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(BAUDEAU, N.)
Avis au peuple sur son premier besoin, ou Petits traités Economiques. Par l'Auteur des Ephémérides du Citoyen.
A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez Hochereau, Desaint, Lacombe, 1768. 3 parts in 1 volume. (2), 152 pp.; 69, (1) pp.; 201, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, gilt lettering, gilt stamped unidentified arms in upper compartment, marbled edges. Kress 6516; Goldsmiths 10441; Einaudi 4432; INED 273; Higgs 4373; Leblanc 99; Weulersse, i, pp. 160-161. First edition. I: Premier Traité sur le commerce des bleds.II: Second Traité Sur la Mouture des Grains, & sur le Commerce des Farines.III: Troisième Traité, sur la Fabrication et le commerce du pain, et sur le vrai moyen de pourvoir aux approvisionnements publics. Nicolas Baudeau (1739-c1792). Born at Amoise, Baudeau entered the church, becoming a Canon and Professor of theology at the Chancelade Abbey. He was subsequently called to Paris in the service of Archbishop de Beaumont. In 1765, Baudeau founded the periodical Ephémérides du Citoyen, at that time a journal defending the mercantile system, in oppostion to Quesnay and his followers. Baudeau however was converted to Physiocracy in 1766 by Mirabeau and he turned his journal over to the promotion of physiocracy. He was the editor till late 1768 when he handed editorial responsibility to Dupont de Nemours. Perhaps the most interesting of Baudeau's many writings is his systematic exposition and development of the Physiocratic theory of luxury, the most complete version of that theory and as such wrongly ignored. The Avis au Peuple 'est un livre pratique, semi-technique, puisqu'il s'agit de mouture et de boulangerie; une oeuvre d'expédient, pourrait-on-dire, écrite en vue de remédier d'urgence à la cherté, 'enfin d'aider aux vues saines et généreuses de l'Administration, qui en de telles circonstances porte seule le poids de la misère du peuple et de l'ignorance des subministrations'' (Weulersse). - Lacks the title-page to the third part. Very rare.
Bookseller reference : 18389
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(Barreme, Bertrand-Francois).
LE LIVRE DES COMPTES-FAITS, OU TARIF GENERAL DES MONNOYES. Avec lequel on peut faire toute sorte de Comptes des Monnoyes tant anciennes que nouvelles, et autres Comptes de Multiplication par entier et par fraction, quelques difficiles qu'ils soient, pourv
Ca. 500 p. Without the engraved title page. 12 mo. Some old marginal ink and age stain. Worn contemporary French full leather binding. Marbled endpapers. Early manuscript ownerships, including: Pierre (and Joseph) Weilbrenner, possibly French Canadians. These charts were used to calculate interest, taxes, and the value of money. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! FR3
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(BELLEPIERRE DE NEUVE-EGLISE, L.J.)
Le Patriote artesien. Dédié à Monseigneur le Comte d'Artois. Par M. de ***, ancien Officier de Cavalerie.
A Paris, Chez Despilly, Le Clerc, 1761. With engraved frontispiece. xvi, 341, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges. INED 382; Higgs 2578; Musset-Pathay 1514; not in Kress; Goldsmiths, and Einaudi. First edition. 'Agronomique. De la décadence de l'agriculture, du commerce et des arts dans la province d'Artois, et des moyens de les ranimer. 'Ce n'est pas dans la simple agriculture que consiste le seul bonheur d'un État; c'est dans tous les Arts de nécessité première'' (INED).Contains statistical information on all sorts of commerce in all sorts of products among which wine, cotton, fish, tobacco, etc. as well as on a large number of professions: Peintres, Boulangers, Bouchers, Traiteurs, Miroitiers, Potiers, etc. - Small stamp on title. Very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 19368
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(BIGOT DE SAINTE CROIX.)
Avis du Parlement de Dauphiné Sur la libre circulation des Grains et la réduction naturelle des prix dans les années de cherté. Adressé au Roi le 26 avril 1769.
No place, 1769. With 1 folding table. 147, (1, Avis au relieur) pp. 8vo. Modern red half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering. Einaudi 2247; Higgs 4642; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, contribution bibliographique à l'histoire économique, 290; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. First edition.There are some copies of the first edition (and this is one of those copies), where the pages 122-124 contain a long note, not present in all copies of the first edition, which note refers to the session of the Parlement de Paris. In this note the author defends the Abbé Baudeau and his work Avis aux honnêtes gens qui veulent bien faire, a work which had become the subject of a request for its prohibition. Most copies of the first edition are without this printed note and in these copies the pagination jumps from page 123 to 126. Why this note was apparently withdrawn and no longer printed in later produced copies is unknown. During the discussion on free trade of grains several 'Parlements' gave their opinions. 'Celui de Dauphiné donnait solennellement, le 26 avril 1769, un Avis qui était une exposition magistrale de la doctrine physiocratique, d'une orthodoxie impeccable. 'Ouvrage excellent à tous égards, s'écrie Dupont en l'annonçant aux 'lecteurs patriotes' aux 'bons citoyens'; ouvrage que nos derniers neveux baigneront encore des larmes de leur reconnaissance, comme nous l'avons fait nous-même en le lisant.' ..... l'Avis fut rendu public. L'impression produite pouvait être si forte que le Parlement de Paris s'arrangea pour faire disparaître la brochure: 'Cet ouvrage est devenu bientôt excessivement rare, écrit Bachaumont, parce que le système qu'on propose à Sa Majesté est totalement opposé à ce que les Parlements de Paris et de Rouen ont écrit sur cette matière, et que cette première Compagnie n'a pas trouvé bon qu'on répandit sous ses yeux un écrit si contraire à sa façon de penser.' Le manifeste du Parlement de Dauphiné n'en émut pas moins l'opinion , et son succès rejaillit sur le parti tout entier' (Weulersse, i, p. 200). 'Le Parlement du Dauphiné se fait défenseur de l'Edit de 1764, donc de la liberté du commerce des grains et de la concurrence. Il s'élève contre les entraves et les limitations qui lui sont apportées' (Leblanc, op.cit.) - Extremely rare.
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(BIGOT DE SAINTE CROIX.)
Avis du Parlement de Dauphiné. Sur la libre circulation des Grains et la réduction naturelle des prix dans les années de cherté. Adressé au Roi le 26 avril 1769.
