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‎Jeux et sapience du Moyen Age. ‎

‎ Gallimard, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1951. Petit in-8, plein cuir d'éditeur, titre et filets dorés au dos, feuillet de titre et rhodoïd, étui de carton gris muet. Auréole au coin inférieur de l'étui, se reportant au bas de la jaquette (1er et second plat), inscription et 2 citations sur garde. ‎

‎Édition d'Albert Pauphilet. Contient: Jeux : Le Jeu d'Adam - Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas, de Jean Bodel - Courtois d'Arras - Le Miracle de Théophile, de Rutebeuf - Le Jeu de Robin et Marion, d'Adam le Bossu - Le Dit de l'Herberie, de Rutebeuf - La Passion du Palatinus - Maistre Pierre Pathelin - La Farce du povre Jouhan. Sapience : Le Saint voyage de Jherusalem, d'Ogier d'Anglure - Ysopet et Avionnet - Le Livre du roy Modus et de la royne Ratio, d'Henri de Ferrières - Le Livre du trésor, de Brunetto Latini - Le Quadrilogue invectif, d'Alain Chartier. ‎

‎Les lisières. ‎

‎ Flammarion, 2012. In-8 broché, couverture imprimée en deux tons. Tampon "exemplaire offert" à la tranche. ‎

‎"Entre son ex-femme dont il est toujours amoureux, ses enfants qui lui manquent, son frère qui le somme de partir s'occuper de ses parents "pour une fois", son père ouvrier qui s'apprête à voter FN et le tsunami qui ravage un Japon où il a vécu les meilleurs moments de sa vie, tout semble pousser Paul Steiner aux lisières de sa propre existence. De retour dans la banlieue de son enfance, il va se confronter au monde qui l'a fondé et qu'il a fui. En quelques semaines et autant de rencontres, c'est à un véritable état des lieux personnel, social et culturel qu'il se livre, porté par l'espoir de trouver, enfin, sa place. Dans ce roman ample et percutant, Olivier Adam embrasse dans un même souffle le destin d'un homme et le portrait d'une certaine France, à la périphérie d'elle-même." ‎

‎L'Association - Comix 2000. ‎

‎ L'Association, 1999. Fort, très fort volume grand in-8, cartonnage titré. Légère tache au premier plat, pour le reste en belle condition. Epuisé depuis belle lurette. ‎

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‎Comix 2000 est un album de bandes dessinées muettes de 2000 pages, dessiné par 324 auteurs de 29 pays différents à l’occasion du passage à l’an 2000. ‎

‎Sexe aux Pâquis, entre clameurs et bruissements. ‎

‎Genève, Aspasie / agpi, 2012. In-8 broché, couverture illustrée. ‎

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‎"Dix travailleuses du sexe s’expriment librement et révèlent avec violence leurs ressentis, leurs indignations, leurs révoltes mais aussi leurs enchantements. Conditions de travail, concurrence, logement, usure et insécurité sont les dénominateurs communs de leurs discours. Mais elles parlent aussi de leurs projets de vies où se mêlent espérance et désillusion. Pour enrichir ces propos empreints de dignité, dix graphistes ont carte blanche pour illustrer avec force ces réalités pluriels." ‎

‎Peine perdue. ‎

‎ Flammarion, 2014. In-8 broché, couverture imprimée, jaquette. Tampon "exemplaire offert" à la tranche. ‎

‎"Peine perdue Les touristes ont déserté les lieux, la ville est calme, les plages à l'abandon. Pourtant, en quelques jours, deux événements vont secouer cette station balnéaire de la Côte d'Azur : la sauvage agression d'Antoine, jeune homme instable et gloire locale du football amateur, qu'on a laissé pour mort devant l'hôpital, et une tempête inattendue qui ravage le littoral, provoquant une étrange série de noyades et de disparitions. Familles des victimes, personnel hospitalier, retraités en villégiature, barmaids, saisonniers, petits mafieux, ils sont vingt-deux personnages à se succéder dans une ronde étourdissante. Vingt-deux hommes et femmes aux prises avec leur propre histoire, emportés par les drames qui agitent la côte." ‎

