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BOUCHAUD, (M.-A.)

A Paris, Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1777. xvi, 538, [2, Approbation, verso blank] pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, light damage to head and foot of spine, red edges, a nice copy. INED 686; Camus 213; Conlon 77:711; Kress B.13; Goldsmiths' 11572; not in Einaudi. Scarce first edition of this important work by Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud, great-nephew of Gassendi and author of a substantial number of articles on jurisprudence and canonical law for the great Encyclopedie. The eighteenth century was a prime period for theoretical reflection on international relations and the legal formalization of the international order. Treaties of commerce consistently included provisions protecting commercial exchange from the effects of war, the accumulation of which became part of the law of nations. More particularly, such treaties can be seen as having been a means to define rules that would protect non-belligerents from the consequences of conflicts in which they were not involved. This chapter investigates commercial treaties by looking beyond their bilateral commitments to commercial exchange, instead seeing them as contributing to the accumulation of international jurisprudence on trade in wartime. It was from this perspective that in 1777 Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud developed his Théorie des traités de commerce entre les nations to capture the attempts by legal theorists to find adequate instruments to manage the unruly practices of political negotiation and commercial exchange ("The Conditions of Trade in Wartime: Treaties of Commerce and Maritime Law in the Eighteenth Century" in: The Politics of Commercial Treaties in the Eighteenth Century (pp. 217-242) by Éric Schnakenbourg.) - Errata on verso of page xv.

BOUCHE, C.F.

Versailles, Baudouin, 1789. 16 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco. Not in Kress; Goldsmiths 13862; not in Stourm; not in INED; Martin & Walter 4412. Original edition.

(BOUFFONIDOR.)

A Ville-Franche, Chez la Veuve Liberté, 1782. Two volumes. civ, 350 pp.; (4), [351]-750 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary blind paper covers, paper labels to spines, loss of paper to spines, rubbed and worn, cords intact, an uncut copy. Conlon 82:851; Barbier, ii, col. 435; Cioranescu 13174; Peignot, ii, 224 (attributing the work to a certain de Levy); Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France 1769-1789, 255 (attribution to Ange Goudar !); Mars, 152 (but with an * which denotes "uncertain attribution"); Weller, 217. Rare first edition of one of the most successful libels published in the 2nd half of the 18th-century. One of the remarkable features of these "libels" was the fact that they had a political meaning, which made them different from the chroniques scandaleuses with which they can be compared as far as the preference for scandals goes. And it was precisely this combination of suggested objective history and the "revelation" of the private sins of persons of importance (ministers, members of the royal family, indeed the King himself, etc.) through with these "libels" desecrated the ruling powers and authorities. "Although the book presented itself as an objective history of Louis's reign, it treated the reader to a scabrous inside account of his sex life" (R. Darnton, The Literary Underground of the Old Regime, p. 145 ff.) Darnton's analysis of this and other works sold in the days of the Ancien Régime, the trade, distribution, numbers of copies sold, and the disastrous effects these books had on the way people viewed authority, the King, the court and the magistracy, is not just fascinating reading but also shows how now forgotten authors and books provided "news" and effectively undermined the authority of the regime.The pages ix-civ contain "Coup d'oeil sur l'histoire de Louis XV, pour servir d'instruction, de commentaire & de supplément à cet ouvrage." - Internally a fine copy.

BOUGEANT, (G.H.)

A Paris, Chez P.J. Mariette, 1744. 3 volumes. (10), 599, (35) pp.; (10), 656 pp.; (2), 660, (4) pp. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt with raised bands, red labels with gilt lettering, red edges, small damage to top of spine of volume 2. Camus 245; Bourgeois & André 3731. Second or third edition, first published in 1727 and which had one volume only. This is the revised and augmented edition of this rare and important work in international diplomacy and international law. 'Bougeant s'est servi de nombreux documents, en particulier des mémoires du Comte d'Avaux: il cite toujours ses sources en marge, et, pour rendre son ouvrage maniable, il a composé des tables commodes.' (Bourgeois & André). Important work, which, since its publication, formed the basis for many later works on the subject. It was compiled after the memoirs of d'Avaux, who was minister plenipotentiary during the negotiations which led to the Treaty of Münster. - With handwritten ex-libris Bruno Monnier, and his ticket. A very nice copy.