No place, 1769. With 1 folding table. 145 (misnumbered 147, pagination jumps from 123 to 126, text complete; 2, (Avis au relieur, blank) pp. 8vo. Contemporary blind paper covers with paper label on spine, very nice copy, entirely unpressed, with very wide margins and uncut. Einaudi 2247; Higgs 4642; Mattioli 334; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, contribution bibliographique à l'histoire économique, 290; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in INED. First edition.There are a few copies which contain a long note on the pages 122-124, which note refers to the session of the Parlement de Paris. In this note, not printed in this copy, which is why the pagination jumps, the author defends the Abbé Baudeau and his work Avis aux honnêtes gens qui veulent bien faire, a work which had become the subject of a request for its prohibition. Copies with this note have consecutive pagination: why this note was apparently withdrawn and no longer printed in later produced copies is unknown, but it does explain the jump in pagination. During the discussion on free trade of grains several 'Parlements' gave their opinions. 'Celui de Dauphiné donnait solennellement, le 26 avril 1769, un Avis qui était une exposition magistrale de la doctrine physiocratique, d'une orthodoxie impeccable. "Ouvrage excellent à tous égards, s'écrie Dupont en l'annonçant aux 'lecteurs patriotes' aux 'bons citoyens'; ouvrage que nos derniers neveux baigneront encore des larmes de leur reconnaissance, comme nous l'avons fait nous-même en le lisant."....... l'Avis fut rendu public. L'impression produite pouvait être si forte que le Parlement de Paris s'arrangea pour faire disparaître la brochure: "Cet ouvrage est devenu bientôt excessivement rare, écrit Bachaumont, parce que le système qu'on propose à Sa Majesté est totalement opposé à ce que les Parlements de Paris et de Rouen ont écrit sur cette matière, et que cette première Compagnie n'a pas trouvé bon qu'on répandit sous ses yeux un écrit si contraire à sa façon de penser.'' Le manifeste du Parlement de Dauphiné n'en émut pas moins l'opinion , et son succès rejaillit sur le parti tout entier' (Weulersse, i, p. 200). In short, the opinion expressed in this text (in favour of free trade, competition, etc.) was quite the opposite of the opinion held by the magistrates, and hence they decided it was not a good idea to have a text circulate that was so opposed to their way of thinking. 'Le Parlement du Dauphiné se fait défenseur de l'Edit de 1764, donc de la liberté du commerce des grains et de la concurrence. Il s'élève contre les entraves et les limitations qui lui sont apportées' (Leblanc, op.cit.) - Extremely rare.
Bookseller reference : 18196
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(BOUREAU-DESLANDES, André-François).
Essay sur la marine et sur le commerce.
Sans lieu, 1743, 215x140mm, 176pages, broché. Couverture papier marbré, non rogné, coins cornés, cachet de bibliothèque sur la page de titre.
Bookseller reference : 34584
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(BOURDON-DESPLANCHES, L.-J.)
Lettre à l'auteur des Observations sur le commerce des grains.
A Amsterdam (Paris), 1775. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering. INED 733 (Bourdon-Desplanches) & 2917 (Linguet); Kress 7134 (listed under Linguet but attributing it also to Bourdon-Desplanches); Einaudi 3413 (attribution to Linguet); not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs; Leblanc 162 (listed under Linguet but attributing it also to Bourdon-Desplanches). First edition. The usual attribution of the Observations sur le Commerce des Grains is to Dupont de Nemours, see INED and Einaudi. However, Dupont de Nemours' work was written as early as 1770. The author of these Observations against which Bourdon-Desplanches writes, is G.J.B. Target. The complete title of Target's work is: Observations sur le commerce des grains, écrites en décembre 1769, Amsterdam, et Paris, Cellot, 1775. The text of Bourdon-Desplanches' vehement refutation starts: 'Vous venez, Monsieur, d'imprimer, en 1775, ce que vous écrivies, dites-vous, en 1769 .....' The Lettre à l'auteur .... has sometimes been attributed to Linguet, but Darline Gay Levy, who wrote an important study on Linguet, attributes this work to Bourdon-Desplanches (see page 354). Target's work was a plea in favor of freedom of trade in grain, while Bourdon-Desplanches' response is vehemently opposing the idea of absolute and unlimited freedom of trade in grain. - Small dampstain in lower inner margin, not touching any text.
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(BONAPARTE), Napoléon-Jos.-Ch.-P., prince
Rapport sur l'exposition universelle de 1855 présenté à l'impéreur par S.A.I. le prince Napoléon, président de la Commission.
Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1857, gr. in-8vo, 2 ff. + 511 p. + 2 planches dépl. (Plan d'ensemble de l'exposition / Plan de la cérémonie de cloture le 15 novembre 1855), qqs rousseurs épars, qqs lignes rouges, tirage sur beau papier (Hollande?) epais, pt. timbre rouge ‘N’ avec tête d'aigle sur le faux-titre ainsi ce texte en bleu ‘Admirable travail / monument de la première exposition !’, reliure en demi-chagrin à nerfs verte, dos orné de caissons doré et orné d'une abeille, plat devant avec texte doré ‘Don de S.A.I. le Prince Napoléon Président de la commission impériale’, le verso aux armes de Napoleon. Qqs pt. traces d'usage et ou tâches, en tout un très bel exemplaire avec 3 tranches dorées.
Bookseller reference : 60077aaf
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(BOLTS, Willem) (1740-1808):
État civil, politique et commerçant du Bengale, ou Histoire des conquêtes & de l'administration de la compagnie Angloise dans ce pays. Pour servir de suite à l'Histoire philosophique & politique. (Traduit par Jean-Nicolas Demeunier). Tome second (2) (seul).
Maestricht, Jean-Edme Dufour, M. DCC. LXXV., (1775), in-8vo, frontispice gravé par Helman d'après Eisen + 2 ff. + 170 pp., cartonnage récent recouvert de papier marbré dans le style de l'époque, pièce de titre rouge doré au dos. Bel exemplaire.
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(BRUNY, CHEVALIER DE.)
Examen du ministère de Colbert.
A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de d'Houdry, 1774. (2), xvi, 295, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Kress 6996; Goldsmiths 11130; Einaudi 726; INED 859; Higgs 5973; Conlon 74:730; not in Mattioli. Scarce first edition. The author was director of the Compagnie des Indes. The work is entirely in favour of colbertism and insists on industrial expansion.
