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1786ref. 126469London: no publisher 1786. From the library of Empress Joséphine True first edition of Condorcet's life of Turgot Gerits's Edition A; a superb copy from the library of Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais with her Bibliothèque de la Malmaison stamp on the title page and her initials to the spine. This work together with Dupont de Nemours's biography is the chief contemporary account of the renowned financial reformer and friend of the physiocrats. It contains in a footnote Condorcet's early attempt to apply mathematics to economics. On pp. 178-184 he discusses the various mathematical ways "in which indirect taxation could be replaced by direct taxation and the effects of such a change" Theocharis p. 65. Condorcet 1743-1794 secretary to the Académie and a prolific author was a strong supporter of Turgot who had attempted to implement physiocratic ideas as the French finance minister from 1774 to 1776. The present work seeks to vindicate Turgot's thought and work and is a powerful defence of Enlightenment economic ideas. "Contrary to what is suggested by the title this book was not a biography but rather an exposé of Turgot's educational political and economic ideas. In fact Stanley Jevons has called it one of the earliest works on 'économie pure'" Gerits. Seven editions of Condorcet's Vie de Monsieur Turgot appeared within two years making it one of the best-selling works of economics of its day. The first four editions all bear a London imprint dated 1786 though Gerits notes that it seems that all but Edition A were printed in France. Octavo 202 x 125 mm. Contemporary speckled quarter calf smooth spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label monogram "JB" gilt-tooled to penultimate compartment paste paper sides red silk bookmarker. Bibliothèque de la Malmaison stamp to title page. Spine ends and corners a touch worn a few light spots to title leaf scattered marginal pencil marks; a notably fresh and crisp copy beautifully bound. Einaudi 1217; Goldsmiths' 13128; Kress B.1032; Sraffa 1062 "first edition first issue". Anton Gerits "Condorcet's Vie de Monsieur Turgot" Harvard Library Bulletin 3 4 Winter 1992-93 pp. 35-37; Reghinos D. Theocharis Early Developments in Mathematical Economics 1961. unknown
1786ref. 83882London: no publisher 1786. One of four printings of 1786 Gerits's edition D with no Avis de l'éditeur and no errata and the misprints corrected: "Contrary to what is suggested by the title this book was not a biography but rather an exposé of Turgot's educational political and economic ideas" Gerits. This work together with Dupont de Nemours's biography is the chief contemporary account of the renowned financial reformer and friend of the physiocrats. It contains in a footnote Condorcet's early attempt to apply mathematics to economics. On pp. 178-184 he discusses the various mathematical ways "in which indirect taxation could be replaced by direct taxation and the effects of such a change" Theocharis Early developments in mathematical economics p. 65. Condorcet 1743-1794 was secretary to the Académie and was a prolific author. Although more celebrated for his studies in philosophy literature and politics "his mathematical treatment of probabilities and his discussion of differential equations and finite differences show an ability which might have put him in the first rank had he concentrated his attention on mathematics" W.W. Rouse Ball A Short Account of the History of Mathematics p. 388. Octavo 214 x 135 mm. Contemporary papier dominoté wrappers paper spine label hand-written in black ink. Short closed tear to pages 245-246 neatly repaired without loss occasional light spotting; a very good uncut copy in an attractive decorated paper wrapper. Kress B.1033. Gerits: "Condorcet's Vie de Monsieur Turgot" in Harvard Library Bulletin. unknown
1774ref. 127684Paris: Chez Couturier père 1774 but 1775. First edition of Condorcet's defence of the free trade of grain. Turgot's liberalisation of the grain trade in 1774 coinciding with bad harvests and rocketing prices led to a fierce pamphlet war between proponents of the mercantilist and free trade schools of thought. Condorcet had written the present tract prior to Turgot's enactment of the policy perhaps to anticipate it but the work was not published until April 1775 in the midst of the troubles and the month before the outbreak of bread riots in Paris. Condorcet would elaborate his ideas further in his 1776 treatise Réflexions sur le commerce des bleds the year in which Turgot was dismissed and liberalisation of the grain trade scaled back. Octavo 181 x 118 mm. Recent marbled boards black calf label. Half-title present. Some offsetting from type a few minor creases discreet repair to tear on p. 8 else a very good copy. INED 1171 bis; Kress 7003. Williams Condorcet and Modernity p. 19. hardcover
