‎Vues Politiques sur le Commerce, Ouvrage dans lequel on traite particulièrement des Denrées, & où l'on propose de nouveaux moyens pour encourager l'Agriculture & les Arts, & pour augmenter le Commerce général du Royaume.‎

‎A Amsterdam, Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1759. Title printed in red and black. viii, 296 pp. 8vo. Contemporary blind marbled covers, paper shelf number to spine, uncut. Kress 5781; Goldsmiths 9441; Einaudi 2671; Mattioli 1484; Higgs 1978; INED 2119; Conlon 59:827; Spengler, French Predecessors of Malthus, pp. 86-90. First edition. The copies catalogued in Kress and Higgs have 535 pages and the title ends after the words 'Commerce général', lacking the additon 'du Royaume'. No priority has been established, either of these editions is very rare. The author, one of the editors of the Journal Économique, philantropist and utopian socialist, proposes in this work to 'faire entrer tous les moyens de mettre en exécution les projets les plus grands pour le bonheur de la nation': the founding of a state-owned agricultural company for the sale of its products with the purpose of maintaining price stability, the foundation of 'sociétiés de crédit', development of the use of machines, etc. The whole of his socialist and utopian ideas is also elaborately dealt with in J.-C. Perrot's work 'Histoire intellectuelle de l'Économie Politique', chapter entitled Le despotisme de la raison dans l'utopie économique de Goyon de la Plombanie, pp. 284-304. See also A. Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe siècle, pp. 329-334. - Occasional faint dampstain, a very good copy. ‎

‎Trading in Commodities: An "Investor's Chronicle" Guide‎

‎Simon & Schuster (UK) 1974 128 pages in8. 1974. Relié. 128 pages.‎

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‎Bon état dos un peu insolé présence de notes au stylo à l'intérieur‎

‎Projet de Finance, adressé aux gouvernemens de toutes les nations policées; par Joseph-Modeste Granier de Ste-Cécile, Résident à Treffort, Département de l'Ain.‎

‎Bourg (Ain), Chez Janinet, Imprimeur-Libraire du Roi, 1819. 64 pp. 8vo. Stab-sewn in original pale yellow covers, a bit frayed at edges. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; Louandre & Bourquelot, iv, p. 153 for other works by the author but not this one; Quérard, iii, p. 451, listing the third edition published in 1821. First edition. The author, inhabitant of Treffort in the department l'Ain, was a prolific philantropist. In this curious work he exposes with much details a revolutionary financial project which he would like to see implemented in all civilized nations. The gist of the project is no less than the abolition of all taxes: they will be replaced by a voluntary contribution: "C'est sur l'orgueil, le luxe et l'amour-propre que je vais proposer d'établir un impôt." The method is simple and clear: no-one is allowed to decorate his horses, carriages, clothes, furniture, harness, etc. etc. unless a license has been bought. Granier's argument is based on human nature: if something is dear to someone, he will want it; if it distinguishes it is appreciated and desired, and the more it is wanted. Hence, many will pay to be able to obtain what they want and what will distinguish them from others. Granier also deals with possible objections to his project, gives calculations of income generated through his project, and exposes clearly the unjust and uneven division of taxes in existence: a day-worker pays 15 % taxes on his glass of wine, whereas those who can afford to purchase wine "en gros" pay only 5%!Granier is the author of various other works: Moyen d'améliorer l'état social en diminuant l'excès de la fréquentation des cafés, billards, ...., Moyen d'éteindre la mendicité, d'améliorer le sort des pauvres .... and of Moyen pour produire spontanément et à peu de frais un moteur capable de suppléer aux pompes de feu ..... A very nice copy, a bit spotted, uncut. ‎

‎Soviet Economic Structure and Performance‎

‎Joanna Cotler Books 1974 478 pages in8. 1974. Broché. 478 pages.‎

‎Bon état intérieur propre bonne tenue couverture un peu défraîchie‎

‎Sulla genesi di capitale e interesse (Classici di economia politica)‎

‎Archivio Izzi 2002 352 pages 18 8x1 6x24cm. 2002. Broché. 352 pages.‎

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‎Très Bon Etat de conservation intérieur propre bonne tenue‎

‎Des Causes du Bonheur Public. Ouvrage dédié à Monseigneur Le Dauphin, Par M. l'Abbé Gros de Besplas, de la Maison & Société de Sorbonne, Prédicateur du Roi, &c.‎

