‎ORDONNANCE des Trésoriers généraux de France, Grand Voyers en la Généralité de Paris. Sur la largeur des Grands Chemins. Du 17. Decembre 1686.‎

‎No place, no date (1686). 8 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Ordonnance dealing with the diminishing width of the roads which creates difficulties for two approaching vehicles to pass each other, with the lack of maintenance of the roads by those who are responsible for maintenance and reiterating the meaning and content of several 'coutumes' and laws. - Date of the text handwritten in upper blank margin of title-page, tiny hole in lower blank margin of title-page. ‎

‎Preisschriften und Abhandlungen der Kayserlichen freyen ökonomischen Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg. Erster Theil (all).‎

‎Gotha und St. Petersburg, Gerstenberg, 1796. 4to. Uncut in contemporary (original?) boards, spine reinforced. Light occassional brownspotting, otherwise a good copy. XXXII, 281, (3) pp. + 11 folded plates. ‎

‎Second edition (the first being published the year before in 1795) of papers published by the ""Imperial Free Economic Society of St. Petersburg"", one of the first economic societies in the world. It was a voluntary association of Russian aristocrats, domestic and foreign scholars, citizens with means of production, merchants and peasants and it lasted from 1765 to 1919.‎

‎PROCES-VERBAL des séances de l'Assemblée administrative du Département de l'Aube. Tenues à Troyes, dans les mois de Novembre et Décembre 1790 - [aux mois de Novembre & Décembre 1791. IIe Session.]‎

‎A Troyes, Chez Sainton, André, 1791-1792. Two volumes. (4), 518, (12) pp.; 429, (13) pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green labels and gilt lettering, gilt fillets on sides, gilt inside dentelles, all edges gilt, some minor imperfections. Not in Martin & Walter; not in Monglond; Lecestre, p. 18 & p. 19. First edition. The first volume deals with the session from 3 November upto 15 December 1790 and dealt with a great variety of subjects: population du département, sur l'agriculture, sur l'industrie, sur le commerce, sur les arts, sur les grands communications, sur les rivières, sur les routs, travaux publics, ateliers de charité, encouragemens et secours de bienfaisance, biens nationaux, contribution patriotique, etc., etc. Henri Picot Dampierre was the president of the Assembly.The second volume covers the session that was held from 15 November upto 14 December 1791: this session covered a great variety of subjects: Frais d'administration, dépense de l'ordre judiciaire de l'année 1791, frais du culte, pensions et secours accordés aux ecclésiastiques et communautés religieuses, dépenses relatives aux travaux des routes, aux travaux de charité, au bien public, à la mendicité, population du département, sur l'agriculture, sur l'industrie, sur le commerce, sur les arts, sur les grands communications, sur les rivières, sur les routs, travaux publics, ateliers de charité, encouragemens et secours de bienfaisance, biens nationaux, contribution patriotique, etc., etc.The first volume has the gilt stamped name of H.P. Dampierre in the center of both sides with above a gilt stamped fleuron with the text "La Nation, la Loi et le Roi", the second volume has the gilt stamped name of T. Cobin, Pr. Général in center of both sides with above the gilt stamped fleuron 'Droits de l'Homme'. H.P Dampierre was the President of the Assembly. ‎

‎PROVINCIALES, LES, modernes, ou Lettres par un Anonime de Province, A Mr. ** Premier Commis de *** A Paris. Sur l'état de la France depuis l'année 1698, contenant les veritables causes de la misere, dans laquelle le Royaume se trouve, avec des moyens seurs & faciles pour le rétablir dans sa première splendeur par les bonnes maximes que l'on y établit sur les finances, sur le commerce & sur la politique, à quoi on ajoute quelques réflexions sur les principales religions du monde & sur les matières du temps.‎

