‎Political economy‎

‎(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).‎

Bookseller reference : 15845

‎(COYER, G.F.)‎

‎Chinki, histoire cochinchinoise, qui peut servir à d'autres pays.‎

‎A Londres, 1768. 96 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Hartig & Soboul, p. 59; Arthur O. Lewis, Utopian Literature in the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, A Selected Bibliography: p. 47-8; Goldsmiths 10389 (other issue); Einaudi 1382; Higgs 4327; INED 1225; Weulersse, i, p. xxvi; not in Kress; not in Mattioli. First edition."A poorly disguised proposal for the improvement of French Society. In the end a good king abolishes feudal laws and restores industry, agriculture, and culture in general to their former higher levels" (Lewis.) The most important criticism on the Corps des Arts et Métiers before the reforms of Turgot. Cochinchina stands for France, Chinki for the French peasant, whose work is the most favourable to the nation, but who is crushed by the taxes and who suffers from the economic policy of the government. The author also recommends the emancipation of the Jews. With this subject is dealt with at length in chapter 21, where the Jews are called 'Banians'. At the time the work was also attributed to Voltaire and Clicquot de Blervache.‎

Bookseller reference : 17326

‎(CONTI Pietro Paolo)‎

‎Vir Desideriorum. Desideri di uno zelante suddito da umiliarsi al Sommo Pontefice raccomandati al sacro collegio radunato in conclave per la sede vacante di Benedetto XIV‎

‎In 8, pp. XVI. Scritta a penna al frontespizio. Cartonat. moderna. Pubblicazione anonima, ma opera di Pietro Paolo Conti, cardinale italiano, nativo di Camerino, che partecipo' al Concilio nel 1769 nel quale venne eletto papa Clemente XIV. La pubblicazione di questo libello si inserisce proprio nell'occasione di questa elezione. L'autore, che molte cose aveva approfondito in tema di amministrazione dello stato, auspica l'eliminazione delle molte ingiustizie ed estorsioni fatte dai governatori a danno dei poveri, il miglioramento dell'economia 'la' dove un tempo vi era bella coltura delle campagne e fertilita' ora vi e' desolazione e orrore'. I tesorieri, obbligati a mandare a Roma moneta d'oro e d'argento, rifiutano la moneta in rame a pagamento delle gabelle ma solo questa circola in realta' tra il popolo. L'Autore si scaglia poi contro i nobili dello stato pontificio che definisce 'poveri e superbi' (e se si applicassero a commerci e mercatura non m arcirebbero tra le miserie) ma anche contro i finti poveri cioe' coloro che 'si appigliano all'arte del birboneggiare'. Raro e interessante saggio di economia politica.‎

‎(DARIGRAND, E.F.)‎

‎L'anti-financier, ou relevé de quelques-unes des malversations dont se rendent journellement coupables les Fermiers-Généraux, & des vexations qu'ils commettent dans les Provinces: servant de réfutation d'un écrit intitulé: Lettre servant de Réponse aux remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux. Précédée d'une épitre au Parlement de France, accompagnée de notes historiques.‎

‎Amsterdam, (Paris, Lambert), 1763. With engraved frontispiece. (4), 100 pp. 8vo. Modern vellum boards. Kress 6086; Goldsmiths 9873; INED 1276; Higgs 3017; not in Einaudi (listing the 1764 edition); Peignot, i, 90; Le Bucher bibliographique, 505; Belin, Mouvement Philosophique, p. 188. Second issue of the first edition, including at the end the Réponse aux objets des remonstrances du Parlement de Bordeaux, which was not included in the first issue. In this vehemently work, the 'Fermiers-Généraux' were accused of corruption. It caused the imprisonment of the author, the printer (Lambert) and the distributor (Ormancey) in the Bastille. Four years after its publication the book was still sold secretly at high prices. Verso half-title contains the "explication" of the frontispiece.‎

Bookseller reference : 15320

‎(DANICAN, A.)‎

‎Le fléau des tyrans et des septembriseurs, ou Réflexions sur la Révolution française. Ouvrage dans lequel on traite de la souveraineté du peuple, de l'esclavage, de la liberté, de la royauté, de la république, des économistes, des Chevaliers du Temple, illuminés & franc-maçons, &c., &c., &c. Par un vrai patriote de 89.‎