‎A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Sébastien Jorry, 1768. Frontispice by Jean Massard after Charles Eisen representing the young Dauphin, the future Louis XVI, running after the shadow of his father, the Dauphin Louis, who died in 1765. xxxiv, 586, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, gilt triple fillet on sides, very lightly rubbed. INED 2163 (edition 1790 in 2 volumes in 12mo); Higgs 4522; Goldsmiths 11087 (the 1774 edition); Kress S.4524; not in Mattioli; Einaudi A.348 (the 1774 edition); Lichtenberger, Le Socialisme au XVIIIe Siècle, pp. 391-393. First edition of the major work by the Abbé Gros de Besplas, the preacher of Louis XV. While property, society and religion were subjected to violent attacks in the writings of the philosophes, only very few "abbé's" introduced the subject of political economy into their sermons, some even to the point where they were called to order by the ecclesiastical authorites. Among them, the Abbé Gros de Besplas, while not believing in the utility of important and profound reform, argued that public welfare, of which religion and the monarch were the principle guards, follows from possession of the "necessary", a certain abundance, and being subjected to work. Gros de Besplas strongly condamns celibacy, mendicity and "le luxe" which, he feels, must be suppressed by means of heavy taxes, deplores the fallow land for want of instruments and machines in the hands of those who work the land, and argues for a more even distribution of land in "accord avec la justice". The subjects of the monarch, or any ruler, have four important rights: the right to life, the right to be free, the right to own property, and the right to be protected. From this Gros de Besplas arrives at a socialist theory of property: the property of land belongs to society as it can not belong to any particular man. To his politically moderate ideas Gros de Besplan attaches more radical ideas concerning property.The engraved frontispiece is preceded by a leaf which contains verso an "Explication du Frontispiece." Rare: only Higgs and Kress have the original edition. ‎

‎The Impossibility of Informationally Efficient Markets.‎

‎Nashville, American Economic Association, 1980. Lex8vo. In the original printed wrappers. In ""The American Economic Review, June 1980"". Pp. (4), 269-554, (14)]. Entire issue offered. A very fine and clean copy. Grossman and Stiglitz's paper: Pp. 393-408.‎

‎First printing of Grossman and Stiglitz's influential paper in which they showed that informationally efficient prices lead to a paradox: ""if the market aggregated their information perfectly, individuals' demand would not be based on their own information, but then, would it be possible for markets to aggregate information perfectly"". Joseph Eugene Stiglitz an American economist and a professor at Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001), former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank. He is known for his critical view of the management ofglobalization, free-market economists, whom he calls ""free market fundamentalists"", and some international institutions like theInternational Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Stiglitz is one of the most frequently cited economists in the world. Stiglitz has to a large extent been influenced Keynes and has himself influenced famous and influential economist such as Paul Krugman, Jason Furman and Stephany Griffith-Jones.‎

‎Le Droit de la Guerre et de la Paix. Divisé en trois livres, Où il explique le Droit de la Nature, le droit des Gens, & les principaux Points du Droit public, ou qui concerne le gouvernement public d'un Etat. Traduit dy Latin en Francois, par Monsieu... - [THE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW]‎

‎Paris, Arnould Seneuze, 1687. 4to. Two contemporary uniform full calf bindings with five raised bands to richly gilt spines. All edges of boards gilt. Hinges and capitals worn, with some loss, but still tight. A damp stain to first and last leaves of both volumes (affecting about 17 leaves in all, mostly marginal). Otherwise a nice and clean copy with just the occassional brownspotting. Engraved frontispiece in vol. 1, engraved title-vignettes, large engraved vignette to verso of title-page of vol. 1, engraved portrait in vol. 1, woodcut vignettes and initials. Printed on good paper and with wide margins. (48), 621, (3) pp. + frontispiece and portrait" (4), 197, (3) pp.‎