‎A Amsterdam, Chez Nicolas Viollet, 1702. Title printed in red and black. 108 unnumbered leaves. Small 4to. Later half marbled calf, marbled boards, corners somewhat bumped, short split in front joint at foot, small damage at foot of spine. Conlon, Prélude, 11055; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition, very rare, containing the letters 6 through 31. After the title-page is an 'Avertissement', followed by a 'Sommaire des Lettres provinciales, depuis la première, jusqu'à la vingt-cinquième' of two leaves containing the summaries of the first 8 letters and a part of the ninth, lacking whatever was published further, followed by the 'Sixième Lettre du Marchand de Province, &c' upto the 'Trente-et-unième Lettre Provinciale'. From the summary we can see that the first letters were published in 1699, and the 31st letter is dated October 31, 1701. Apparently the first six letters were published as 'Lettre du marchand de Province, .....', with the 7th letter the title becomes 'Lettre Provinciale ......' All letters have 4 leaves. They all deal with commerce and trade, finance and financial politics, religion and religious conflicts, and politics.This is possibly a collective edition of separately issued letters with a specialy printed title-page. The piece is very rare: the BN (l'Arsenal) has a copy with the first six letters, but containing 22 letters only, the letters 23-31 being absent. ‎

‎RAPPORT fait à l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Relativement à l'avis que le Parlement a demandé à cette Académie, sur la contestation qui s'est élevée à Rochefort, au sujet de la taxe du Pain. Extrait des Registres de la même Académie.‎

‎A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1785. With three folding tables. (2), 106 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Conlon 85:615; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. First edition. Signed at end by Le Roy, Tillet and Desmarest.The contents can be best summarized by giving the drop-head title on page one: Rapport fait à l'Académie, Relativement à l'advis que le Parlement a demandé à cette Académie, par arrêt du 6 Septembre 1793. Sur la contestation qui s'est élevée à Rochefort, au sujet de la taxe du Pain; sur les Expériences qui ont été faites dans cette Ville à ce même sujet, en exécution d'un arrêt du Parlement du 7 Juin 1781; & sur les moyens d'établir le prix juste du Pain, proportionnément à celui du Blé, suivant la quantité de Farines différentes qu'une quantité de livres de Blé peut rendre, & suivant la quantité de Pain que ses Farines doivent donner. - Small brown spot in inner blank margin of title-page, else a fine copy. ‎

‎Rationierungsausweise und Kontroll-Formulare. Sektion für Textilien. K. I. A. A.‎

‎2 Teile in 1 Band. (30) Bl. Mit montierten Rationierungskarten, Coupons und Bezugscheinen. Halbleinenband der Zeit, gebunden in der Papeterie Hauser-Worni in Näfels.‎

‎Teil 1: Rationierungsausweise. – Teil 2: Kontrollformulare. Textilkarten 1.–4. Ausgabe von 25. 11. 1940–31. 1. 1944. Karten für Frauen, Männer, Töchter, Jünglinge und Kinder.‎

‎RECUEIL des édits, déclarations, ordonnances, tarifs, arrests, reglemens et instructions, concernant la ferme des droits de controlle, des actes des notaires, petits sceaux, insinuations laïques, &c.‎

‎A Paris, Chez la veuve Saugrain & P. Prault, 1714. 5 parts in 1. 184 pp.; 192 pp.; 140 pp.; 168 pp.; 32, (20) pp. 4to. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, somewhat damaged at foot of spine, lightly rubbed. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Gavet. - Copy from the library of Balincourt-Cabrières, with engraved bookplate, and with many contemporary marginal annotations on a number of leaves. ‎

‎RELATION de l'événement arrivé à Antoni, Village distant de Paris d'environ trois lieues, Le 10 Juillet 1752. (Drop-head title).‎

‎No place (Paris ?), (1752). 8 pp. 4to. Modern boards. Conlon 52:296. First edition. Account of an accident caused by work: as a result of a collapse of rocks in a quarry, two workmen are buried in the shaft. After nine days of rescue work, elaborately detailed here, the two are saved and freed from the shaft where they got stuck and are moved to the house of the "Sieur Trudon, ou ils sont l'objet de la visite et des bienfaits du public." ‎

‎RICHESSE, LA, des cultivateurs ou dialogues entre Benjamin Jachère et Richard Trèfle, laboureurs, sur la culture du Trèfle, de la Luzerne et du Sainfoin; Traduit de l'Allemand (par Barbé-Marbois). Ouvrage servant de Manuel aux Cultivateurs des deux rives du Rhin.‎

