutation de la lettre déclaratoire du père Cotton. Livre où est prouvé que les Jésuites sont coulpables & autheurs du parricide execrable commis en la personne du Roy très-chrestien Henry IV. d'heureuse mémoire. No place, 1610. - (Followed by:) A LA ROINE REGENTE et à nosseigneurs les princes, et seigneurs du conseil. (Drop-head title). No place, (ab. 1610). - (Followed by:) COTON, P. Lettre déclaratoire de la doctrine des pères Jésuites conforme aux décrets du Concile de Constance, addressée à la Royne mère du Roy Régente en France. Avec la déclaration de Monseigneur le Reverendissime Evesque de Paris, à l'occasion de diverses calomnies semées contre les Pères de la Compagnie de Jésus. Suyvant la coppie imprimée à Paris, chez Claude Chappelet, 1610. - (Followed by:) REMERCIMENT, LE, des Beurrières de Paris, au Sieur de Courbouzon Montgommery. Sedan, Guion de la Plume, 1610. - (Followed by:) REMONSTRANCE à Messieurs de la Cour de Parlement sur le parricide commis en la personne du Roy Henry le Grand. No place, 1610. - (Followed by:) (MONTGOMERY, L. DE COURBOUZON) Le Fleau d'Aristogiton. Ou contre le calomniateur des Pères Jésuistes (sic) sur le titre D'Anticoton. Suivant la coppie imprimée à Paris, (1610). - (Followed by:) EXTRAICT des régistres de Parlement. No place 1610. - (Followed by:) ARREST de la Cour de Parlement, ensemble la censure de la Sorbonne, contre le livre de Jean Mariana, intitulé 'De regis & rege institutione'. No place, 1614. Together 9 pamphlets bound in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 74, (1, errata) pp.; 8 pp.; 20 pp.;38, (2) pp.; 40 pp.; 14, (2) pp.; 6, (2) pp.; 14 pp. 8vo. 19th-century vellum, label with gilt lettering to spine, small loss of vellum at foot of spine. I: Lindsay & Neu 2645; not in Hauser.- Stamp on title. II: Lindsay & Neu 2619; Hauser 3274; Bourgeois & André 1976. Also attributed to: J. Dubois-Oliver, P. Du Coignet, and P. Du Moulin. Reply to Coton's Lettre déclaratoire de la doctrine des Jésuites touchant la vie des rois (See: Bourgeois & André 1975).III: Lindsay & Neu 2801; not in Hauser; not in Bourgeois & André. The University of Paris rejecting the theory of regicide and opposing the Jesuit attitude in this respect. IV: Cf.: Lindsay & Neu 2512; Bourgeois & André 1975.P. Coton, confessor of Henry IV and later of Louis XIII, was heavily attacked as well as his order (the Jesuits), because of a publication by the Jesuit Mariana, who defended the theory of tyrannicide. This work was forbidden by the Parlement of Paris on 8 June 1610. The above Lettre is an answer to the critics. The author is using the argument that Mariana had expressed a personal opinion, not necessarily representing the opinion of the Jesuit order.V: Cf.: Lindsay & Neu 2627-8 (without listing this edition); Bourgeois & André 1977.'Les Jésuites y sont accusés de crimes extraordinaires et leurs défenseurs, Montgomery, Pelletier, Mll. de Gournay y sont brutalement malmenés' (Bourgeois & André).VI: Lindsay & Neu 2632; Hauser 3271.Against the Jesuits. Referring also to the attempts by Clément and Chastel.VII: Cf.: Lindsay & Neu 2588; Bourgeois & André 1980.VIII: Cf.: Lindsay & Neu 2548; not in Bourgeois & André.Signed at end: 'Voysin'. Another edition we have is signed 'Du-Tillet'. Concerns Cardinal Bellarmin's tract on the temporal power of the popes.IX: Lindsay & Neu 2543; not in Bourgeois & André.The arrest condemning Mariana's work to be burnt. (Cf.: Peignot, Livres condamnés, I, 291-2). EUR 1100
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JUNQUA, LE DR. (P.F.) De la sagesse dans la production et de la fraternité dans la consommation ou le communisme des républiques de l'avenir. Paris, Derveaux, 1879. (2), 398, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering (discoloured), marbled boards. (Publications de l'église de la liberté). Stammhammer 116 (cites an edition of 2 volumes published in 1880). First edition. In this curious book the author develops his own communism for the future republics. His communism is a threefold communism: 'Et nous aurons, de la sorte, avec ce triple communisme: communisme d'origine, communisme de production, communisme de consommation, la trinité parfaite dans les développements de l'être, comme nous l'avons trouvée dans l'être lui-même.' Pierre-François Jungua or Junqua had a tumultuous career in the church and ended as the founder of the Librairie anticlericale and wrote a number of socialist works of christian inspiration. EUR 200
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KROPOTKINE, P. Paroles d'un révolté. Ouvrage publié, annoté et accompagné d'une préface par E. Reclus. Paris, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, (1885). x, 342, (2) pp. Small 8vo. Later half calf, spine in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards. Hem Day, Bibliographie Reclus, 17; Fauvel-Rouif, p. 84 (listing a 'nouvelle édition' of the same year only). First edition - Small stamp on title: Armez EUR 75
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LA VICOMTERIE (DE SAINT-SAMSON, L.T.H.) Du peuple et des rois. Augmenté de notes et précédé d'une notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'auteur. 3ième édition. Paris, Rouanet, 1833. - (Bound with:) MARCELLIN, E. Quelques mots sur les crimes de l'Asie. Ouvrage publié au profit de l'agriculture en Grèce. A Paris, Chez Firmin Didot, Jules Renouard, Delaunay, 1829. - (Bound with:) (AUBERNON, J.) Considérations historiques et politiques sur la Russie, l'Autriche et la Prusse, Et sur les Rapports de ces trois puissances avec la France et les autres États de l'Europe. Paris, Ponthieu et Cie., Janvier 1827. 3 works in 1 volume. (2), xvi, 115, (1) pp; (iii)-viii, 128 pp.; (8), 152 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled boards. First work: Lalanne, Dictionnaire Historique de la France, ii, p. 1102. Originally published in 1790. Violently attacking monarchy. The author was representative of Paris at the Convention and voted for the death of the king 'sans appel ni sursis' and served also on the Committee of Public Safety.Third work: Aubernon was Pair de France and worked as financial controller of the military administration. The present work saw three editons in its first year. In it he argues that France should liberate itself from the Holy Alliance. - Small stamp on title-page of first work, second work lacks the half-title and with a waterstain in outer blank margins. EUR 350
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LABORDE, A. DE. De l'esprit d'association dans tous les intérêts de la communauté, ou Essai sur le complément des bien-être et de la richesse en France par le complément des institutions. Paris, Gide fils, 1818. (2), x, 584 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, extra, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Kress C.98; Einaudi 3149; not in Goldsmiths; not in Mattioli. First edition. 'Ce livre est surtout remarquable par la justesse de ses prévisions et par son excellente appréciation des institutions les plus favorables au développement de la prospérité publique ..... lorsque M. de Laborde publia cet exposé des avantages de l'esprit 'association', riche de faits et plein d'aperçus lumineux sur les véritables sources de la puissance industrielle et politique des Etats' (Blanqui, Histoire de l'Économie politique, ii, p. 295). EUR 325
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LACHAPPELLE, J. Considérations philosophiques sur la Révolution Française, ou Examen des causes générales et des principales causes immédiates qui ont déterminé cette révolution, influé sur ses progrès, contribué à ses déviations morales, à ses exagérations politiques. A Paris, Chez l'auteur & chez Fuchs, Benoist, Deroi, Belin, an V (1797). (8), 280, cxi pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled boards. Martin & Walter 17963; Monglond, iv, 5. The final cxi pages contain critical observations in the form of notes, supplying 'pièces justificatives'. The final one contains the Manifeste des Egaux. EUR 750
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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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LAMENNAIS, (H.) F. (R. DE.) Le livre du peuple. Paris, Pagnerre, 1838. 211 pp. 12mo. Sewn in original printed covers, spine a bit damaged, discoloured, address label of Saint-Jorré, libraire, pasted on front cover. Goldsmiths 30759; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; Escoffier 1313; Vicaire, iv, p. 1092. One of the issues of the first edition. Both Escoffier and Vicaire list an edition in 194 pages, published by Delloye et Lécou in the same year in 8vo. Hugues Félicité Robert de Lamennais (1782-1854), French social philosopher. Lamennais, the son of an ennobled shipowner, was influenced in the years of his early education by the rationalistic outlook of the French revolution. But as a result of his philosophical and historical studies and the influence of his brother Jean Marie he soon became convinced of the paramount importance of religious belief as the basis for a program of action. All his views on social philosophy and social reform were henceforth expressed in the framework of religious doctrine, within which he managed, however, to oscillate between the ultraconservative and ultraradical extremes. Indeed few men have achieved such a complete revolution in their thought as this upholder of the strictest Romanist claims who died the excommunicated champion of Red democracy after having occupied every intermediate position between those two poles. He and his collaborators on the journal l'Avenir generated excitement among the younger clergy and controversy in the church by proposing a radical reorientation in church attitudes towards society and government. Although his influence was limited, his career is significant in three important ways. First, at the most general level, the principal preoccupations of his writings show the impact of the dual revolution -the French revolution that had taken place and the industrial revolution that was beginning- had on French intellectual life in the first half of the nineteenth century. Second, and more specifically, Lamennais before 1834 was foremost among those who breathed new intellectual vigor into French Catholicism. By his desire to strengthen the pope's authority and thus give greater unity to the church, he was one of the first and most uncompromising of ultramontanes. By his desire to separate church and state and to ally church with liberalism, he was one of the first liberal Catholics. By his concern for the working classes, he was an early proponent of social Catholicism. Each of these was destined to be a major trend in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Third, at a more personal level, there is moral grandeur in the decision he took to break with the church and to follow the dictates of his logic and his conscience. The present work is, together with his Paroles d'un croyant (Paris 1834) one of the key works of Lamennais. It is also a typical writing for humanitarian socialism of the era, and had a success that almost equalled Lamennais's earlier Paroles d'un croyant. EUR 325