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(Bracker, Jörgen [Hrsg.])
Die Hanse. Lebenswirklichkeit und Mythos. Eine Ausstellung des Museums für Hamburgische Geschichte in Verbindung mit der Vereins- und Westbank. (Ausstellungskatalog). 2 Bde.
Hamburg, Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte, 1989. 688; 640 S. Mit sehr zahlr. tls. farb. Abb. 4to. Illustr. OKart.
Bookseller reference : 17410
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(BUTEL-DUMONT, G.M.)
Histoire et commerce des colonies angloises, dans l'Amérique septentrionale, Où l'on trouve l'état actuel de leur population, & des détails curieux sur la constitution de leur gouvernement, principalement sur celui de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, de la Pensilvanie, de la Caroline & de la Géorgie.
A Londres, et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, red leather label with gilt lettering. Kress 5421; Higgs 1030; INED 884; Goldsmiths 9028 (without the preliminaries); not in Einaudi; Conlon 55:545; Sabin 9602; JFBL B635; Howes B.1049; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19; not in Muller. First edition, second issue ('Italic type' as identified by Echeverria & Wilkie) and without the errata on page xxiv and with the errata corrected. Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. - Tiny hole in half-title and title, modern ex-libris on the front paste-down.
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(BUTEL DUMONT, G.M.)
Recherches historiques et critiques sur l'administration publique et privée des terres chez les Romains: depuis le commencement de la République jusqu'au siècle de Jules-César. Dans lesquelles on traite incidemment de leur commerce par rapport aux productions de leur crû, & l'on prouve en même-temps le peu d'influence que l'agriculture a eue sur leurs moeurs. Par l'Auteur de la Théorie du Luxe.
A Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1779. (4), xliv, 484, (12) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Musset-Pathay 1648; Kress B.179; Goldsmiths 11796; INED 885; McCulloch, p. 34 (note); Mattioli 474; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Auteur très laborieux et très exact dans ces citations; il a traduit plusieurs ouvrages anglais sur le commerce .... Ouvrage extrèmement remarquable, le meilleur peut-être qui ait été écrit sur le même sujet. Il est très préférable à beaucoup d'autres très recherchés' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). '.... author of a very learned and able treatise 'Sur l'administration des Terres chez les Romains ....' (McCulloch). Important work on the republican virtues of Rome, it was the last published work by Butel.
Bookseller reference : 17841
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(BÖMERT, Vict.):
Briefe zweien Handwerker. Wichtige Vorschläge, Ausschlüsse und Belehrungen für den Gewerbestand. 2. wohlfeile Auflage.
Dresden, H. Klemm, o.J., (1898), gr. in-8°, X + 152 S., Stempel a.d. Titelbl., Original-Pappband.
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(CANTILLON, R.)
Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en général. Traduit de l'anglois.
A Londres, Chez Fletcher Gyles, dans Holborn, 1755. (4), 430, (6, Table des Chapitres) pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, floral ornament in each compartment, green paper covered boards, all edges red. Kress 5423; Goldsmiths 8989; Einaudi 846; INED 933; Higgs 938; En Français dans le Texte, 159; Leblanc 57; Antoin E. Murphy, Richard Cantillon: entrepreneur and economist; T. Hutcheson, Before Adam Smith, pp. 163-178. First edition of Cantillon's great work, 'the most systematic statement of economic principles before Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations' (Roll, p. 121). 'The economic repute of Cantillon, for a time completely obscured by the glory of Adam Smith, can never have rested upon the popularity of his little book, now one of the scarcest works in economic literature .. The influence of the book is evidenced not only by the number but by the distinction of its students, including Gournay, Quesnay, Mirabeau, Turgot, and Adam Smith. It gave birth to Mirabeau's l'Ami des Hommes and apparently suggested much of the Tableau Oeconomique of Quesnay and parts of the Wealth of Nations .. Cantillon avoided, as Jevons has pointed out, the one-sidedness of the Physiocrats; and yet has been marked out as a Physiocrat .. Jevons thought Cantillon wrote 'with the scientific precision of a Cairnes or a Cournot,' and Prof. Marshall refers to his 'thoroughly scientific manner of discussion' .. In France the Essai has been pretty continuously read (see e.g. Ganilh, Des Systèmes d'Economie Politique, 2d. ed. 1821), and so stimulating and suggestive does it remain that its direct influence may be found to be not yet exhausted' (Palgrave, i, pp. 214f). Roll has called this work 'the most systematic statement of economic principles, before the Wealth of Nations' (History of Economic Thought, p. 121).Cantillon, a French banker of Irish extraction, was influenced by Petty, but his own influence was principally felt by the Physiocrat school: Higgs maintains that Quesnay took his fundamental principle of Physiocracy from the Essai. The Essai was written about 1730 and circulated in manuscript. Cantillon died in 1734 and the work was first published in 1755 in French, not in English, as stated on the title.The Essai has been quoted by Smith, Condillac, and Quesnay, plagiarised by Harris and Postlethwayt, and called by Jevons 'more emphatically than any other single work the cradle of political economy'. The work is divided into three sections: a general introduction to political economy, a treatise on currency, and a study of foreign commerce and exchange.'Since the 'discovery' of Cantillon by the English-speaking world following Jevons's enthusiastic article (1881), no less than justice has been done to the merits of the Essay .. Jevons himself noted that Cantillon had presented a treatment of currency, foreign exchanges, banking and credit which, judged against the work of its period, he felt to be 'almost beyond praise' .. It was likewise recognized as early as Jevons that Cantillon had set out the leading ideas of Adam Smith's 'important doctrine concerning wages in different employments' .. and that the Essay contained .. 'an almost complete anticipation of the Malthusian theory of population' (The New Palgrave, i, p. 318). - A very good copy.
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(COSTAZ, C.A.)
Corps de marchands et communautés d'arts et métiers.
A Paris, Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, 1821. 23, (1) pp. 8vo. Modern boards, morocco label with gilt lettering. Kress C.696; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Claude-Anthelme Costaz was one of the founders, in 1802, of the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry (Société pour l'encouragement de l'industrie nationale.) He was also the one commissioned to produce statistical tables concerning manufactures and industry. He produced three of them which showed the situation and its development with the dates 1789, 1800 and 1812 as the three different points of measurement and comparison. The present text is 'en grande partie, extrait d'un ouvrage que j'ai publié, il y a environ quatre ans, sur l'Administration de l'agriculture, du commerce, des arts, des manufactures, et des subsistances. Lorsque je le rédigeai, je ne prévoyais pas que la France touchait au moment où l'on demanderait le rétablissement des corps de marchands et des communautés d'arts et métiers' (Avertissement).