(BOUHOURS, D.)

A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Mortier, 1705. With engraved frontispiece and title-vignette. (8), 463, 33 pp. 12mo. Later overlapping vellum, red label with gilt lettering, remains of old paper label. This edition not in Adams, Bibliographie d'ouvrages français en forme de dialogue, 1700-1750; Brunet, i, 1169 (other editons); Sommervogel, Dictionnaire des Ouvrages Anonymnes et Pseudonymes publiés par les Religieux de la Compagnie de Jésus, p. 540 (other editions). Scarce third edition, originally published in 1687. Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702) taught, among others, at the collège de Clermont where he was introduced to the literary circles by Rapin. He met and became befriended with Boilleau, Racine, La Fontaine, La Bruyère and Bussy-Rabutin. His taste and knowledge of language brought him into a position where writers 'lui soumettaient leurs ouvrages.' His name became known when he entered into a vived debate with the Jansenists. - Somewhat browned throughout, with modern bookplate.

BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE.

A Londres, Chez Jean Brindley, Libraire de S.A.R. Monseigneur le Prince de Galles, dans New Bond-street, 1737. Title printed in red and black. (4), 572 (misnumbered 590), (6) pp. Folio. Contemporary polished calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, front joint at top split, loss of calf to foot of spine, some scratches and spots. Bourgeois & Andre, 6257; Monod, Bibliographie de l'Histoire de France, 1058; Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in Conlon. This is in actual fact the third volume of the "Etat de la France" with a new title. Contains the "Lettres sur les Anciens Parlements de France ....." (pp. 1-189); "Abrege Chronologique de l'Histoire de France" (pp. 190-501); "Memoires presentés A Mgr. Le Duc d'Orleans, Regent de France pendant la Minorité de Louis XV" (pp. 502-590). The "Table des Matieres" is numbered (25)-29, last page (verso of 29) contains a publishers list: "Books Printed for and Sold by John Brindley, at the King's-Arms in New Bond-street, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The title is followed by an "Avertissement" and an "Avis au Libraire" This "Avis" states that the present volume was hitherto offered for sale with the two volumes of the "Etat de la France" but that demand for this (the present) volume alone has made him decide to publish it separately. This volume has been described as "It is a remarkable work: 'un ouvrage remarquable pour l'époque; l'auteur connaît les sources les plus importantes, les documents essentiels, et les interprète avec une grande intelligence" by Henri See in his Les Idées Politiques en France au XVIIe siècle, (p. 271 ff.) Boulainvilliers sets out to prove that there is no tradition in which the king makes important decisions without consulting the nation: there have always been 'assemblées, origine des Etats Généraux, qui ont persisté pendant de longs siècles', thus condamning absolutism and trying to prove that France is not a seigneurial monarchy. The English folio editions are to be preferred, while hardly flawless, because they present Boulainvilliers' Mémoires historiques and Lettres sur les Parlements in their entirety and in the states in which he wrote them (Harold E. Ellis, Boulainvilliers and the French Monarchy, p. 249).Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658-1722) was a philosopher and historian. He was an eclectic philosopher, a historian, an astrologer with scientific pretensions, and a freethinker in religion. The coherence of his works lay in a dramatic effort to reconcile the principles and culture of the nobility with the social, political and cultural tendencies of the modern world. In his early years, his encounter with Baruch de Spinoza's Ethics was decisive. After translating that text into French, he wrote an Essai de Métaphysique that was intended to lift the burden of "mathematical dryness" from Spinoza's thought. Boulainvilliers was one of the aristocratic fathers of the Enlightenment. The philosophes read Spinoza through the intermediary of the Essai de Métaphysique ..... Voltaire used Boulainvillier's name to symbolize free thought in his Diner du Comte de Boulainvilliers. His historical studies influenced Montesquieu and were debated throughout the century (see: Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, vol. i, pp. 168-9).

BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE.

