QUESNAY, François (1694-1774). Physiocratie, ou Constitution naturelle du gouvernement le plus advantageux au genre humain. Yverdon: 1768-1769. 6 volumes, 8° (195 x 120mm). Half-titles. (A few light spots, without final blank in vol. IV.) Original drab wrappers, uncut, manuscript title on spines (spines darkened, a few marks on covers, tear in spine of vol. V). Provenance: Fideikommissbiblioteket (bookplate).
Third edition. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Quesnay's essays and articles, edited by Dupont de Nemours, quickly became known as the 'Bible' of the physiocrats, counting Adam Smith among its admirers. One of the most important and original works on political economy to precedeThe Wealth of Nations, it first appeared with a Leiden imprint in 1767. Einaudi 4432; Goldsmiths' 10392; Higgs 4267.
QUESNAY, François (1694-1774). Physiocratie, ou Constitution naturelle du gouvernement le plus advantageux au genre humain. Yverdon: 1768-1769. 6 volumes, 8° (195 x 120mm). Half-titles. (A few light spots, without final blank in vol. IV.) Original drab wrappers, uncut, manuscript title on spines (spines darkened, a few marks on covers, tear in spine of vol. V). Provenance: Fideikommissbiblioteket (bookplate).
Third edition. FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Quesnay's essays and articles, edited by Dupont de Nemours, quickly became known as the 'Bible' of the physiocrats, counting Adam Smith among its admirers. One of the most important and original works on political economy to precedeThe Wealth of Nations, it first appeared with a Leiden imprint in 1767. Einaudi 4432; Goldsmiths' 10392; Higgs 4267.
