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1756018550Avignon 1756-58. Quattro parti in cinque volumi in 12°. Mezza pelle del tempo. Dorso a nervi ornato e dorato doppio tassello di titolo e tomagione. Paginazioni: Vol 1: 431pp.-1. Frontespizio inciso. Vol 2: 578pp.-1. Vol 3: 577pp.-1. Vol 4: 8-285pp. Vol 5: 2-313pp-1-150pp. 7pp numerate 145-150 e una per Fautes à corriger che ripetono con modifiche le ultime 7pp del testo. Prima edizione in 12° dello stesso anno di quella in 4° delle prime quattro parti dellopera fondamentale del movimento fisiocratico. Una 5° e 6° parte vennero poi pubblicate nel 1760. Eccezionale la presenza al termine della quarta parte Questions interessantes. delle pagine di modifica del testo pagg. 145-150 che ad opera del legatore o nelle tirature successive sono quasi sempre integrate sopprimendo le ultime sei pagine dello stampato originale. unknown
1760018551Avignon Hambourg: Se Herold 1760. Otto parti in sette volumi in 12° piena pelle del tempo dorso a nervi ornato e dorato. Paginazioni: Vol.1: Avignon 1760; pp.290. Vol.2: Avignon 1760; pp.389. Vol.3: Avignon 1760; pp.378. Vol.4: Avignon 1760; pp.208336. Vol.5: Memoire sur lAgriculture Hambourg Herold 1760; VI281pp. Vol.6: Reponse a lEssai sur les Ponts et Chaussées Hambourg Herold 1760; 205pp. Vol.7: Tableau économique avec ses explications Hambourg Herlod 1760; 192pp con 6 tavole ripiegate Huitième partie Lettres pour servir de suite a lAmi des Hommes Hambourg Herold 1760; 184pp. Lultima parte con le Lettres pour servir. è in edizione originale. Gli ultimi tre volumi sono dello stesso anno delledizione originale. Bell' insieme in ottime condizioni di questa opera capitale per la storia dell'economia politica testo fondatore della scuola fisiocratica. Se, Herold unknown
1745726L2Changuion: A La Haye 1745. Disbound. Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A scarce French pamphlet on the province of Languedoc which is modern-day Occitanie. The title page notes that this edition is 'Entierement Differente de celle d'Amsterdam & plus correcte que celle d'Avignon.'Worldcat notes the author as Victor de Riqueti marquis de Mirabeau. de Roqieto was a French economist of the Physiocratic school.In French. A fascinating recollection of a trip to Languedoc. This work is in both prose and poetry. Disbound. Externally generally smart with light spots to the front and rear wrap. Chip to the head of front wrap. Internally binding is tender in places. Pages are bright with just the odd spots to pages. Good A La Haye unknown
1795009014Tours and Paris: chez Letourmy and Berry 1795. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Translated Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "traduction nouvelle adresse´e du Donjeon de Vincennes par Mirabeau l'aine´ a` Sophie Ruffey." No dates published 1795-96. A portrait of Mirabeau engraved by Voysard after Borel frontispiece to volume I; portrait of Sophie engraved by Elluin after Borel frontispiece of volume II; engraving by Dupreel after Marillier frontispiece of volume III 12 figures out of text engraved by Elluin after Borel. Finely bound in contemporary green straight-grain morocco all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles with added ruling and decorative gilt acorn motifs at corners on paste downs & flyleaves armorial book plate. Very Good corners and spine ends rubbed spines darkened light soiling to boards modest scattered toning. Laid into Vol. I an engraved portrait of Mirabeau engraved by Mariage after F. Bonneville that appears to have been taken from another publication. A handsome set in period binding. chez Letourmy and Berry Hardcover
17987041405Paris: rue S. Andre-des-Arts No. 46 An 6 = 1798. Full leather marbled endpapers. Ex-Library light foxing and occasional small marginal stains spine tops of volumes 1 & 2 chipped 1 is light all hinges intact but leather is somewhat weak in many with some resultant cracking some rubbing of extremities esp. corners: VG. 8vo. Frontispiece engravings in each volume 12 additional engravings. There are 3 more engravings than described in the preliminary text. TEXT IN FRENCH. TEXTE EN FRANCAIS. Cette edition contient 3 estamples plus que celles demandees par le texte preliminaire. rue S. Andre-des-Arts, No. 46 hardcover