‎The very rare first edition of the first French translation of Grotius' groundbreaking magnum opus, ""De Jure Belli ac Pacis"", the founding work of international law. The profoundly influential masterpiece - written during the Thirty Years' War, in the hope that rational human beings might be able to agree to legal limits on war's destruction - ""made him famous throughout Europe... [t]he questions which he put forward have come to be the basis of the ultimate view of land and society. This was the first attempt to lay down a principle of right, and a basis for society and government, outside Church or Scripture... Grotius's principle of an immutable law, which God can no more alter than a mathematical axiom, was the first expression of the ""droit naturel"", the natural law which exercised the great political theorists of the eighteenth century, and is the foundation of modern international law."" (PMM 125). This magnum opus of legal philosophy played a tremendous role in French law and politics and in the entire development of international law in general. ""It is on the DIB (De Iure Bellis) that the bulk of Grotius' reputation rests. It consists of an introduction and three books, totaling more than 900 pages in translation. As with DIP, the introduction or ""Prolegomena"" holds the greatest interest for philosophers, for it is here that Grotius articulates and defends the philosophical foundations of the DIB. While philosophers are naturally attracted to the ""Prolegomena,"" the body of the DIB is also redolent with themes of philosophical interest. Book One defines the concept of war, argues for the legitimacy of war, and identifies who may legitimately wage war. Book Two deals with the causes of war, the origins of property, the transfer of rights and more, while Book Three is dedicated primarily to the rightful conduct of belligerents in war. After the initial publication in 1625, Grotius ushered several more editions to press during his life, each time adding more references without substantially changing the arguments."" (SEP).Living in the times of the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands and the Thirty Years' War between Catholic and Protestant European nations (Catholic France being in the otherwise Protestant camp), Grotius was deeply concerned with matters of conflicts between nations and religions. His magnum opus was a monumental effort to restrain such conflicts on the basis of a broad moral consensus. It was begun in prison and published during his exile in Paris. ""In the dedication of his great work, ""De Jure Belli ac Pacis"", to Louis XIII of France, Grotius addresses the king as ""everywhere known by the name Just no less than that of Louis ... Just, when you call back to life laws that are on the verge of burial, and with all your strength set yourself against the trend of an age which is rushing headlong to destruction" ... when you offer no violence to souls that hold views different from your own in matter of religion" ... when by the exercise of your authority you lighten the burden of oppressed peoples.""When writing this dedication and the Prolegomena to ""De Jure Belli ac Pacis"" (originally published in Paris in 1625), Grotius was living in exile. Europe was war-torn and depression and suffering from hunger and cold prevailed in many regions, justifying Grotius' description of international law as such: ""in our day, as in former times, there is no lack of men who view this branch of law with contempt as having no reality outside of an empty name."" The treaty of peace, embodying many of the universal and permanent principles which Grotius abstracted ""from every particular fact"" in those dark days of the early part of the Thirty Years' War, was not concluded till 23 years later. The year 1624 was, in the negotiation of the treaty, assumed to be the norm year for restoration of the ""Status quo"".The more than three centuries since Grotius wrote his magnum opus seem to bear witness to his views upon war peace, in spite of the fact that many a state has not yet realized that the state is ""Truly fortunate which has justice for its own boundary line."" In 1625 Grotius famously stated: ""there is no state so powerful that it may not sometime need the help of others outside itself, either for the purposes of trade, or even ward off the forces of many foreign nations united against it.""Grotius's paramount influence upon international law is widely acknowledged worldwide. For instance, since 1999 the American Society of International Law holds an annual series of Grotius Lectures. Because of his theological underpinning of free trade, he is also considered an ""economic theologist"".""To those desirous of understanding the fundamental principles which have motivated some of the greatest statesmen of modern time and the bases upon which a state which is to remain essentially sound must rest, a reading of Grotius' Prolegomena to the ""Law of War and Peace"" is commended."" (George Grafton Wilson: ""Grotius: Law of War and Peace."", p. 1. In: The American Journal of International Law, vol. 35, nr. 2, 1941).‎

‎Le Droit de la Guerre et de la Paix. Divisé en trois livres, Où il explique le Droit de la Nature, le droit des Gens, & les principaux Points du Droit public, ou qui concerne le gouvernement public d'un Etat. Traduit du Latin en Francois, par Monsie... - [THE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW]‎

‎Paris, Arnould Seneuze, 1687. 4to. Two contemporary uniform full calf bindings with five raised bands to richly gilt spines. Capitals and upper front hinge of volume one worn and boards with a few scrapes. Internally very nice and clean with just the occasional light brownspotting. Engraved frontispiece in vol. 1, engraved title-vignettes, large engraved vignette to verso of title-page of vol. 1, engraved portrait in vol. 1, woodcut vignettes and initials. Printed on good paper and with wide margins. (48), 621, (3) pp. + frontispiece and portrait" (4), 197, (3) pp.‎