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LATRADE, (L. CHASSAIGNAC DE.) Développements de la proposition concernant les associations d'ouvriers présentés (à l'Assemblée Nationale). Séance du 22 juin 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) CORBON, (C.A.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité des travailleurs sur la proposition du citoyen Alcan, relative aux associations, soit entre ouvriers, soit entre patrons et ouvriers. Séance du 4 juillet 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) MOURAUD, P. Rapport fait au nom du Comité des travaux publics, sur la proposition du citoyen Latrade, concernant les associations d'ouvriers pour les entreprises de travaux publics. 12 juillet 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) TOURRET, (C.G.) Projet de décret relatif aux actes et contracts à passer pour la constitution et l'organisation des associations ouvrières. Séance du 9 Septembre 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). - (Followed by:) GILLON, P. Rapport fait au nom du Comité du travail, sur le projet de décret relatif aux actes et contrats à passer pour la constitution et l'organisation des sociétés ouvrières. Séance du 25 Septembre 1848. (Drop-head title). Paris, A. Henry, (1848). 5 pieces bound in 1 volume. 6 pp.; 8 pp.; 13, (1) pp.; 6 pp.; 10 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. These five pieces dealing with workers associations and the organization of labour and published by the Assemblée Nationale, are numbered 111, 174, 209, 435 and 484 at top of each first page.This small collection of works deals with the workers' cooperatives, the principal objective of the early French labor movement. They discuss government support for the cooperatives and contain among others the important proposal by Corbon (2nd text) in which he introduced a bill to provide government encouragement through 3 million francs in credit to cooperatives consisting of workers or workers and employers. EUR 350
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LE (MERCIER DE LA) RIVIERE, (P.P.F.J.H.) Palladium de la constitution politique, ou régénération morale de la France: question importante proposée à l'examen des départemens, des districts, &c., & à la décision de l'Assemblée nationale. A Paris, Chez l'auteur & chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1790. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 2794bis; Martin & Walter 19320; May, Le Mercier de la Rivière, 164 First edition, very rare. - A trifle stained. INED, May and Martin & Walter all list an edition published by Baudouin from the same year. Disciple of Quesnay, the author demands a fundamental political and administrative reform of all the educational institutions, universities, academies, etc. so that they may serve and further strengthen the revolution and the regeneration of France. EUR 1000
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LE TROSNE, (G.F.) De l'administration provinciale, et de la réforme de l'impôt. A Basle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez P.J. Duplain, 1788. 2 volumes. (4), xvi, 605, (1) pp.; (4), 556pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering. Kress B.1438; Goldsmiths 13644; Einaudi 3357; INED 2867; Peignot, Les Livres Condamnés, ii, p. 164. The second edition, published posthumously, augmented with the author's Dissertation sur la féodalité and Manière de simplifier le plan proposé. It was originally published in 1779. The work was seized already in 1780, although Necker favoured its publication: ' ..... en 1780 il devait y avoir une réunion du clergé à Paris, le garde des sceaux craignait que ce livre n'indisposait les êveques ..... pour éviter tout bruit et tout scandale, il le fait saisir .....' (Peignot). 'En 1755, les difficultés occasionées par la perception de l'impôt et l'insuffisance des moyens procurés par lui, font penser à un projet émis par le Marquis de Mirabeau dans sa brochure de 1750 sur l'utilité des États provinciaux. L'Académie de Toulouse reprend cette question et invite les auteurs à donner leur avis sur la généralisation des Administrations provinciales. Le Trosne répond en 1755 par un mémoire qui remporte le prix offert par l'Académie. C'est ce mémoire qui sera transfromé en ouvrage en 1779' (Leblanc, M., De Thomas More à Chaptal. Contribution bibliographique à l'histoire économique.) 'Source importante de renseignements sur l'organisation de la société avant 1789' (INED). A follower of Quesnay, Le Trosne (1728-1780) was a lawyer by training. He joined the Physiocrats in 1764 and published a book defending the free trade in grain: 'La Liberté du commerce des grains, toujours utile et jamais nuisible' in 1765, and articles in the 'Ephémerides', and other journals. The present work discusses the fiscal administration of France and brought to attention the projects and ideas of Mirabeau. Palgrave notes that the work 'from the point of view of the financier had the advantage of appearing four years before the work of Necker on the administration of the financial affairs of France; and from the point of view of the politician, of appearing ten years before the celebrated night of 5th August 1789.' EUR 2000
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LE TROSNE, (G.F.) De l'administration provinciale, et de la réforme de l'impôt. A Basle, et se trouve à Paris, Chez P.J. Duplain, 1788. 2 volumes. (4), xvi, 605, (1) pp.; (4), 556pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red labels and gilt lettering, slightly rubbed. Kress B.1438; Goldsmiths 13644; Einaudi 3357; INED 2867; Peignot, Les Livres Condamnés, ii, p. 164. The second edition, published posthumously, augmented with the author's Dissertation sur la féodalité and Manière de simplifier le plan proposé. It was originally published in 1779 in 4to which edition is almost impossible to find. The work was seized already in 1780, although Necker favoured its publication: ' ..... en 1780 il devait y avoir une réunion du clergé à Paris, le garde des sceaux craignait que ce livre n'indisposait les êveques ..... pour éviter tout bruit et tout scandale, il le fait saisir .....' (Peignot). 'En 1755, les difficultés occasionées par la perception de l'impôt et l'insuffisance des moyens procurés par lui, font penser à un projet émis par le Marquis de Mirabeau dans sa brochure de 1750 sur l'utilité des États provinciaux. L'Académie de Toulouse reprend cette question et invite les auteurs à donner leur avis sur la généralisation des Administrations provinciales. Le Trosne répond en 1755 par un mémoire qui remporte le prix offert par l'Académie. C'est ce mémoire qui sera transfromé en ouvrage en 1779' (Leblanc, M., De Thomas More à Chaptal. Contribution bibliographique à l'histoire économique.) 'Source importante de renseignements sur l'organisation de la société avant 1789' (INED). A follower of Quesnay, Le Trosne (1728-1780) was a lawyer by training. He joined the Physiocrats in 1764 and published a book defending the free trade in grain: 'La Liberté du commerce des grains, toujours utile et jamais nuisible in 1765', and articles in the 'Ephémerides', and other journals. The present work discusses the fiscal administration of France and brought to attention the projects and ideas of Mirabeau. Palgrave notes that the work 'from the point of view of the financier had the advantage of appearing four years before the work of Necker on the administration of the financial affairs of France; and from the point of view of the politician, of appearing ten years before the celebrated night of 5th August 1789.' EUR 2000
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LECKY, W.E.H. History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe. London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865. 2 volumes. xxx, 447, (1) pp.; xi, (1) 449, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spines richly gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, gilt stamped ornamental border on sides, marbled edges, rear cover of volume one with a small spot, a very nice copy. First edition. Lecky (1838-1903) was an Irish historian, educated at Trinity College, and became a fine scholar and trenchant writer. He was an individualist in political philosophy, rationalist in religion, and a liberal in politics. He was admirably fitted to give an interpretation of history that would appeal to the triumphant middle classes of Victorian England. The above work won for Lecky immediate reknown as philosophic historian. These volumes occupy an important place in the movement to interprete history in terms of ideas and beliefs. It describes the decay of theology in Europe and the rise of rationalism until its triumph in the eighteenth century. - Rare and important. EUR 600
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LEFRANCAIS, G. Étude sur le mouvement communaliste à Paris, en 1871. Neuchâtel, Imprimerie G. Guillaume fils, 1871 (Paris, EDHIS, 1968). 428, 72 pp. 8vo. Printed covers. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 68; Noël, Dictionnaire de la Commune, pp. 233-234; Stammhammer I, p. 131; Lemonnyer, Essai bibliographique sur les publications de la proscription française, p. 2. Reprint of the first and rare edition, published in a limited edition of 1000 copies and out-of-print. 'L'un des témoignages les plus importants dus à un Communard et le seul, dit Kropotkin, qui mette dans sa vraie lumière la véritable importance historique - communaliste - de ce mouvement.' (Noël). 'Tout ce récit fait sans parti pris et avec une rare impartialité ..... Ce livre est et restera l'une des plus précieuses publications à consulter pour l'histoire de la Commune de Paris.' (Lemonnyer). EUR 125
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LEROUX, P. Réfutation de l'eclectisme où se trouve exposée la vraie définition de la philosophie, et où l'on explique le sens, la suite et l'enchaînement des divers philosophes depuis Descartes. Nouvelle édition. Paris, Charles Gosselin, 1841. xviii, (2), 351 pp. 8vo. Modern half calf with raised bands, marbledboards, gilt lettering, uncut. Evans, Le socialisme romantique, p. 245; DBMOF, ii, pp. 501-503. Second edition. - Very slightly browned in the margins. The name 'eclectic' was most appropriately given to the school of which the most distinguished members were Victor Cousin and Théodore Jouffroy. They had already been vehemently attacked in the Revue Indépendente, which journal was being used to attack the German official philosophy as well as the official French philosophical School, headed by Cousin. Leroux argued for a replacement of the christian religions by his 'déisme national'. See at length: Maitron and Evans.Pierre Leroux (1797-1871), utopian socialist. Pierre Leroux was one of the most influential, prolific, and in some ways the most unusual of the utopian socialists who populated the literary and political worlds of the late Restoration and the July Monarchy. He combined several talents and vocations: philosopher, poet, inventor, journalist, and political activist. Leroux's influence extended from republican secret societies to the salons of literati habituated by such as Victor Hugo and George Sand. He put his stamp on the peculiarly French romantic socialism of the era. In 1824 Leroux founded his own newspaper, the Globe, in which he promoted the liberal ideas fashionable among opponents of the Restoration monarchy. During this period Leroux came under the influence of Saint-Simon and his ideas.Leroux founded an experimental community in Broussac (Creuze) of eighty persons which drew the attention of a cluster of wandering romantic writers and musicians from France and Germany: even Franz Liszt took an interest. Leroux was politically very active: he took a seat in the Assembly in 1848 as a deputy from Paris, he sat in the Legislative Assembly in 1849 and identified himself with the Left, or the Mountain, but refused to associate himself with the Mountain's call for insurrection in June 1849. He joined Cabet and Louis Blanc on the island of Jersey where they set up a community similar to the one in Boussac. Leroux died in 1871 during the Commune, the great civil war that he devoted his life to preventing (see Sanford Elwitt in: Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire, vol. i, pp. 623 ff). EUR 425