1798LRB589Paris: s.n. Rue S. AndrédesArts n° 46 1798 Titre : Élégies de Tibulle suivies des Baisers de Jean Second Tome second Tibulle suivi de Contes et Nouvelles Tome troisièmeAuteur : Tibulle Albius Mirabeau HonoréGabriel Riqueti Second Jean Janus SecundusLieu : ParisÉditeur : s.n. Rue S. AndrédesArts n° 46Date : An VI 1798Nombre de volumes : 2 volumes tomes 2 et 3 seulsReliure : Pleine basane marbrée de l'époque encadrement de filets dorés sur les plats dos lisses richement ornés de fleurons et roulettes pièces de titre et de tomaison vert sombre doréesIllustrations : Nombreuses figures gravées hors texte dont frontispice 'Sophie' signé Borel del. et Delignon sculp. ; titre du t. II annonçant « avec quatorze figures » t. III « avec figures »Langue : Texte latin et traduction française en regardContenu : Tome II : Élégies de Tibulle suivies des Baisers de Jean Second traduction par Mirabeau avec planches gravées. Tome III : Tibulle suivi de Contes et Nouvelles par Mirabeau notamment 'Le Filet de Vulcain ou les Amours de Mars et Vénus' avec figures.Particularités d'exemplaire : Avis de tirage imprimé indiquant qu'il « a été tiré quelques exemplaires de cet Ouvrage sur papier vélin et un trèspetit nombre sur grand papier vélin superfin »État : Bel ensemble d'époque frottements d'usage aux plats et aux coiffes petites épidermures et coins émoussés ; mors localement fendillés sans gravité ; papier vélin frais dans l'ensemble avec rousseurs et brunissures éparses pâles mouillures marginales à quelques feuillets ; belles impressions des taillesdouces. Signé par l'auteur. Hardcover. Good. s.n., Rue S. André?des?Arts, n° 46 hardcover
1798D7144Paris 1798. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary tan calf boards ornately gilt-ruled gilt-stamped detail in spine compartments gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label a.e.g.; 3 volumes large 8vo 148 x 234 mm; with half-titles and 15 engraved plates each in 2 states uncolored and color-printed. Latin text with French translation and notes by Victor de Riquetti Marquis de Mirabeau. Lovely bindings in excellent condition just a few small scuff marks here and there. And equally lovely plates -- some light dampwrinkling along top edge of some leaves in Volume 2; a few leaves toned in Volume 3. A handsome set. Cohen-de Ricci 993. <br/><br/> hardcover
17921602090032Le Jay 1792-01-01. Third. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in period French calf. Gilt spine and rule. Scuffed corners. All edges marbled. xl 336 pp. 20 cm. Good binding and cover. Internally very good slight tanning to a few pages. Honore Gabriel Riqueti comte de Mirabeau 1749-1791 was President of the National Assembly of France. Mirabeau was imprisoned intermittently after an altercation with a nobleman from 1774 until 1782. He was able to gain his freedom and defeat an impending death sentence through his oratory and legal acumen. This work An Essay on Despotism first published in 1775 helped establish Mirabeau as a powerful critic of the old regime. "Du fond d'un cachot le genie de la Revolution Mirabeau lance l'anatheme au despotisme et reduit celui qui se croit roi simplement parce qu'il est fils de roi a la condition d'un salarie que ses sujets peuvent remercier brutalement de ses services." Ch.L. Chassin. He was also an associate of the American Ambassador Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson who provided him with American pro-liberty pamphlets. Mirabeau played an import role in draft the 1789 "Declaration of the Rights of Man". As the revolution became increasingly radical Mirabeau attempted to divert it to a more moderate course in the mold of England's constitutional monarchy. His death in 1791 allowed for the more extreme elements of the revolution Robespierre to come to greater prominence. On this book Gazette Litteraire states: "C'est l'ouvrage le plus fort qui ait encore ete ecrit sur la matiere. Il fut compose durant les dernieres annees doppression du regne de Louis XV pour ranimer les restes d'une liberte mourante dont il depeint les injustices les vexations les atrocites avec une plume de fer." Gazette litteraire Suard et Arnaud n. 31 Nov. 1776. See also: Louis Petit de Bachaumont Rougnard. "Memoires secrets pour servir a l'histoire de la republique des lettres." 1780. Le Jay hardcover
