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CABET, (E.)

Paris, Deville-Cavellin, Pagnerre, 1833. 2 volumes in 1. (4), 247, (1) pp.; 276 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt with black label with gilt lettering, marbled edges, front joint a bit rubbed. Prudhommeaux 4; Desanti, Les socialistes de l'Utopie, p. 283; DBMOF, vol. i, p. 333. Cabet, famous utopian socialist, wrote this book during the spring and summer of 1832. It is 'son premier ouvrage important .... qui lui valut, pour offenses diverses au roi et au gouvernement, cinq ans de prisons d'abord .....' (Maitron). 'Le livre montre qu'il faut regagner le terrain perdu par les réformes sociales depuis le Directoire, revenir à la Convention, reconquérir les libertés de presse, d'association, la gratuité de l'enseignement, le suffrage universel et suprimer le budget des cultes' (Desanti). - Small hole in p. 133-134 causing lost of few letters, a few light spots.

CABET - PRUDHOMMEAUX, J.

Paris, Edouard Cornély & Cie, éditeurs, 1907. With portrait-frontispiece and 11 plates, 1 facsimile and 2 maps. xl, (2), 688 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards, original covers preserved. Stammhammer, Bibliographie des Sozialismus, iii, p. 272. Original edition. Indispensible source for the study of the Icarian movement. The author made use of the archives of Beluze, today dispersed and even partly lost. The bibliography is the best known and most elaborate. - Wonderful copy: with a handwritten and signed dedication by Prudhommeaux on the half-title and with a coloured portrait of Cabet painted on the spine.

(CAILLEAU, A. C.)

A Paris, Chez Cailleau, 1774. 26 pp. 8vo. Modern boards. Conlon 74:743 Curious piece in the form of a dialogue in popular language on the occasion of the accession to the throne of Louis XVI, and the edict suppressing the gift that was a rule on each accession and which was the symbolic confirmation of privileges, concessions, etc. The amount raised by such gifts was quite substantial. See for the so-called 'don de joyeux avénement', Marion, Dictionnaire des Institutions, p. 310.

(CALINAU, L.)

A Hambourg, 1799. Woodcut illustration facing the title. 192 pp. Small 8vo. Nineteenth-century half calf, lightly damaged at foot of spine. Martin & Walter 5796; Monglond iv, 807; Weller ii, 259; Tourneux, iv, 20622. First edition. The work has also been attributed to Poulier & M. le Pelletier.An interesting 'dictionary' giving some 200 names with short biographical informations describing the careers and positions of the various individuals who have killed and pillaged in the name of freedom and equality. Among the many names are those of Antonelle, Barere, Crachet, Caveignac, Echasseriaux, Hassenfratz, Levasseur (de la Sarthe), Merlin (de Douai), Poulain-Grandpré, Texier-l'Olivier.In fine: De l'Imprimerie de Chartres, rue de l'Egalité, aux armes d'Orléans, an 8.The illustration facing the title-page shows a death's head surrounded (left and right) by guillotines, human bones, dripping blood, the phrygian cap and at head and foot the words "Egalite" and "Fraternite". - Page 73/4 with a small hole affecting a word on each page.

(CAMBON, J. & D.V. RAMEL DE NOGARET.)