A La Haye & A Amsterdam, aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. 2 volumes in 1. (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2, Table des Mémoires, Fautes à corriger) pp. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red label with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; Mattioli 398; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse, i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The Mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the Mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the Mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the Mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France.Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658-1722) was an eclectic philosopher, a historian, an astrologer with scientific pretensions, and a freethinker in religion. The coherence of his works lay in a dramatic effort to reconcile the principles and culture of the nobility with the social, political and cultural tendencies of the modern world. In his early years, his encounter with Baruch de Spinoza's Ethics was decisive. After translating that text into French, he wrote an Essai de Métaphysique that was intended to lift the burden of "mathematical dryness" from Spinoza's thought. Boulainvilliers was one of the aristocratic fathers of the Enlightenment. The philosophes read Spinoza through the intermediary of the Essai de Métaphysique ..... Voltaire used Boulainvillier's name to symbolize free thought in his Diner du Comte de Boulainvilliers. His historical studies influenced Montesquieu and were debated throughout the century (see: Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, vol. i, pp. 168-9).

BOULAINVILLIERS, (H.) DE.

A La Haye & A Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1727. Title of volume one printed in red and black. 2 volumes. (6), 158 pp.; (2), (1-4), 5-230, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spines, raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, marbled edges, front covers with a gilt stamped (castle ?) tower in the center. Kress 3678; INED 714; Goldsmiths 6532; not in Einaudi; Bourgeois & André 6557; Weulersse i, xix; Monod, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, 4344; Conlon 27:349. First edition. Political and economical improvements are suggested. With great frankness the author lays bare the causes of the financial distress of France. His work was prohibited in France. The mémoire against the financiers and proposing a state-treasurer's office; the mémoire against arbitrary taxation; the mémoire against the excessive salt-tax and the mémoire against disorderly financial administration in general, are of special interest. In many ways the author anticipates the ideas of the Physiocrats, who held him in great esteem. Boulainvilliers's works were all published after his death, mostly in Holland or under Dutch imprint, and were forbidden in France.Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658-1722) was an eclectic philosopher, a historian, an astrologer with scientific pretensions, and a freethinker in religion. The coherence of his works lay in a dramatic effort to reconcile the principles and culture of the nobility with the social, political and cultural tendencies of the modern world. In his early years, his encounter with Baruch de Spinoza's Ethics was decisive. After translating that text into French, he wrote an Essai de Métaphysique that was intended to lift the burden of "mathematical dryness" from Spinoza's thought. Boulainvilliers was one of the aristocratic fathers of the Enlightenment. The philosophes read Spinoza through the intermediary of the Essai de Métaphysique ..... Voltaire used Boulainvillier's name to symbolize free thought in his Diner du Comte de Boulainvilliers. His historical studies influenced Montesquieu and were debated throughout the century (see: Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, vol. i, pp. 168-9). - A very nice copy.

(BOURDON-DESPLANCHES, L.-J.)

A Amsterdam (Paris), 1775. 32 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, gilt lettering. INED 733 (Bourdon-Desplanches) & 2917 (Linguet); Kress 7134 (listed under Linguet but attributing it also to Bourdon-Desplanches); Einaudi 3413 (attribution to Linguet); not in Goldsmiths; not in Higgs; Leblanc 162 (listed under Linguet but attributing it also to Bourdon-Desplanches). First edition. The usual attribution of the Observations sur le Commerce des Grains is to Dupont de Nemours, see INED and Einaudi. However, Dupont de Nemours' work was written as early as 1770. The author of these Observations against which Bourdon-Desplanches writes, is G.J.B. Target. The complete title of Target's work is: Observations sur le commerce des grains, écrites en décembre 1769, Amsterdam, et Paris, Cellot, 1775. The text of Bourdon-Desplanches' vehement refutation starts: 'Vous venez, Monsieur, d'imprimer, en 1775, ce que vous écrivies, dites-vous, en 1769 .....' The Lettre à l'auteur .... has sometimes been attributed to Linguet, but Darline Gay Levy, who wrote an important study on Linguet, attributes this work to Bourdon-Desplanches (see page 354). Target's work was a plea in favor of freedom of trade in grain, while Bourdon-Desplanches' response is vehemently opposing the idea of absolute and unlimited freedom of trade in grain. - Small dampstain in lower inner margin, not touching any text.

BOURDON-DESPLANCHES, (L.J.)