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT DE). Entretiens de Phocion, sur le rapport de la morale avec la politique, traduits du grec de Nicolès, avec des remarques. Zürich, Heidegger & Compagnie, 1763. xxviii, 247, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Higgs; not in INED. Edition printed in the same year as the first edition, which edition was actually printed in France under a Dutch imprint. Probably written in 1761 and published in 1763, this was by far the best known and best received work by Mably. It was awarded the prize for the best work of the year by the Société littéraire suisse and it was translated into Italian, German, Swedish, English, Polish, Spanish and Greek and was twelve times reprinted before the revolution.The dialogue purports to be the translation af a Greek manuscript recently discovered at Monte Cassino, whose author, a certain Nicocles, had been present at a series of didactic conversations between the doomed Athenian commander Phocion and a young fellow-citizen named Aristias. After a long exploration of the "relations between politics and morality," the dialogue ends on a sharply pessimistic note, befitting its somber historical context. Despite its classical costume, Entretiens de Phocion is certainly contemporary in its concerns: a reaction to the political and intellectual upheavals of the decade of the 1750s. For an elaborate analysis of the work see: J.K. Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 80-93.Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785), French historian, moralist and political philospher. After he retired Mably began to produce a number of works, most of which were oriented about the purpose of ameliorating the contemporary evils of France but which carried him into widely ramified branches of social and political philosophy. His works plainly reveal his intimate acquaintance with the thought of Plato, Cicero, Locke, and his brother Condillac. Although he firmly believed that political and legal equality had no meaning without economic equality. Mably connot, however, be classed as a communist, although he is frequently so regarded and although he actually inspired Babeuf. He believed communism to be the ideal system and posited the possibility that it had existed in the primitive state of man. But a quality of realism and an inclination toward the evolutionary standpoint prevented him from espousing any political system which failed to take full account of human nature and of the peculiar history and customs of the people concerned. EUR 450
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT DE.) Entretiens de Phocion, sur le rapport de la morale avec la politique, traduits du grec de Nicolès, avec des remarques. Seconde édition. A Amsterdam, 1763. xxxvi, 248 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, labelwith gilt lettering, red edges Cf.: INED 2992; Goldsmiths 9925; Higgs 3082 (all listing other editions). Second edition. Probably written in 1761 and published in 1763, this was by far the best known and best received work by Mably. It was awarded the prize for the best work of the year by the Société littéraire suisse and it was translated into Italian, German, Swedish, English, Polish, Spanish and Greek and was twelve times reprinted before the revolution.The dialogue purports to be the translation af a Greek manuscript recently discovered at Monte Cassino, whose author, a certain Nicocles, had been present at a series of didactic conversations between the doomed Athenian commander Phocion and a young fellow-citizen named Aristias. After a long exploration of the "relations between politics and morality," the dialogue ends on a sharply pessimistic note, befitting its somber historical context. Despite its classical costume, Entretiens de Phocion is certainly contemporary in its concerns: a reaction to the political and intellectual upheavals of the decade of the 1750s. For an elaborate analysis of the work see: J.K. Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 80-93.Although with an Amsterdam imprint, the work was printed in France. Mably states that the root of all social injustice lies in private property. He is often hailed as an 'early communist'. Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785), French historian, moralist and political philospher. After he retired Mably began to produce a number of works, most of which were oriented about the purpose of ameliorating the contemporary evils of France but which carried him into widely ramified branches of social and political philosophy. His works plainly reveal his intimate acquaintance with the thought of Plato, Cicero, Locke, and his brother Condillac. Although he firmly believed that political and legal equality had no meaning without economic equality, Mably connot, however, be classed as a communist, although he is frequently so regarded and although he actually inspired Babeuf. He believed communism to be the ideal system and posited the possibility that it had existed in the primitive state of man. But a quality of realism and an inclination toward the evolutionary standpoint prevented him from espousing any political system which failed to take full account of human nature and of the peculiar history and customs of the people concerned. - Copy from the Bibliothèque Laplagne-Barris, with labels on the front paste-down. EUR 450
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT) DE. De la législation, ou Principes des loix. A Amsterdam (Paris), 1776. 2 volumes in 1. viii, 264 pp.; iv, 264 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Camus 121; Conlon 76:1238; Tchemerezine-Scheler, iv, p. 251. First edition. The present work marks a return to the dialogue form of Des Droits et des Devoir du Citoyen (written in the late 1750s) in the work of Mably. The central preoccupation is an ambitious program of political reform, designed to redress the ills and injustices caused by excessive social inequality; it moves from general statements of principle to consideration of the specific contexts and prospects for reform in different European states. This sustained critique of social inequality was accompanied by a serious and approving reflection on the notion of a communauté des biens. The grounds of the critique are twofold, involving an appeal both to natural principle and to historical evidence. This is, moreover, one of the books that won Mably his reputation as a "communist" writer. De la Législation, in particular, has long been seen as one of the most coherent presentations of an early socialist viewpoint to have emerged from the French enlightenment (Johnson Kent Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-Century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 94 ff with elaborate analysis). - A very nice copy. EUR 750
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT) DE. De la législation, ou principes des loix. A Amsterdam, 1777. 2 volumes in 1. 222 pp.; 220 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, a bit rubbed. Cf.: Camus 121. Second edition. - Fine copy. The present work marks a return to the dialogue form of Des Droits et des Devoir du Citoyen (written in the late 1750s) in the work of Mably. The central preoccupation is an ambitious program of political reform, designed to redress the ills and injustices caused by excessive social inequality; it moves from general statements of principle to consideration of the specific contexts and prospects for reform in different European states. This sustained critique of social inequality was accompanied by a serious and approving reflection on the notion of a communauté des biens. The grounds of the critique are twofold, involving an appeal both to natural principle and to historical evidence. This is, moreover, one of the books that won Mably his reputation as a "communist" writer. De la Législation, in particular, has long been seen as one of the most coherent presentations of an early socialist viewpoint to have emerged from the French enlightenment (See for an elaborate analysis: Johnson Kent Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-Century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 94 ff.) EUR 500
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MABLY, (G. BONNOT) DE. De la législation, ou Principes des loix. A Amsterdam (Paris), 1776. 2 volumes in 1. viii, 264 pp.; iv, 264 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Camus 121; Conlon 76:1238; Tchemerezine-Scheler, iv, p. 251. First edition. The present work marks a return to the dialogue form of Des Droits et des Devoir du Citoyen (written in the late 1750s) in the work of Mably. The central preoccupation is an ambitious program of political reform, designed to redress the ills and injustices caused by excessive social inequality; it moves from general statements of principle to consideration of the specific contexts and prospects for reform in different European states. This sustained critique of social inequality was accompanied by a serious and approving reflection on the notion of a communauté des biens. The grounds of the critique are twofold, involving an appeal both to natural principle and to historical evidence. This is, moreover, one of the books that won Mably his reputation as a "communist" writer. De la Législation, in particular, has long been seen as one of the most coherent presentations of an early socialist viewpoint to have emerged from the French enlightenment. (See for an elaborate analysis: Johnson Kent Wright, A Classical Republican in Eighteenth-Century France. The Political Thought of Mably, pp. 94 ff.)'Cet ouvrage est sous la forme d'un dialogue entre un Suédois et un Anglias, le Suédois avait sûrement bien lu son Platon' (Camus). - Armorial bookplate on front paste-down, a beautiful copy. EUR 750
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MANUSCRIPT - MONTESQUIEU - ANALYSE de l'Esprit des Loix. Unsigned and not dated 18th-century manuscript of 28 pp. Folio. Sewn (loose, disbound). Anonymous manuscript in a quite legible hand dealing with the Esprit des Loix and dealing extensively with political freedom, with natural law, commenting specifically on these subjects, with the monarchy, despotism, democracy, economics and commerce, nobility and the people, luxury, inequality under the various forms of government, etc. A quite interesting manuscript revealing some of the perceptions with which the Esprit des Loix was received. EUR 900