A Paris, De l'Imprimerie nationale, 1793. With folding tables. (2), 2-130, (8), (139)-189, (190-192), 193-230 (last misnumbered 130) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf (a bit worn). Kress B.2517; Goldsmiths 15699 (4to edition); Stourm 222. First edition. Official publication including Cambon's report and the law of 24 August, as well as Nogaret's report. 'Célèbre rapport sur le grand Livre de la dette publique. Le Grand Livre de la dette publique sera le titre unique et fondamental de tous les créanciers de l'état.' (Stourm). The whole idea behind the 'Grand Livre' was to do something about the two main causes of the confusion which prevailed concerning the finances of the state. These two causes were: the excessive amount of assignats in circulation and their consequent depreciation, and the ignorance prevailing as to the actual debt of the country. Cambon proposed to draw up the 'Grand Livre' of the national debt. It was this great measure upon which his fame as financier rests. (See: Palgrave 206-7; see also at length: Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution).Dominique-Vincent Ramel de Nogaret, representative of the Third Estate, was mainly interested in financial questions, voted in favor of the assignats. 'Mais le nom de Ramel-Nogaret demeure surtout attaché au ministère des Finances du Directoire qu'il exerça de janvier 1796 à juillet 1799. C'était une tâche difficile, c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire. L'opinion rentière lui reprocha la débâcle des assignats et la banqueroute des 2/3, alors qu'il fut un excellent ministre: allègement de la dette, refus des expédients, refonte du système fiscal (après lui il demeura en l'état pendant tout le XIXe siècle), début de la construction de l'administration des Finances qu'achèvera Gaudin.' (Soboul, A. Dictionnaire historique de la Révolution française, p. 882).Cambon, once occupied with the finances of France, wrote three important reports which are all necessary reading for anyone who wants to appreciate the financial condition of France when foreign war added to the complications of the revolution. His work was of high quality and great importance. 'Cambon was without doubt the greatest financier of the French revolution; he shared Mirabeau's abhorrence of national bankruptcy; he strove to draw his country from the financial embarrasment caused by the depreciation of the assignats; he managed the treasury skilfully and with absolute honesty, and he possessed Montesquieu's power of making financial statements lucid and even interesting.' (Palgrave, pp. 206-207; see also: Stourm, Les finances de l'Ancien Régime et de la Révolution, and Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799).

(CAMPOMANES, P.D. DE.)

Madrid, En la Imprenta de D. Antonio de Sancha, 1774. (8), 198 pp. (Roman numbering). 8vo. Contemporary half calf, corners, marbled boards, red label with gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed, sides somewhat shaved). Kress 6998; Goldsmiths 11127; Einaudi 821; Higgs 5957; not in Colmeiro. First edition of this important book of which Venturi wrote: 'one of the fundamental books of the Spanish Enlightenment' (F. Venturi, Italy and the Enlightenment. Studies in a Cosmopolitan Century, p. 274). 'Pedro Rodriguez de Campomanes (1723-1802), an eminent Spanish jurist, economist and statesman. As a member of the group of enlightened ministers who gave lustre to the reign of Charles III, he laboured for the reform of taxation, the promotion of agriculture and manufactures, the diffusion of education and the adaptation of Spanish institutions to the needs of the age. Eminently upright and disinterested, he was one of the foremost benefactors of his country. His theoretic views and practical efforts strikingly resemble those of his illustrious contemporary Turgot' (Palgrave, i, p. 208). 'A man of wide culture and great ability, he tried his hand, both in office and out of it, on the great economic problems of his time and country. Of his writings, the one most relevant to our purpose is his Discurso sobre el fomento de la industria popular, which was to move McCulloch to fervent eulogy.' 'They (Campomanes and Jovellanos) were practical reformers in the line of economic liberalism, and neither bothered about nor contributed to the progress of analysis. But they understood the economic process better than did many a theorist. And, in view of the date of Campomanes Discurso (1774) it is not without interest to observe how little, if anything, he stood to learn from the Wealth of Nations' (Schumpeter, p. 172-173 and note). The Discurso sobre al fomento .... and the Discurso sobre la Educacion Popular .... 'are intended to show the dignity and importance of arts and manufactures; the patronage to which they are entitled; the drawbacks under which they laboured in Spain from corporation priviliges and vicious taxes and regulations; and the many advantages that would result from the systematic and judicious training of those engaged in them' (McCulloch, p. 361). - The first 7 leaves have been bound in reversed order. A good copy of a scarce and important work.