A Bruxelles, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la Veuve Esprit, 1785. 152 pp. 8vo. Modern half citron morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled boards, top edge gilt, a lovely copy. Kress B.820; Goldsmiths 12849; INED 735bis; Leblanc, De Thomas More à Chaptal, 132; not in Einaudi. First edition, very rare. It is a reply to Roubaud's work Representation to the Magistrates ...... The author denounces the French policies rergarding wheat and criticizes the absolute freedom of its trade and circulation. He proposes the maintenance of the legislation in force, but he tempers it by proposing the creation of companies of commerce, which will have the sole authority to import or export in the kingdom. They will have to create, in the important cities, granaries where the farmers and proprietors will be able to carry the unsold grains, which are bought for them at a fixed price. The author concludes his study with a critique of Necker's Traité de l'Administration des Finances with regard to the paragraphs relating to grains, which contradict the propositions set out in his own work (Leblanc, our translation). 'The unlimited freedom of the grain trade has many disadvantages for the economy and the population. Bourdon proposes a more moderate system: to set up a trading company entrusted exclusively with the export and import of grain, the establishment of public granaries, the fixing of the price of bread in each place, and so on. This system, moreover, would make it possible to abolish taxes without diminishing the revenues of the king: levying a duty on the quintal of wheat (INED, our translation).

(BOUREAU DESLANDES, A.F.)

A Franckfort, Chez Joseph-André Vanebben, 1745. [8], 96 pp. Small 8vo. Modern half calf, corners, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Querard 516: Conlon 45:606; INED 738; Goldsmiths' 8184; Kress S.3721; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. Scarce first edition of this interesting contribution to "the heated and prolonged debate on luxury that took place during the eighteenth century (which can be) best understood as part of the age's growing awareness of fundamental transformations taking place in its socio-economic order. Some of the period's most important and influential thinkers joined in this debate, engaging in what amounted to a comprehensive reevaluation of socioeconomic, political and economic thinking. (.....) This is undoubtedly one of the reasons why the debate on luxury resonated so widely and deeply. At its very inception, it called into question the nature and survival of traditional values in an evolving commercial civilization" (Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment, vol 2, p. 440.) L'auteur, né à Pondichery en 1690, mort à Paris en 1757, "distingue entre le luxe de génie qui est utile, et le luxe de moeurs, celui de la table, des habits et des meubles, qui est néfaste" (INED.)The "Letter" is followed by Examen du IXe chapitre de l'Essai politique sur le Commerce (by Melon), Lequel renferme une espece d'Apologie du Luxe, followed by Fragmens d'un Auteur Grec, trouvés depuis peu dans la Bibliothèque d'Oxfort, & traduits en François, which also deals with the topic of "luxe", and followed by Dialogue pourquoi il est si difficle aux personnes d'un certain mérite de s'avancer dans le monde.Boureau Deslandes Lettre sur le luxe, "written for the Académie royale des sciences de Paris and royal academies of St. Petersburg, London, Edinburgh, Bologna, Prussia, and Sweden, revealed his growing concerns that Frenchmen failed as subjects and citizens. The Lettre begins: "Luxury is a pernicious thing in a state." Boureau Deslandes defined luxury as "an agreeable or brilliant superfluity, that adds to postmortem the indispensable needs of life: they are goods, advantages that one can absolutely do without, but that one procures for oneself out of vanity, due to an intemperance of taste, often because of a strong attachment to what is in style; finally, it is an excess where the price or value depends solely on imagination, and that has nothing in itself to do with reality." He distinguished between two kinds of luxury: luxe de genie and luxe de moeurs. The first was a positive luxury that allowed for the progress of culture, and the development of beauty and perfection; the other led to the corruption of taste and morality. Boureau Deslandes lauded the "noblest" examples of art, painting, literature, philosophy, and science that attested to the "perfection" of culture and the "honor of the state." Such products contrasted against the luxe de table, luxe d'habits, luxe de meubles and "ridiculous" excesses that inundated the market. "France," he argued, "is now a country of decoration," where "simple mores conforming to nature are banished." Extravagance, he described, was most apparent in Paris, where trends in furniture and jewelry changed three times a year. Luxury, he continued, created disorder in the state by confounding orders and ranks. Clothes, fashion, and tastes tended toward uniformity until one failed to distinguish "those who by birth or by employment must necessarily be distinguished." Worse, useless commodities "ruined health" and "rendered men less strong, less courageous, less able to continue work." This luxe, Boureau- Deslandes warned, "prepared the liveliest nation for death"" (Takeda, Junko Thérèse. Between Crown and Commerce: Marseille and the Early Modern Mediterranean, p. 191 ff.) - A bit browned.