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MARX, K. Le capital. Traduction de M.J. Roy, entièrement révisée par l'auteur. Paris, M. Lachâtre et Cie., (1872-1875). With frontispiece portrait, facsimile of a letter from Marx to Lachâtre and the latter's reply on the following page. 351, (1) pp. 4to. Half calf, marbled boards. Cf.: Rubel, Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Karl Marx, 634; cf.: PMM 359. First issue of the first edition of the French translation, issued in 'livraisons' between August 1872 and May 1875. With the last 'livraison' Marx published an Avis au Lecteur in which he stated that this edition 'possède une valeur scientifique indépendante de l'original et doit être consulté même par les lecteurs familiers avec la langue allemande'. The importance of this French edition lies in the fact that Marx himself actively participated in the translating process during which he made important additions and changes to the text and about which Marx remarked 'j'ai un travail de diable avec cette traduction.' Marx attached a particular importance to this French edition, more so than to the Russian edition of 1872: in a letter to Lachâtre of 12 May 1874 he writes, 'Qu'elles que soient les imperfections littéraires de cette édition française, elle possède une valeur scientifique indépendante de l'original et doit être consultée même par les lecteurs familiers avec la langue allemande'. The publisher of this edition, Maurice Lachâtre, was the founder of the Librairie du Progrès where he published the second issue. EUR 6000
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MATHON DE LA COUR, (C.J.) Par quelles causes et par quels degrés les loix de Lycurgue se sont altérées chez les Lacédémoniens jusqu'à ce qu'elles ayent été anéanties. Dissertation qui a remporté le prix dans l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, le 28 avril 1767. Avec des notes contenant les principaux traits de l'histoire de Lacédémone. Par M. Mathon de la Cour le Fils. A Lyon, & se trouve A Paris, Chez Durand, et Vallat-la-Chapelle, 1767. (6), 100, (2) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Conlon 67:1083. First edition. Lichtenberger, Le socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, cites this work, which contains a rough outline for a larger work the author planned, but which never appeared. There were at this period in history many discussions about the political systems of Antiquity, and the 'amis de l'égalité' especially admired Sparta: Sparta was utopia which became reality: no more 'yours and mine' but 'un partage égal des terres parmi les citoyens, et de bannir entièrement de Sparte le luxe, l'avarice, les procès, .....' (Lichtenberger, p. 366). EUR 300
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MAUPEOU - PROTESTATIONS des princes du sang, contre l'Edit de décembre 1770, les Lettres patentes du 23 janvier, l'Edit de février 1771, et contre tout ce qui s'en est suivi ou pourroit s'ensuivre, signifiées et déposées au Greffe du Parlement, et lues en présence de MM. du Conseil siégeant au Palais le 12 avril 1771. (Drop-head title). No place, (1771). - (Bound with:) EXAMEN analytique et raisonné d'un écrit qui a pour titre 'Protestations des princes du sang'. No place, (1771). - (Bound with:) OBSERVATIONS sur l'écrit intitulé: 'Protestations des princes.' No place, (1771). - (Bound with:) ARREST de la Cour de Parlement du 22 juin 1771. Qui condamne au feu un libelle, ayant pour titre: 'Observations sur l'écrit intitulé: 'Protestations des princes'. Toulouse, Imprimerie de la veuve de Me Bernard Pijon, (1771). 4 pieces bound in 1 volume. 15 pp.; (2), 16 pp.; 22 pp.; 8 pp. 12mo. Modern half morocco. 1: Conlon 71: 480.2: Conlon 71:241.3: Conlon 71:409.4: Not in Conlon. Original editions. Protest of the Princes of the blood against the King's actions against the Parlements in the period 1769-1770. The Parlements defended what they saw as their rights and priviliges while the King maintained his right to register law by a 'lit de justice' if necessary. The conflict went out of control and in January 1771 Louis XV confiscated the magistrats' offices while they themselves were sent into exile: after 500 years the Parlement of Paris had ceased to exist. Most of the reforms which were at stake and against which the Parlements put up so much resistance, were the work of Maupeau who tried, through these judicial reforms, to improve the monarchy's fast declining authority by eliminating its most persistent and powerful critic. EUR 600
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MAUPEOU - MAUPEOUANA, ou recueil complet des écrits patriotiques publiés pendant le règne du Chancelier Maupeou, pour démontrer l'absurdité du despotisme qu'il vouloit établir, & pour maintenir dans toute sa splendeur la Monarchie Française. Ouvrage qui peut servir à l'histoire du siècle de Louis XV, pendant les années 1770, 1771, 1772, 1773, & 1774. A Paris, avec l'Approbation unanime des bons & fidèles Sujets de Sa Majesté Louis XVI, 1775. With 5engraved plates, of which 2 folding. 6 volumes bound in 3. xvi, 223 pp.; (4), 204 pp.; (4), 247 pp.; (4), 256 pp.; (4), 251, (32) pp.; (2), 350, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, richly gilt spines with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges (first two volumes), third volume contemporary marbled calf, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine gilt in compartments, red edges, joints of third volume a bit rubbed. Higgs 6532; Aude, Bibliographie des Ana, p. 66; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Conlon. First collected edition, containing "vingt-sept ouvrages ou pamphlets les plus curieux ..... (Aude). Interesting collection, including a.o.: Le Maire du Palais, Lettres d'un homme à un autre homme sur les affaires du temps. - La correspondance secrète et familière de M. de Maupeou avec M. de Sorhouet. - Lettre sur l'état actuel du crédit du gouvernement en France. - Lettre aux officiers de justice des provinces. - Lettre de M. Terray à M. Turgot. - Supplément à la Gazette de France. - Répertoire ou table alphabétique des matières et des anecdotes contenus dans les 5 volumes du Maupéouana. Volume six is entitled: 'Les efforts de la liberté et du patriotisme, contre le despotisme du Sr. de Maupeou, Chancelier de France, ou Recueil des écrits patriotiques publiés pour maintenir l'ancien gouvernement français, Londres 1775' and contains pieces not included in the first 5 volumes. The editor was Pidanzat de Mairobert. Higgs lists only the first 5 volumes. - Very rare in this complete state and a very nice copy. EUR 2500
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MAURICE, G. Le parti radical. Paris, M. Rivière, 1929. 227 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed covers (Thesis. Univ. de Paris). Origine de l'idée radicale. - Le Parti radical dans son développement. - La lutte laïque et sociale ou le Radicalisme au pouvoir. - L'évolution du programme radical. EUR 100
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MAURRAS, C. Dictionnaire politique et critique. Établi par les soins de Pierre Chardon. Paris, (1932-34). 5 volumes. 11, (1), 468 pp.; 480 pp.; 480 pp.; 480 pp.; 471, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf with raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, a bit rubbed, original green covers preserved. Turner, Thinkers of the Twentieth Century, p. 511 ff. First edition. Ch.M.P. Maurras, French political philosopher, poet and critic. Maurras was advocate of "integral nationalism" and the man who defined the doctrines of the Action Française, as well as a critic of liberalism. Maurras saw as the greatest period of French history that time when as the leader of European civilization she had embodied the classical spirit. Romanticism and the French revolution had ended that period. In his analysis the chief threat to a unified and strong France came from Protestantism and romanticism, both of which placed individual conscience above society and unrestrained expression over the classical virtues of form and discipline. Maurras saw both as un-French and largely German in origin, making Germany France's intellectual as well as her political enemy. EUR 450
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MIRABEAU, (V. RIQUETTI) DE. Mémoire sur les États provinciaux, ou Précis sur l'organisation et la formation des Assemblées provinciales. No place, 1787. (8), (21)-184 pp., 3-207 pp., 102 pp. 12mo. Sewn, contemporary marbled paper covers, spine lighty damaged, uncut. Cf.: Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, xi and pp. 10-18; Weulersse xx; Leblanc, 73. Separate re-edition of the text as published in the Ami des hommes, to which has been added a new titlepage and an 'Avis', especially printed for this edition. The 'Mémoire' is followed by the 'Réponse aux objections contre le Mémoire' (of which the separate title was suppressed), and the 'Questions intéressantes sur la population, l'agriculture & le commerce' both by Fr. Quesnay. - Attractive copy, as issued. After quire B the signatures are in conformity with those in vol. 3 of the Ami des hommes. We have found no mention of this separate re-edition in any of the bibliographies. This rare edition seems to have remained unrecorded up to now. 'Les avantages des Etats provinciaux sont examinés relativement à l'autorité royale, aux finances, au bonheur des peuples.' (Leblanc). EUR 600
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MIRABEAU, H.G. RIQUETTI (DE.) Essai sur le despotisme. Troisième édition, corrigée de la main de l'auteur sur l'exemplaire de la seconde édition achté à sa vente. Précédé de la lettre de M. de S.M. aux auteurs de la Gazette Littéraire, & suivi de l'Avis aux Hessois, & de la réponse aux Conseils de la Raison. A Paris, Chez Le Jay, 1792. xl, 336 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments,label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides, marbled edges, slightly worn, a few tiny holes to front and rear cover but a nice copy. Martin & Walter, 24535; Echeverria & Wilkie, 792/62. The only edition with the Avis aux Hessois published at the time of the American War of Independence. The Avis aux Hessois et autres peuples de l'Allemagne vendus par leurs Princes à l'Angleterre was separately published in 1777 (Sabin 49392). It is a pro-U.S. pamphlet attacking Great Britian's use of Hessian mercenaries in the American Revolution. It also contains the Réponse aux Conseils de la Raison wherein he (Mirabeau) states that he published this in pesponse to the Conseils de la Raison contre l'Avis des Hessois. Echeverria & Wilkie claim that they located no copy (777/28).The main work is a philosophical and political study on despotism and its effects which pretents to refute the theories of Rousseau while the author in reality attacks straight forward the government. Of actual value seems again his remark '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.) EUR 600
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MITTIE, (S.C.) A l'Assemblée nationale. Plan de sécularisation de tous les ordres religieux, suivi d'un projet d'administration générale des biens et revenus de l'Eglise, pour augmenter ceux de l'Etat. Paris, Nyon le jeune, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 24694. First edition. 'Stanislas Mittié, né à Paris en 1737. Il fut d'abord contôleur des domaines du Roi et de la généralité de Paris, puis receveur général des domaines' (Michaud). - Three inner margins strengthened. EUR 100
