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SEMPERE Y GUARINOS, Juan (1754-1830). Historia del luxo, y de las leyes suntuarias de España. Madrid: imprenta real, 1788. 2 volumes, 8°. Contemporary light brown roan-backed boards, gilt spines (very slightly rubbed and marked).
FIRST EDITION of the Spanish jurist and economist's treatise on Spanish sumptuary laws which appeared during the publication of his great bibliographical work Ensayo de una biblioteca española de los mejores escritores del reynado de Carlos III (6 volumes, Madrid, 1785-89). Schumpeter (p.326) explains the need for sumptuary laws 'in societies that center in a court and whose style of life derives its pattern from the "magnificence" of the feudal household ... And sumptuary laws, if effective, are perhaps the most obvious way of excusing the courtier or the leading officer of state from having to live beyond his means...' Palau 307412; Goldsmiths' 13676; Kress B.1489. (2)
FIRST EDITION of the Spanish jurist and economist's treatise on Spanish sumptuary laws which appeared during the publication of his great bibliographical work Ensayo de una biblioteca española de los mejores escritores del reynado de Carlos III (6 volumes, Madrid, 1785-89). Schumpeter (p.326) explains the need for sumptuary laws 'in societies that center in a court and whose style of life derives its pattern from the "magnificence" of the feudal household ... And sumptuary laws, if effective, are perhaps the most obvious way of excusing the courtier or the leading officer of state from having to live beyond his means...' Palau 307412; Goldsmiths' 13676; Kress B.1489. (2)
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