BOURGOIN, J.

A Paris, 1618. With title-engraving depicting hanging speculators and usurers, the usurers also being chased while throwing away money. Title printed in red and black. (14), 96 pp. Small 4to. Later speckled calf, gilt triple fillets on sides, spine gilt in compartments, green label with gilt lettering. Goldsmiths 470; Lindsay & Neu 4039 (other issue); Welsh, Second Checklist, 609 (edition of (8), 85 pp); Bourgeois & André 2440; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli; not in INED. First edition. In the same year also an edition in 8vo was published, this 4to edition being very rare. The author wrote several works of a vehement nature, against the financiers and provoked lively polemics. He demands the re-establishment of the Chambre de Justice which had been created under Henry IV. The Chambres de Justice were 'Commissions extraordinaires établies dans des circonstances spéciales pour juger de cas particuliers: notamment commissions destinées, après de temps de désordres et de malversations graves, à punir et à dépouiller les fianciers enrichis par ces malversations' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions). Three years earlier Jean de Beaufort had already insisted on investigations against financial malversations in his Trésor des trésors. The 'Dédicace au Roy' starts: 'Sire, De tous tems ceux qui manient les fiances n'ont pas esté seulement soupconnez d'y mal verser, mais convancus de les voller ouvertement, artistement. Dont est venu ce vieil proverbe qui roulle encore entre le vulgaire: l'Argent du Roy est sujet à la pince.' - Unobtrusive brown spot (erasing previous owners name ?) on title-page.

BOURGOIN, J.

No place, 1618. (8), 85, (1) pp. Small 8vo. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, vellum corners, gilt lettering to spine. Lindsay & Neu 4039; Welsh, Second Checklist, 609; cf.: Goldsmiths 470; Bourgeois & André 2440; not in Kress; not in Einaudi; not in INED. First edition. Two editions were published, one in 4to and this edition. The author wrote several works of a vehement nature, against the financiers and provoked lively polemics. He demands the re-establishment of the Chambre de Justice which had been created under Henry IV. The Chambres de Justice were 'Commissions extraordinaires établies dans des circonstances spéciales pour juger de cas particuliers: notamment commissions destinées, après de temps de désordres et de malversations graves, à punir et à dépouiller les financiers enrichis par ces malversations' (Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions). Three years earlier Jean de Beaufort had already insisted on investigations against financial malversations in his Trésor des trésors. The 'Dédicace au Roy' starts: 'Sire, De tous tems ceux qui manient les fiances n'ont pas esté seulement soupconnez d'y mal verser, mais convancus de les voller ouvertement, artistement. Dont est venu ce vieil proverbe qui roulle encor entre le vulgaire: l'Argent du Roy est sujet à la pince.' - Old ink annotation on title, margins cut short touching & affecting text at head and foot of a number of pages, as well as side-notes.

(BOYER, P.)

No place, 1731. Two works in one volume. lix, [3], 322, [4] pp.; 84, 36 pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, some minor blemishes, a good copy. Conlon 26:311 (first work) and 31:339 (second work); L. Willaert (S.J.), Bibliotheca Janseniana Belgica, vol. ii. 9578 (first work), second work absent; not in F.J. Parmentier, La Bibliothèque Jansénienne de l'Église d'Utrecht (which lists a few other works by Boyer); Colonia, Dictionnaire des Livres Jansénistes ou qui favorisent le Jansénisme, p. 223 (first work only, the second is absent). Scarce first editions of these works by the Jansenist and Oratorian Pierre Boyer against the Jesuits and the Papal bul Unigenitus. These works form part of a tradition in which the virtues of the ancient Greek philosophers are compared to the (supposed) virtues of the Jesuit doctrines and refute the Papal bul. The first work was condamned on August 20, 1726.Pierre Boyer (1677-1755) was an ardent opponent of the Jesuits and the Papal bul against the Jansenists and published a number of violent, polemical works on the subject. He was imprisoned at Mont St.-Michel and later at Vincennes where he died in 1755.

BREMOND, J.B.