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‎The very rare first edition of the first French translation of Grotius' groundbreaking magnum opus, ""De Jure Belli ac Pacis"", the founding work of international law. The profoundly influential masterpiece - written during the Thirty Years' War, in the hope that rational human beings might be able to agree to legal limits on war's destruction - ""made him famous throughout Europe... [t]he questions which he put forward have come to be the basis of the ultimate view of land and society. This was the first attempt to lay down a principle of right, and a basis for society and government, outside Church or Scripture... Grotius's principle of an immutable law, which God can no more alter than a mathematical axiom, was the first expression of the ""droit naturel"", the natural law which exercised the great political theorists of the eighteenth century, and is the foundation of modern international law."" (PMM 125). This magnum opus of legal philosophy played a tremendous role in French law and politics and in the entire development of international law in general. ""It is on the DIB (De Iure Bellis) that the bulk of Grotius' reputation rests. It consists of an introduction and three books, totaling more than 900 pages in translation. As with DIP, the introduction or ""Prolegomena"" holds the greatest interest for philosophers, for it is here that Grotius articulates and defends the philosophical foundations of the DIB. While philosophers are naturally attracted to the ""Prolegomena,"" the body of the DIB is also redolent with themes of philosophical interest. Book One defines the concept of war, argues for the legitimacy of war, and identifies who may legitimately wage war. Book Two deals with the causes of war, the origins of property, the transfer of rights and more, while Book Three is dedicated primarily to the rightful conduct of belligerents in war. After the initial publication in 1625, Grotius ushered several more editions to press during his life, each time adding more references without substantially changing the arguments."" (SEP).Living in the times of the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands and the Thirty Years' War between Catholic and Protestant European nations (Catholic France being in the otherwise Protestant camp), Grotius was deeply concerned with matters of conflicts between nations and religions. His magnum opus was a monumental effort to restrain such conflicts on the basis of a broad moral consensus. It was begun in prison and published during his exile in Paris. ""In the dedication of his great work, ""De Jure Belli ac Pacis"", to Louis XIII of France, Grotius addresses the king as ""everywhere known by the name Just no less than that of Louis ... Just, when you call back to life laws that are on the verge of burial, and with all your strength set yourself against the trend of an age which is rushing headlong to destruction" ... when you offer no violence to souls that hold views different from your own in matter of religion" ... when by the exercise of your authority you lighten the burden of oppressed peoples.""When writing this dedication and the Prolegomena to ""De Jure Belli ac Pacis"" (originally published in Paris in 1625), Grotius was living in exile. Europe was war-torn and depression and suffering from hunger and cold prevailed in many regions, justifying Grotius' description of international law as such: ""in our day, as in former times, there is no lack of men who view this branch of law with contempt as having no reality outside of an empty name."" The treaty of peace, embodying many of the universal and permanent principles which Grotius abstracted ""from every particular fact"" in those dark days of the early part of the Thirty Years' War, was not concluded till 23 years later. The year 1624 was, in the negotiation of the treaty, assumed to be the norm year for restoration of the ""Status quo"".The more than three centuries since Grotius wrote his magnum opus seem to bear witness to his views upon war peace, in spite of the fact that many a state has not yet realized that the state is ""Truly fortunate which has justice for its own boundary line."" In 1625 Grotius famously stated: ""there is no state so powerful that it may not sometime need the help of others outside itself, either for the purposes of trade, or even ward off the forces of many foreign nations united against it.""Grotius's paramount influence upon international law is widely acknowledged worldwide. For instance, since 1999 the American Society of International Law holds an annual series of Grotius Lectures. Because of his theological underpinning of free trade, he is also considered an ""economic theologist"".""To those desirous of understanding the fundamental principles which have motivated some of the greatest statesmen of modern time and the bases upon which a state which is to remain essentially sound must rest, a reading of Grotius' Prolegomena to the ""Law of War and Peace"" is commended."" (George Grafton Wilson: ""Grotius: Law of War and Peace."", p. 1. In: The American Journal of International Law, vol. 35, nr. 2, 1941).‎

‎Monnaie sans or‎

‎Paris, Recueil Sirey 1943 211pp., 26cm., br.orig., cachet, bel état, E41674‎

‎Sviluppo e sottosviluppo in Europa e fuori d'Europa dal secolo XIII alla rivoluzione industriale‎