‎A Lausanne et se trouve à Paris, Chez les marchands de nouveautés, 1797. With engraved frontispiece. vii, (1), 211, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 9133; Monglond, iv, p. 3; Cohen-de Ricci, col. 272. First edition. Counter-revolutionary publication. Danican first commanded a republican brigade in the Vendée, later became commander of the royalist sections during the 13 vendémiaire of year IV.The work contains long chapters on l'Influence des Philosophes & de M. Turgot sur la révolution française, Prépondérance des templiers, illuminés, rose-croix, francs-maçons, sur les révolutions passés, présentes & futures, and contains a "Tableau des finances de la république".‎

Bookseller reference : 16149

‎(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), joints of volume 4 expertly repaired, tiny hole at foot of spine. 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.‎

Bookseller reference : 17113

‎(DURANTHON, A.)‎

‎Réponse aux lettres contre l'immunité des biens ecclésiastiques.‎

‎No place, 1750. (2), vi, 61, (1, blank), 64, 74, (2), 73, (1, blank), 86 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, top of spine slightly damaged. INED 1662; Stourm, p. 80; Conlon 50:535. First edition of this defense of the immunity of the clergy in France: the author maintains that the church does not need to give information about its revenues, nor that it should be oblidged to contribute to the state's revenues. 'Réfutation d'un auteur anonyme; le clergé n'est aucunement obligé de donner des déclarations exactes de ses revenus ni de contribuer aux charges d'État. L'immunité des biens d'Église est fondée sur les maximes les plus inébranlables de la religion et de l'État' (INED). Contains 5 letters in all (INED cites 3 letters).The "Lettres contre l'immunité des biens ecclésiastiques '' is known as 'Lettres Ne Repugnate vestro bono .....' and was written by Daniel Bargeton: the book was suppressed in 1751.Bound in are the following texts: LETTRE d'un imprimeur de Londres aux défenseurs du Clergé de France, au sujet de la Réponse aux lettres contre l'immunité des biens ecclésiastiques. Londres 1750. (2), 64 pp. - REFLEXIONS sur un écrit intitulé: Lettre d'un imprimeur de Londres. No place, no date. 8 pp. Both works were condemned by an arrest of May 21, 1751. The first mentioned work has been bound between the third and the fourth letter of the main work. - With partially removed bookplate on front paste-down.‎

Bookseller reference : 17978

‎(GOUDAR, A.)‎

‎Les intérêts de la France mal entendus, dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen.‎

‎A Amsterdam, Chez Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. xii, 372 pp.; 406 pp.; 350 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, labels with gilt lettering and numbering. Mars 27; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii; Kress 5526; Goldsmiths 9082; Einaudi 2659; Mattioli 1481; INED 2079; Higgs 1145. First edition, second issue. Einaudi's copy is identical with ours, about the Kress and Goldsmiths copies not much can be said, both collections contain more than one copy and they both indicate that there is one copy with a third volume with the indication 'Nouvelle édition', as does our third volume. According to Mars, Ange Goudar, cet inconnu, essai bio-bibliographique, the third volume came from the same press as the first two volumes but with a different ornamental typography. Between the first issue and this issue, there appeared, according to Mars, a parisian contrefaçon, all published in 1756. This is the main work of Goudar. It was used by the demographer Süssmilch in his Die goetliche ordnung. Voltaire had a copy in his library and Diderot wrote about the book in a letter to Sophie Volland. Preceding Mirabeau's l'Ami des Hommes by a few months, it marks an important date in the history of political economy, and made Goudar one of the leading figures of the school of 'des agrariens et populationnistes', not to be mixed with the Physiocrats, which they preceded and with whom they disagreed on various points. 'Of the pre-physiocratic French writers who approached the population problem in terms of agricultural values and reforms, Ange Goudar (1720-1791) was the most important' (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 56-67.) Spengler's analysis is elaborate and shows the crucial importance of this work. - Some corners somewhat damaged.‎

Bookseller reference : 18066

‎(GRENVILLE, G.)‎

‎Mémoire sur l'administration des finances de l'Angleterre, depuis la paix; ouvrage attribué à M. Grenville, ministre d'Etat, chargé de ce département dans les années 1763, 1764 & 1765. Traduit de l'Anglois (par Israël Mauduit), et augmentée de notes, de sommaires et d'une table des sommaires, ainsi que d'une introduction qui contient une idée du revenu et des dettes de l'Angleterre, et une analyse du mémoire, et qui est suivie de l'état de la dette nationale au 5 Janvier 1767.‎