A Paris, Chez Louis Jorry, Libraire-Imprimeur de Monseigneur le Dauphin & des Enfants de France, 1789. With 3 folding tables. 5 parts in 1 volume. 16 pp.; 20 pp.; 28 pp.; 32 pp.; 64 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; INED 770; Martin & Walter, i, 5067. First edition of this elaborate project aiming at a new social organization for France. 'Projet de loi sur l'organisation sociale (Bremond prive les célibataires de certains droits), sur l'impôt, qui doit être proportionnel aux propriétés, sur la banque nationale, etc' (INED).The preface is dated 20 Septembre 1789, and Bremond, after having declared that he presents here a project for a new social organization for France, states that this model for France is presented in a projet for a law "d'après les principes de l'Administration Municipale de la Province de Provence".The plates are models: Modele du Cadastre d'une Centurie - Modele du Cadastre d'une Municipalité (with subdivisions: Nombre & Nature des bestiaux - Productions territoriales & valeur commerciale brut - Produit des travaux des Arts & Manufactures, & valeur des matieres premieres nationales & étrangeres qui sont employées) - Modele du Cadastre d'un District, d'une Province & du Royaume. - Very rare in this complete state.

BREMOND, J.B.

No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Sewn, contemporary blind covers, uncut. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; Cohen-de Ricci, col. 186: " curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raisons des propriétés' (INED). - Copy with the general half title for the two parts.

BREMOND, J.B.

No place, 1789. With engraved frontispiece. 2 volumes in 1. 96 pp.; 184 pp. 4to. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. INED 771; Stourm, p. 191; Martin & Walter 5071; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Cohen-de Ricci, 186: "contient un curieux frontispiece inventé par l'auteur, dessiné par Brion de la Tour et gravé par C.-F. Le Tellier." First edition. 'Dénonciation du travail en finance, et restauration de la chose publique, par la seule réforme des abus de l'impôt, de sa répartition et du recouvrement. Vues générales sur la constitution et la félicité publique. Bremond veut relever l'agriculture, supprimer la mendicité, et répartir proportionnellement l'impôt à raison des propriétés' (INED). - There was a general half-title for the two parts which the binder did not preserve.

BRIANCOURT, M.

Paris, A la Librairie Societaire, 1846. 63, (1) pp. 12mo. Orignal blue printed covers, side-stiched. Del Bo, p. 21; Goldsmiths' 36041; not in Einaudi & not in Kress. The description is based on the title-page, the original blue covers give as publisher "La Librairie Phlansterienne", as date 1848, and states "2e Edition, 3e Tirage." Verso of the printed cover contains the "Table des Matieres" and the rear cover (recto & verso) is taken by the "Extrait du catalogue de la Librairie Phalansterienne." Mathieu Briancourt, militant and propagandist of the ideas of Fourier, whose philosophy he expounded, explained and promoted in a number of publications, especially Fourier's ideas on the organisation of work. In this work, in the form of dialogues, Briancourt discusses Fourierist conceptions of work and the organisation of labour.

(BROUSSE, M.)

A Paris, Chez Rolin de la Haye, 1649. 11, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Moreau 1895; Welsh, Second Checklist, 1151. First edition. - Top margins cut short.

BRUIN, C.

T' Amsterdam, By Evert Visscher, 1730. With engraved title, one folding plate, and 34 engravings. (20), 208 pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Nijhoff & van Hattum, 50. Second edition, the first with the nice engraved plates. The folding plate shows the grave of Prince Maurits, the views are, among others, of Wyk te Duurstede, Slot tot Wijk te Duurstede, Cleve, Emmerik, 's Heerenberg, Wageningen, Wassenaar, Rhynsburg, Buuren, Leerdam, Vlaardingen, Den Briel, Rheenen, Valkenburg, Hillegom, Vianen, Gorinchem, Schiedam, Loosduinen.Interesting example of arcadian poetry and giving a nice picture of the Netherlands, its wealth and complacency in the first half of the 18th century. Claas Bruin was, in his days, a famous and greatly admired poet and author of various biblical plays.

(BRUNY, CHEVALIER DE.)

A Paris, De l'Imprimerie de d'Houdry, 1774. (2), xvi, 295, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Kress 6996; Goldsmiths 11130; Einaudi 726; INED 859; Higgs 5973; Conlon 74:730; not in Mattioli. Scarce first edition. The author was director of the Compagnie des Indes. The work is entirely in favour of colbertism and insists on industrial expansion.

(BUCHEZ, P.J.B.)

