MIRABEAU.Livre Rare Book
L'Ami des Hommes ou Traité de la Population Nouvelle Edition Augmentée d'une quatrième Partie & de Sommaires
1758réf. 8067Paris 1758. Second Edition of parts I-III first Edition of part IV. 8 192; 2 266 4; 6 264; 8 278 81pp. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary mottled calf with gilt spines red morocco labels; covers a bit rubbed spine extremities and corners worn with slight chipping otherwise a very good copy internally crisp and clean. Frontispiece lacking as is often the case. Bookplates of A. de Seville. Second Edition of parts I-III first Edition of part IV. 8 192; 2 266 4; 6 264; 8 278 81pp. 2 vols. 4to. A work of fundamental importance whose appearance created a sensation throughout Europe was widely translated and reprinted and earned its author an international reputation "greater than that of any other economist before or after not excluding Adam Smith or Karl Marx." Schumpeter p. 175n Mirabeau argues that wealth is the product of population -- in particular agriculture -- and that a large populartion is desirable that religious toleration free enterprise a more equitable system of taxation and distribution of wealth were necessary components of a vital economy. The first three parts appeared in 1756; by 1758 Mirabeau had fallen under the influence of Quesnay and issued the fourth part in which the latter's influence is very much felt. The two between them it may be said founded the school of the physiocrats. A fifth and sixth part were added in 1760. Kress 5735; Higgs 1631; Goldsmith 9317 unknown
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