‎A Londres, 1768. With folding table. 2 volumes in 1. (2), 231, (1) pp.; (2), 229, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges. Kress 6563; Higgs 4439; Goldsmiths 10466; Conlon 68:986 (attribution to William Knox); INED 2150 (a new edition published in 1769, in one small volume); Stourm, p. 111. First French edition, there was also an edition published in 4to (Kress) in the same year. The attribution is uncertain, some bibliographies list it under Grenville, others under Knox. Important financial study dealing with the difficulties of England after the Seven Year's War which had added some £ 60,000,000 to the national debt, and the possible repercussions this may have on the population, and further the difficulties to recruit new soldiers, the shortage of funds to pay the soldiers, the weight of taxes on the working classes. The author believes that they may consider emigration, and he wonders whether England will have sufficient numbers of men to be sent to the colonies, "sinon, les indigènes seront de beaucoup les plus nombreux, et il leur faudrait leurs propres représentants au Parlement" (INED). The present work, a translation of the Present State of the Nation; Particularly with respect to Its Trade Finances, etc., drew a retort from Burke and a brief comment from Adam Smith.The folding table is entitled: Etat de la Dette Nationale au 5 Janvier 1767, avec les Intérêts & les Taux.‎

Bookseller reference : 16595

‎(HERRENSCHWAND, J.F. DE.)‎

‎De l'économie politique et morale de l'espèce humaine.‎

‎A Londres, de l'Imprimerie de Cooper & Graham, 1796. 2 volumes. (24), 408 pp.; (4), 454 pp. 8vo. Modern half red morocco, spines with gilt lettering, marbled boards. Kress B.3197; Goldsmiths 16541; Einaudi 2888 (4to edition); INED 2264bis (4to edition). First edition, both a 4to and a 8vo edition were published. 'The dynamic aspects of population growth were treated more fully by Herrenschwand, a Swiss-born sometime French official, than by any other French author. Throughout his work runs the view that although man's procreative power is without inherent limit, population 'can multiply only in proportion to its support', and does increase as man's cultural progress enables him to increase the available food supply. He seems to have believed, moreover, despite his great faith in man's capacity for intellectual and cultural progress, that unless appropriate economics policies were persued by statesman, population pressure and misery would be the lot of the lower classes, who comprised about three quarters of the population' (Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus). Herrenschwand borrowed his conception of nature from Shaftesbury, was influenced by Adam Smith and Arthur Young, and apparently knew the works of Franklin, Steuart, Decker, Price, Davenant, and Temple, and was a critic of Necker's views and policies. Arthur Young praised Herrenschwand's works highly, and Blanqui mentions him as a connecting link between Quesnay and Smith. - Very fine and nice copy, with large margins.‎

Bookseller reference : 15639

‎(ISELIN, I.)‎

‎Träume eines Menschenfreundes. Erster [-Zweyter] Theil.‎

‎Carlsruhe, bei Christian Gottlieb Schmieder, 1784. With one folding table. Two volumes bound in one. (iii)-xvi, 288 pp.; (iv), 369, (1) pp. 8vo. 19th-century half cloth, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, marbled boards, corners, sprinkled edges. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Menger; for other editions see Goldsmiths 11382 and Humpert 12691; Mattioli 1690; NUC locates only two copies (NNC, CU). Second edition of the author's principal work on physiocracy, and very rare. In 1755 Iselin published his Patriotische und Philosophische Träume eines Menschenfreundes. 'Afterwards, by good fortune, the Ephémérides du Citoyen came into his hands after reading which Quesnay became in his eyes 'what Newton is in the eyes of a mathematician.' The new standpoint comes to light, fully matured in the work which appeared in 1776: Träume eines Menschenfreundes. This book is by no means a second edition of the work published in 1755, as is generally supposed, and as might have been conjectured from the kindred title, but quite a new work' (Palgrave, vol. ii, p. 459) in which he embraces the authors who had adopted Quesnay's teaching, as the marquis de Mirabeau, Baudeau, Comte d'Albon and others. The present edition is a reprint of the 1776 edition, the first volume contains the representation of Quesnay's Tableau Economique.According to Iselin human institutions have corrupted the natural order and in this book he concludes with a new constitution aiming at the reconciliation of the republicanism of his Swiss homeland with the enlightened despotism of Quesnay. Iselin was the editor of the German economic journal Ephemeriden der Menschheit which soon gained a great reputation and counted among its contributors many of the most eminent German economists of the time.- The half-titles, carrying the serial-title "Sammlung der bestend deutschen prosaischen Schriftsteller und Dichter. Hundert und vierzigster (Ein und vierzigster) Theil", are absent, tear in page v-vi repaired, title-pages with contemporary ownership's entry in blank portion.‎