179220360Paris:: Chez Le Jay Libraire 1792. Third and best edition corrected and revised by the author. contemporary mottled sheep; gilt spine. Slightly worn at extremities and joints; light tide mark affecting the first few leaves; but a nice copy. 8vo. Suivi de l"Avis aux Hessois & de la Reponse aux Conseils de la Raison. Chez Le Jay, Libraire, unknown
1792118246Paris Strasbourg et Londres: Garnery Treuttel et de Boffe 1792. Hardcover. Very good. 4 Vols. FRENCH language text. xlvi 358p; 414p; 430p; 418p. 17.5 cm full leather binding with gilt spine and trim on vols. 1-3. Vol. 4 rebound in library cloth with gold lettering on spine. Ex-library with labels date record sheets and stamps on endpapers. Stain from library labelling on spine of vol. 4. Front board detached on vol. 1. Spine leather cracked and fragile on vol. 2. Some staining and spotting to pages but mostly clean with text unmarked. Sold "as-is." <br/><br/>Ecrites due Donjon de Vincennes pendant les annees 1777 78 79 et 80; Contenant tous les details sur sa vie privee ses malheurs et ses amours avec Sophie Fuffei Marquise de Monnier. Garnery, Treuttel, et de Boffe hardcover
17958233Paris: Jahyer et Geslin 1795-1798. Lievi sbucciature sui dorsi complessivamente ben conservato; leggera gora sull'ultima carta del tomo secondo e sulla tavola all'antiporta del tomo terzo della suite dedicata alle Elegie lieve gora sull'angolo della segnatura “e†del tomo terzo; una tavola del tomo secondo slegata ma presente. Tre volumi opera completa in mezza pelle ottocentesca con titoli dorati e falsi nervi sul dorso sbucciature 8vo cm13x21.5 pp 4 XX 375 1 4 593 1 4 388; complessive 15 tavole. Segnatura: 2 a10 A-Z8 Aa4 2 A-Z8 Aa8 Bb2 Cc4 C4 bianca e incollata alla sguardia 3 a-z8 aa2 bb8. Lievi sbucciature sui dorsi complessivamente ben conservato; leggera gora sull'ultima carta del tomo secondo e sulla tavola all'antiporta del tomo terzo della suite dedicata alle Elegie lieve gora sull'angolo della segnatura “e†del tomo terzo; una tavola del tomo secondo slegata ma presente. Elegie di Tibullo con traduzione di Mirabeau a fronte; seguono la versione anch'essa con testo a fronte del Liber Basiorum di Jean Second Jan Everaerts e alcune novelle di argomento mitologico. La traduzione del Livre de Baisers fu composta da Mirabeau durante la prigionia a Vincennes e dedicata all'amante Sophie de Ruffey il cui nome è sostituito nel testo a quello di Neera “parce qu'il m'eût été impossible d'adresser à une autre qu'à Sophie des choses si tendresâ€; qui pubblicata per la prima volta e imprimée sur l'original écrit de la main de Sophie questa raccolta di 19 basia più Un bacio è poco di Guarini anch'esso liberamente tradotto a fronte è adorna del noto ritratto di Sophie col motto In Bel Corpo anima bella inciso da Jean-Louis Delignon su disegno di Antoine Borel. L'apparato iconografico è quasi interamente firmato da Borel ed è composto dai ritratti di Sophie e di Mirabeau quest'ultimo inciso da Etienne Claude Voysard e da dodici tavole incise da François-Rolland Elluin per le elegie di Tibullo; un'ulteriore quindicesima tavola è dedicata alla traduzione de La rete di Vulcano overo gli amori di Marte et di Venere di Ferrante Pallavicino che apre il terzo volume disegnata da Clément-Pierre Mariller e incisa da Jean Baptiste Michel Dupréel. Qualche dubbio nelle bibliografie sulla datazione di quest'opera presumibilmente completata fra il 1795 e il 1798 e qui offerta nella variante con frontespizio con la data posteriore AN VI 1798 nonostante il colophon del tomo II porti la data AN 3 1795. Cohen-Ricci II 993; Graesse VII 159 Jahyer et Geslin unknown
