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Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques
by LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, Pierre Paul
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London and Paris: Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint, 1767. An Important and Representative Physiocratic Work
[LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, Pierre Paul]. L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. London: Chez Jean Nourse, Libraire; & se trouvé à Paris, Chez Desaint, Libraire, 1767.
First quarto edition, published in the same year as the first (twelvemo) edition. (Measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches). [6], [viii], 511pp, [1,blank].
Contemporary French mottled calf, spine elaborately gilt-stamped with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers, all edges red. Previous owner's old ink notes on front free endpaper. Housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell, gilt-stamped.
One of the most important French economic texts of the period, representative of physiocratic views and concepts. This work brought about the attack by Mably in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques (1768).
Higgs, Bibliography of Economics, 3980. Goldsmiths' 10270. Higgs 3980. Kress 6475 (quarto edition). Marsh/Hollander 1992 (quarto edition). BM XV, p. 9, col. 468 (quarto edition).
HBS 66881.
$5,000.
[LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, Pierre Paul]. L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. London: Chez Jean Nourse, Libraire; & se trouvé à Paris, Chez Desaint, Libraire, 1767.
First quarto edition, published in the same year as the first (twelvemo) edition. (Measures 10 x 7 3/4 inches). [6], [viii], 511pp, [1,blank].
Contemporary French mottled calf, spine elaborately gilt-stamped with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers, all edges red. Previous owner's old ink notes on front free endpaper. Housed in a custom quarter brown morocco clamshell, gilt-stamped.
One of the most important French economic texts of the period, representative of physiocratic views and concepts. This work brought about the attack by Mably in his Doutes proposés aux philosophes économistes sur l'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques (1768).
Higgs, Bibliography of Economics, 3980. Goldsmiths' 10270. Higgs 3980. Kress 6475 (quarto edition). Marsh/Hollander 1992 (quarto edition). BM XV, p. 9, col. 468 (quarto edition).
HBS 66881.
$5,000.
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- Title
- Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques
- Author
- LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, Pierre Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Publisher
- Chez Jean Nourse and Chez Desaint
- Place of Publication
- London and Paris
- Date Published
- 1767
- Keywords
- Economics|Politics|Books in French
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