Bookseller reference : 26127

‎(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE.‎

‎Mémoire sur les finances et le crédit, pour servir de suite aux 'Recherches et considérations nouvelles sur les finances.'‎

‎A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as nearly always, but present here. First edition. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking, contain: "L'adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général."A new financial system is proposed, followed by 25 decrees outlining the system. According to Stourm, Cormere was a specialist in public finance and the present work is a good analysis of the financial situation of those days.‎

Bookseller reference : 16581

‎(LA SALLE DE L'ETANG, S.P. DE.)‎

‎Prairies artificielles, ou Moyens de perfectionner l'agriculture dans toutes les provinces de France, surtout en Champagne, par l'entretien & le renouvellement de l'engrais. Troisième édition, augmentée 1. d'un traité sur la culture de la luzerne, du trèfle et du sainfoin; 2. d'une dissertation sur l'exportation du bled.‎

‎A Bruxelles, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Desaint & Saillant, 1762. 330 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges, rear joint with some loss, lightly rubbed. INED 2659; Higgs 2666; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Einaudi 3219 (Italian translation); Weulersse i, xxvii. Third, expanded and best edition. A treatise on 'artificial pastures' and other means to improve agriculture, originally published in 1756 as a volume of 124 pages only. In the present third edition the original essay is followed by two other treatises, of which the first deals with the culture of clover, and the second with the exportation of corn. Simon-Philibert la Salle de l'Etang (1700? -1765) here provides one of the earliest systematic plans for rotating food crops with "artificial" pastures, allowing tilled lands to rebuild nutrient reserves. In addition, the author advocates raising livestock for manure to fertilize dry and sterile lands. In order to facilitate his plan, he calls for the establishment of a national bureau of agriculture that would be responsible for record- keeping, distributing produce throughout the country in times of famine and regional crises, regulating foreign trade in agricultural products, and maintaining fair prices. La Salle de l'Etang was an official of the city of Reims and deputy at Paris and author of a popular 'Manuel d'agriculture'. His formula for a balanced partition of the soil between arable land and 'artifical pastures' was adopted by Quesnay in his famous article 'Grains' for the 'Encyclopedie'. - Old handwritten ownership's entry in blank lower margin of the title-page.‎

Bookseller reference : 16596

‎(LEFEVRE DE BEAUVRAY, P.)‎

‎Dictionnaire social et patriotique, ou Précis raisonné de connoissance relatives à l'économie morale, civile et politique. Par M.C.R.L.F.D.B.A.A.P.D.P.‎

‎A Amsterdam, 1770. (12), 557, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. INED 2756; Einaudi 3297; Goldsmiths 10608; Higgs 5135; not in Kress. First edition. 'Chaque article est accompagné d'abondantes reférences bibliographiques' (INED). Interesting overview of the political and economic thought of the Enlightenment, including long chapters on Holland, Great Britain, political economy, commerce, women, liberty, Rousseau, colonies, etc., etc. The bibliography on political economy is found under the word 'connoissance' and deals mainly with the physiocratic school, each entry contains an important bibliographical section.‎

Bookseller reference : 16078

‎(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). - Corners a bit bumped, a large armorial plate on the front paste-down, copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek, Schloss Eferding, small stamp on title reading 'Aus Schloss Haus 1893', a very nice copy with large margins.‎

Bookseller reference : 18441

‎(MATHON DE LA COUR, C.J.)‎

‎Collection de comptes-rendus, pièces authentiques, états et tableaux, concernant les finances de France depuis 1758 jusqu'en 1787. A Lausanne, et se trouve à Paris, chez Cuchet & Gattey, 1788. - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Mémoire donné au roi en 1778. (Paris, 1778). - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Compte rendu au Roi, Par M. Necker, ..... Au mois de janvier 1781. Imprimé par ordre de Sa majesté. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie du Cabinet du Roi, 1781. With 1 large folding leaf, 2 coloured folding maps. - (Bound with:) (GRIMOARD, P.H. DE.) Lettre du marquis de Caraccioli à M. d'Alembert. (Paris, 1781). - (Bound with:) NECKER, (J.) Sur le compte rendu du roi en 1781. Nouvaux éclaircissements. A Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1788. - (Bound with:) (LOMENIE DE BRIENNE, E.C. DE.) Compte rendu au roi au mois de mars 1788 et publié par ses ordres. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1788. - (Bound with:) RESULTAT du Conseil d'État du roi tenu à Versailles le 27 décembre 1788. (Drop-head title).‎