CANALS - NAVIGATION -

4to. Disbound. Contains: 1. ORDONNANCE du Bureau des Finances de la Généralité de Paris, concernant la police & la conservation des travaux pour la construction du Canal de Bourgogne. Du 25 Mars 1777. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, P.G. Simon, 1777. 4 pp. 2. ARREST du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), portant réglement pour la navigation de la rivière de Marne, & autres rivières & canaux navigables. Du 24 Juin 1777. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, P.G. Simon, 1777. 4 pp. 3. ARREST du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), concernant la navigation de la Seine, depuis Paris jusqu'à Rouen & retour. Du 19 Janvier 1778. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, P.G. Simon, 1778. 4 pp. 4. ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), concernant la navigation de la Loire. Du 27 Septembre 1782. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1782. 3, (1 blank) pp. 5. ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), portant règlement général pour la navigation de la Loire & des rivières y affluentes. Du 23 Juillet 1783. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1783. 22 pp. 6. ARRET du Conseil d' Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), interprétatif de celui du 9 Août 1784, pour la construction d'un pont de bois provisionnel sur la rivière de Marne, à la Ferté-sous-Jouarre; & la perception des droits établis par ledit arrêt. au Passage dudit Pont. Du 26 Janvier 1786. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, P.G. Simon & N.H. Nyon, 1786. 4 pp. 7. ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), concernant la navigation de la Seine, depuis Paris jusqu'à Rouen & retour. Du 4 Septembre 1783. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1783. 3, (1 blank) pp. 8. ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), portant nomination de commissaires pour l'examen des plans & projets relatifs aux rivières d'Yvette & de Bièvres. Du 21 Mai 1786. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1786. 4 pp. 9. ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), qui autorise l'exécution du projet de l'Yvette. Du 3 Novembre 1787. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, N.H. Nyon, 1788. 4 pp.10. ARRET du Conseil d'Etat du Roi (Louis XVI), qui autorise l'ouverture du Canal royal de Paris à l'effet de joindre les rivières d'Ourcq & de Marne ..... Du 13 Septembre 1788. (Drop-head title). (At end:) Paris, N.H. Nyon, 1788. 3, (1 blank) pp.

(CANTILLON, R.)

A Londres, Chez Fletcher Gyles, dans Holborn, 1755. (4), 430, (6, Table des Chapitres) pp. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, floral ornament in each compartment, green paper covered boards, all edges red. Kress 5423; Goldsmiths 8989; Einaudi 846; INED 933; Higgs 938; En Français dans le Texte, 159; Leblanc 57; Antoin E. Murphy, Richard Cantillon: entrepreneur and economist; T. Hutcheson, Before Adam Smith, pp. 163-178. First edition of Cantillon's great work, 'the most systematic statement of economic principles before Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations' (Roll, p. 121). 'The economic repute of Cantillon, for a time completely obscured by the glory of Adam Smith, can never have rested upon the popularity of his little book, now one of the scarcest works in economic literature .. The influence of the book is evidenced not only by the number but by the distinction of its students, including Gournay, Quesnay, Mirabeau, Turgot, and Adam Smith. It gave birth to Mirabeau's l'Ami des Hommes and apparently suggested much of the Tableau Oeconomique of Quesnay and parts of the Wealth of Nations .. Cantillon avoided, as Jevons has pointed out, the one-sidedness of the Physiocrats; and yet has been marked out as a Physiocrat .. Jevons thought Cantillon wrote 'with the scientific precision of a Cairnes or a Cournot,' and Prof. Marshall refers to his 'thoroughly scientific manner of discussion' .. In France the Essai has been pretty continuously read (see e.g. Ganilh, Des Systèmes d'Economie Politique, 2d. ed. 1821), and so stimulating and suggestive does it remain that its direct influence may be found to be not yet exhausted' (Palgrave, i, pp. 214f). Roll has called this work 'the most systematic statement of economic principles, before the Wealth of Nations' (History of Economic Thought, p. 121).Cantillon, a French banker of Irish extraction, was influenced by Petty, but his own influence was principally felt by the Physiocrat school: Higgs maintains that Quesnay took his fundamental principle of Physiocracy from the Essai. The Essai was written about 1730 and circulated in manuscript. Cantillon died in 1734 and the work was first published in 1755 in French, not in English, as stated on the title.The Essai has been quoted by Smith, Condillac, and Quesnay, plagiarised by Harris and Postlethwayt, and called by Jevons 'more emphatically than any other single work the cradle of political economy'. The work is divided into three sections: a general introduction to political economy, a treatise on currency, and a study of foreign commerce and exchange.'Since the 'discovery' of Cantillon by the English-speaking world following Jevons's enthusiastic article (1881), no less than justice has been done to the merits of the Essay .. Jevons himself noted that Cantillon had presented a treatment of currency, foreign exchanges, banking and credit which, judged against the work of its period, he felt to be 'almost beyond praise' .. It was likewise recognized as early as Jevons that Cantillon had set out the leading ideas of Adam Smith's 'important doctrine concerning wages in different employments' .. and that the Essay contained .. 'an almost complete anticipation of the Malthusian theory of population' (The New Palgrave, i, p. 318). - A very good copy.

