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. de 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… Leer más

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 304. HARDCOVER, contemporary half black smooth calf and matching pebbled cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges sprinkled red; old signature to title, contemporary pencil annotations to endpapers; some rubbing to leather on extremities. In a very good condition. A nice copy. ~ Third, revised and corrected edition. This is the first appearance of the revised edition, the final version of Mill's classic work and in many respects the best edition. All later editions are reprint of this one. 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 these lessons, prepared by the son, served the father as notes from which to… Leer más

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… Leer más

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… Leer más

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Octavo. Pp. viii, 304. HARDCOVER, contemporary half black smooth calf and matching pebbled cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges sprinkled red; old signature to title, contemporary pencil annotations to endpapers; some rubbing to leather on extremities. In a very good condition. A nice copy. ~ Third, revised and corrected edition. This is the first appearance of the revised edition, the final version of Mill's classic work and in many respects the best edition. All later editions are reprint of this one. 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 these lessons, prepared by the son, served the father as notes from which to… Leer más

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… Leer más