1790ref. 127340Paris: Imprimeur de l'Assemblee Nationale 1790. First edition of Condorcet's critique of the assignats. Condorcet was Inspector of the Coins from 1775 to 1790 and had consequently participated in the great monetary debates of the reign of Louis XVI. Partly invigorated by these debates he was a fierce opponents of the assignats an opposition which would be vindicated as their value plummeted. Octavo 189 x 121 mm. Recent marbled boards red morocco label to spine. A few foxing marks but generally clean. A very nice copy. hardcover
1997ref. x-0714644048Frank Cass & Co 1997. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 168 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. Frank Cass & Co paperback
1788ref. 264649Paris: Chez Froullé libraire quai des Augustins 1788. First edition. 4 xvi 383 1; 4 259 1; 4 292; 4 366 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary quarter leather pastepaper boards french tips flat spines with red leather title and volume labels. Spines rubbed some minor starting of joints to two volumes small loss to head of vol. I a very good contemporary set. First edition. 4 xvi 383 1; 4 259 1; 4 292; 4 366 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Mazzei emigrated to America from Italy in 1773 and introduced the cultivation of grapes and olives to the United States. He became a neighbor of Jefferson in Virginia settling near Monticello at Jefferson's request and this association led to their long friendship and the author's acquaintance with Franklin and Adams. A staunch Republican Mazzei took an active role in the Independence movement. In this work he outlines the history of the American colonies the causes of the Revolution and the economy and government of the United States. Also discussed are Indians slavery emigration and the Society of the Cincinnati. The book was a contemporary success and remains an important work which Malone characterizes as "probably the most reliable of all the works of the period on the United States" Thomas Jefferson 2:109-110. Jefferson aided Mazzei in the compilation of the work while acting as American minister in Paris. Sabin 47206; Leclerc 957; Howes M456; Monaghan 1052; Muller 1612; Fay 24; Einaudi 3807; Reese Revolutionary 87 Chez Froullé, libraire, quai des Augustins unknown
1795ref. 65358Paris: Chez Agasse 1795. Can Man Become Perfect" CONDORCET Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat Marquis de. Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain. Ouvrage posthume de Condorcet. Paris: Chez Agasse L'an III. de la République 1795. First edition of Condorcet's philosophical masterpiece. Octavo 7 7/8 x 4 13/16 inches; 201 x 123 mm. viii 389 1 blank pp. Contemporary quarter calf over dark blue paste-paper boards spine gilt with dotted bands and ornaments gilt red morocco lettering piece. Old owner's signature on half-title. A quarter-inch marginal tear at the bottom of leaf M42 that does not affect the text. Light foxing throughout. A blue ink stain on top edge from signature Z to the end. Overall a clean and attractive copy. "It was the gospel of the nineteenth century that mankind is destined for indefinite future progress. Condorcet 1743-1794 looking back and then forward saw proof of this in the growing equality between classes and nations the intellectual physical and moral improvement of man; and he prophesied that popular education on correct principles would strengthen and assure this progress.In the Esquisse 'An Historical Outline of the Progress of the Human Mind' published after his death Condorcet traces the history of man through epochs the first three covering his progress from savagery to pastoral community and thence to the agricultural state. The next five span the growth of civilizations and knowledge down to Descartes and the ninth describes the revolution of Condorcet's own lifetime from Newton to Rousseau. The prophetic view of the tenth epoch shows Condorcet at his most original. He forecasts the destruction of inequality between nations and classes and the improvement intellectual moral and physical of human nature.it is as the most fully developed exposition of the progress of man that Condorcet's work is now remembered and it is this which has given its lasting appeal" Printing and the Mind of Man. Printing and the Mind of Man 246. HBS 65358. $2000. Chez Agasse unknown