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(COYER, G.F.)
Développement et défense du système de la noblesse commerçante. A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez Duchesne, 1757. 2 volumes. - (Bound with:) (BELOT, Dame Octavie Guichard, later: présidente Octavie Guichard DUREY DE MEYNIERES.) Observations sur la noblesse et le Tiers-Etat par Madame ***.
A Amsterdam, chez Arkstée & Merkus, 1758. Together 2 works in 1 volume. 151 pp.; 206, (2, publisher's catalogue) pp.; (2), xxiv, 113 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands. First work: Kress 5597; Goldsmiths 9241; Einaudi 1383; Higgs 1478; INED 1227; not in Mattioli; Conlon 57:658.First edition.Coyer wrote his famous La Noblesse Commerçante ... in 1756. He outlined in this work the advantages for the noblity if they were to be engaged in commerce, and the advantages of a commercial active nobility for the State: development of commerce and trade, rise in population growth and consumption. The work generated a substantial polemic and against the many criticisms of his system the Abbé Coyer wrote this defense, particularly against the Chevalier d'Arcq's La Noblesse Militaire. Second work: Kress 5663; Goldsmiths 9395; Einaudi 397; Higgs 1728 (under Durey de Meynieres) & 1793 (under Belot); INED 391; Conlon 58:664. First edition.'C'est en répriment le luxe qui dévore les citoyens, énerve leur courage, dépeuple les provinces et dévaste les campagnes' (INED). - Preliminairies of the second work browned.
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(Conseil Supérieur de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et de l'Industrie)
Enquête sur le régime des sucres. Dépositions, procés verbaux des délibérations de Conseil Supérieur, rapports et documents.
1863 Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1863, fort volume in-folio broché, 742 pages, publication du Conseil Supérieur de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et de l'Industrie, très bon état
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(DEPPING, Georg Bernhard u.a.):
Beschrijving van Zwitserland, met betrekking tot deszelfs aardrijkskundige ligging, natuurlijke voortbrengsels, oudheden, geschiedenis en koophandel. Uit het hoogduitsch. In 2 Bänden.
Amsterdam, J.C. van Kesteren, 1824, in-8°, VI + 294 S. / IV + 286 S., mit insgesamt 2 gestochenen Titelblättern mit Kostümen und 4 Ansichten. Band 2 teils mit kleinem Wasserfleck in der oberen Ecke, leicht gebräunt, Halbleinenbände mit etwas Rverg., die Kapitäle etwas beschabt. Sehr gutes Exemplar.
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(DE FORGES, COMTE.)
Des véritables intérêts de la patrie.
A Paris, Chez les Libraires Associés, 1764. vi, (2), 194 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, front joint with short split at head and foot. Kress 6183 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp.); INED 1869 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp.); Goldsmiths 9943; Einaudi 1929; Higgs 3343; Leblanc 244 (edition published in Rotterdam of 127 pages only); Conlon 64:787 (edition published in Rotterdam of 204 pp). First edition. Apparently there are at least three editions published in the same year, no priority established. Observations concerning economics, finances, justice, the army, education and population (the christian morals are favorable to population whereas luxury is not): deals furthermore with 'L'Argent', 'Du Luxe', 'Des Subsides', 'Des Obligations de la Patrie envers les Citoyens', 'De L'Administration des Finances', 'Des Impôts', 'Des Rentes', 'Des Pensions', 'Des Charges', 'Des Ambassades', 'Des Guerres', 'De la Discipline Militaire', 'Des Réformes', 'Des Désertions', 'Des Grades Militaires', 'Des Fondations', 'De L'Usure', 'Des Loteries', 'Des Monnoyes', 'Des Marchandises', 'Des Voitures & des Postes', 'Des Chemins', 'Des Mines d'Or & d'Argent', 'De l'Agriculture', 'De la Population', 'Du Commerce', 'De l'economie particuliere', etc.
Bookseller reference : 18489
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(DECKER, M.)
Essai sur les causes du déclin du commerce étranger de la Grande Bretagne.
No place, 1757. 2 volumes. (2), 302 pp.; (2), 392 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, small loss of calf to front cover of volume 2, very lightly rubbed. McCulloch 46; Kress 5600; Goldsmiths 9242; Higgs 1465; not in Einaudi; Conlon 57:669; not in Mattioli. First French edition, first published in 1744. The French translator, J.P. de Gua de Malves, added extensive comments and therefore this French version is sought after. Sir Matthew Decker, director of the East India Company, merchant and pamphleteer, was born in Amsterdam. In the present work he urges the replacement of all customs and excise duties by a single tax on the consumption of luxury goods - a kind of income tax with the merits, as it was conceived in the eighteenth century, that the taxpayer voluntarily assesses himself by choosing to consume such articles and to such an extent as he wishes. Decker argues strongly against restrictions on trade, emphasizing the significance of industry and trade to the welfare of the country. He would exempt the houses inhabited by the poor from all duties - not on grounds of social sympathy but because it would necessarily lower their wages and consequently increase the competitive strength of British exports; he advocates the luxury tax because it would check luxury, the bane of virtue and industry. He was opposed to monopolies and bounties and was skeptical as to whether trade can ultimately be forced into 'an unnatural channel,' thus anticipating the discussion on the operation of natural laws in the economic world. In some respects he is considered an important precursor of Adam Smith. 'The first part of the work is devoted to a detailed criticism of the fiscal difficulties under which England is labouring; the second part to showing the intricate connection between the trade of a country and the value of the land; while in the third part Decker displays the great sources of wealth and prosperity possessed by England (and over her two chief rivals, France and Holland), and shows how the references he suggests would permit her to avail herself of these, her natural strength' (Palgrave, i, p. 519).
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(DUBUISSON, P.U.)
Abrégé de la Révolution de l'Amérique Angloise, Depuis le commencement de l'année 1774, jusqu'au premier Janvier 1778. Par M***, Américain.