‎A Paris, Chez A.-J. Marchant, An XI (1803). With one folding table and a very charming engraved vignette on page 1. xvi, 175, (1), (8, publisher's catalogue) pp. 8vo. Modern marbled boards, red morocco label with gilt lettering. Musset-Pathay 1740; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First French edition ? Musset-Pathay lists Barbé-Marbois as the translator. Deals with alfalfa, clover and sainfoin in the form of dialogues between Benjamin Jachère and Richard Trèfle (Mr. Fallow and Mr. Clover). ‎

‎Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft in Zürich. Gegründet 1863.‎

‎Zürich, Orell Füssli, (1923). 4°. 11 S. Mit 5 graphischen Darstellungen auf Tafeln und 16 Abb. auf Tafeln. Orig.-Pappband.‎

‎Mit handschr. Widmung vom Verwaltungsratspräsident Ch. Simon an H. von Sprecher auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz. Zwei Abbildungen zeigen Tennisplätze.‎

‎SUPPLEMENT à la Gazette de France, du Vendredi 18 Octobre 1771 [- 1 Juin 1773.]‎

‎No place, (1771-1773). 13 numbers. 6 pp.; 14 pp.; 12 pp.; 16 pp.; 21, (1) pp.; 28 pp.; 14 pp.; 16 pp.; 12 pp.; 11, (1) pp.; 22 pp.; 16 pp.; 21, (1) pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century half polished calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, 'Rouen 1771-1773' printed in gilt at foot of spine. Sgard (Editor), Dictionnaire des Journaux 1600-1789, 1241; Le Bucher bibliographique, 612. Very rare and complete collection of this journal, essentially directed against Maupeou and his reforming projects. Passed off as a supplement to the Gazette de France, this work is in reality an independant publication in which the opposition against Maupeou and his reforms took shape. The authors were anonymous, the tone was very sharp and personal ('sous forme de satire personnelle extrêmement violante') and apart from reporting on the resistance to Maupeou in Paris and the provinces, it also reported political news and 'on s'y intéresse aussi aux questions financières et fiscales, .....'. It is unlikely that the journal had a united editorial board: 'cela expliquerait le style extrêmement disparate de ces feuilles' (Sgard). The 'Suppléments furent activement pourchassés par la police qui arrêta de nombreux colporteurs et quelques particuliers qui en possédaient' (Sgard). As in all copies, a word has been crossed out on page 19 of number 5.Maupeou became chancellor of France in 1768 and took the extreme measure in 1771 of dissolving both the parlement of Paris and the provincial parlements, and replacing them with courts staffed by magistrates who were no longer the owner of their office but salaried officials. His measures were not well-received in many circles and Maupeou was attacked in many diatribes, some of which accused him of Jesuit designs.Between the numbers 8 and 9 a pamphlet of 4 pages has been bound: LES Propos Indiscrets. Octobre 1772 (Conlon 72:412). - With the bookplate of R. Chardey, Havre, on the front paste-down. ‎

‎SUR LES FINANCES. Ouvrage posthume de Pierre André******, fils d'un bon laboureur, mis au jour par Mr *, Curé D *.‎