‎(Paris, 1788). 7 works bound in 1 stout volume. xii, 231, (1) pp.; 27 pp.; (4), 116 pp.; 44 pp.; viii, 284 pp.; (2), xiv, (2), 183, (1) pp.; (2), 26 pp. 4to. Contemporary half calf, richly gilt spine with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, paper covered boards, front joint with short split. First work: Kress B.1446; Goldsmiths 13646; Einaudi 1179; Stourm 27. First edition. - Copy from the library of Mr. Brossays Duperray, with his armorial bookplate. 'Ouvrage indispensable à posséder' (Stourm). Highly important financial reports, which would certainly have remained unknown, if it was not for the unflagging courage of Mathon de la Cour, who collected all these reports and published them here thus providing a wealth of information. Contains the reports by Boullogne (1758), de Silhouette (1759), Terray (1770, 1772-1774), Turgot (1775), Cluny (1776), Necker (1781), etc.Second work: Einaudi 4105; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Stourm; INED 3365.One of three editions published in the same year.Third work: Kress B.360; Goldsmiths 12183 & 12184; Einaudi 4094; not in INED.First edition, the scarce edition printed at the Cabinet du Roi, intended for Royal use only and not put in the trade. There were two further printings in the same year at the Imprimerie Royale.The publication had an astonishing succes with the public and did much to establish Necker's reputation. It is of great importance for being the first public report of government economic policy in France.Fourth work: Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Conlon 81:1200; Stourm 127; Barbier 642.First edition.Attributed to the Comte de Grimoard by Barbier, by Stourm and by Conlon. The text is in 8vo.Fifth work: Kress B.1452; Goldsmiths 13648; INED 3373; Stourm 126; not in Einaudi.First edition.Rather violent work criticizing the financial administration of Calonne.Sixth work: Goldsmiths 13636; Stourm 143; Einaudi 2245; cf.: Kress S.5185; not in INED.First edition.The minister was Loménie de Brienne, the text was drawn up by Souffloy de Mercy. 'Le successeur de Calonne, Loménie de Brienne, fit imprimer en 1788 l'important compte rendu de la situation des finances, dans lequel on a coutume de rechercher les derniers chiffres des budgets de la monarchie. Ces chiffres n'en sont pas moins utiles à consulter, à défaut d'autres, surtout en raison des nombreux commentaires qui les accompagnent' (Stourm). These comments on the details were supplied by Souffloy de Mercy.Seventh work: Goldsmiths 13733; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Stourm.First edition.On the composition of the forthcoming meeting of the États-Généraux.‎

Bookseller reference : 13919

‎(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 en l'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.‎

Bookseller reference : 18076

‎(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 en l'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.‎

Bookseller reference : 17055

‎(MIRABEAU V. RIQUETTI DE. & F. QUESNAY.)‎

‎L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires.‎

‎No place, 1758-1760. With engraved frontispiece. 6 parts in 3 volumes. viii, 192 pp.; (2), 266, (4) pp.; (6), 263, (1) pp.; (8), 278, 81, (1) pp.; viii, 167, (1) pp.; (2), 118, (2), 119-279, (5) pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering. Kress 5736; Goldsmiths 9317; Einaudi 3941; INED 3194, 3203, 3206; Higgs 1631 & 2160. Second edition of the first three parts, first edition of the parts IV-VI, constituting the best and most complete edition of the work, and a fundamental physiocratic text. The Ami des Hommes is the fundamental Physiocratic text. 'This remarkable treatise created the greatest sensation throughout the whole of Europe. It is said to have gone through forty editions, and was translated into several languages. Its anonymous author, soon discovered, became the idol of the day, and was generally referred to by the sobriquet which he had chosen for the title of his book ..... After reading the Ami des Hommes (the first three parts, 1756), Quesnay, who agreed with many of the author's opinions, desired to make his acquaintance' (Palgrave, ii, p. 775). Mirabeau now became the fervent admirer of Quesnay, and between them they founded the school of the Physiocrats. In 1758 a fourth part was published in which Quesnay's influence is clearly visible. The final two parts were published in 1760. It is this final part which is of particular importance as it contains the first public appearance of Quesnay's Tableau Economique. There are less than ten copies in the world of either the earlier editions of 1758 or 1759. This work is thus the first obtainable edition of the Tableau Economique. - Very good copy of the rare 4to edition.‎

