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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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company,, 1859. First US edition in English, following the original 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. The work was also published in Manchester the same year. Cobden and Chevalier met each other by chance in 1859, leading not only to Cobden's translation of the work, but also to 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, boards ruled and decorated in blind, light yellow endpapers. Four page Appleton catalogue at rear. Cloth slightly faded, spine ends and corners very lightly rubbed; a very good copy. See Einaudi 1058.
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- Peter Harrington (GB)
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- Title
- On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold:
- Author
- CHEVALIER, Michel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: D. Appleton and Company,
- Date Published
- 1859
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