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TURGOT, Anne Robert Jacques, Baron de l'Aulne (1727-1781). Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses. [No imprint], 1788. 8°. Half-title (waterstaining, mainly at end, B1 with marginal tear). UNCUT in contemporay patterned wrappers (extremities worn), modern calf-backed marbled slipcase.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Turgot's principal work, first published in 1769-70 in the Ephémérides du citoyen, was addressed to two young Chinamen who, having been brought to France and educated by the Jesuits, were then sent back to Canton with a royal annuity and the task of maintaining a correspondence on the state of literature and science in China. The work is divided into a hundred sections tracing the existence of commmerce to the unequal distribution of land, the diversity of the soil in fitness for production, the multiplicity of human needs, and the advantages of the division of labour. It was read by and had considerable influence upon Adam Smith, and was one of the most important economic texts to be published before Wealth of Nations. Einaudi 5772; En français dans le texte 165 (citing the work's publication in the Ephémerides); Goldsmiths' 13536; Kress B.1506.
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Turgot's principal work, first published in 1769-70 in the Ephémérides du citoyen, was addressed to two young Chinamen who, having been brought to France and educated by the Jesuits, were then sent back to Canton with a royal annuity and the task of maintaining a correspondence on the state of literature and science in China. The work is divided into a hundred sections tracing the existence of commmerce to the unequal distribution of land, the diversity of the soil in fitness for production, the multiplicity of human needs, and the advantages of the division of labour. It was read by and had considerable influence upon Adam Smith, and was one of the most important economic texts to be published before Wealth of Nations. Einaudi 5772; En français dans le texte 165 (citing the work's publication in the Ephémerides); Goldsmiths' 13536; Kress B.1506.
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