![BOESNIER DE L'ORME, [Paul] (1724-1793). De l'esprit du gouvernement économique. Paris: la veuve Hérissant for Debure Frères, 1775. 8° (208 x 130mm). Half-title, engraved title vignette, engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout, with 3pp. privilege at rear. (Occasional very light spotting, narrow stain at upper edge Y4-Dd2 and at lower edge X7-Bb2.) Later French contemporary-style roan-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments with two morocco lettering-pieces (joints cracking, corners rubbed, endpapers browned).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0009_000(boesnier_de_lorme_paul_de_lesprit_du_gouvernement_economique_paris_la105045).jpg?w=1)
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BOESNIER DE L'ORME, [Paul] (1724-1793). De l'esprit du gouvernement économique. Paris: la veuve Hérissant for Debure Frères, 1775. 8° (208 x 130mm). Half-title, engraved title vignette, engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout, with 3pp. privilege at rear. (Occasional very light spotting, narrow stain at upper edge Y4-Dd2 and at lower edge X7-Bb2.) Later French contemporary-style roan-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments with two morocco lettering-pieces (joints cracking, corners rubbed, endpapers browned).
FIRST EDITION. The pupil of Diderot and friend of d'Alembert, who also spent much of his time with Holbach, Boesnier de l'Orme was a respected physiocrat who rejected the idea of total equality whilst embracing free trade. Goldsmiths' 11216; Higgs 6185: 'one of the most systematic and comprehensive expositions of economics of its period'; Kress S4801.
FIRST EDITION. The pupil of Diderot and friend of d'Alembert, who also spent much of his time with Holbach, Boesnier de l'Orme was a respected physiocrat who rejected the idea of total equality whilst embracing free trade. Goldsmiths' 11216; Higgs 6185: 'one of the most systematic and comprehensive expositions of economics of its period'; Kress S4801.