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MOUNIER, (J.J.) Recherches sur les causes qui ont empêché les François de devenir libres, et sur les moyens qui leur restent pour acquérir la liberté. A Genève, et se trouve à Paris, chez Gattey; A Lyon, chez Maire de Mars; A Bordeaux, chez Bergeret,1792. 2 volumes in one. (2), xvi, 304 pp.; viii, 295 pp. 8vo. Sewn in contemporary wrappers, paper label on spine with handwritten title (a trifle rubbed, an uncut copy). Martin & Walter 25395. First edition. Mounier gained prominence as a leader of the Revolution of 1788 in the Dauphiné and as one of the more influential leaders of the Estates General and the National Constituent Assembly in the summer of 1789. He was a constitutional monarchist and as long as he thought the Revolution was taking France toward his ideal, he was a revolutionary. He was the proposer of the Tennis Court Oath, rejoiced at the 14 July uprising and the storming of the Bastille; and his wording of the first three articles of the Declaration of the Rights of Man was accepted by the Assembly.'Mounier, in 1788 the leader of a great popular movement, a year later was merely representative of what was condemned as a revolutionary wing of the Assembly' (Cobban, Aspects of the French Revolution.) Later the author had to take refuge in Switzerland, England, Italy and Germany. From 1805 onwards he served in the council of State under Napoleon I. EUR 600
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MOURGUE(S) DE MONT-REDON, (J.A.) Vues d'un citoyen sur la composition des Etats-Généraux. (Paris), 1788. With folding table 'des Généralités, de leur étendue, de leur population et des membres qu'elles devroient députer aux Etats-Généraux.' (2), 66 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter 25436. First edition. 'Jacques-Augustin Mourgues naquit à Montpellier le 2 juin 1734. Ayant été nommé directeur des travaux du port à Brest, il y fit connaisance avec Dumouriez, qui en 1792 le proposa à Louis XVI pour ministre de l'intérieur, à la place de Roland. Appelé à ce département le 13 juin, il n'y resta que peu de jours et eut pour successeur Terrier de Monciel' (Michaud). Mourgues from then on kept far away from business and public life and passed his days with 'good works' and philantrophy. He was later called to administer the Mont-de-Pieté and we owe to him the first idea on a savings bank on which subject he wrote an important book. The present work proposes representation based on the extent of each area and on the density of population. EUR 300
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NAPOLEON III - BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON-LOUIS. Des idées napoléoniennes par le Prince Napoléon-Louis Bonaparte. Paris, Chez tous les marchants de Nouveautés, 1839. (4), 75 pp. 8vo. Modern green boards, gilt lettering to spine, original green covers preserved. First edition. On the original covers the name of Bohaire is given as publisher.The book was written by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte in London, designed to gain public attention for the Napoleonic cause. In the years before power, Louis Napoleon often wielded his pen, revealing a not-inconsiderable literary ability and a penchant for effective propaganda. The book was written for the less-educated classes and was part of his efforts to return France to a bonapartist politics while establishing his credentials as the leading heir to the Napoleonic legacy. Its political argument indicated his familiarity with contemporary historical theorizing about the meaning of the Great Revolution. In Louis Napoleon's opinion, 1789 was part of a progressive history leading toward liberty (Historical Dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852-1870, pp. 298-9). - Small repair to original front cover. EUR 300
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NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au Roi en 1778. En France (Paris?), 1781. - (Preceded by:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi. Au mois de janvier 1781. Paris, Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 large folding leaf of tables and 2 coloured folding maps. 2 works bound in 1 volume. 31 pp.; (4), 116 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt. First work: Stourm 124-126; Kress B.389; Goldsmiths 12233; Einaudi 4107; Renouvin, Assemblées provinciales, p. xii; INED (other issue).First edition, one of several issues from the same year (see Einaudi 4105-4107). Of great interest with regard to the ideas Necker had in mind when creating the Assemblées provinciales. See at length: Renouvin, op. cit. pp. 46 and ff. Second work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED.First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France. The Compte rendu was published in Monday, February 19 and fell on such fertile soil that even Necker must have been astonished at the eagerness with which the public seized upon the treatise, noting minutely every figure in the account, toting up the sums of revenue and expenditure, seeing how much the king spent on favors and pensions, and what the royal household cost, and exactly what tribute was levied upon the people. .... But there was much more than figures in the treatise. Necker surveyed for the king (and the public) everything he had accomplished during his ministry. He expressed his ideas on reform and summarized what had been accomplished, and what he hoped to accomplish when the war (the American War of Independence) ended. The principles of moderate reform generated strong public support.The Compte rendu has a damaged frontispiece added. EUR 900
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NECKER, (J.) De la Révolution Française. Nouvelle édition, avec des additions de l'auteur. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de J. Drisonnier, an V (juin 1797). With engraved portrait by Thouvenin after La Ville. 4 volumes. xii, 324 pp.; (4), 368 pp.; (4), 373, (1) pp.; (4), 358 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled boards, a very nice copy. Tourneux 55; Cf.: Martin & Walter 25700. The best edition. Critises the incoherency of the reports of the Directoire and predicts its fall. Discusses the advantages of the American federal system, comparison with the English monarchy, discussion of equality, the rights of man and sovereignty of the people. EUR 750
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PAINE, TH. Droits de l'homme; en réponse à l'attaque de M. Burke sur la Révolution françoise. Secrétaire du Congrès pour le département des Affaires étrangères pendant la guerre de l'Amérique, Membre de la Convention Nationale de France en 1792, et Auteur de l'Ouvrage intitulé: le Sens Commun. Avec des notes et une nouvelle Préface de l'Auteur. Seconde édition. A Paris, Chez F. Buisson, (Chez F. Buisson et Testu for the second volume), 1793-1792. 2 volumes. (4), 239, (1) pp.; (4), 16, 224 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Gimbel collection 48F (p. 95); not in Sabin; Fay 30 (2nd part only); Echeverria & Wilkie 793/91 & 792/78. Second edition of first volume, first edition of second volume. The first volume was originally published in 1791 of which edition several different issues exist. The second volume was published in 1792. The translation was done by Francois Soules. The work is a defense of the French Revolution and a statement of the principles of 1776 and 1789 and, of course, the famous counterblast to Burke's Reflexions on the Revolution in France. It is also an exposition of the principles of government underlying the American and French revolutions. For an elaborate analysis of the work see: John Keane, Tom Paine, a Political Life.'The Rights of Man, published in 1791 and 1792, was written after his return to England in 1787 in response to Edmund Burke's attack on the French revolution. This pamphlet stimulated the radical reform movement in England and the Jeffersonian Republican party in the United States and led to the prosecution of Paine in England for sedition and to his election to the French National Assembly. In England, the Rights of Man became a foundation text of the English working class movement until about 1880' (IESS, xi, pp. 364-5).The second volume includes propositions for schemes of taxation, including one for the abolition of the poor-rate. Since 1792 the work was adopted as the manifesto of the party which sympathised with the French Revolution. The title-page of the second volume reads: Droits de l'Homme, Seconde Partie, réunissant les principes et la pratique; ........ Traduit de l'Anglois sur la troisième édition. EUR 900
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PARIS - EXTRAIT des registres du Parlement (de Paris), du mercredi 28 Novembre 1759 du matin. No place, (1759). 24 pp. Small 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. - Light stain in upper outer blank corner. The needs of the State and the needs of the population have to be considered with equal attention. Deals also with the seesion on January 2, 1760 and discusses various previously issued decisions with are either contradictory or cause undesired effects. EUR 100
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PEPIN, S. Sur les subsistances. Moyens à employer pour étendre les propriétés, donner du travail à ceux qui n'en ont pas, et pour éviter à l'avenir la disette réelle ou factice des grains. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie nationale, (1793). 19 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Martin & Walter 26767. First edition. Discussing possibilities to make the cultivation of land attractive, to employ the unemployed while at the same time aiming at the preservation of the rights of private property. Dated 12 april 1793. EUR 100
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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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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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PROUDHON, (P.J.) & (F.) BASTIAT. Intérêt et principal. Discussion entre M. Proudhon et M. Bastiat sur l'intérêt des capitaux. (Extrait de la Voix du Peuple). Paris, Garnier frères, 1850. - (Bound with:) THIERS, A. De la propriété. Nouvelle édition augmentée des discours sur le droit au travail et sur le crédit foncier. Bruxelles, 1849. 2 works bound in 1 volume. (4), 198 pp.; 290 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering. First work: Hoffman, p. 365; Nettlau, p. 19; Goldsmiths 36966; Einaudi 4577; not in Mattioli (listing a few of the letters forming part of Bastiat's Mélanges d'économie politique....). First edition. - First work a bit spotted, second work browned and with a small stamp on the half-title. Earlier Bastiat and Proudhon had had a discussion in the columns of La Voix du Peuple by way of letters. This is the whole discussion made available to the reader for the first time in one volume, but it lacks the 14th letter by Bastiat, published in the work Gratuité du crédit which was published in the same year. Claude Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), French economist and publicist. He later works show great familiarity with the works of French, American, Italian and Britsh authors, among them Say, Smith, Cournay, Turgot, Ricardo, Mill, Bentham, Senior, Franklin, Carey, Custodi, Donato and Scialoja. After learning of Cobden's Anti-Corn Law League he became an ardent free-trader..... 'Bastiat was one of several writers (Quesnay, Smith, Say and Carey were others) who formed the doctrines of Harmonism, or the optimistic idea that class interests naturally and inevitably coincide so as to promote economic development. The major challenge to this view came from Ricardo and Malthus, whose theories cast a sinister shadow over the prospect of economic progress' (New Palgrave, i, pp. 204-205). Bastiat was, as Schumpeter wrote, not a bad theorist, he was no theorist at all. But he was unrivalled at exposing economic fallacies wherever he found them, and he found them everywhere. He was quite simply a genius of wit and satire, frequently described as a combination of Voltaire and Franklin. In the late 20th century his ideas became more popular among libertarian economists dissatisfied with Keynesian orthodoxy and Marxist alternatives.Second work: The famous apology for property. It consists of 4 parts: Du droit de propriété; Du communisme; Du socialisme; De l'impôt, and is expanded with: Discours sur le droit au travail, prononcé par M. Thiers dans la séance de l'Assemblée Nationale du 13 septembre 1848, and with Disours sur le crédit foncier, prononcé par M. Thiers dans la séance de l'Assemblée Nationale du 10 octobre 1848.Interesting debate in which the two postions can be best shown by quoting the authors: ""La Proprieté, c'est le vol" (Proudhon, p. 56) and Thiers (p. 261): "Le Communisme fera une société esclave". EUR 400