‎A Londres, 1775. With 1 folding map and 4 folding tables. viii, 293, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillets on sides, red edges. Kress 7170; Goldsmiths 11330; Einaudi 5517; INED 4798; Higgs 6403; Peignot, Livres Condamnés, i, p. 141. First edition. Severely prosecuted attack on the Fermiers-Généraux, forbidden already in 1776. 'Diatribe sanglante contre les fermiers généraux et les abus scandaleux de leurs agents. L'auteur met en scene un malheureux dont les 'suppôts de la ferme' ont ruiné la famille et fait périr le père de chagrin' (INED). According to a manuscript note in the Kress copy: '..... l'on croit que cette sanglante diatribe des fermiers généraux a été composée, imprimée et répandue sous les auspices du ministère actuel (celui de Turgot & Malesherbes).'This, in fact, is the first edition of a work which became better known under the title "L'Ami du Peuple François, ou Mémoire adressée à Mr. Turgot, ....." published at Limoges one year later (1776). Even the motto in both works is identical: "Ni Ferme ni regie: l'une et l'autre font la perte des Etats." The present work contains the same text as the "L'Ami du Peuple" (upto page 84, and then the pages 256-269) and contains in addition much detailed information about the taxes. It was probably deemed to complex or technical and was published again in 1776 as "L'Ami du Peuple François" this time omitting the detailed information about the taxes. The work suggests Turgot to abolish the tax system in use as it is injust and odious, of relatively little profit to the king but very profitable for the taxfarmers and hard-pressing on the population. The work describes in detail the various taxes in existence, their effects, the cruel practises of the taxfarmers, the uneven division of the taxes and the disastrous effects.It is told in the form of a story: the anonymous author recounts the story of his father and his family and how they were, little by little, driven to complete ruin. His father, responsible for the collecting of taxes in his village, is thrown in jail and his possessions confiscated by the taxfarmers because of his inability to raise the requested taxes from the other taxable inhabitants of his village. ‎

‎TABLE de réduction des anciennes monnoies en France, d'après le décret impérial du 12 septembre 1810.‎

‎Autun, Impr. de Dejussieu, (1810). 1 large folded leaf. 8vo. Modern boards, leather label with gilt lettering. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Printed recto and verso and giving the various exchange rates. ‎

‎Transfers Common Stock, no. 4. Lake Erie & Western R. R. Co.‎

‎ New York, no year, about 1820, 390x290mm, basil half-binding. Back of the book damaged. ‎

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‎VOEU sur la dernière classe du peuple à l'Assemblé des Notables.‎

‎No place, (1787) (Paris, EDHIS, 1976). 31, (1) pp. 8vo. Boards. Not in INED; not in Goldsmiths; not in Kress; Conlon 87:1288. Reprint of this very rare and important little work, editon limited to 150 numbered copies and 30 not destined for the trade, and since long out-of-print. The unknown author of this tract brings up the question of the defense of the interests of the lower classes of the population, those who have no property nor any other wealth, no status, no rights and who ask only this: to have work to do, the certainty that this work will enable them to live and not to be robbed by the taxes. ‎

‎VOYAGE de Robertson aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le manuscrit anglois.‎

‎Amsterdam (France), 1767. (4), 474 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering. Hartig 59; Trousson pp. 161-162; Gove p. 356; INED 3858; cf.: Negley 979. Rare second issue of the first edition (1766) of this utopian novel in which, in the vein of Rousseau, the newly discovered people of an (Australian) island are praised for their political and social institutions (thereby condamning the European counterparts). Utopian account of which it is suggested that it is a translation from the English. The work is evidently inspired by the Physiocratic ideas and draws also inspiration from Rousseau's Contrat Social. Contains also political, economical and moral ideas, points to the importance of agriculture and population, and pleads for the nationalization of the trade. The Encyclopedists appear as the 'Pansophistes' and are criticized (pp. 146 and ff.) The main story is that the hero has sailed with Sir Francis Drake to South America and, through his narrative, to have inspired William Penn to found an ideal city in North America. For an extensive description of this interesting work see: Van Wijngaarden, Les Odyssées philosophiques en France entre 1616 et 1789, pp. 216-225. ‎

‎La crise des changes et la conjoncture économique dans les pays peu industrialisés et insuffisamment développés‎

‎Beyrouth, Lazarieh 1961 354pp., 25cm., dans la série "Université Catholique de Louvain. Collection de l'Ecole des Sciences Economiques" no.72, br.orig., non coupe, bel état, [thèse académique], E74042‎

‎DYNAMIQUE ECONOMIQUE‎

‎Dalloz. 1995. 602 pp. In-8 Carré; broché. 8° édition. Illustré avec plusieurs graphiques, formules et tableaux dans et hors texte.‎

‎État correcte. Intérieur correcte et en bon état malgré un coup aux premières pages. Quelques annotations en crayon à papier et marques d'usage. ‎

