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RICARDO, DAVID (1772-1823). On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation. London: John Murray, 1817. 8° (230 x 145 mm). 4 pp. publishers advertisements at end, dated January 1818, errata on verso of last text leaf (2P7v). (Very minor spotting to 2N4r, deckle edges a bit dust-soiled). Original boards, uncut, printed publisher's title label on spine (repairs to joints and head and tail of spine, tear across spine at top, corners chipped); modern cloth folding case. Provenance: Edwd Wakefield, 1819, inscription on front free endpaper; 19th-century letterpress lending chart of an unnamed Book Society mounted on front pastedown, the 15 members' names printed, the dates of lending entered in ms.
FIRST EDITION. In the Principles Ricardo set forth the fundaments of what came to be known as the classical school of political economy, revolving mainly around the theory "that, given free competition in trade, the exchange value of commodities will be determined by the amount of labour expended in production: not a wholly original thesis.... but one that was given new force by the theory of distribution with which Ricardo reinforced it... Ricardo was, in a sense, the first 'scientific' economist.... [He] saw the study of economics as a pure science whose abstractions were capable of quasi-mathematical proof. Although his theorems remain hypothetical, his deductive methods have proved of great use in the elementary analysis of economic problems" (PMM). Goldsmiths' 21734; Kress B7029; Printing and the Mind of Man 277.
FIRST EDITION. In the Principles Ricardo set forth the fundaments of what came to be known as the classical school of political economy, revolving mainly around the theory "that, given free competition in trade, the exchange value of commodities will be determined by the amount of labour expended in production: not a wholly original thesis.... but one that was given new force by the theory of distribution with which Ricardo reinforced it... Ricardo was, in a sense, the first 'scientific' economist.... [He] saw the study of economics as a pure science whose abstractions were capable of quasi-mathematical proof. Although his theorems remain hypothetical, his deductive methods have proved of great use in the elementary analysis of economic problems" (PMM). Goldsmiths' 21734; Kress B7029; Printing and the Mind of Man 277.