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LCS-17450Bel exemplaire provenant du château de la Roche-Guyon, aux armes de Louis-Armand, duc de la Rochefoucauld (1732-1792),traducteur des Constitutions des treize Etats-Unis de l’Amérique. A Colle, et se trouve à Paris, chez Froullé, 1788. 4 tomes en 4 volumes in-8 de : I/ (2) ff., xvi pp., 383 pp., (1) p. d’errata ; II/ (2) ff., 259 pp. ; III/ (2) ff., 292 pp. ; IV/ (2) ff., 366 pp. Cachets de bibliothèque sur les titres. Basane marbrée, encadrement de filet à froid autour des plats, dos lisses ornés de fleurons dorés avec armoiries en tête, étiquettes de bibliothèque en pied des dos, pièces de tomaison en maroquin rouge, coupes décorées, tranches rouges. Quelques usures sans gravité. Reliure de l’époque. 193 x 123 mm.
1786126469London: 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