Bookseller reference : 18439

‎(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.)‎

‎L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition corrigée.‎

‎A Avignon, 1761-1764. 7 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with contrasting spine labels and gilt lettering, marbled edges. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition corrigée. A Avignon, 1762. With engraved frontispiece. viii, 220, (2) pp.; 304, (2) pp.; 301, (1) pp.IV: L'Ami des Hommes. Quatrième Partie. Précis de l'Organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. A Avignon, 1764. (8), 160 pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrième Partie. 1764. Réponse aux Objections Contre le Mémoire sur les États Provinciaux. 252 pp.V: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinqième Partie. Mémoire sur l'Agriculture, envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Economie Rustique de feu Mr. Thomas Hale. A Avignon, 1761. viii, 206, (2) pp.VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixieme Partie. Réponse à l'essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. A Avignon, 1761. 142 pp. - (Followed by:) L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Économique avec ses Explications. A Avignon, 1761. With 6 engraved folding tables. 149, (3) pp.VII: L'Ami des Hommes. Septième Partie. Théorie de l'impôt. A Avignon, 1761. viii, 322, (2) pp. This last volume is bound in a modern matching binding. - First three leaves of volume 1 with a marginal dampstain.‎

Bookseller reference : 19475

‎(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE & F. QUESNAY.)‎

‎L'Ami des Hommes, ou traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires.‎

‎No place, 1759-1760. 6 parts in 8 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, red edges, spines very lightly rubbed. I-III: L'Ami des Hommes, ou Traité de la Population. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires. No place, 1759. With engraved frontispiece. x, (6), 391, (1) pp.; (12), 534 pp.; (12), 526 pp.IV: L'Ami des Hommes. Quatrième Partie. Precis de l'organisation, ou Mémoire sur les États provinciaux. No place, 1759. xi, (1), 267, (1) pp.V: L'Ami des Hommes. Suite de la Quatrième Partie. No place, 1759. (2), 376 pp. Contains: "Réponse aux objections Contre le Mémoire sur les Etats Provinciaux", pp. 1-244, and the "Questions intéressantes sur la Population, l'agriculture et le commerce", pp. 245-376.VI: L'Ami des Hommes. Cinqième Partie. Mémoire sur l'Agriculture Envoyé à la très-louable Société d'Agriculture de Berne, Avec l'Extrait des six premiers Livres du Corps complet d'Oeconomie Rustique de feu M. Thomas Hale. No place, 1760. xii, 298, (4) pp.VII: L'Ami des Hommes. Sixième Partie. Réponse a l'essai sur les Ponts et Chaussées, la Voierie et les Corvées. No place, 1760. (4), 228 pp.VIII: L'Ami des Hommes, Suite de la VI. Partie. Tableau Oeconomique avec ses Explications. No place, 1760. With 6 engraved folding tables. (4), 228, (2) pp. The pages 13/14, 19/20, 65/66, 75/76 and 97/98) are cancels.‎

Bookseller reference : 26958

‎(MIRABEAU, V. RIQUETTI DE.)‎

‎Théorie de l'impôt. (Paris), 1760. - (Bound with:) (PESSELIER, C.E.) Doutes proposés à l'auteur de la Théorie de l'impôt.‎