‎Bile Noire 10X10. ‎

‎Genève, Atrabile, 2007. Revue in-folio (26 x 44 cm.) brochée, couverture illustrée. Petit accroc à un bord, pour le reste en belle condition. ‎

‎ Hors Serie. ‎

‎Zarafa. ‎

‎ Editions Format, 2017. Grand in-8, cartonnage couleurs. Tout beau tout neuf. ‎

‎"Charles X, sa cour, et bientôt tout Paris sont en effervescence. Que se passe-t-il ? Une révolution ? Pas du tout ! C'est... Zarafa, le noble " caméléopard " d'Abyssinie – cadeau de Méhémet Ali, pacha d'égypte, qui cherche à adoucir ses relations avec le roi. Le geste d'amitié est trouvé : à la demande du pacha, Zarafa quitte son pays et arrive en France pour conter au roi ses aventures et ainsi lui rendre le sourire. Aucun autre animal, crois-moi ou non, ne touche les cieux avec autant de grâce pour savourer des feuilles d'acacias." ‎

‎Un monde meilleur. ‎

‎ Association Un monde meilleur, 2021. In-4 broché, couverture illustrée à rabats. ‎

‎Deux enfants partent à la découverte des objectifs de développement durable en rencontrant des super-héroïnes et super-héros qui tentent de rendre le monde meilleur. ‎

‎3 livrets de 13 cartes postales BDFil - 2015, 2016, 2017. ‎

‎ 3 volumes format... cartes postales (logique), totalisant 39 cartes postales - à l'état de neuf. ‎

‎Richard Avedon - Evidence 1944-1994. ‎

‎New York, Random House, 1994. In-folio, cartonnage photographique sous jaquette imprimée. Jaquette très légèrement jaunie en bords, pour le reste en belle condition. ‎

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‎Contes cruels. ‎

‎ Mercure de France, 1928. In-8 broché, couverture imprimée en deux tons. En belle condition, non coupé. ‎

‎MANUEL DU CHAUDRONNIER‎

‎PARIS LIBRAIRIE J.B. BAILLIERE 1924 Un volume in-12 de 412 pages + 48 pages de catalogue in-fine , dans son cartonnage éditeur illustré légèrement défraîchi , ouvrage enrichi de 324 figures in-texte , bon exemplaire . Bon Couverture rigide ‎

‎Nouveaux contes cruels - L'amour suprême. ‎

‎ José Corti, 1977. Petit in-8 broché, couverture décorée. En belle condition, partiellement non coupé. ‎

‎A travers les continents. Aventures en divers pays choisies et arrangées par A. Vulliet. ‎

‎Lausanne, Georges Bridel, 1868. In-12 de219-[3] pages, demi-vélin, titre manuscrit au dos. Tampons de bibliothèque, cartonnage frotté, rares rousseurs. ‎

‎Contient: Une jeune esclave violemment arrachée à son pays- Souffrances et périls d'un voyage à la recherche des sources - Chasses aux gorilles - Un terrible réveil - Voyage et captivité d'un Français en Patagonie - Les étonnantes ruses d'un lion - Voyageurs égarés dans les Montagnes-Rocheuses - Un naufrage sur les côtes de la baie d'Hudson - Situation critique d'un voyageur anglais en Arabie - Un naufrage sur les côtes d'Arabie - Anderson le convict de l'Ile de Norfolk - La catastrophe du mont Cervin - Quelques épisodes de la vie d'un brigand ‎