A Paris, Chez Cellot & Jombert, 1778. [2], 452, [4, Privilege du Roi, Fautes à corriger, blank] pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering, red edges, a nice copy. Sabin 21037; Leclerc 868; Faÿ 11; Howes D.528; Monaghan, French Travellers in the United States, 580B; Muller 1597; not in Streeter sale; not in Kress; not in INED; Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 74; Echeverria & Wilkie, 778/20; Chadenat i, 813. First edition of this important work dealing with the War of Independence of the British colonies. An early French account of the Revolution, published about the time of the French entry into the war on the side of the Americans. "Day-by-day account of events from Gage's arrival at Boston until French recognition" - Howes. The author favours free trade with the American colonies, which had just been officially recognised as an independent state. Pp. 433-450 contain: Traité d'amitié et de commerce conclu entre le Roi et les Etats-Unis de l'Amérique septentrionale, le 6 février 1778 and U.S. Declaration of Independence: Declaration des Répresentans des Treize Provinces-Unies de l'Amérique, assemblées en Congrès-Général, le 4 juillet 1776 (pages 340-351.)
Bookseller reference : 27205
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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. 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. "Sets out the advantages and disadvantages of the Spanish War of Succession to Great Britain's commercial interests, together with the advantages to Spain of free trade in her colonies. This work is remarkable as containing a distinct prophecy of the revolt of the American colonies from Great Britain" (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online).
Bookseller reference : 18768
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(DUPRE DE SAINT-MAUR, N.F.)
Recherches sur la valeur des monnoies, et sur le prix des grains, avant et après le Concile de Francfort.
A Paris, Chez Nyon, Didot le jeune & Saugrain le jeune, 1762. xxxvii (misnumbered xxxvi), (3), 389, (3) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, corners very lightly bumped. Kress 6015; Goldsmiths 9786; Einaudi 1688; INED 1644; Higgs 2771. First edition of a study on the relationship between the value of coinage, citing numerous sources, grain prices and other vital commodities. The avertissement compares various European currencies and attempts to establish their real value by referring to workers' and soldiers' wages and assessing their purchase powers, while the introduction proposes a way of determining a fair price for wheat. The author's approach is predominantly historical (the title refers to a 794 edict which fixed the price of grain), providing a wide variety of statistical information. - Title-page and a few pages very lightly spotted.
Bookseller reference : 18629
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(ed.) Sander, H.; Inotai, A.
World Trade after the Uruguay Round : Prospects and Policy Options for the 21st Century
Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Light wear of back cover.
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(Engelbrecht, Johann Andreas)
Hamburgische Waarenberechnungen oder Sammlung richtiger und ausführlicher Calculationen verschiedener von andern Handelsplätzen nach Hamburg gesandten, oder von Hamburg nach andern Orten verschickten Waaren
Zweyte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. 2 in 1 Band. Mit 2 (wiederholten) gest. Titelvignetten (wohl von Franz Nicolaus Rolffsen). Hamburg, Fritsch und Ruprecht, 1782. 8vo. (19,2 x 12,2 cm). 2 Bl., 368 S., 1 Bl. Zwischentitel, S. 369-796. Halblederband d. Zt. mit rotem Rückenschild sowie blind- u. goldgeprägtem Rücken.
Bookseller reference : 5638
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(Fenning, Daniel).
THE READY RECKONER, OR, TRADER'S USEFUL ASSISTANT, Adapted to the Use of all who deal by Wholesale or Retail.
191 p. Very mildly XLib. Two small stamps on first fly leaf. Lightly browned. Fly leaves very dampstained but not text. 16mo. 165 mm. Original full leather binding, scuffed and pitted. Hardbound. Good. Title continues: 'Exhibiting at One View, the Amount of Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One up to Ten Thousand.' These reckoners were extremely popular in early America. They were an essential tool in trades of every sort. Evans 33730. PALIB 6
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(Fenning, Daniel).
THE READY RECKONER, OR, TRADER'S USEFUL ASSISTANT, Adapted to the Use of all who deal by Wholesale or Retail.
191 p. Browned. Margins torn without loss on two leaves. Slight loss of a few numbers on pages 99/100. 16mo. 165 mm. Original full leather binding, worn. Front board detached. Title continues: 'Exhibiting at One View, the Amount of Value of any Number or Quantity of Goods or Merchandise, from One up to Ten Thousand.' Hardbound. Fair. These Ready Reckoners were essential to all classes of Americans from landed squires to agricultural laborers. Evans 33730. EVANS1
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(Geffcken, Friedr. Heinrich)
Die Stellung der Hansestädte. Bemerkungen, veranlaßt durch sechs Artikel der Weser-Zeitung / Die Stellung der Hansestaedte.
Hamburg, Herold'sche Buchhandlung, 1853. 41 S. ANGEBUNDEN: Die Stellung der Hansestädte. (Teil) II.: In näherer Beziehung auf Hamburg. Ebda., 1854. 95 S. Mit Tab. Spät. HLn.
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(GOUDAR, A.)
Les intérêts de la France mal entendus, dans les branches de l'agriculture, de la population, des finances, du commerce, de la marine et de l'industrie. Par un citoyen.
A Amsterdam, Chez Jacques Coeur, à la corne d'Abondance (Paris), 1756. 3 volumes. xii, 372 pp.; 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
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(Guthrie, James) [1792-1869].
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ON THE STATE OF THE FINANCES, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1856. 34th Congress, 3d. Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc. No. 2.
672p. Inked ownership of Christian Kieffer (a 19th century Mayor of Lancaster, PA) on front fly leaf. Large 8vo. 9" x 5 4/3" in 8's. Original full brown cloth binding decorated and embossed in blind. Spine lettered in gold. Quarter inch loss at head of spine. James Gutherie served in the Kentucky legislature, 1827-41. U.S. Secretary of treasury, 1853-57. A Unionist, he put his Louisville and Nashville Railroad at the disposal of federal troops, 1861-65. Served as U.S. Senator, Democrat, from Kentucky (1865-1868). Hardbound. Very good. ECON/BUS BOX 1
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(HAUTERIVE, A.M. BLANC DE LA NAUTTE, COMTE D'.)
De l'État de la France à la fin de l'an VIII.