‎(Paris), 1761. Two works bound in one volume. viii, 336 pp.; viii, 148 pp. 4to. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides, all edges gilt, a bit rubbed, small damage to head of spine. First work: Kress 5883; Goldsmiths 9602; INED 3209; Higgs 2297; McCulloch 346, Carpenter, Economic Bestsellers, XXI, (2); Einaudi 3946. First edition, the very rare 4to edition. 'Ce fut la première oeuvre vraiment personelle de Mirabeau depuis sa conversion (to Physiocratic doctrines). Le succès en fut très vif. Mirabeau développe les principes de la nouvelle école, avec un franc-parler qui lui attira de nombreux suffrages ..... et le fit emprissoner. Il s'élève nottamment contre les fermiers-généraux, fait une critique sévère du régime fiscal alors en vigueur, et énonce trois conditions nécaissaires à une judicieuse imposition' (INED). The collaboration between Mirabeau and Quesnay seems evident as the Archives Nationales have the manuscript of the text to which lengthy notes by Quesnay have been added. It is one of the principal works of the Physiocratic school and established it in the public eye, which was also due to the ensuing emprisonment of Mirabeau following his very frank manner of expression used in the book. 'Always in strict collaboration with the master, Mirabeau wrote a treatise on one of the major economic problems of the time: the reform of the fiscal system. The Théorie de l'Impot appeared in 1760 and presented one of the Physiocrats' most famous proposals: the single tax on rent' (New Palgrave, iii, p. 870).This is a spirited and able attack on the financial administration of France and especially the Fermiers-généraux, whom Mirabeau regarded as parasites preying upon the vitals of the nation. The work proposes a reorganisation of financial administrative machinery, the abolition of the 'Fermes', a reduction in the taxation upon salt, with the object of increasing the total yield, and a special tax upon tobacco farms. The domaine, the post and the mint were to be further sources of revenue. The author ranks as one of the earliest important writers on taxation. Higgs notes that the book is 'of real importance in the history of financial theory' (Higgs, The Physiocrats, p. 57).Second work: Kress 5963; Goldsmiths 9695; Einaudi 4409; Higgs 3524; INED 3524; Weulersse, i, p. xxvii, all citing the 12mo edition only; Mattioli 2790 (the 4to edition).First edition, the very rare 4to edition.Pesselier was one of the most forceful critics of the physiocrats and here attacks Mirabeau and his Théorie de l'Impôt of the previous year. The work is notable, however, for its affirmation of the characteristically physiocratic doctrine that agriculture holds a priviliged place in the economic system.‎

Bookseller reference : 26435

‎(MOREAU, J.N.)‎

‎Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire; Sur la Richesse de l'Etat. (Drop-head title).‎

‎No place, no date (1763). 32 pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards. Kress 6123; Einaudi 4011; Higgs 3006; INED 3276; Stourm, p. 106; Conlon 63:1147; not in Goldsmiths. One of two editions from the year of first publication, the other edition being entitled Entendons-nous, ou le radotage du vieux notaire in 67 pages. Criticizing Roussel de La Tour's Richesse de l'État. 'Les Français sont fous, mais ils ne sont pas ruinés. Plaidoyer spirituel en faveur du rétablissement de l'ordre financier' (Stourm).‎

Bookseller reference : 24321

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‎Ordonnances, édits, déclarations et arrests de sa Majesté, Registrez en la Cour des Comptes, Aydes & Finances de Normandie : Avec les Arrêts & Règlements de ladite Cour rendus en conséquence jusqu'à orésent ; sur le fait des aydes‎

‎A Rouen, Chez Maurry, 1708., pièce de titre, (1) (Observation des jours non plaidables), (9) (table chronologique), 528 pp., 38 pp. en pagination séparée (Tarif pour les droits), (9) (Table des principales matières), (1) (privilège). In-12 étroit, plein veau marbrée, dos à 4 nerfs orné de fleurons. Mors faibles, coiffe inférieure manquante.‎

‎Peu commun. https://aucview.aucfan.com/yahoo/u1019644245/‎

Bookseller reference : 766

‎(PATULLO, H.)‎

‎Essai sur l'amélioration des terres.‎

‎A Paris, Chez Durand, 1758. With 3 engraved plates. xi, (1), 284, (4) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. INED 3483; Higgs 1656; Kress 5745; Einaudi 4321; Mattioli 2759; Musset-Pathay 600; not in Goldsmiths; Weulersse, i, xxviii. First edition. The dedication to Madame de Pompadour, although signed by the author, was written by Marmontel upon the request of Fr. Quesnay and forms an excellent résumé of the Physiocratic doctrine.Patullo was a friend of François Quesnay and the present work is largely based on an unpublished article by Quesnay. It was at Quesnay's instigation that Patullo was allowed to dedicate the Essai to Madame de Pompadour. The first half of the books discusses the crops the author believes should be grown in France, the second half discusses the ensuing prosperity if his plans are implemented (See: Weulersse, Le mouvement Physiocratique en France ..... , p. 52-53). - Outer top corner towards the end waterstained, handwritten ex libris Roger Picard on verso front blank.‎

Bookseller reference : 14303