‎Firenze, Le Monnier 1983 751pp., dans la série "Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica 'F.Datini', Prato. Atti delle "Settimane di Studio' e altri Convegni" vol.10, bel état‎

‎De la possibilité d'améliorer les transactions immobilières et commerciales; par l'introduction dans les contrats de l'ordre et de la garantie et par l'économie des ressources. Précédé d'observations sur l'état actuel des affaires et sur l'insuffisance des moyens pratiques jusqu'à ce jour. Divers propositions organiques applicables à des cas particuliers.‎

‎Lyon, Lithographie Lepagnez, 1855. Lithographed manuscript of 86 pp. 4to. Modern boards. The author has written his name in full himself on the title of this copy, which has on verso of the title also an autograph dedication from the author to Victor Schoelcher. The text is entirely lithographed, apparently in a small number of copies and not put into the trade, as is stated in the first lines: 'Ce travail n'est point destiné à la publicité, il est adressé à quelques amis intimes .....' It contains a project for the organisation of general credit facilities. ‎

‎Savoir et mémoire. N° 4. Mathématique sociale.‎

‎Couverture souple. Broché. 39 pages.‎

‎Livre. Centre National du Livre, 1993.‎

‎Japon troisième grand‎

‎Paris, Seuil 1969 368pp., br.orig., 20cm., X50611‎

‎L'autogestion généralisée‎

‎Christian Bourgois 1993 52 pages in8. 1993. Broché. 52 pages.‎

‎Bon Etat couverture défraîchie intérieur propre ex-libris‎

‎Economie internationale: Commerce et macroéconomie‎

‎Dunod 2009 15 4x2 2x24cm. 2009. Broché.‎

‎Comme neuf‎

‎Economie politique [2 tomes]‎

‎Paris, Dalloz 1960 548 + 540pp., 2e éd., dans la collection "Précis Dalloz", br.orig., bon état‎

‎Le développement du sous-développement : l'Amérique Latine‎

‎Editions François Maspero Textes à l'appui Broché 1968 In-8 (14 x 21.7 cm), broché, couverture illustrée à rabats, 302 pp. ; coiffes et bords frottés, dos et bords des plats insolés, des marques d'usage sur la couverture défraîchie, assez bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.‎

‎Pourquoi le franc belge est tombé‎

‎Bruxelles, Nouvelle Société d'éditions 1935 118pp., dans la série "Documents", br.orig., 20cm., cachet, bon état, B42188‎

‎RECETTES ET TRUCS plus de 1000 solutions à vos problèmes ménagers‎

‎ 1980 broché (paperback) in-octavo carré, dos et couverture verts imprimés (spine and cover printed) et première de couverture illustrée (front cover illustrated), tranches lisses (smooth edges), illustrations : petites figures (small pictures), 128 pages, 1980 à Paris Editeur CNCA,‎

‎Collection "Dossier Familial" Hors série - préface de Léon Zitrone - bon état (very good condition) ‎

‎Toutes les cles de l auto entrepreneur ned‎

‎ESF PRISMA 2009 14x1x21 2cm. 2009. Broché.‎

‎Comme neuf - livre issu de destockage - pouvant présenter d'infimes traces de stockage - Expédié soigneusement dans emballage adapté‎

‎Decision Probability and Utility: Selected Readings‎

‎Cambridge University Press 1988 462 pages in8. 1988. Broché. 462 pages.‎

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‎dos un peu creusé légère terniessure en bas du dos intérieur propre‎

‎Prosperidad y depresion - Analisis teorico de los movimientos ciclicos (traduccion del orignal publicado por la Sociedad de Nationes)‎

‎Buenos Aires (Mexico), Fondo de Cultura Economica 1945 xv + 541pp., br.orig., texte en espagnol, bel état, [2e édition en espagnol]‎

‎Selected Essays of Gottfried Haberler (The MIT Press)‎

‎MIT Press 1986 672 pages in8. 1986. Cartonné jaquette. 672 pages.‎

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‎proche du très bon état intérieur propre bonne tenue‎

‎Legitimation Crisis‎

‎Heinemann Educational Publishers 1976 189 pages in8. 1976. Broché. 189 pages.‎

‎Bon état bonne tenue intérieur propre‎