Paris, Paulin, Libraire-Éditeur, 1833. (4), 568, (4, Table des Matières, errata) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, label with gilt lettering. Walch 683; Stammhammer, i, p. 40; Dolléans & Crozier, p. 38; DBMOF, i, pp. 318-321. First edition. Philippe-Joseph-Benjamin Buchez (1796-1865), philosopher, historian and social reformer who from the early 1830s on attempted to draw together in a new synthesis apparently disparate traditions: the Catholic, the democratic, and the Saint-Simonian. Most historians (with the notable exception of François-André Isambert) have underestimated the originality and the importance of Philippe Buchez. Although his works are difficult to penetrate and little read, his writings contain much more than the proposal for worker's producer cooperatives and the idealistic Christian socialism for which Buchez is usually remembered. They contain, above all, his brave attempt to create a science of society -the most elaborate after that of Comte- and to understand society in a historical perspective. What sets him apart from the other socialist theorists who flourished in the Paris of the July Monarchy, is less the evolution of his thought than the synthesis he attempted. During the early years of the July Monarchy, Buchez quickly developed and propagated his ideas. He gave a series of lectures, he founded a newspaper, the Européen, and he began to publish philosophical and historical studies. He is best remembered by his concern to improve the worker's lot and his proposal for the establishment of workers' producer cooperatives. (See the elaborate article by Barrie M. Ratcliffe in the Historical Dictionary of France from the 1815 Restoration to the Second Empire). - Some scattered spotting, somewhat heavier in the first few pages of the book, small stamp in blank portion of title-page, a good copy.

(BUTEL-DUMONT, G.M.)

A Londres, et se vend à Paris, Chez Le Breton, Desaint, Pissot, Lambert, 1755. xxiv, 336 pp. 12mo. Modern marbled boards, red leather label with gilt lettering. Kress 5421; Higgs 1030; INED 884; Goldsmiths 9028 (without the preliminaries); not in Einaudi; Conlon 55:545; Sabin 9602; JFBL B635; Howes B.1049; Leclerc 241; Echeverria, pp. 15n and 19; not in Muller. First edition, second issue ('Italic type' as identified by Echeverria & Wilkie) and without the errata on page xxiv and with the errata corrected. Butel-Dumont argues that Great-Britain owes her power and wealth to the colonies. He analyses the commerce and trade as well as the population of the British colonies at the time of the Guerre du Canada. With the outbreak of the Seven Years War, many of whose battles were to be fought in the New World, considerable curiosity about the British colonies was excited. This was one of the books profiting from this curiosity. It emphasized the phenomenal growth and prosperity of the colonies. 'This is the first extensive French text on the British North American colonies and was occasioned by the heightened tensions preceding the Seven Years War. It gives accounts of the geography, history, religion, government, economics, trade, and products of the several colonies' (Echeverria & Wilkie). According to INED this work was also attributed to Véron de Forbonnais. - Tiny hole in half-title and title, modern ex-libris on the front paste-down.

(BUTEL DUMONT, G.M.)

A Paris, Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1779. (4), xliv, 484, (12) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering, red edges. Musset-Pathay 1648; Kress B.179; Goldsmiths 11796; INED 885; McCulloch, p. 34 (note); Mattioli 474; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'Auteur très laborieux et très exact dans ces citations; il a traduit plusieurs ouvrages anglais sur le commerce .... Ouvrage extrèmement remarquable, le meilleur peut-être qui ait été écrit sur le même sujet. Il est très préférable à beaucoup d'autres très recherchés' (Coquelin & Guillaumin). '.... author of a very learned and able treatise 'Sur l'administration des Terres chez les Romains ....' (McCulloch). Important work on the republican virtues of Rome, it was the last published work by Butel.

BUTENVAL (CH.A.H.)

Paris, Guillaumin, 1876. xvi, (17)-205 pp. 8vo. Sewn in orginal printed covers, uncut, discoloured along edges, slightly worn (Traditions économiques de France, II). First edition. The Comte de Butenval was a diplomat before the French Second Empire with a short interruption after the February revolution, which brought him to Portugal, Turkey and Belgium. Between 1853 and 1865 he was 'conseiler d'État.' In 1865 he became a senator in which position he proved to be a ardent adherant of economic liberalism and a liberal in politics.