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la justice dans la révolution et dans l'église. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Bruxelles, A. Schnée, 1860. 12 parts in 3 volumes. (4), lxxx, (2), 112 pp.; (4), 164 pp.; (4), 184 pp.; (4), 194 pp.; (4), 170 pp.; (4), 172 pp.; (4), 196 pp.; (4), 186 pp.; (4), 198 pp.; (4), 196 pp.; (4), 190 pp.; (4), 188 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines richly gilt. Nettlau, p. 19. Second enlarged edition, published in Bruxelles during Proudhon's exil. This edition is quite scarce and much more difficult to find than the first edition of 1858. It was published in 12 parts in the journal 'Les nouvelles de la révolution'. From part 2 onwards the place of publication is listed as 'Bruxelles et Leipzig'. The work was confiscated immediately upon its publication. 'Proudhon's most massive and his greatest book. In it the two most important ideas of his thinking come to an end. He develops to the full his concept of God as the secret enemy of mankind. God is the source of all authority. Secondly, he develops to the full his conception of 'immanent justice'. Proudhon was severely prosecuted for this work which was slaughtered in the press of the time and condemned on moral grounds' (See at length: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works). - At head of titles: Essais d'une philosophie populaire no 1(-12). EUR 800
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PROUDHON, P.J. La révolution sociale démontrée par le coup d'état du 2 décembre. Paris, Garnier frères, 1852. (4), 281, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, a bit rubbed. Nettlau, p. 19; Hoffman, p. 367. First edition. The book states that the government of Louis Napoléon is condemned to do great things by the 7,5 million votes that absolved it, and to introduce all the reforms demanded by socialism. It attacks the influences of the Jesuits on the Prince-President. What Proudhon wanted to show, was that revolutionaries and socialists must welcome de coup d'état because it could not fail to advance their cause. He needed permission to publish the book and therefore approached the minister of the interior, M. Morny (the later Duke) and demanded that Morny would leave him free to attack 'the Jesuits', that is Church influence on the Prince-President. Mornay agreed to licence the work which was hardly surprising: the Prince-President's position was not so strong as it looked and the Bonapartists could not do without some allies (See: Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works, p. 205 ff).- Lightly browned throughout. EUR 450
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PROUDHON, P.J. De la création de l'ordre dans l'humanité ou Principes d'organisation politique. Paris, Librairie de Prévot, Besançon, Bintot, successeur de Proudhon, 1843. (4), 582 pp. Small 8vo.Contemporary half hard-grained morocco, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering. Hoffman, p. 363; Nettlau, p. 17; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 4553. First edition. In this work, Proudhon sets forth that the discovery of the scientific laws of jurisprudence and politics which, by making the self-management of society's business a routine application of known rules, would be immutable because natural, and render the formal state redundant. Proudhon was so convinced that he was on the right lines leading to discovery that he could scarcely believe that responsible men would fail to recognize it (Hyams, Proudhon, his Revolutionary Life, Mind & Works). EUR 500
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RALEA, M. L'idée de révolution dans les doctrines socialistes. Étude sur l'évolution de la tactique révolutionnaire. Paris, Rivière, 1923. - (Followed by:) RALEA, M. Révolution et socialisme. Essai de bibliographie. Paris, P.U.F., 1923. 2 volumes in 1. (4), vi, (2) 402 pp.; (80, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern cloth, black leather label, gilt lettering (original covers preserved.) Deals with Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism, Proudhon, Marx, Babeuf and Babouvism, the revolution of 1848, Blanqui, Chartism, and revolutionary syndicalism. The bibliography contains 527 entries. EUR 225
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RAPPOPORT, CH. Déclarations de Charles Rappoport devant le Conseil de Guerre de Paris (le 3 juin 1918). (Sténographie). No place, (about 1919). 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards. In this pamphlet Rappoport explained his views on the war. Accused of 'defaitism' Rappoport was condemned to prison and this pamphlet was confiscated and seized by the police. It had therefore to be published clandestinely.Exceptional copy with a very significant autograph dedication by the author to M. Rolland, dated 10 november 1918, reading: 'fin des crimes capitaliste et nationaliste'. EUR 175
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RENOUVIER, C. Manuel républicain de l'homme et du citoyen, publié sous les auspices du ministre provisoire de l'instruction publique. Paris, Pagnerre, 1848. 36 pp. 16mo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. DBMOF, iii, pp. 297-298. Very scarce first edition. 'Charles Renouvier, philosophe, né à Montpellier en 1815, mort en 1903. Il s'intéressa de près au développement du saint-simonisme, et le librairie d'ancien, Michel Bernstein, nous a communiqué les volumes de sa collection du Globe, où se lisaient quelques annotations de sa main' (Maitron). Gaston Richard, in his study La Question sociale et le Mouvement Philosophique au XIXe siècle states however: 'Renouvier avait adhéré dans sa jeunesse à l'école sociétaire de Charles Fourier. Il ne rompit jamais avec elle et tint toujours compte de ses jugements. La Critique philosophique qu'il fonda après 1870 admit des fouriéristes parmi ses collaborateurs, notamment Charles Pellarin'. The text scandalized people and provoked the resignation of Carnot as minister. Renouvier recommended the abolition of interest on capital by means of credit institutions; to bring commerce and trade under the exclusive control of the government; and pleading for progressive taxation aiming at complete equality.- Stamp on title. EUR 400
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RIBOUD, (T.P.) Discours prononcé à l'Assemblée générale du Tiers-État de Bresse, tenue à Bourg, les 23 et 24 avril. (Bourg), 1781. 55 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. First edition. Strongly in favour of independant local governments. EUR 225
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RICHER, E. Histoire du syndicat d'Edmond Richer. Par Edmond Richer lui-même. A Avignon, Chez Alexandre Girard, 1753. (4), 419, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering and red edges. Bourgeois & André 4473; Conlon 53:1005. First edition, published posthumously. 'Pour Richer, la puissance d'ordonner et d'édicter des lois infaillibles n'appartient pas à un seul, mais à toute l'Église universelle. L'exercice de ce pouvoir est conféré, en dehors du corps des fidèles, à la communauté des pasteurs ..... Le premier ordre, celui des évêques, est supérieur au second, celui des prêtres. Mais ces derniers ne sont pas soumis à une obéissance totale envers le pape et les prélats: réunis en synodes ..... ils participent et collaborent au gouvernement des diocèses' (Bourgeois & André). Exposition of the theories of the freedom of the Gallican church, the authority of the King, and the independence of their spiritual authorities. Very interesting especially for the democratic theories which sound rather modern.Edmond Richer (1559-1631) published his controversial Libellus de ecclesiastica et politica potestate ..... in 1611. The problems the work provoked led to his disposition in 1612 and he lived in exile thereafter. In this exile he wrote the present work in which he 'donna la forme définitive à sa doctrine dans l'histoire de son syndicat, publié seulement au milieu du siècle suivant' (Bourgeois & André). - A very nice copy. EUR 450
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RIDE, A. Esclavage et liberté. Existence de l'homme et des sociétés en harmonie avec les lois universelles. Etat de nature: Liberté, opposition, combat. Inégalité, destruction ou esclavage. La société se forme par le despotisme, intelligence, ordre. L'esclavage, travail, bien-être. Les sociétés tombent ou décadence par l'abus du despotisme et par la souveraineté du peuple, ignorance, désordre; la liberté, opposition, combat; l'égalité, opposition aux lois universelles. La perfection est dans l'aristocratie; intelligence, grandeur des peuples; le patronage: protection, bien-être; la famille: union d'intérêts, developpement. Paris, H.L. Delloye, 1843. 2 volumes. 494 pp.; 476 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, original covers preserved. Bourquelot, vi, 185; Sabin 71273. First edition, extremely rare of this defense of slavery. Astonishing work in which the author tries to prove that inequality is not only the natural state of man, but also a desirable state which is in accordance with natural law and that attempts to change this situation would lead to anarchy, decadence, and the collapse of society. In its initial state a despot should reign after which he should slowly pass on his power to an aristocracy. The work contains among others extensive criticism of Fourier and Considérant, although the author is not totally opposed to the ideas of Fourier. This seems to be an extraordinary rare work as well, only listed by Bourquelot without any further information. The book also deals with the major thinkers of the past century (Voltaire, Rousseau, Volnay) and contemporary economists (Malthus, Ricardo) and other thinkers (Comte, Lamenais) etc.The author owned a property in the Antilles and gives interesting reflections on slavery in the Americas (with a good deal on Louisiana) and has a comparison with the miserable conditions of the English working classes. EUR 4250
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RILLIET DE SAUSSURE, (T.) Lettres sur l'emprunt et l'impôt. Adressées à Mr. *** (Necker). Par Mr. Rilliet de Saussure, citoyen de Genève, conseiller au Grand Conseil. No place, 1779. (4), 171, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, red title label with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.228; Stourm, p. 141; INED 3836; Mattioli 3041; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The only edition, scarce. 'Considérations sur l'emprunt, l'impôt, le commerce, les riches métalliques, le papier-monnoie, 'source intarissable de richesse et de force'. Idée essentielle: les intérêts de chaque emprunt doivent être représentés par un impôt d'égale valeur, levé sur le luxe des riches. Cet impôt indispensable, et ses avantages sont bien supérieurs à ses inconvénients' (INED).There are a few copies (we have handled one only) in which there is an errata-leaf at the end of the book. From this one copy we xeroxed the errata and inserted it loosely into this copy. The book usually doesn't contain the errata, it may well be a late insertion when a few errors were discovered. EUR 1000
