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CONDILLAC (Étienne Bonnot de). Le Commerce et le Gouvernement, considérés relativement l'un à l'autre. Amsterdam & Paris, Jombert & Cellot, 1776. 2 parts in one volume, in-12, marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, marbled pages (period binding). Covers restored, corners worn, rubbed and worn. Slight soiling in a few places. First edition, with errata on page VI, of this important work of modern political economy, hailed as such by Schumpeter and Macleod for its defense of economic liberalism and free trade, halfway between the physiocrats and the so-called classical school. The success of Adam Smith, who published his "Investigations into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" only a few months later, unfortunately overshadowed Condillac's work, even though the Grenoble-based philosopher was ahead of the Scot on crucial points, notably the theory of value. In one of the most accomplished popular works of the Enlightenment, which established political economy as a science, Condillac explains how equality and prosperity are born of freedom, and why government intervention disturbs this spontaneous order. "A work in which we find 'the most modern conceptions' (Gide)." Tchemerzine III, 482. In fine: "La troisième Partie de cet ouvrage n'est pas faite. The Author will work on it, if the first two make it desirable." This announced third part was never published.

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CONDILLAC (Étienne Bonnot de). Le Commerce et le Gouvernement, considérés relativement l'un à l'autre. Amsterdam & Paris, Jombert & Cellot, 1776. 2 parts in one volume, in-12, marbled basane, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt title, marbled pages (period binding). Covers restored, corners worn, rubbed and worn. Slight soiling in a few places. First edition, with errata on page VI, of this important work of modern political economy, hailed as such by Schumpeter and Macleod for its defense of economic liberalism and free trade, halfway between the physiocrats and the so-called classical school. The success of Adam Smith, who published his "Investigations into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" only a few months later, unfortunately overshadowed Condillac's work, even though the Grenoble-based philosopher was ahead of the Scot on crucial points, notably the theory of value. In one of the most accomplished popular works of the Enlightenment, which established political economy as a science, Condillac explains how equality and prosperity are born of freedom, and why government intervention disturbs this spontaneous order. "A work in which we find 'the most modern conceptions' (Gide)." Tchemerzine III, 482. In fine: "La troisième Partie de cet ouvrage n'est pas faite. The Author will work on it, if the first two make it desirable." This announced third part was never published.

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