1788199759No place. 1788. 1st edition. Publisher's plain stiff wraps paper spine label. Covers lightly soiled and worn heel of spine repaired contents very good untrimmed. 8vo. French text. Engraved title page with portrait. paperback
1788263089Londres 1788. hardcover. very good. 3 titles bound together. 183 72 142. 8vo 3/4 vellum backed green boards covers worn. Londres: 1788. Very good . Scarce.<br/> <br/> unknown
178439553London i.e. Paris: J. Johnson St. Paul's Church-Yard 1784. Original blue patterned wrappers spine wrappers shorn stitched untrimmed. xii 203 1 blank pp. Mild occasional foxing binding a bit shaken. Very Good. <br /> <br /> Howes calls this "another issue" of the first edition. OCLC declares "The imprint is false being a repetition of that on the French edition printed in London; probably printed in Paris" OCLC 85860350 noting facsimiles. Lathrop Harper noted "The book was of course not allowed to be printed in France and the writer was living in London at this time" Harper Catalog 224 - 154. <br /> As a hereditary organization limited to officers of the American Revolution and their eldest male descendants the Order reflects "the true seat of nobility" inconsistent with a new republican society. <br /> Alarmed the author says the Society will quoting from the version in English language "strip the middle and lower ranks of life of all influence and of all importance; consign them to the most palpable contempt and reduce them to the completest nullity." This "military nobility" will inevitably become "a civil nobility and an aristocracy the more dangerous because being hereditary it will perpetually increase in the course of time and will gather strength from the very prejudices it will engender; because originating neither in the constitution nor the law the law has provided no means to controul it and it will incessantly overbear the constitution." <br /> Howes M653aa. OCLC 4949019. J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard unknown
178641762Philadelphia: Printed by T. Seddon 1786. A new edition with considerable corrections. 19th c. three quarter morocco over marbled boards. A very good untrimmed copy; chips to spine ends; scuffed tips owners bookplates on front end-papers and first blank; tight binding. iv 68 pp. 8vo. First American edition. "The Society was not greeted so warmly in the United States. Within months of the adoption of the Institution critics began to charge that the members planned to use the Society to impose a hereditary aristocracy on the new American republic. The leading critic was a South Carolina judge Aedanus Burke. In a pamphlet titled Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati published in Charleston in late 1783 and soon republished all over the country Burke charged that the Cincinnati would form an American aristocracy dominating the government and extinguishing the liberties of the people. Dozens of other critics soon joined Burke and resolutions denouncing the Cincinnati were introduced into several state legislatures. At a moment when Americans were deeply anxious about the future of their untried experiment in republican government the Society of the Cincinnati stirred fears of a conspiracy to seize power and create a new aristocracy as the first step toward re-establishing a monarchy over America" societyofthecincinnati.org. Mirabeau picks up this argument in his "highly controversial imitation" of Burke's work which was suggested to Mirabeau by Ben Franklin" See Echeverria & Wilkie The French Image of America. Provenance: Frank Maier whose collection of American First editions was auctioned in 1909 bookplate Ganevoort-Lansing Collection to NYPL Tiffany & Co. bookplate and William S.S.Horton M.D. manuscript collector armorial bookplate. Sabin 49395. Howes M653. Evans 19803. Echeverria & Wilkie: 786/49 JCB III: 3084. Printed by T. Seddon hardcover