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RILLIET DE SAUSSURE, (T.) Lettres sur l'emprunt et l'impôt. Adressées à Mr. *** (Necker). Par Mr. Rilliet de Saussure, citoyen de Genève, conseiller au Grand Conseil. No place, 1779. (4), 171, (1) pp. + 1 errata-leaf. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt triple fillet on sides, spine richly gilt with raised bands, all edges gilt. Kress B.228; Stourm, p. 141; INED 3836; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. The only edition, with the almost always lacking errata-leaf. Rare study of taxation and government loans in the form of letters addressed to Necker. 'Considérations sur l'emprunt, l'impôt, le commerce, les riches métalliques, le papier-monnoie, 'source intarissable de richesse et de force'. Idée essentielle: les intérêts de chaque emprunt doivent être représentés par un impôt d'égale valeur, levé sur le luxe des riches. Cet impôt indispensable, et ses avantages sont bien supérieurs à ses inconvénients.' (INED). EUR 2250
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ROUGIER-LABERGERIE, J.B. Essai politique et philosophique sur le commerce et la paix, considéré sous leurs rapports avec l'agriculture. A Paris, de l'Imprimerie de A. C. Forget, 1797. (iii)-xix, (1), 479, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary polished calf, spine richly gilt, gilt ornamental border on sides, marbled edges, very lightly rubbed, some discolouring to front cover. Musset-Pathay 591; INED 3929; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. The present volume starts with an ardent plea for free trade, particularly the free trade in grain: 'free trade increases the income of the state and produces more wealth for the people ..... it also means competition and hence stable prices of bread, of wages and of everything'. Rougier then discusses the problems caused by the present war with England and the benefits that peace would bring for all European nations. He ends with a 'call to philosophers, poets, artists, etc. in favour of the peace'. The work deals in various ways with England: it discusses the last trade agreement with the English, it discusses and favours "prohibitisme" (protectionism) drawn from the English example, he discusses the free trade in grain in England, discusses the financial systems of England and Holland and the effects on the prosperity in both countries, and discusses the reasons that would make England accept a peace treaty. Contains furthermore numerous considerations on tarif-barriers, credit, population and longevity. Jean Baptiste Rougier, baron de La Bergerie was passionately occupied with agriculture at the time the revolution broke out. He represented the department of the Yonne at the Assemblé Législative. He became prefect of the Yonne in 1800. He was member of many learned societies, among which the Société centrale d'agriculture, and corresponding member of the 'Institut.' - Small tear in half-title without affecting the text. - Lacks the half-title, tiny wormhole in outer blank margin of first few leaves. Verso front blank handwritten 'L. de la Bédollière 1867' and a handwritten purchase notice dated 1917. EUR 600
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ROUSSEAU, J.J. Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inégalité parmi les hommes. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1755. With engraved frontispiece by Sormique after Eisen, title-vignette, title printed in red and black. lxx, (2), 262, (2, errata, avis pour le relieur) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Dufour 55; Tchemerzine-Scheler, v, p. 532; Goldsmiths 9064; Kress 5470; Higgs 940; Mattioli 3139. First edition, first issue, with the aigu accent on 'conformé' on page 11 added by hand, and the misspelling of the authors name on both the title-page and at the end of the Dedicace: Jean Jaques (sic) Rousseau. The pages lxvii-lxviii, 111-112 and 139-140 are cancels. It was in the late autumn of 1753 the Academy of Dijon announced yet another essay competition, this time on the question 'What is the origin of inequality among men, and is it authorized by Natural Law?' Rousseau responded promptly: 'if the Academy had the courage to raise such a question', he decided, 'I would have the courage to write about it.' 'The result was an essay which is remarkable both as philosophy and science. In less than a hundred pages, Rousseau outlined a theory of the evolution of the human race which prefigured the discoveries of Darwin; he propelled the study of anthropology and linguistics into new channels, and he made a seminal contribution to political and social thought. Even if his argument was seldom fully understood by his readers, it altered people's ways of thinking about themselves and about their world; it even changed their ways of feeling. Of all his books, Rousseau's Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens......... -often referred to as his second Discours- has perhaps been the most influential. (......) It is the masterpiece of his early years' (Cranston, M., Jean-Jacques. The early life and work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1712-1754, chap. 15). - Small stamp in blank outer margin of title-page partly erased. EUR 2500
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RUBIGNY (DE BERTEVAL, J.A.) DE. Réflexions patriotiques présentées à la Convention nationale, sur le maximum, le commerce et les approvisionnemens. (Drop-head title). (Paris), Imprimerie française de Mnémozyne, (1793). 23 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; INED 3991; Martin & Walter, 30396. First edition. - On the title the author's name is spelled: Derubigny. 'Au début de cet opuscule, considérations générales sur le commerce, 'un des principaux nerfs du Corps Politiques et Social' grâce auquel les Empires se peuplent et se soutiennent contre les fléax de la guerre, de la famine ou de la stérilité.' (INED). Trade will always escape from oppression and can flourish only in complete freedom. The 'maximum' should be abolished. The Law of the Maximum (29 September 1793) was legislation which established a partially controlled economy during the Year II. There were in all three of such laws issued: the first on 4 May 1793, fixing prices on wheat and flour, the second one (29 September 1793) fixing both wages and prices over a wide spectrum of primary commodities and production, while the third (24 February 1794 or 6 Ventôse Year II) replaced the local prices of the second maximum with a schedule of national prices. EUR 200
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RUSSELL, J. Letter to the electors of Stroud on the principles of the Reform Act. London, Ridgway, 1839. 44 pp. 8vo. Sewn, modern blind wrappers. Goldsmiths 31233; Black 5166; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. ' ..... you will persevere in upholding the Reform Act, and seek to derive from it its sure and fruitful results, rather then exhibit to the world a new warning against popular reforms, and give a new argument to the ennemies of all popular institutions' (p. 44). EUR 125
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SAINT-SIMON, C.H. Oeuvres de Saint-Simon contenant: 1. Catéchisme politique des Industriels. 2. Vues sur la propriété et la législation. 3. Lettres d'un Habitant de Genève à ses contemporains.4. Parabole politique. 5. Nouveau Christianisme. Précédé de l'histoire de sa vie écrite par lui- même, publiés en 1832, par Olinde Rodrigues. Paris, Capelle, 1841. (4), xxxviii, (2, blank), 364, 201, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, somewhat rubbed and worn. Walch 102; Kress C.5642; Goldsmiths 32497; Einaudi 4359. First edition. - Somewhat browned and paperspotted. Edited by Olinde Rodrigues, who planned to publish the 'oeuvres completes' in a series of some 12 volumes. However, no more than two volumes were eventually published (Fournel pp. 99-100). The second volume was published a year later. EUR 450
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SCHAEFFLE, A. Kwintessencyja socyjalizmu. Tlomaczenie z niemieckiego z uwagami P. Lawrowna. Genewa, Drukarnia Polska, 1881. 144 pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, loose, edeges frayed, old publisher's label pasted on front cover. Cf.: Zaleski 537. First Polish edition, printed in Geneva. Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schäffle was a German sociologist and economist. The most important characteristics in his scientific work are his anti-individualistic approach (he proceeds consistently from the whole to the parts, from the community to the individual), and his belief in progress, more concretely his optimistic faith in the eventual socialistic transformation of capitalism. His program of social action, Die Quintessenz der Socialismus (of which this is the Polish translation), was immediately suppressed by the Prussian government and gave him the reputation of a vigorous ally of the socialists. EUR 225
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SCHAEFFLE, A.E. La quintessence du socialisme. Traduction française par B. Malon. Paris, Librairie du Progrès, 1880. 114 pp. Small 8vo. Sewn, original printed covers, front cover loose. At head of title: Bibliothèque Socialiste. First French edition. Albert Eberhard Friedrich Schäffle was a German sociologist and economist. The most important characteristics in his scientific work are his anti-individualistic approach (he proceeds consistently from the whole to the parts, from the community to the individual), and his belief in progress, more concretely his optimistic faith in the eventual socialistic transformation of capitalism. His program of social action, Die Quintessenz der Socialismus, was immediately suppressed by the Prussian government and gave him the reputation of a vigorous ally of the socialists. EUR 175
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SCHMAUSS, J.J. Tableau du gouvernement actuel de l'Empire d'Allemagne, ou Abrégé du droit public de l'Empire. Traduit de l'Allemand, avec des notes historiques et critiques par M*** (le comte Dubuat-Nancay). A Paris, Chez la veuve Bordelet, 1755. xxxvi, 405, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary green morocco, gilt triple fillet on sides with gilt floral ornament in the corners, spine gilt with raised bands, all edges gilt, some very light wear. Conlon 55:1047. First French edition. An abridged edition of the author's Einleitung zu der Staats-Wissenschaft, 1741-1747. - With bookplate on inside frontcover and a small ticket verso front free endpaper. A lovely copy, printed on 'papier de Hollande'. EUR 750
