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[LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE (Pierre-Paul-François-Joseph). The Natural and Essential Order of Political Societies. London, by Jean Nourse, and is in Paris, by Desaint, 1767. 2 vols. in-12, fawn calf, spine ornamented, marbled pages (contemporary binding). Slight spalling at the upper edge of volume 2, wear at the corners and at one cut, otherwise a good copy. Edition published the same year as the original in-4. Le Mercier de La Rivière is the first to present dogmatically the physiocratic doctrine. According to Mirabeau, this book was written under the influence of Quesnay.
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[LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE (Pierre-Paul-François-Joseph). The Natural and Essential Order of Political Societies. London, by Jean Nourse, and is in Paris, by Desaint, 1767. 2 vols. in-12, fawn calf, spine ornamented, marbled pages (contemporary binding). Slight spalling at the upper edge of volume 2, wear at the corners and at one cut, otherwise a good copy. Edition published the same year as the original in-4. Le Mercier de La Rivière is the first to present dogmatically the physiocratic doctrine. According to Mirabeau, this book was written under the influence of Quesnay.