‎Périples masculins. 15 bédéistes et illustratrices croquent les hommes. ‎

‎Lausanne, BD-Fil, 2014. Portfolio de 15 planches couleurs, recto-verso, un autoportrait de chaque illustratrice agrémentant le verso de sa planche. Chemise à rabats illustrée par Adrienne Barman (à qui, on ne le dira jamais assez, l'on doit le merveilleux logo de la Bergerie). Tout beau tout neuf. ‎

‎Proposé par Adrienne Barman et Anne Bory, ce projet de commande réunit le travail original de quinze bédéistes et illustratrices suisses sur le thème simple et complexe du regard des femmes sur les hommes. Il propose un périple à la fois léger, amoureux, agacé, coquin, maternel, utopique ou drôle au cœur de la gente masculine. Sur un cahier des charges commun – imposant notamment la réalisation d’un autoportrait, le portrait d’un homme et un récit dessiné s’inspirant d’une ou plusieurs valises – les quinze auteures ont réalisé des créations aussi intimes que délicates. Personnellement: on adore ! ‎

‎AU DECLIN DE L' ANCIEN REGIME , PERSONNAGES FRANCAIS , ECOSSAIS ET CANADIENS DU XVIIIe SIECLE & AUTOUR D' UN GRENIER A SEL : GENTILSHOMMES , BOURGEOIS , MOINES ET PAYSANS DE L'ANCIENNE FRANCE‎

‎PARIS LOUIS-MICHAUD 1924 2 tomes en un volume grand in-8 de 141 + 163 pages , dans une reliure demi basane marron clair marbrée , dos à 4 nerfs avec titrage doré , couvertures illustrées , illustrations , tirage à 600 ex. , 1 des 344 sur velin , le dos est insolé , autrement très bon exemplaire . Très bon Couverture rigide ‎

‎L'Eve future. ‎

‎ Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 1960. Fort volume in-12 broché, couverture imprimée, avec légère trace de pli au premier plat. ‎

‎Tribulat Bonhomet. Nouvelle édition présentée par P.-G. Castex et J.-M. Bellefroid et suivie d'Anecdotes et aphorismes en partie inédits‎

‎ José Corti, 1977. In-12 broché, couverture verte impression aubergine. En très belle condition, non coupé. ‎

‎L'évasion‎

‎ Stock, 1910. Plaquette in-12 brochée sur agrafe, premier plat décoré d'une vignette que l'on retrouve au titre. Tampon au premier plat. ‎

‎OEUVRES‎

‎PARIS CHEZ HUBERT ET COMPAGNIE 1806 Un volume grand in-12 de XLI + 324 pages , dans une reliure XIXe demi basane marron , dos plat à faux nerfs et titrage doré , tranches mouchetées , bien complet du portrait gravé en frontispice , édition soigneusement revue d' après celle originale de 1644 , ornée du portrait de l' auteur , gravé par Bovinet , augmentée de quelques notes ; et précédée d' une notice historique sur cet homme extraordinaire , par Pissot , bon à très bon exemplaire . Bon Couverture rigide ‎

‎Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, Aus dem Englischen. 2 Bände. - [THE SEMINAL FIRST TRANSLATION OF 'WEALTH OF NATIONS']‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-papers and a small embossed stamp to front free end paper on volume 1 (""Buchhändler u. Antiquar Carl Helf""). Stamp to p. 1 of both volumes. Spines with light soiling and capital on volume 1 lacking a small part of the leather. A few light brown spots throught. A fine set. VIII, 632 pp"" XII, 740 pp.‎

‎First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi‎

‎Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, Aus dem Englischen. 2 Bände. - [THE SEMINAL FIRST TRANSLATION OF 'WEALTH OF NATIONS']‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands, black title-label and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label to upper compartment (Catalogue-number from an estate-library). Light wear to extremities, otherwise a very nice set. VIII, 632 pp" XII, 740 pp.‎