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SCHMITZ, J.W. La politique nouvelle, ou Examen des relations futures entre les peuples de l'ancien continent. Paris, Jules Renouard, 1829. (4), iv, 138, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, marbled edges, a bit rubbed. Deals with the concepts of liberty, enlightenment and the way to progress of civil society; the military and industrial powers; the policy persued since 1814 with regards to the colonies; the military system and the balance of power; the political interests of the major European powers and finally on the 'guerre d'Orient' and its consequences. Deals also with Russia and its power and future developments in relation to the European nations and the balance of power. EUR 350
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SOREL, G. Matériaux d'une théorie du prolétariat. Paris, 1919. (6), 413, (2) pp. 8vo. Cloth (Études sur le devenir social, XV). Brécy, Le Mouvement Syndical en France, p. 171. First edition. This work includes also the author's L'avenir socialiste des syndicats, first published in 1898, in which he tries to give a theoretical basis to his experiences with the labour mouvement which developed itself independently from, and sometimes against, the socialist parties. In the Matériaux he argues that the proletarian masses must develop a conscience of their own, keeping the political and parliamentary quarrels aside and trying to develop a culture of their own without the intellectuals as that would, in his view, imply a renewal of hierarchy.Georges Sorel (1847-1922), French political and social theorist, was a powerful force in French intellectual life, with influences extending abroad, especially into Italy, between about 1895 and 1914. He is usually considered one of the top political thinkers of the era of the Third Republic-a republic which he heartily despised. He left an ambiguous but potent legacy, influencing Italian Fascism but also left-wing radicalism; his books such as The Illusion of Progress and Reflections on Violence were favorites of the 1960's New Left, offering as they did a radically personalist critique of capitalist society. Sorel is also of much interest as a representative figure of the early modernist period, eclectically uniting many of its leading strains of thought and feeling. EUR 225
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STIRNER - BASCH, V. L'individualisme anarchiste. Max Stirner. Paris, F. Alcan, 1904. (4), vi, (2), 294 pp. 8vo. Sewn in blind covers, discoloured, paper label tospine. Important account dealing with the individualistic school in anarchism which had its most important representative in Max Stirner (J.C. Schmidt). EUR 125
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TARGET, (G.J.B.) Les Etats-Généraux convoqués par Louis XVI. (Suite et 2e suite). (Drop-head title). No place, (1789). - (Bound with:) TARGET, (G.J.B.) Projet de déclaration des droits de l'homme en société. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, 1789. - (Bound with:) TARGET, (G.J.B.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité de constitution. (Drop-head title). Paris, Baudouin, 1789. - (Bound with:) TARGET, (G.J.B.) Rapport fait au nom du Comité de constitution à la séance du 31 mars 1790. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, (1790). 3 works in one volume. 75, 41, 62 pp.; 7 pp.; 8 pp.; 16 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Martin & Walter 32253, 32259, 32260, 32263, 32264, 32265. Among others against any form of rights of veto.Guy-Jean-Baptiste Target (1733-1806), lawyer and jurisconsult. Was received as avocat before the Parlement of Paris in 1752, and over the next thirty-five years earned a reputation as the foremost legal expert at the Parisian bar. Target was one of the prime movers in the Revolutionary national patriot party in 1788-1789. He contributed notably to the Constituent Assembly's legal, constitutional and administrative reforms. With the institution of the new judiciary in Revolutionary France, Target entered the magistracy, becoming judge and than president of of one of the capital's civil tribunals. He helped prepare the Civil and Criminal Codes under Napoleon. Target's lifelong stature in legal affairs was reflected in his election to the Académie Française in 1785 and his later appointment to the Institut national. (Scott & Rothaus, Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution II, 936). EUR 475
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THIERS, A. De la propriété. Paris, Paulin, Lheureux et Cie., 1848. (4), 439, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt, marbled sides. Goldsmiths 36120; Einaudi 5585; Coquelin & Guillaumin, ii, p. 734; not in Kress; Mattioli 3602. First edition. In August 1848, Thiers ardently defended the idea of private property against proposal made by the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. To strengthen his position, he also published De la Propriété, a book written in the remarkably short span of three months. The book is in four parts: Du droit de propriété; Du communisme; Du socialisme; de l'impôt. Especially the part entitled De l'influence de l'hérédité sur le travail has been described as a little masterpiece. EUR 300
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THONISSEN, J.J. Le socialisme et ses promesses. Bruxelles, A. Jamar, (1849-1850). With portraits. 2 volumes. - (Bound with:) THONISSEN, J.J. Le socialisme dans le passé. Bruxelles, A. Jamar, (1851). With 3 portraits. Two works in 3 parts in 1 volume. 122 pp.; 99, (1) pp.; 292 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, spine with gilt lettering and gilt floral ornament, a bit faded. Stammhammer, i, p. 247. First editions. Jean Joseph Thonissen (1816-1891), Belgian jurist and statesman. Thonissen became one of the most authoritative representatives in Belgium of the classical school of penal law, upholding the traditional conception of crime and punishment. From 1863 he was a member of the Chamber of Representatives and was affiliated with the conservative Catholic party. He was also interested in political and economic theory. The present works, later published again as Le Socialisme depuis l'antiquité, jusqu'à la constitution française du 14 janvier 1852, was inspired by the events of 1848, and revealed his antipathy to the theories of the socialists. It purported to be a history of socialistic ideas and movements, pointing out fallacies in doctrine and concluding that attempts to realize a communistic system brought devastation and anarchy. To offset socialist influence Thonissen demanded a program of social amelioration to be realized by the promotion of thrift, cooperation and professional training (Fernand Collin in ESS, 14, p. 621). EUR 250
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THONISSEN, J.J. Le socialisme dans le passé. Bruxelles, A. Jamar, (1851). With 3 portraits. (4), 292 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, raised bands,top edge gilt, uncut, corners, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, i, p. 247. First edition. Jean Joseph Thonissen (1816-1891), Belgian jurist and statesman. Thonissen became one of the most authoritative representatives in Belgium of the classical school of penal law, upholding the traditional conception of crime and punishment. From 1863 he was a member of the Chamber of Representatives and was affiliated with the conservative Catholic party. He was also interested in political and economic theory. The present works, later published again as Le Socialisme depuis l'antiquité, jusqu'à la constitution française du 14 janvier 1852, was inspired by the events of 1848, and revealed his antipathy to the theories of the socialists. It purported to be a history of socialistic ideas and movements, pointing out fallacies in doctrine and concluding that attempts to realize a communistic system brought devastation and anarchy. To offset socialist influence Thonissen demanded a program of social amelioration to be realized by the promotion of thrift, cooperation and professional training. (Fernand Collin in ESS, 14, p. 621).Published by the 'Société pour l'émancipation intellectuelle'. EUR 150
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, ii, p. 326; DBMOF, ix, pp. 234-235. First edition. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. The preface of the book, not signed, was done by Blanqui.Gustave Tridon, raised in a bourgeis family, moved to Paris and became adherant of Proudhon. He was condamned to prison for an article he wrote in Le Travail ('outrage à la morale publique et religieuse') and in prison he met Blanqui and became Blanquiste. - A bit paperspotted, stamp "Timbre Imperial" on title-page. EUR 175
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TRIDON, G. Les Hébertistes. Plainte contre une calomnie de l'histoire. Paris, chez l'auteur, 1864. 48 pp. 8vo. Modern boards, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, ii, p. 326; Maitron, DBMOF. vol. 9, pp. 234-235; Le Quillec 2487. First edition. The first rehabilitation of the 'Hebertists', in which the author ranks Hébert, Cloots and Chaumette among the martyrs of thought, together with Giordano Bruno, Vanini and Servet. The work was seized immediately upon its publication and the author condemned to four months of imprisonment. Nevertheless, the work was very influential and widely read. According to Maitron, the unsigned preface has been written by Blanqui.Tridon came from a wealthy family and used his resources among others to allow Blanqui to publish his La Patrie en Danger. - Stamp "Timbre Imperial" on title-page. EUR 175
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VERNIER, (T.) Impôt sur le luxe et les richesses, établi d'après les principes qui doivent diriger des législateurs républicains. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1792. (2), 29 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths;not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Stourm; Martin & Walter 23389. First edition. Théodore Vernier (1731-1818) studied in Besançon. He later became a barrister and was elected deputy for the third estate at the Estates General where he dealt mainly with financial questions. He was elected president of the Assemblée constituante on the 26th of August 1791. (see: Kuscinski, A. Dictionnaire des Conventionnels, p. 604, and Dictionnaire des Constituants II, pp. 921-923). The present work proposes a very progressive tax system ressembling the progressive income tax as we know nowadays of which Vernier was an ardent defender. His proposal were the most far reaching and best argumented in the debat and his writing were certainly influential. (see: A. Soboul, Dictionnaire Historique de la Révolution Française, pp. 1085-1086 and the entry Impot Progressif, p. 562.) EUR 125
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WIESER, F. Das Gesetz der Macht. Wien, Julius Springer, 1926. xvi, 562, (2) pp. 8vo. Original publishers cloth, small stain on uppercover, one inner hinge weak. Batson, p. 207; IESS 1926. First edition. First edition of von Wieser's last major work, published in the year of his death. Of the two leitmotifs of von Wieser's work, that of efficiency and mass production, and that of the importance of the individual in economic processes, it is the second which finds expression in the present work. 'In his last years (von Wieser) produced his great treatise Das Gesetz der Macht, which appeared shortly before his death. Its main theme is an elaboration of David Hume's thesis that all power rests on opinion. Wieser built on this thesis a 'Law of small numbers', decribing the role that elites of various sorts play in all power structures' (F.A. von Hayek in IESS). EUR 175
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