ECONOMICS [Boisguilbert Pierre Le Pesant de] Le Detail de

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(ECONOMICS.) [Boisguilbert, Pierre Le Pesant de.] Le Detail de la France, la cause de la diminution de ses biens et la facilité de Remede. [2], 245 pages. 12mo, 157x90 mm, later mottled sheep gilt, top of spine chipped, cover corners worn through; scattered minor foxing, later owner's note about the author on title, lower outer corner torn off G5 with text loss; marbled edges. Booklabel of E. Pelay and armorial monogram bookplate of Charles Lormier, both of Rouen. [Rouen], 1696

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An analysis of the deterioration of the French economy under Louis XIV, first published the year before, proposing tax reform and free trade as remedies. "Boisguilbert is largely remembered as a precursor of the Physiocrats and as the economist whom Marx linked with Petty as marking the start of classical political economy. His influence was undoubtedly more extensive . . . A wealth of embryonic tools and concepts can be found in his work"--New Palgrave I, 508.