178810516London: J. Johnson St. Paul's Church Yard; & chez C. R. Hake a` Rotterdam 1788. Hardcover. Very good condition. A spectacular copy in original blue marbled paper wraps with the printed title label and spine intact and untrimmed. Howes 653a De l'Imprimerie de T. Spilsbury Snow-hill." on the last page. This edition includes the first translation into French of Richard Price's "Observations on the importance of the American Revolution and the means of making it a benefit to the world". Price was a London based pamphleteer known for supporting a formal declaration of independence by America.<br /> <br /> Mirabeau's important work opposing the Order of Cincinnati in the newly formed United States. The "Order of the Cincinnati" was considered inimical to American principles and this rare piece gives Mirabeau's views on the subject. It was not allowed to be printed in Paris. It was based on an anonymous American pamphlet by Aedanus Burke one of the Chief Justices of South Carolina which condemned the proposed Order of Cincinnati Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnatus Philadelphia 1783" and signed "Cassius". Howes M-653a; OCLC: 1184167359. In a half maroon morocco slipcase gilt title on spine slightly marked. Overall a spectacular copy. J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard; & chez C. R. Hake, a` Rotterdam hardcover
178510514London: J. Johnson 1785. Hardcover book. Good overall. An English edition of the work Howes 653 "another edition L 1785 12 284". Written by Mirabeau at the suggestion of Benjamin Franklin this is a critique of the Society of the Cincinnati expanding on from a work by Aedanus Burke of South Carolina. The Order of Cincinnatus was founded in 1783 as a fraternal hereditary society dedicated to commemorate the American Revolutionary War and membership was made up of officers and descendants of military officers who had served in the Continental Army. Burke's pamphlet accused the Society of conspiracy to recreate the hereditary governments of Europe. While the accusations were unjustified they played an important role in the political debates of the 1780s including the efforts to revise the Articles of Confederation. <br /> It was not allowed to be printed in Paris.<br /> <br /> 8vo xii 284pp. Early quarter brown calf with marbled boards rubbed outer hinge cracking. All edges untrimmed internally very good a bookplate has been removed from ffep leaving some marks. Howes M-653. OCLC 6621734. J. Johnson hardcover
1788011A41Chez J. Johnson St. Paul's Church-Yard London; chez C. R. Hake a Rotterdam Londres: 1788. 1788 pp. xii 403. 8vo. 205 mm. Original full leather binding. Spine quite worn and should be replaced or restored. Old bookplate of the Connecticut Historical Society Released for Sale. Full Title: Considerations sur L'Ordre de Cincinnatus ou Imitation D'un pamphlet Anglo-Americain. Suivies De plusieurs Pieces relatives a cette Institution; D'une Lettre signee du General Washington accompagnee de Remarques par l'Auteur Francois; D'une Lettre de feu M. Turgot Ministre d'Etat en France au Docteur Price sur les Legislations Americaines; & de la Traduction d'un Pamphlet du Docteur Price intitule: Observations on the importance of the American Revolution and the means of making it a benefit to the world; accompagnee de Reflexions & de Notes du Traducteur. Howes M 653. This is an enlarged edition of a work first published in 1784. It is based on a pamphlet entitled "Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnatus" issued in 1783 at Philadelphia. The original pamphlet was signed "Cassius" and is supposed to have been written by Edanus Burke though some give Sebastien Roch Nicholas Chamfort as a joint author. The notes on Price's very important 'Observations' were largely the work of Guy Jean Baptiste Target 1733-1806. The hereditary and quasi-aristocratic character of the Revolutionary War veterans' Society of the Cincinnati was strongly opposed by Franklin and others. Franklin was unable due to his sensitive political and diplomatic roles to attack the organization directly. Apparently "he engaged two of his friends Chamfort and the young Mirabeau to translate an American attack upon the Society Aedanus Burke's Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnatus