CANTILLON, Richard .
Essai sur la Nature du Commerce ed général. Traduit de l'Anglois.
Paris: Fletcher Gyles , 1755.
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Rare First Edition of Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, traduit de l'anglois.
First edition of the earliest treatise on modern economics. Octavo, bound in full leather. In very good condition with some rubbing to the joints, stain to the title page and general wear.
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).
Essai sur la Nature du Commerce ed général. Traduit de l'Anglois.
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