‎First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi‎

‎Undersøgelse om National-Velstands Natur og Aarsag. Af det Engelske oversat og med nogle Anmærkninger oplyst af Dræbye. 2 Deele. [Anden Deel:] Hertil er føiet Gourvenør Pownals Brev til Forfatteren i hvilket nogle af de i dette Værk fremsatte Læresætn... - [FIRST DANISH EDITION OF ""THE WEALTH OF NATIONS""]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two very nice contemporary brown half calf bindings with raised bands, gilt ornamentations and gilt leather title- and tome-labels. Volume two with a bit of wear to upper capital. Corners slightly bumped. Pencil annotations to verso of title-page in volume one" title-page in volume two mounted to cover up a small hole caused by the removal of an old owner's name. Internally very clean and bright. All in all a very nice, clean, fresh, and tight copy. Engraved (by Weise, 1784) armorial book plate to inside of front boards (Gregorius Christianus Comes ab Haxthausen). (12), 575" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""(PMM 221 - first edition)‎

‎Undersøgelse om National-Velstands Natur og Aarsag. Af det Engelske oversat og med nogle Anmærkninger oplyst af Dræbye. 2 Deele. [Anden Deel:] Hertil er føiet Gourvenør Pownals Brev til Forfatteren i hvilket nogle af de i dette Værk fremsatte Læresætn... - [FIRST DANISH EDITION OF ""THE WEALTH OF NATIONS""]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two nice contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt leather title label to spines. Volume one lacking one cm of upper part of spine. Volume two with a small tear to lower part of spine. Both volumes with light brown spotting throughout, however, mainly affecting first and last five leaves of both volumes. A fine set. (12), 575"" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""‎

‎"... et c'est moi, Juliette !" - Madame Adam, 1836-1936.‎

‎ Gif-sur-Yvette, SAGA (Société des amis de Gif et d'alentour), 1988 pt in-4° à l'italienne (24 x 16), 160 pp, 68 gravures et portraits en noir, 16 pl. en couleurs hors texte, liste des œuvres de Juliette Adam in-fine, reliure toile éditeur, jaquette illustrée, bon état. Edition originale numérotée sur beau papier (non justifiée)‎

‎Sur la célèbre femme de lettres, polémiste, salonnière féministe et républicaine Juliette Adam, née Lambert (1836-1936). — Juliette Adam veuve de Alexis La Messine en 1867, épouse l'avocat Edmond Adam, député de la gauche républicaine, fondateur du Crédit foncier, préfet de police en 1870, puis sénateur. Juliette Adam qui, toute jeune, prend la succession de Marie d'Agoult à la tête du plus célèbre salon républicain, et qui garde jusqu'aux années 1930 une influence prépondérante grâce à son génie d'hôtesse. Elle fit et défit des carrières, promut Gambetta, soigna Guizot, protégea Henri Rochefort. Femme d'influence, Juliette Adam se veut l'incarnation de la Grande Française, déterminée à rendre à la France abaissée son rang en Europe. Amie de George Sand, de Julie-Victoire Daubié et de Marie-Anne de Bovet, elle se détache de Gambetta lorsqu'il accède à la présidence de la Chambre, et elle se tourne vers la littérature. En 1879, elle fonde La Nouvelle Revue, qu'elle anime pendant vingt ans. Elle y publie notamment les premiers romans de Paul Bourget ou Le Calvaire d'Octave Mirbeau. Elle encourage également les débuts littéraires de Pierre Loti, d'Alexandre Dumas fils et de Léon Daudet. Conduite par une santé prétendument chancelante, qui ne l'empêchera pas de vivre presque centenaire, elle découvre Golfe-Juan où elle achète en 1858 un terrain pour y construire une villa lançant la vogue de cette station balnéaire. Le 5 août 1882, elle achète à Gif-sur-Yvette (Essonne) le domaine de l'Abbaye où elle vit de 1904 jusqu'à sa mort en 1936. Elle se convertit au catholicisme en 1905 et est inhumée au cimetière du Père-Lachaise. ‎