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On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold: The commercial and social consequences which may ensue, and the measures which it invites. Translated from the French, with preface, by Richard Cobden.
by CHEVALIER, Michel
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Manchester: Alexr., Ireland and co., W. H. Smith and Son, and J. Ridgeway, London; Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh,, 1859. First edition in English, following publication in French in the Revue des deux Mondes in 1857. Chevalier's work discusses the nature of money, the prospects for gold production, and the consequences of a fall in the value of gold. Cobden and Chevalier met each other by chance in 1859, leading not only to Cobden's translation of the work, but also the conception of the Anglo-French Cobden-Chevalier Treaty, passed the following year, which introduced a period of free trade into France's otherwise steadfastly protectionist economy. Octavo. Original pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt, decorated in blind, light yellow endpapers. Spine lightly sunned, worn, rear hinge split, some foxing. A good copy. Einaudi 1058.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 150280
- Title
- On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold:
- Author
- CHEVALIER, Michel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Manchester: Alexr., Ireland and co., W. H. Smith and Son, and J. Ridgeway, London; Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh,
- Date Published
- 1859
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Peter Harrington
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About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Cloth
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