(CAPMARTIN DE CHAUPY, B.)

En France, 1754. (2), 258 pp. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands, label with gilt lettering. Conlon 54:522; Catalogue de l'Histoire de France, v, p. 242, 2610. First edition. Bertrand Capmartin de Chaupy (1720-1798) shows himself in this work 'le champion de l'autorité la plus absolue' (Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vii, p. 1070.) Apart from this work, he published another work, opposing the Parlement in the matter of the "Grand Conseil" and for these two works he was exiled. He went to Rome where he studied Antiquity, collected an important collection of ancient money, and published a work in which he showed he had discovered the country house of Horatius. This work was an important topographical study of Rome and the roman country side. His exile being terminated in 1776 he returned to Paris with his collections (antique and medals) and an important library. - Small stain in upper margin of title-page and first few pages, copy with wide margins, rare.

CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, C.I.

Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines richly gilt in compartments, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, red edges. INED 981 (first edition); Higgs 1862; Einaudi 930 (first edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, first published in 1757. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own account in Holland or under a bogus imprint. Published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV. - From the Fürstlich-Starhemberg'sche Familien Bibliothek Schloss Eferding, with stamp on free front blank and half-title, a very nice copy.

CASTEL DE SAINT PIERRE, C.I.

Londres (Paris), 1758. 2 volumes. 402 pp.; 402 pp. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine with raised bands, contrasting labels with gilt lettering, very lightly rubbed. INED 981 (first edition); Higgs 1862; Einaudi 930 (first edition); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths. Second edition, first published in 1757, of one of the best works of the celebrated Castel de Saint-Pierre. One of the author's lesser known works, published after the Ouvrages politiques and hence not included therein. It forms a contemporary public history of the period 1658-1739, and is full of impartial judgement and good sense. The whole is preceded by an essay on the political events in Europe and France in 1735 and includes in his accounts the subjects of usages and customs, rules, regulations and laws. An ardent humanist and great fighter for universal peace, he published a world-peace plan, based on a proto-type of the E.E.C. In 1731 cardenal Fleury had forbidden him to publish anything on politics. Most of his works were published at his own account in Holland or under a bogus imprint. this work was published after the author's death by his family because of the vehement critical comments on Louis XIV. Grimm considered this work as better and more reliable than Voltaire's Siècle de Louis XIV.

CAVALCANTI, B.

In Venetia, (colophon: Iacobo Sansovino il Giovane, 1570), 1571. Vignette to title page, decorative woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. [4], 86, [2], 14 leaves. 4to. Contemporary limp vellum, ties gone, spine lettered in manuscript. Adams C.1178; DBI XXII, p. 611; BMSTC Italian, p. 162; Cosenza 951; rare, NUC and RLIN record just two copies, (DLC, NsyU). First edition, rare, of this important treatise on political theory, a blueprint for constitutional reform by the Florentine diplomat and government official Bartolomeo Cavalcanti (1503-1562). Because of political differences with the Florentine government and the Medici, Cavalcanti went into voluntary exile, was in the employment of Pope Paolo III, and Henri II of France, and especially in the liberal republic of Ferrara. Cavalcanti was much praised for his theoretical writing and his political acumen, but also for his publications on rhetoric and political theory. His work was published posthumously and edited by Sebastiano Erizzo (1525-85), whose own brief treatise on civil government, here published for the first time, is bound at the end, the last 14 leaves, and which is almost always lacking, entitled: Discorso de I Governi Civili di M. Sebastiano Erizzo, gentilhuomo Venetiano. A M. Girolamo Veniero.Starting with Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Politics, Cavalcanti develops a remarkable and far-reaching analysis of the workings of the city republic, published in a democratic spirit in Venice. The treatise is of particular interest because Cavalcanti incorporates a discussion of the economic situation and workings of public administration. Cavalcanti concurs with Aristotle that the ultimate purpose of the city state is the well-being of all citizens, and the ideal form of government would be democracy. He maintains that a healthy economy is one of the prerequisites of a functioning city state. The far-reaching importance of Cavalcanti's treatise can be seen in the fact that it was reprinted a number of times, first in 1591, but then again in 1805 and in 1852. - Some mild browning, stronger on leaves 9-11, prelims and first 5 leaves with a small inkspot in lower blank margin, but in all a good copy.

