Propriété et contrat. Théorie des Modes d'acquisition des droits réels et des Sources des Obligations. Leçons recueillies et publiées, par MM. Bartin, Deschamps, Deslandres, Pillet, Saleilles, Timbal. by Bufnoir, Claude

Paris, Agricole, n.d. (ca. 1860). Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 472. With over 180 engraved illustrations to the text, one folding. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, cracked inner hinge, decorative spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth ribbon marker. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. Scarce. B-2

Paris, Jules Renouard, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Four books in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 391 (but 387, as pagination skips numbers 257-260 which are nevertheless counted in the total). Nice Publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, original half calf and marbled boards, untrimmed; corners and spine chafed, head of spine worn, foxed. In fair condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Later editions and reprints appeared in the same year (Bruxelles, Le Charlier) and in 1837, 1841, 1846, 1854, and 1874. Francois Xavier Joseph Droz (1773-1850), French economist and historian. His "Économie politique" contains the widely-quoted remarks, "Certain economists seem to think that products are not made for men, but that men are made for products" and "Capital left to itself is an idle toll." Of his historical writings, "Histoire du regne de Louis XVI" (1839) is well known. Palgrave 1894-1901. Goldsmith 25751. Kress C.2268. Not in Einaudi. TIMO-2

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 299, (1) publisher's ad of "The History of British India". HARDCOVER, contemporary full smooth calf, rebacked with handsome mottled calf, new endpapers, all edges sprinkled; original leather slightly rubbed at extremities. The 3 points in the Errata have been corrected in minute, very handsome contemporary hand in the appropriate places, of which two are on the same page. In fine condition, surprisingly bright interior. ~ Second, revised and corrected edition, by the "Author of The History of British India", an attribution which was removed in later editions. James Mill (1773-1836), British historian, philosopher, and economist. The first edition of "Elements of Political Economy", "Mill's masterpiece", appeared in 1821. According to his son, John Stuart Mill, it originated in 1819 in instructions given to him by his father during their daily walks. The abstracts of… Read More

Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Five books in two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xxxiv, 669; viii, 646, (2) publisher's ads. With a divisional title to each book. Indices. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, spines gilt, decorative endpapers, cloth inner hinges, marbled edges. Binding in poor condition but the interior of both volumes is in fine condition. Excellent binding copy. ~ FIRST EDITION of Sombart's most important work. [Provenance:] From the library of noted Dutch pediatrician Ph. H. Fiedeldij Dop, with his handsome bookplate to first free endpaper of each volume. Werner Sombart (1863-1941), German economist. A specialist in Marxian socialism he was not a socialist himself but expressed radical views in many of his books. In "Der moderne Kapitalismus" Sombart offered a systematic historical picture of economic development in Europe from the beginning to 1927. (Sills. IESS. 1972. Schumpeter 1963, p. 816-7). "A history of… Read More

Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, Chez la veuve Valade, 1787. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Royal octavo. Pp. 499, (3) notes, (2) errata (verso blank). Engraved device to title, engraved head-piece and many tail-pieces. Footnotes. HARDCOVER, bound in quarter calf and marbled boards, spine lettered and dated in gilt, bit curved; head of spine mended for a tear, a partly split joint neatly restored; contemporary signature to title, small stamp to verso. An entirely uncut, wide-margined copy, printed on handmade paper. Overall an excellent interior in fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION, uncommon in the original, unaltteredd state, and entirely uncut. Gabriel Senac de Meilhan (1736-1803), a French writer. In 1790 he published "Des Principes et des causes de la Révolution en France". His "Considérations" was republished in 1789. Kress B.1336. Goldsmith 13327. Cf. Palgrave 1894-1901. Not in Einaudi 5228, which lists the 1789 edition only. I-4 OUT

Paris, Agricole, n.d. (ca. 1860). Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 472. With over 180 engraved illustrations to the text, one folding. Tables. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, cracked inner hinge, decorative spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, cloth ribbon marker. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ Second edition. Scarce. B-2

Paris, Jules Renouard, 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Four books in one volume. Royal octavo. Pp. xvi, 391 (but 387, as pagination skips numbers 257-260 which are nevertheless counted in the total). Nice Publisher's device to title. HARDCOVER, original half calf and marbled boards, untrimmed; corners and spine chafed, head of spine worn, foxed. In fair condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Later editions and reprints appeared in the same year (Bruxelles, Le Charlier) and in 1837, 1841, 1846, 1854, and 1874. Francois Xavier Joseph Droz (1773-1850), French economist and historian. His "Économie politique" contains the widely-quoted remarks, "Certain economists seem to think that products are not made for men, but that men are made for products" and "Capital left to itself is an idle toll." Of his historical writings, "Histoire du regne de Louis XVI" (1839) is well known. Palgrave 1894-1901. Goldsmith 25751. Kress C.2268. Not in Einaudi. TIMO-2

Paris, Librairie de la Société du recueil général des lois et des arrêts et du Journal du palais, L. Larose; Lyon, Auguste Cote, 1899. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. 512. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, plain small ticket, small chip at foot; old institutional stamps to title-page. In about fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Joseph Rambaud (1849-1919), professor of political economy. Later editions appeared in 1902 and 1909. English translation, by Selden Goodwin Noyes, "Socialism: being book IV of the Histoire des doctrines économiques by Joseph Rambaud", appeared in 1900. TIMO-1 OUT

Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1898. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Two volumes. Thick crown quarto. Pp. x, 1092; x, 1018. Set in double columns. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in the original half calf and pebbled cloth, spines in compartments, decorated in gilt, with contrasting gilt morocco labels, marbled endpapers, cloth inner hinges, marbled edges, cloth ribbon markers; extremities of one volume bit rubbed. In a very good condition, very fine interior. A very handsome set. ~ FIRST EDITION. C-5

Leipzig, Duncker & Humblot, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Five books in two volumes. Royal octavo. Pp. xxxiv, 669; viii, 646, (2) publisher's ads. With a divisional title to each book. Indices. HARDCOVER, uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, spines gilt, decorative endpapers, cloth inner hinges, marbled edges. Binding in poor condition but the interior of both volumes is in fine condition. Excellent binding copy. ~ FIRST EDITION of Sombart's most important work. [Provenance:] From the library of noted Dutch pediatrician Ph. H. Fiedeldij Dop, with his handsome bookplate to first free endpaper of each volume. Werner Sombart (1863-1941), German economist. A specialist in Marxian socialism he was not a socialist himself but expressed radical views in many of his books. In "Der moderne Kapitalismus" Sombart offered a systematic historical picture of economic development in Europe from the beginning to 1927. (Sills. IESS. 1972. Schumpeter 1963, p. 816-7). "A history of… Read More