CANTILLON, Richard (d.1734).] Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, traduit de l'anglois . 'London' [but Paris]: 'Fletcher Gyles', 1755.
CANTILLON, Richard (d.1734).] Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, traduit de l'anglois . 'London' [but Paris]: 'Fletcher Gyles', 1755. 12° (167 x 198mm). With half-title. (Small repaired tear in the bottom margin of the title.) Contemporary sprinkled half calf, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled in blind, gilt title label, edges sprinkled red and blue (small repair to spine head). Provenance : F.R. (cipher stamped on front cover). FIRST EDITION OF THE EARLIEST TREATISE ON MODERN ECONOMICS. The Essai has been declared 'more emphatically than any other single work, the cradle of political economy' (Jevons), and 'the most systematic statement of economic principles before the Wealth of Nations ' (Roll). It ‘is notable for its model building, its analysis of market forces and the role of the entrepreneur, its outline of the circular flow of income, and its monetary theory. Cantillon was the first real model builder in economics’ (ODNB). Circulating first in manuscript and published posthumously, the Essai anticipates Malthus, and was cited by Adam Smith, Condillac, Quesnay, Harris and Postlethwayt. It covers political economy, currency, foreign trade and exchange. Among many new ideas, it contained 'an almost complete anticipation of the Malthusian theory of population' ( The New Palgrave, I, p. 318). Cantillon died in mysterious circumstances, allegedly murdered by his cook who robbed him and burned the house, though some suggest this was faked to escape prosecution related to his banking activity. A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY. Einaudi 846; En français dans le texte 159; Goldsmiths’ 8989; Higgs, Bib. of Economics , 938; Kress 5423; Roll, History of Economic Thought , p.121.
CANTILLON, Richard (d.1734).] Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, traduit de l'anglois . 'London' [but Paris]: 'Fletcher Gyles', 1755.
CANTILLON, Richard (d.1734).] Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, traduit de l'anglois . 'London' [but Paris]: 'Fletcher Gyles', 1755. 12° (167 x 198mm). With half-title. (Small repaired tear in the bottom margin of the title.) Contemporary sprinkled half calf, spine with raised bands, compartments ruled in blind, gilt title label, edges sprinkled red and blue (small repair to spine head). Provenance : F.R. (cipher stamped on front cover). FIRST EDITION OF THE EARLIEST TREATISE ON MODERN ECONOMICS. The Essai has been declared 'more emphatically than any other single work, the cradle of political economy' (Jevons), and 'the most systematic statement of economic principles before the Wealth of Nations ' (Roll). It ‘is notable for its model building, its analysis of market forces and the role of the entrepreneur, its outline of the circular flow of income, and its monetary theory. Cantillon was the first real model builder in economics’ (ODNB). Circulating first in manuscript and published posthumously, the Essai anticipates Malthus, and was cited by Adam Smith, Condillac, Quesnay, Harris and Postlethwayt. It covers political economy, currency, foreign trade and exchange. Among many new ideas, it contained 'an almost complete anticipation of the Malthusian theory of population' ( The New Palgrave, I, p. 318). Cantillon died in mysterious circumstances, allegedly murdered by his cook who robbed him and burned the house, though some suggest this was faked to escape prosecution related to his banking activity. A VERY ATTRACTIVE COPY. Einaudi 846; En français dans le texte 159; Goldsmiths’ 8989; Higgs, Bib. of Economics , 938; Kress 5423; Roll, History of Economic Thought , p.121.
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