‎Lo sviluppo della siderurgia e della meccanica nel regno di Sardegna dal 1831 al 1861‎

‎Louvain, Bibliothèque de l'Université - Bureau du Recueil / Publications Universitaires de Louvain 1960 219pp. with ills. + folding plate, 26cm., in the series "Université de Louvain. Recueil de travaux d'histoire et de philologie" 4e série 21e fasc., original softcover, very good condition, text in Italian, E74339‎

‎Geschichte der allgemeinen Europäischen Staatshändel des vorigen und jetzigen Jahrhunderts im Grundrisse. Vierte verb. Ausgabe. Göttingen, Van dehoeck, 1779.‎

‎Cont. marbled boards. Back with a little wear. (16),312,(6) pp.‎

‎Acte Général de la conférence de Berlin. - [THE GENERAL ACT OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE 1885]‎

‎Amsterdam, K.N.A.G., 1885. 8vo. In recent paper wrappers with brown title label pasted on the front wrappers. As extracted from ""Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap"". Vol. II. Very fine and clean. Pp. 213-228.‎

‎First printing of the first report on the The Berlin Conference (of 1884-85), also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference. It sought to regulate European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa and is by far the most severe infringement ever on African sovereignty. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, while simultaneously eliminating most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance.""For at a time when an estimated 80% of Africa remained under traditional and local control, the purpose of the Berlin Conference had been for the Great Powers to establish rules amongst themselves for the colonization of Africa and the exploitation of Africa's resources. Including the division of territory, the drawing of maps, and the establishment of Congo -- as a personal possession of the Belgian King. Not surprisingly, no Africans had been invited to the Conference."" (Calmettes, Berlin 1885: The Division of Africa). ""Owing to the upsetting of Bismarck's carefully laid balance of power in European politics caused by Leopold's gamble and subsequent European race for colonies, Germany felt compelled to act and started launching expeditions of its own which frightened both British and French statesmen. Hoping to quickly soothe this brewing conflict, King Leopold II was able to convince France and Germany that common trade in Africa was in the best interests of all three countries. Under support from the British and the initiative of Portugal,Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, called on representatives of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden-Norway (union until 1905), the Ottoman Empire and the United States to take part in the Berlin Conference to work out policy."" (Ngoyo, Federation of the Free States of Africa).The boarders drawn in Africa during the Berlin Conference had devastating consequences for Africa:"" ""The Berlin Conference was Africa's undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African Continent. By the time Africa regained its independence after the late 1950s, the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to operate satisfactorily. The African politico-geographical map is thus a permanent liability that resulted from the three months of ignorant, greedy acquisitiveness during a period when Europe's search for minerals and markets had become insatiable."" (Ibid). See The Mountains of the Moon, Mapping African Exploration, Princeton University. ‎

‎L'Équilibre dans les Relations Économiques Internationales.‎

‎Paris, Domat Montchrestien, 1937. 8vo. Uncut in the original printed wrappers. Small library label pasted on to lower part of spine. A few library stamps pasted on to the first few pages. Otherwise a fine copy. (2), 466 pp.‎

‎First edition.‎

‎Försök till en Statsekonomisk Stati- stik öfver Sverige. 4 Bd.‎

‎Carlstad, 1852-(66). 4 samt.hshirtbd. St.o.t.‎

‎LES ROUAGES DE L'ECONOMIE NATIONALE. INITIATION ECONOMIQUE.‎

‎ Ed. Ouvriéres 1960, In Ed. Ouvriéres 1960, In-8 broché, 215 pages. Trés bon état.‎

‎ Toutes les expéditions sont faites en suivi au-dessus de 25 euros. Expédition quotidienne pour les envois simples, suivis, recommandés ou Colissimo. ‎

‎Mecanismos de dominacion en un ejido canero : el caso de Tlaquiltenango, Mor.‎

‎Mexico D.F., 1977 ix + 476pp. + folding plates/tables, "Tesis para obtener el titulo de licenciado en antropologia social" (Universidad Iberoamericana), 22cm., softcover (bit worn), good condition, weight: 1.1kg., G105876‎