CHABAUD-(LATOUR, A.G.F. DE.)

(Paris), Baudouin, (1799). Large plano poster on white paper (77 x 54 cm), folded and bound in a folio volume. Modern half morocco. Martin & Walter, 6528; not in Monglond Only edition, very rare. The author was 'membre de la section de constitution de la Commission du Conseil des Cinq-Cents.'He had a long and distinguished career during the Revolution, among others leading an army of volunteers in the Savoie during the campaign with Montesquiou, was involved in the 18 Brumaire, and member of the legislative commission which had to prepare a consular constitution.The text gives the articles defining functions and legal and political positions for the Senat conservateur (12), Tribunat (13), Corps Législatif (11), Premier Consul (23), Second Consul (8), Troisième Consul (7), Conseil d'État (8), État politique des Citoyens (7), Division du Territoire (3), etc., etc. - Tiny hole neatly repaired.

CHABROUD, (J.B.) C.

Paris, De l'Imprimerie Nationale, (1791). 7 pieces bound in 1 volume. (2), 30 pp.; (2), 118 pp.; (2), 69 pp.; 11 (misnumbered 12) pp.; 19 pp.; 39 pp.; 40 pp. 8vo. Modern half morocco, marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine. Martin & Walter 6568, 6571, 6572, 6569, 6564, 6574 and 6575. First editions. Chabroud (1750-1816) represented the Tiers in the assembly. He was mainly occupied with judicial questions and did much to reorganize the judicial system in revolutionary France and served in several capacities. - Occasional browning.

(CHASSEPOL, F. DE.)

A Paris, Chez Briasson, 1740. xlviii, 238, (2), (239)-293 (misnumbered 269), (5) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with raised bands and gilt lettering, all edges red. Kress 4491; Goldsmiths 7783; Einaudi 1037; Conlon 40:387; not in Mattioli. First edition of this history concerning the money of the Romans and antiquity, their finances, revenue, counterfeits and counterfeiting practices, forgery of antiquities, etc. The work by Chassepol (or Chassipol) is followed by the Dissertation written by Guillaume Beauvais.'Ce petit traité fut commandé par Colbert, desireux de connaître le système financier des Romains. On y trouve quelques faits précieux' (Coquelin & Guillaumin, i, p. 335). - From the Bibliothèque de Mr. le Baron Zangiacomi and the Bibliothèque de Mr. Laumonier.

(CHASTELLUX, F.J. DE.)

A Paris, Chez A.A. Renouard, 1822. 2 volumes. (4), 350 pp.; (4), 332 pp. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt lettering, paper covered boards, corners. Not in Kress (cf.: 7197); not in INED (cf.: 1075); Goldsmiths 23385; Einaudi 1038. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In ..... De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest happiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14). - Somewhat paperspotted, handwritten ownership's entry "Ges. Gobin jeune" on verso front free flyleaf.

(CHASTELLUX, F.J. DE.)

A Amsterdam, Chez M.-M. Rey, 1776. 2 volumes in 1. (4), xxii, 272, (2) pp.; (2), 247, (3) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt with raised bands. Kress 7197; Goldsmiths 11375; INED 1075; Echeverria & Wilkie 776/6; not in Sabin; not in JFBL; R. Darnton, The Corpus of Clandestine Literature in France 1769-1789, 258. Second edition, the work had been first launched in Amsterdam in 1772 before a French publisher dared to bring it on the market in France. That French publication was simultaneously with the present publication. 'Chastellux's analysis of American society was both more searching and influential. A member of the French Academy, one of the founders of the social sciences, and major general on Rochambeau's staff, he was easily the foremost intellectual in the French forces in America. In an earlier work, De la Félicité, he had sought to determine whether "society is susceptible, if not of perfection, at least amelioration," that is, of an increase in human felicity. (.....) The only possible answer was in social reform. The function of government, he posited, was to achieve "the greatest hapiness of the greatest number." Man must create through the free and enlightened use of his reason a liberal government midway between the extremes of pure democracy and pure absolutism, based upon a true understanding of economic principles (Physiocracy), which would guarantee a high standard of living, adequate leisure, and the right to private property. In this earlier work Chastellux had cited America as an example of man's ability to progress through liberty, reason, equality and agriculturism" (See at length: D. Echeverria, Mirage in the West, p. 110-14).

