[FORBONNAIS (François Véron Duverger de)]. Principes et observations oeconomiques. Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1767. 2 vol. small in-8, [3] ff. pp. III-X, 316 pp. with an errata between pp. 160 and 161; [3] ff. 284 pp. with 4 folding tables (all in vol. I), marbled fawn half-calf, spine with ornamented nerves, red title-pieces, corners in vellum, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Ex-libris partly torn off. Very rare first edition of this manifesto by which Forbonnais (1722-1800) proclaimed his opposition to physiocracy. A good copy.

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