and to incorporate into the translation an essay in letter form that Franklin had himself written to his daughter which demonstrated mathematically the absurdity and moral and social evil of aristocracy or "descending honor." Mirabeau's book Considerations sur l'Ordre de Cincinnatus published in London in 1784 through the efforts of Franklin and later translated into English created a great furor for it attacked an organization headed by such respectable figures as Washington Lafayette and Rochambeau and at the same time struck convincingly and cleverly at the foundations of the existing French social order." - Echeverria Mirage in the West pp. 56-57. This enlarged edition includes a French translation of Price's book and Mirabeau's comments on it. It includes details which did not appear in the English version and is an important document in the history of the Revolutionary War era. RARE. PRICE JUST REDUCED FR-VOYAGES Language: eng. Signed by Authors. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Chez J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard (London); chez C. R. Hake, a Rotterdam, Londres: 1788. hardcover
178410515London: J. Johnson 1784. Paper wrappers. Overall very good condition. Written by Mirabeau at the suggestion of Benjamin Franklin this is an critique of the Society of the Cincinnati expanded from a work by Aedanus Burke of South Carolina. Howes 653aa calling this "another issue" published the same year as the first edition. OCLC states "The imprint is false being a repetition of that on the French edition printed in London; probably printed in Paris" OCLC: 4949019. <br /> <br /> The Society was a veterans' organization founded by Henry Knox and Frederick Steuben to preserve the memory of the revolutionary struggle and pursue the common interest in outstanding pay and pensions. However it was considered to be opposite to American principles. Burke's pamphlet accused the Society of conspiracy to recreate the hereditary governments of Europe. While the accusations were unjustified they played an important role in the political debates of the 1780s including the efforts to revise the Articles of Confederation. It was not permitted to be printed in Paris.<br /> <br /> 8vo xii 203pp entirely untrimmed original Dutch marbled wrappers spine missing lt. general foxing. Front cover detached backed on a piece of printed text dated 30 Novembre 1773 Francois-Charles. L.S. Baron Vander Heyden de Blisia Vt. Signe de Chestret." Slt. marked back cover just barely attached string bound. A very authentic period binding housed in a later protective box. Howes M653aa; OCLC 4949019. J. Johnson unknown
1788010138A Londres; et se trouve A Paris: Chez Le Jay & Maradan 1788. Book. Very Good Plus. Vellum. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Four volumes bound in contemporary full vellum red morocco labels back with gilt lettering and devices marbled end papers. Provenance; with the bookplates of Francesco Rizzo Patarol 1749-1807 front paste downs of Vols. I III and IV whose noble family built the Rizzo Patarol palace in Venice which was at one time the seat of the Savoy embassy then the French embassy. A Very Good Plus set light soiling to vellum uniform browning. Vol. I: xliv 522 pp. 8 tables 7 of them fold-out. Vol. II: 2 566 4 pp. 34 tables 25 fold-out. Vol. III 710 pp. 2 fold-outs at p. 34 plus engraved Metropolis of Scotland Colledge fold-out plate tipped in at p. 449. Vol. IV: 4 560 1 pp. 14 fold-outs. An oversize and heavy set extra postage will be requested for priority mail or international orders. Chez Le Jay & Maradan Hardcover