A Paris, Chez Henrics, Brumaire An 9 (octobre 1800). iv, 350, (2) pp. Large 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, spine richly gilt in compartments, red label and gilt lettering. Kress B.4197; Goldsmiths 17829; Einaudi 2859; not in Mattioli; INED 2232; Stourm, p. 318; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, iii, p. 211. First edition. Deals with the political situation of France in comparison with the other European nations: The political situation before the war; General thoughts on the present situation of France; Present situation of France considering its allies; Present situation of France considering its ennemies; Present situation of France considering the neutrals; Internal situation of France, followed by two chapters dealing with: 'Population et industrie de la France' and with 'Moeurs et Lois de la France.' According to Barbier the work was composed not only under supervision of Talleyrand but even partly written by him. Alexandre-Maurice Blanc de Lanautte, Comte d'Hauterive, was diplomat and economist, born in Aspres (Hautes-Alpes) on 14 April 1754. He went with Choiseul-Gouffier to Constantinopel, spent some years in New York, and returned to France in 1798 and started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the 18th Brumaire to the fall of the Empire he was involved in all the major negociations of the period. - Small hole in half-title, occasional light spotting, small library stamp on half-title, a very attractive copy.
Bookseller reference : 17250
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(HAUTCHAMP, B. MARMOND DU.)
Histoire du système des finances sous la minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précédée d'une abrégé de la vie du Duc Régent, & du Sr. Law.
A La Haye, Chez Pierre de Hondt, 1739. Titles printed in red and black, with folding table on two sheets and 1 engraved plate. 6 volumes in 3. (2), 204 pp.; (2), 312 pp.; (2), 208 pp.; (2), 286 pp.; (14), 294 pp.; (18), 246 pp. Small 8vo. Modern overlapping vellum, red morocco labels. Kress 4447; Goldsmiths 7712; Einaudi 3728; INED 1553; Mattioli, 2247; Conlon 39:427; JFBL M162; European Americana, 739/191; not in Sabin. The only edition of this important work. An account of the financial operations of John Law and his 'Compagnie des Indes', including a great number of important memoirs, letters patent, decrees, declarations, etc. Barthélemy Marmont du Hautchamp (1682 - ab. 1760) was an admirer of John Law's system and his book is not written without partiality but has yet been recognized as the best contemporary history of the system and its most precious source. John Law's operations began with the foundation in 1716 of the 'Banque Générale', soon afterwards renamed 'Banque Royale'. This was followed by the scheme of colonization known as 'Mississippi scheme' in the 'Compagnie des Indes' which, by absorbing various other chartered companies, acquired the monopoly on the trade to America, Africa and China. Moreover, the company obtained the monopoly of tobacco, the control of the mint, the payment of the national debt, and the farm of the taxes. Within a few years Law's companies thus got almost complete control over France's overseas trade, its currency and public finances, to the extend that Law's companies at one point owned more than half of the then known United States. In 1719 the 'Compagnie des Indes' and the 'Banque Royale' were united, and the promising outlooks of the new company lead to an unprecedented speculation in its shares. As known the bubble burst in 1720, cash payments were suspended and Law fled from the country, leaving behind ruined many of his former supporters.The last 2 volumes contain the full texts of the 'mémoires', 'letters patentes', 'édits', 'déclarations', 'arrêts', etc., mostly by the Conseil d'État, as well as many other documents of which many are dealing with the 'Compagnie d'Occident', and the 'Compagnie des Indes Orientales et de la Chine', on which documents the author based this thorough and important history.Marmont du Hautchamp was born in Orléans and fermier des domaines in Flanders. He was also the author of the famous and very rare Histoire générale et particulière du visa (also published in The Hague, in 1743) which also dealt with the activities of John Law and the Mississippi bubble.
Bookseller reference : 15440
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(HAUTCHAMP, B. MARMOND DU.)
Histoire du système des finances sous la minorité de Louis XV. Pendant les années 1719 & 1720. Précédée d'une abrégé de la vie du Duc Régent, & du Sr. Law.
A La Haye, Chez Pierre de Hondt, 1739. Titles printed in red and black, with folding table on two sheets and 1 engraved plate. 6 volumes. (2), 204 pp.; (2), 312 pp.; (2), 208 pp.; (2), 286 pp.; (14), 294 pp.; (18), 246 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, red edges, volume three with some loss of calf at outer margin of front cover. Kress 4447; Goldsmiths 7712; Einaudi 3728; INED 1553; Mattioli, 2247; Conlon 39:427; JFBL M162; European Americana, 739/191; not in Sabin. The only edition of this important work. An account of the financial operations of John Law and his 'Compagnie des Indes', including a great number of important memoirs, letters patent, decrees, declarations, etc. Barthélemy Marmont du Hautchamp (1682 - ab. 1760) was an admirer of John Law's system and his book is not written without partiality but has yet been recognized as the best contemporary history of the system and its most precious source. John Law's operations began with the foundation in 1716 of the 'Banque Générale', soon afterwards renamed 'Banque Royale'. This was followed by the scheme of colonization known as 'Mississippi scheme' in the 'Compagnie des Indes' which, by absorbing various other chartered companies, acquired the monopoly on the trade to America, Africa and China. Moreover, the company obtained the monopoly of tobacco, the control of the mint, the payment of the national debt, and the farm of the taxes. Within a few years Law's companies thus got almost complete control over France's overseas trade, its currency and public finances. In 1719 the 'Compagnie des Indes' and the 'Banque Royale' were united, and the promising outlooks of the new company lead to an unprecedented speculation in its shares. As known the bubble burst in 1720, cash payments were suspended and Law fled from the country, leaving behind ruined many of his former supporters.The last 2 volumes contain the full texts of the 'mémoires', 'letters patentes', 'édits', 'déclarations', 'arrêts', etc., mostly by the Conseil d'État, as well as many other documents of which many are dealing with the 'Compagnie d'Occident', and the 'Compagnie des Indes Orientales et de la Chine', on which documents the author based this thorough and important history.Marmont du Hautchamp was born in Orléans and fermier des domaines in Flanders. He was also the author of the famous and very rare Histoire générale et particulière du visa (also published in The Hague, in 1743) which also dealt with the activities of John Law and the Mississippi bubble.
Bookseller reference : 26938
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(HERBERT, C.J.)
Essai sur la police générale des grains, sur leurs prix & sur les effets de l'agriculture.