1785ref. 66958Paris: De k'Imprimerie Royale 1785. The First Large-Scale Attempt to Apply Mathematics to Knowledge of Human Phenomena" CONDORCET Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat Marquis de. Essai sur l'application de l'analyse à la probabilité des décisions rendues à la pluralité des voix. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1785. First edition. Quarto. 2 cxci 1 blank 304 pp. Decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary French mottled calf spine decorated in gilt with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers all edges red. First and last few pages browned at edges . gathering K is browned a Q and 2G is toned. Otherwise very good and very scarce. "Condorcet's most significant and fruitful endeavor was in a field entirely new at the time. The subject was one that departed from the natural sciences and mathematics but nevertheless showed the way toward a scientific comprehension of human phenomena taking the empirical approach of natural science as its inspiration and employing mathematics as its tool. Condorcet called this new science 'social mathematics.' It was apparently intended to comprise.a statistical description of society a theory of political economy inspired by the Physiocrats and a combinatorial theory of intellectual processes. The great work on the voting process published in 1785 is related to the latter. Condorcet there sought to construct a scheme for an electoral body the purpose of which would be to determine the truth about a given subject by the process of voting and in which each elector would have the same chance of voicing the truth.No doubt the results obtained in the Essai d'application de l'analyse were modest ones. 'In almost all cases' Condorcet said 'the results are in conformity with what simple reason would have dictated; but it is so easy to obscure reason by sophistry and vain subtleties that I should feel rewarded if I had only founded a single useful truth on a mathematical demonstration' Essai p. ii. One must nevertheless recognize in this work.the first large-scale attempt to apply mathematics to knowledge of human phenomena" D.S.B. Brunet VI col. 472. HBS 66958. $7500. De k'Imprimerie Royale unknown
ref. 1610Kehl: De L'imprimerie De La Société Littéraire Typographiques 1789. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. iv 374pp. 2 a8-z8; aa4 - aa4 blank. Half-title present. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. All edges marbled red. Cioranescu I 20418. All edges stamped by an academic institution's name and stamped 'Withdrawn.' 0 [Kehl]: De L'imprimerie De La Société Littéraire Typographiques, 1789. hardcover
ref. 1248A Paris: Chez Agasse An V 1797. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. viii 392pp. 4 A8-Z8 Aa8 Bb4. Half-title present. Third edition published by Sophie Condorcet and Daunou. Later quarter calf over boards by GKB Pynaker Bookbinders at the Hague with their small bookplate. A. Martin & G. Walter Catalogue de l'histoire de la Révolution Française 8083. 0 A Paris: Chez Agasse, An V (1797). hardcover
2019ref. 429062019. ISBN-13: 9781584776543; ISBN-10: 1584776544. Translated by Thomas Jefferson Destutt de Tracy Antoine Louis Claude Comte. Jefferson Thomas. A Commentary and Review of Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws Prepared For Press From the Original Manuscript in the Hands of the Publisher. To Which Are Annexed Observations on the Thirty-First Book by the Late M. Condorcet: And Two Letters of Helveticus on the Merits of the Same Work. Philadelphia: Duane 1811. viii 292 pp. Reprinted 2006 2019 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584776543; ISBN-10: 1584776544. Hardcover. New. $75. Commentaire sur l'Esprit des Lois de Montesquieu 1806 is a critique of Montesquieu's pessimistic appraisal of democracy in De l'Esprit des Lois. While minister to France in the 1780s Jefferson saw this work in manuscript. It so impressed him that he arranged for its publication in France and translated it anonymously for publication in America. Looking back at this work in a letter from 1811 Jefferson commended it for correcting De l'Esprit des Lois. While other studies "nibbled only at its errors" he told his correspondent this work rebutted them "with a depth of thought precision of idea of language and of logic which will force conviction into every mind. I declare to you Sir in the spirit of truth and sincerity that I consider it the most precious gift the present age has received.": The Writings