1788GRALMIRA19London: 1788. 1788. 7 Volumes of text in 8 in 8vo. plus folio atlas. with half-titles. engraved frontis. portrait & 1 other engraving in text volumes. atlas containing 10 double-page engraved maps 93 engraved plates some folding & 60 tables some folding. text volumes bound in 19th century quarter sheep spines defective one cover detached several joints cracked internally very good except for some faint embrowning. the atlas uncut in original bds. spine wanting covers worn some dampstaining to plates & tables. First Octavo Edition of the text also published in quarto format. An exhaustive work published following Mirabeau's secret mission to the court of Prussia at Berlin in 1786 dealing with geography population agriculture natural resources manufactures commerce revenues and expenses military affairs religion &c. Mirabeau was assisted in its compilation by Jakob Mauvillon and J.Thibault de Laveau. The numerous statistical tables are separately bound in the atlas volume together with ninety-three engraved military diagrams and ten double-page engraved maps by Edme Mentelle. An extensive bibliography of eighty-nine works is given in Volume I. Kress B1448-49. Cioranescu 45224. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. London: 1788. Hardcover
17841Publisher unknown 1784.<br /><br />Mirabeau's classic and important work against injustice and the exercise of arbitrary and absolute power. Widely read at the time it added fuel to the fire of the coming French Revolution. This 1784 edition includes the second part of this famous work dealing with life in prison which was to be destroyed by the Prussian authorities at the request of the French government and may be considered rare. This edition also includes L'Éspion Dévalisé by Baudouin de Guémadeuc attributed to Mirabeau. 630 pages. 20 cm x 12.5 cm x 4 cm. Contemporary French calf binding; no foxing on the great majority of pages. Unknown hardcover
178228912AB1782. 2 Teile in 1 Bd. Hamburg o. Vlg. 1782. 8°. XIV 2 366 1 S.; 237 S. 1 Bl. Halblederbd. d. Zt. mit Rückenvergoldung u. goldgepr. Rückentitel bestossen. Graesse 535. - Holzmann/Bohatta 53. - Das anonym erschienene Werk Mirabeaus entstand während der durch seinen Vater veranlassten Inhaftierung und ist wie "Essai sur le despotisme 1775" gegen die despotisch ausgeübte Staatsgewalt mit ihrer Unterdrückung gerichtet. In seinen staatsphilosophischen Werken plädiert er für Freiheit und Volksbildung als Grundvoraussetzung jeder sozialen Harmonie. - Vorsätze leicht stockfleckig. Durchgehnd gebräunt. Gelenke am Kopf des Einbandes über 4 cm geplatzt. Rücken mit mehreren kl. Wurmlöchern. unknown
1767164209The Hague: chez les Libraires associés 1767. Handbook of Physiocracy including the Tableau économique First edition of Mirabeau's own abridgement of his and Quesnay's Philosophie rurale 1763 the first textbook of the physiocratic school. The Philosophie rurale presented "perhaps the most complete and magisterial account of the views of the Physiocratic school" Higgs p. 57. The Eléméns condenses the work into a more manageable textbook format aiming at a broader dissemination and understanding of the system. Importantly the Eléméns contains as a folding plate the Tableau économique first published in 1758 in a minute number of copies and reproduced in Mirabeau's L'Ami des hommes in 1760 and in the Philosophie rurale. The Tableau économique is cited as the earliest attempt to visualize a comprehensive model of the economic system illustrating the flow of goods and money and the interdependence of the agricultural manufacturing and commercial sectors. It is credited as "the most important and famous work of Physiocracy and has often been regarded as a summary of the entire corpus of Physiocratic economics" New Palgrave IV p. 23. Provenance: 19th-century bookplate of Isaac Iselin to the front pastedown; 20th-century note of authorship to front free endpaper; half-title with 20th-century library stamps of the Basel section of Schweiz Vereinigung für Sozialpolitik noted as bequeathed by the Austrian labour economist Stephan Bauer 1865-1934 and of the political science seminar of the University of Basel. Duodecimo 162 x 89 mm. Engraved folding Tableau économique at rear. Contemporary vellum spine lettered in gilt red sprinkled edges. Slight browning half-title loosening a little short closed tear to inner margin of table. A very good copy. Einaudi 3948; Goldsmiths' 10275; Higgs 3977; INED 3197; Kress 6477. Henry Higgs The Physiocrats 1963. hardcover