A Berlin, 1757. iv, xviii, 435, (1) pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, red edges. Higgs 1474; Kress 5617 (incomplete copy); Weulersse, i, xx; this edition not in Goldsmiths, Einaudi & INED. The best edition. Including the 'Arrêt du Conseil d'Etat du Roi, qui, entr'autres dispositions, ordonne que le commerce de toute espèce de grains sera libre entièrement par terre et par les rivières, de province à province, dans l'intérieur du Royaume. Du 17 Septembre 1754', to which referrence is made in the Avertissement. The basic importance of agriculture in the life of the French nation was equally emphasized by C.J. Herbert, who held labor and land to be the primary resources of a nation, and agriculture its basic industry. Upon agriculture depended a nation's power and wealth, its ability to colonize, the fruitfulness of its commerce, and the capacity of its territory to support population. Having demonstrated the basic importance of agriculture to the political and economic strength of France, Herbert indicated that French agriculture was languishing, and its revivification was essential to the aggrandizement of the nation and to the felicity of its inhabitants; ..... Herbert advocated the improvement of grain markets and prices through inauguration of the right to export grain, modifications in the tax system, and the establishment of a research bureau to discover how agriculture could be improved, and why some provinces were more favorable to agriculture, manufacturing, and population growth than others. (Spengler, French predecessors of Malthus, pp. 67-72). Valuable work, cited with praise by Adam Smith.
Bookseller reference : 16593
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(J.F. MAHY) DE CORMERE.
Mémoire sur les finances et le crédit, pour servir de suite aux 'Recherches et considérations nouvelles sur les finances'.
A Paris, Chez l'auteur, Moutard, Desenne, 1789. 32, 176 pp. 8vo. Modern half vellum, marbled boards, vellum corners, label with gilt lettering. Kress B.1655; Goldsmiths 13928; Stourm 190; INED 3007; Martin & Walter, i, 8288; Monglond, i, p. 244, all listing copies in which the 32 preliminary pages are lacking, as almost always. First edition. The first 32 pages which are apparently nearly always lacking contain: "Adresse à l'Assemblée nationale, ou précis des élémens du plan général." A new financial system proposed, followed by 25 projects of decrees. - First two leaves a little stained.
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(Jousse COMMERCE EPICES )
NOUVEAU COMMENTAIRE SUR LES ORDONNANCES AOUT 1669 A MARS 1673. ENSEMBLE SUR L'EDIT DU MOIS DE MARS 1673 TOUCHANT LES EPICES relie avec NOUVEAU COMMENTAIRE SUR L’ORDONNANCE du COMMERCE du mois de mars 1673
A Paris Debeure 1756. In-8° relié (17 X 10 centimètres), pleine basane de l’epoque, dos orné à nerfs, XII-251-344 pages. Assez bon état, frottement au dos,aux coiffes et coins.
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(Ketels, S[tephanus] B[eeck]; Hrsg.)
Bericht über die vom Altonaer Industrieverein veranstaltete Gewerbe-Ausstellung für die Herzogthümer Schleswig Holstein und Lauenburg 1847
Mit reich ornamentiertem lithogr. Titel von H. Cordts, Altona. Altona, C. Th. Schlüter 1848. 8vo. (20,5 x 12,4 cm). (III)-VI, 108 S. Bibl.-Halbleinwandband d. Zt.
Bookseller reference : 5874
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(Kipling, Rudyard); Saxton, Eugene F.
THE KIPLING INDEX. Being a Guide to Authorized American Trade Edition of Rudyard Kipling's Works. Compiled by Eugene F. Saxton March, 1911.
pp. (12) [Introduction], 44. Double column. 12mo. 185mm. Original printed wraps. Front wrap detached. Some loss on rear wrap. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist who is now chiefly remembered for: his celebration of British imperialism; tales and poems of British soldiers in India; and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. KIP BX 3
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(KIRCHENPAUER, Gustav Heinrich)
Das Differentialzoll-System nach den bei mehreren Nordseestaaten Deutschlands zur Erörterung gekommenen Vorschlägen für die Errichtung eines deutschen Schiffahrts- und Handels-Vereins.
Hamburg, Meißner, 1847. 4to. 2 Bl., 125 S., 1 Bl. Ohne Einband.
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(KOHLI, G.):
Festschrift zum Hundertjährigen Bestehen des Konsumvereins Zürich. 1851 - 1951.
Zürich, Buchdruckerei K. Neidhart & Co., 1951, in-4to, 98 S. ill. mit Zeichnungen v.Rolf Gfeller + 34 Tafeln mit Fotogr. Abb. Nikolaus Vonwiller (Vintage Einkaufszentrum !) (3 Falttafeln). Original-Pappband,
Bookseller reference : 50659aaf
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(LACOMBE DE PREZEL, H.)
Les progrès du commerce.
A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez A.M. Lottin, 1760. xii, 335, (1, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt with gilt lettering, very, very lightly rubbed. Kress 5864; Goldsmiths 9570; Higgs 2216; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 380; INED 2428; not in Einaudi; Conlon 60:867. First edition. 'Deux parties dans cet ouvrage: la première est consacrée au commerce dans l'Antiquité et à l'époque contemporaine; la seconde concerne les diverses branches de la production, les banques et les manufactures' (Leblanc, op.cit.) - Copy from the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloß Eferding.
Bookseller reference : 17054
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(LEFEVRE DE BEAUVRAY, P.)
Dictionnaire social et patriotique, ou Précis raisonné de connoissance relatives à l'économie morale, civile et politique. Par M.C.R.L.F.D.B.A.A.P.D.P.
A Amsterdam, 1770. (12), 557, (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. INED 2756; Einaudi 3297; Goldsmiths 10608; Higgs 5135; not in Kress. First edition. 'Chaque article est accompagné d'abondantes reférences bibliographiques' (INED). 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
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(LINHOF) - GIEBELHAUSEN, Joachim.
Techniques Of Advertising Photography (1963).
Verlag Grossbild-Technik, 1963. Hard-cover in-4°, 242 pages + adv., color and B&W photos (many photos from early advertising campaigns, using the Linhof system). Overweight Hardcover no D-J.
Bookseller reference : 41025
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(LINHOF) - GIEBELHAUSEN, Joachim.
Techniques Of Advertising Photography (1963).
Hard-cover in-4°, 242 pages + adv., color and B&W photos (many photos from early advertising campaigns, using the Linhof system). Overweight Hardcover no D-J. VG+++ Edges, corners, and covers of book show (very very )minor wear. No underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. Stored in a box. [HP-3]
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(Luckombe, Philip).