CHAUFEPIE, J.G. DE.

A Amsterdam, Chez Z. Chatelain, H. Uytwerf, F. Changuion, J. Wetstein, P. Mortier, Arkste et Merkus, M. Uytwerf, et M.M. Rey, A La Haye, Chez P. de Hondt, 1750-1756. Titles printed in red and black, engraved title-vignettes. 4 volumes. Folio. Contemporary polished calf, spine with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, somewhat worn, corners bumped, some damage to head and foot of spines, one joint weak. Brunet, i, 1826; Conlon 50:438. First edition. Jacques-Georges Chauffepié (9 November 1702, Leeuwarden - 5 July 1786, Amsterdam) was an 18th-century French biographer and calvinist minister and preacher. He added some 1400 articles to Bayle's dictionary. He spend many years preparing the work and showed an enormous learning. It was, together with Bayle's dictionary, one of the earlier dictionaries in Europe published in vernacular to make an impact on the European world of letters."The project of a supplement to the dictionary of Bayle was conceived at the death of the philosopher, but was not executed. After some English people of letters gave an English translation of the book by Bayle in 40 vol, with considerable additions, it was proposed to Chauffepié to translate into French the additions made in England. These additions consisted either in addition to articles by Bayle, either new articles, He devoted many years to this work, and made himself new additions and new articles. Out of nearly fourteen hundred items found in his dictionary, more than six hundred, almost all English, are translated without additions from Chauffepié; about two hundred and eighty are reworked by him, some five hundred items are entirely his. Chauffepié has neither the piquancy nor cynicism of Bayle. He meets the character of Minister which he was invested with. He sometimes straightens English authors, and shows great erudition. Only in a work of this scope can we afford the explanatory notes of the text, or dissertations on some curious history or literature points" (Wikipedia).

(CHAUVELIN, H.P.)

Londres (Paris?), 1751. 3 parts in 1 volume. (6), 112 pp.; 175 pp.; 171 pp. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt fillet on sides, marbled edges, spine somewhat rubbed, slightly damaged at head and foot. Stourm 81; Conlon 51:499; INED 1094 (one part only); not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi. First edition. Legal and historical work dealing with Machault's plans to tax the ecclesiastical properties. The clergy maintained that they were exempt from tax and that whatever they paid was a voluntary gift. Chauvelin maintains that the clergy can not be exempt from taxes if the king thinks he ought to ask a contribution from them. The issue was hotly debated at the time, as the long list of works cited by Stourm shows. The work was condamned, Machault's plans failed and the exempt position of the clergy was maintained upto the revolution.

CHEMIN-(DUPONTES), J.B.

Paris, N.L.M. Desessarts, an VIII (1799). Bound in 4 volumes. xxiv, 264 pp. and 24 pp. of musical notation; 360 pp.; (2), 16, 12, 23, 21, (1), 24, 24, 12, 18, 8, 2, 12, 21, 11, 12, 11, 11, 8, 8, 16 pp.; (4), 333, (2) pp. 12mo. Contemporary green calf, blind stamped ornamental decorations on sides within gilt fillet, spines gilt in compartments, name of 'M. Louis d'Aurignac' gilt stamped at foot of spines, bindings by Lacaze aîné, Auch, with his ticket on the front paste-down. First work: Martin & Walter 7196; Caillet, 2310: 'Curieux et intéressant document .....' Second work: Martin & Walter 7203. Third work: Includes pieces on 'La puissance de la morale', 'L'amour de la patrie', by J.A. Michel; 'Sur l'instruction; Sur la philosophie; Sur la fête de la vieillesse; Sur la fête de l'agriculture; Sur le mariage et le divorce; Sur la superstition et la religion naturelle', (by P.N. Laurisset); etc. Fourth work: Martin & Walter 11275 (first edition only). Theophilantrophy, a synthetic religion that flourished briefly under the Directory. The Parisian bookseller and former freemason, J.-B. Chemin-Dupontès wrote in September 1796 a pamphlet, Manuel des Théopanthrophiles, a term later changed to théophilantropes, meaning 'lovers of God and man.' The movement spread slowly and by May 1797 the movement was noted by the press. By the end of the year it began to expand, producing a yearbook and creating branches throughout the country. The movement reached its peak in the autumn of 1798 when it had fifteen churches in Paris alone. Outside Paris, it had strength in the department of the Seine and cells in former centers of dechristianization like Dijon, Macon, and Auxerre. Its services consisted of readings, drawn from an eclectic range of materials, hymns, either set in plain song or the chant de départ, and moralizing addresses.