of Thomas Jefferson V:566-571. CONTENTS: Of laws in England; Of laws originating directly from the nature of the government; Of the principles of the three forms of government; The laws relating to education should be congenial with the principles of the government; Laws formed by the legislative should be consistent with the principles of the government; Consequences of the principles of different governments in relation to the simplicity of civil and criminal laws the forms of judicial proceedings and the apportionment of punishments; Consequences of the different principles of the three forms of government relative to sumptuary laws to luxury and to the condition of women; Of the corruption of the principle in each of the three forms of government -- Of laws relative to the defensive force; Of laws relative to the offensive force. unknown
ref. 42721S.l.n.d. 1789. 8 pages. 195x125 Cm. Dérelié. Position politique de Condorcet sur le problème des biens ecclésiastiques. Ce sont les réflexions "d'un homme qui n'a jamais passé pour aimer le Clergé mais qui a toujours aimé la justice et la paix qui lorsqu'un Corps est détruit ne voit plus dans ceux qui le composaient que des individus. ayant les mêmes droits que les autres hommes.". Mouillure angulaire avec petits manques sans atteinte au texte. Traces de plis. S.l.n.d. (1789). unknown
ref. 67764A la fin: Paris Imprimerie du Cercle Social 1791. 4 pages. 23x145 Cm. Broché. Rarissime prospectus de parution de ce célèbre périodique paru entre 1791 et 1793. On y trouve la philosophie de la publication la rubrique assurée par chaque auteur les conditions d'abonnement etc. Petits manques. Taches et rousseurs. (A la fin:) Paris, Imprimerie du Cercle Social (1791). unknown
ref. ria9780828402521_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Offers a photographic reproduction of a very rare and historically important work published in 1785 in the theory of probability. This work deals with the application of the theory of probability to the social sciences including law an hardcover
1796ref. 55398Philadelphia:: Printed by Lang and Ustick 1796. old full sheep. Some scattered inoffensive foxing; light use to binding; tight and sound. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Being a Posthumous Work of the Late M. de Condorcet. Translated from the French. Printed by Lang and Ustick, unknown
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1955ref. 024126New York: The Noonday Press 1955. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Translated by June Barrclough. Introduction by Stuart Hampshire. Library of Ideas. First published and translated 1795. Edge wear to dust jacket. The Noonday Press hardcover
1974ref. BN510058Editions Hermann 1974. 1974. Softcover. Mathématique et société Mathématique et société Condorcet et Roshdi Rashed Editions Hermann paperback
1994ref. BN646377Promeneur 1994. 1994. Vie de Voltaire Vie de Voltaire Condorcet Promeneur unknown
1976ref. BN155695Suhrkamp 1976. 1976. Softcover. Entwurf einer historischen Darstellung der Fortschritte des menschlichen Geistes suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft stw 175 Entwurf einer historischen Darstellung der Fortschritte des menschlichen Geistes suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft stw 175 Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet Suhrkamp paperback
1788ref. 89325Paris Colle: Froullé 1788. Fine. Froullé Paris Colle 1788 13.5 x 21 cm 4 volumes Brochés First edition cf. Sabin 47206. Leclerc 952.Some joints cracked at head and tail minor marginal losses of no consequence to the temporary wrappers.The author Italian by birth emigrated to America before the Revolution and settled in Virginia near Monticello.His book written in collaboration with Condorcet is of particular interest with regard to the history of independence and the government of the United States cf. Fay pages 24-25: ""Compilation très exacte qui réfute les théories de Mably et de Raynal et constitue un répertoire précieux de renseignements de tous ordres sur les États-Unis.""Rare and appealing copy preserved in its original stitching and in plain pink temporary wrappers. Froullé unknown
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1823ref. 060320Paris: Librairie De Brissot-Thivars 1823. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 466 Ii Pp. Half Green Morocco Spine Gilt Four Bands Gilt Green Marbled Boards Blue Marbled Endpapers And Edges Of Page Block. Third Edition. A Small But Very Attractively Bound Volume. Near Fine Although Small Frays At Tips. Librairie De Brissot-Thivars, hardcover
