86 - Herbert, (C.-J.). An Attempt at a General Grain Police, together with two treatises on prices and agriculture. Translated from the French by Johann Samuel Haller. Berlin, Voß, 1756. XXXIX, 328 pages. Small octavo. Contemporary half-parchment binding with handwritten spine title and light green bronze-varnished paper covering (front cover somewhat stained).

Herbert, (C.-J.). An Attempt at a General Grain Police, together with two treatises on prices and agriculture. Translated from the French by Johann Samuel Haller. Berlin, Voß, 1756. XXXIX, 328 pages. Small octavo. Contemporary half-parchment binding with handwritten spine title and light green bronze-varnished paper covering (front cover somewhat stained). VD18 11056282; Fromm 12347. - First German edition. - Major work of the French economist Claude-Jacques Herbert (1700-1758), whose essay 'Sur la police générale des grains' was first published (unauthorized) in London in 1753, and then in Berlin in 1755. Herbert advocated for a free grain trade. - Modern bookplate by Henn Wolfram Riedesel Freiherr zu Eisenbach.