(CHEVALIER, M.)

Paris, au Bureau du Globe et de l'Organisateur, 1831. 28 pp. 8vo. Sewn in original printed blue covers, small loss to lower outer margin Fournel 82,4; Walch-Gerits, Supplement, 93; Goldsmiths 27033; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First edition. Collection of 3 articles on the press, considered as the "fourth power" but also seen as an incentive to progress. They were published earlier in the Saint-Simonian journal Le Globe.

CHOMEL, N.

A Paris, Chez Ganeau, Bauche, les Frères Estienne, d'Houry, 1767. With numerous (over 200) illustrations in the text and 2 folding engraved plates. 3 volumes. (4), xvi, 959, (1, blank) pp.; (4), 919, (1, blank) pp.; (4), 909, (1, approbation, privilège du roi) pp. Folio. Contemporary marbled calf, spines with raised bands, labels with gilt lettering, bindings expertly repaired. Kress 6417; Goldsmiths 10261; Higgs 3976; Musset-Pathay 437; this edition not in Einaudi; Vicaire, Gastronomie, 173, Thiebaud, Chasse, 202-204. The best and entirely revised edition by De la Marre, incorporting the new discoveries by Duhamel and others. This was by far the most popular and important work on domestic economy in the 18th century, dealing with domestic chemistry, the keeping and caring of domestic animals, recipes for food and home-made medicine, beauty and health suggestions. It is of course also an attractive and illustrated dictionary on agriculture, gardening, botany, huntig, breading of animals, bee-keeping, vineyards, gastronomy, hunting, and so forth and alphabetically arranged. The work enables a person to be completely self-supporting and to produce for a market.'Le Dictionnaire oeconomique a joui d'une grande réputation. Il est même encore estimé aujourd'hui. Mais il faut considérer cet ouvrage dans deux états differens, tel qu'il était en 1709, lorsqu'il sortit des mains de l'auteur, agé alors de 76 ans, et tel qu'il parut en 1767 par les soins de M. de la Marre. Cette édition est préférable à la première et à celles qui ont paru entre ces deux époques, parceque l'éditeur a eu soin de la corriger et de l'enrichir des découvertes de Duhamel, etc.' (Musset-Pathay, who has a large article on Chomel and his work on page 300-301).

CICERO, TULLIUS.

Groningae, apud J. Römelingh, 1826. xii, 271, (1) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary vellum with gilt fillet on sides, and with a gilt Minerva with owl in the centre of both sides, the arms of The Hague (the Stork) represented in Minerva's shield, underneath "Hagae Comitis", a very nice The Hague Prize binding. Schoolprize dated 1845, of the Gymnasium Haganum for Johann Frederic van Vredenburgh. Prize certificate with signatures bound in at front. Copy from the library of Pavel Konstantinovitch Pouchtochkine (1886-1958), the last ambassador for the Russian Czar in the Netherlands, who decided not to return to Russia after the Revolution, with his bookplate.

CLAPIES, (J.) DE.

A Montpellier, De l'Imprimerie de la Ve. d'Honoré Pech, 1720. With a nice engraved headpiece. 27, (1) pp. 4to. Modern boards. Not in Conlon. First edition, very rare, dealing with the water supplies to the city, difficulties, natural circumstances, remedies. Jean de Clapiès was elected 'correspondant' of the Academy of Sciences in 1702 and was charged with the observations of the eclipse of the sun on May 12, 1706. He became general director of Public Works of the Languedoc, and professor of mathematics in 1718. The Dictionnaire de Biographie Française, vol. vii, writes: 'Il n'avait publié qu'un court mémoire sur les apparences de la lune éclipsée.'

CLARIS, (A.J.)

Genève, Imprimerie Ve Blanchard, 1872 (Paris, EDHIS, 1968). 132 pp. 12mo. Sewn. Del Bo, Comune di Parigi, p. 65. Reprint of this rare work, published in a limited edition and since long out-of-print. One of the best accounts on the conflict in the heart of the Commune and about the conflict between the 'Fédération jurassienne' and Marx & Engels.