DUPRÉ DE SAINT-MAUR. Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions s - Lot 29

DUPRÉ DE SAINT-MAUR. Essai sur les monnoies, ou Réflexions sur le rapport entre l'argent et les denrées. À Paris, J.-B. Coignard - de Bure, 1746, in-4°, jansenist red morocco, ribbed spine, titled, gilt edges (period binding). Collation: 1 title page, 22 pp. (Avertissement, Approbation, Privilège, Fautes à corriger) ch. iij-[XXIV], 220 pp. ch. [1]-220, 188 pp. ch. [1]-188. FIRST EDITION. Statistician and economist Dupré de Saint-Maur (1695-1774) studied the relationship between the value of money and the price of essential commodities from a historical perspective. The physiocrats often used this book for their statistical studies, "Dupré de Saint-Maur [was] their usual guide to statistics" (Weulersse, II, p. 622). A large fold-out table, "Table pour l'analyse de toutes les monnaies...". Copy in contemporary red morocco, in rare condition. A few scuffs on the covers, one more pronounced on the lower cover. Spine darker. Size: 253 x 193 mm. Kress, 4804; Goldsmiths, 8235; Einaudi, 1687; INED, 1643.