THE TABLET OF MEMORY; SHEWING EVERY MEMORABLE EVENT IN HISTORY, From the Earliest Period to the Year 1807. Classed under distinct Heads, with their Dates. Comprehending An Epitome of English History With An Exact Chronology of Painters, Eminent Men. To wh
pp, (4), 348. 12mo. Marbled edges. Modern full cloth binding. Early (1806) manuscript ownership of W. R. Broad. A nice clean and tight copy. An absolutely wonderful compendium of a broad range of facts, statistics, and historical events. Sort of a combination handy encyclopedia / Information Please Almanac / and Guinesses' Book of Records. Covers a wide range of topics beyond those mentioned in the title, like: history; accidents; battles; floods; oddities; royalty; politics; reference; statistics; law; diplomacy; wars; military; biography; economics; government; chronology; roads; inventions; architecture; religion; commerce; storms; earthquakes; records; etc. The 1806 ownership indicates that these were early examples of gift books, issued for the Christmas and New Year's trade. The supposed author, Philip Luckombe, was responsible for all sorts of interesting miscellaneous literature, including: 'A Concise History of the Origin an Progress of Printing' 1770. W144/Rear.
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(Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Commerce)
STUD BOOK FRANCAIS. REGISTRE DES CHEVAUX DE PUR SANG IMPORTÉS OU NÉS EN FRANCE. Tome VI - 1878, 1879, 1880
Paris, Imprimerie typographique Kugelmann, 1881 In-8, reliure postérieure bleue nuit, coiffes et coins usés. XIV-888 pages
Bookseller reference : 235
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(NECKER, J.)
Sur la législation et le commerce des grains. Quatrième édition.
A Paris, Chez Humblot, 1776. xiv, (2), 410 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gil lettering, red edges, corners and spine-ends very rubbed. This edition not in Kress, Goldsmiths, Einaudi and INED. Rare edition, the address of Humblot is pasted over the address of earlier editions, Pissot. Necker condemned the physiocratic doctrine of free trade and was in favour of government control. The physiocrats attacked his ideas with much energy. In 1789 Necker got a chance to put his ideas into practice, which led to disastrous results.
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(NICODEME, P.J.)
Exercise des commerçans contenant Des Assertions Consulaires sur l'Edit du mois de Novembre 1563, le titre XVI de l'Ordonnance du mois d'Avril 1667; ensemble sur l'Edit du mois de Janvier 1718, portant établissement d'une Jurisdiction Consulaire en la Ville de Valenciennes: avec les Déclarations interprétatives, & des Arrêts de Réglement. Des idées, projets & Parères sur la partie des Lettres de change, Billets à ordre & au Porteur, & sur plusieurs autres affaires de Commerce, avec différentes Questions, Remarques & Consultations, suivis d'une chronologie des Ordonnances sur les faillites & banqueroutes. Dédié à Mgr. Hue de Miroménil, Garde des Sceaux de France.
A Paris, Chez Vallade, 1776. (8), 724 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, red edges. Kress 7236; Goldsmiths 11424; Einaudi 2155; Camus 2132; Pardessus, Bibliothèque de Jurisprudence Commerciale, 59; not in INED. First edition and rare. Dedication to Hue de Miromesnil, followed by an Avis du Libraire. The main work is divided into two parts: the first deals with the 'Assertions Consulaires' from the edict of 1563 by which the Juge-Consuls of Paris were created and all following legislation and further creation of similar positions; the second part deals with the 'Lettres de change & billets de Commerce' and contains a collection of (legal and commercial) propositions concerning trade, commerce and business. The author also shows how, based on the same principles, opposing views and even contradictory legislation has grown in time. This work collects many documents and laws and regulations issued over the previous centuries with the relevant jurisprudence and is a very interesting and useful sourcebook. - Very good copy.
Bookseller reference : 19320
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(O'HEGUERTY, P.A.)
Essai sur les intérêts du commerce maritime. Par M***. Nouvelle édition. A La Haye, 1754. With 1 folding table. - (Preceded by:) EON DE BEAUMONT, (C.G.L.A.A.T.) D'. Essai historique sur les différentes situations de la France, par rapport aux finances sous le règne de Louis XIV et la régence du Duc d'Orléans.
A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1754. Two works bound in one volume. 258 pp.; (2), xiv, 186 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red labels with gilt lettering, joint lightly rubbed. First work: Kress 5376; Goldsmiths 8914; Einaudi 4196; INED 3409; Higgs 738; not in Mattioli. Second edition, published in the year of its first publication. 'Economique. Richesse acquises par la France depuis Henri IV grâce à son commerce maritime; état de la Grande Bretagne, puis celui de la France de Louis XV comparé à la France de Louis XIV; nécessité du commerce maritime; examen de la traite des nègres, des colonies, du commerce du Nord, etc.' (INED). ). Deals with the colonies both French and English, Canada, etc.'Devenuz assez rare' quoted by Higgs. Pierre-André O'Heguerty, Comte de Magnières (1700-1763), was received in 1718 as 'avocat au Parlement de Paris' and became the President of the 'Conseil supérieur de l'Ile de Bourbon' in 1741. The above work was published in 1754, and reprinted in 1756 at the end of the Discours politiques de Hume. This is the second seperate edition. In this work he gives a translation of the Navigation Act, suggesting that such an Act should also be developped for France (Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 381).The folding plate gives the 'produit du travail des nègres.'Second work: Kress S.3978; Higgs 766 (erroneously claiming 2 volumes); cf.: Goldsmiths 8818; INED 1734 (both listing the 1753 edition); not in Einaudi.Second edition.The first edition appeared in 1753. Includes remarks on the introduction of luxury through the system of John Law. The author's name spelled on the titlepage as: Deon de Beaumont. Copy with the pages 93/4 and 119/20 in the revised version, the cancelled versions removed. Annotations on first flyleaves and title. - Stamp of Ville d'Orange, Bibliothèque Municipale on half-title of second work and on the last page of the first work, second stamp Bibliothèque d'Orange on half title second work, half-title of second work strengthened in inner margin and repaired on verso, armorial ex-libris 'Lud. de Sausin' on front paste-down, a little foxed, author's name in ink on title of first work, and some contemporary handwritten notes on the front free blanks concerning these works and the authors.
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