ECONOMICS

and related subjects

A short selection of rare German, French, Latin,

English and Italian writings

1569-1931

March 2012

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Ökonomische Schriften des 16.-20. Jahrhunderts

Littérature économique du 16-20ème

siècle

16-20th century economic writings

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An early treatise on money by one of the founders of the School of Salamanca

01. AZPILCUETA, Martin de: Comentario resolutorio de usuras…, impresso en Valladolid, por

Francisco Fernandez de Cordoua Impressor de La. C.R.M., 1569. One volume in small 4to; pp. 169,

(1), one leaf blank; recently bound in vellum with ties, endpapers renewed, edges darkened, margins

of leaves browned or foxed in places. 1180 €

Important treatise on money, first published 1556 in Salamanca, which went through many editions and was

translated into several languages. Azpilcueta (1493-1586) was one of the founders of the School of Salamanca.

He taught civil law at Salamanca and Coimbra. He spend his last years in Rome as a trusted counselor of the

pope. For economists Azpilcueta must ever be notable as having made the first clear and definite statement of

the quantity theory of money. M.Grace-Hutchinson, Early economic thought in Spain, pp. 95 ff., and The

School of Salamanca, pp. 89 ff..

A rare work of early Italian accounting literature

02. (BALUGANI, Pellegrino): Instruzione brevissima per formare con metodo qualunque scrittura

in un libro doppio, coll’esemplare dello stesso libro, e suo giornale….Modena, Bartolomeo Soliani,

1745. Three parts in one volume in folio; pp. 56, (2), 53, (6), 70 double pages, (1), with 2 folding

tables, 1 leaf blank; half-vellum around 1900, gilt title to spine, corners strengthened, no rubbing or

bumping, binding a bit spotted, ex libris of The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh on front cover

pastedown , bookshelf-label of Pietro Riccardi on front flyleaf, first few leaves with damp staining,

else clean and crisp, a very good copy. 2500 €

First and only edition of this rare work of Italian accounting literature of the 18th century.

Hausdorfer, Accounting Bibliography, pp. 125-126. Not in Einaudi, Kress and Goldsmiths.

The true first edition

03. BENTHAM, Jeremy: Théorie des peines et des récompenses. Rédigée en François, d’après les

manuscrits, par M. Et. Dumont. London, Vogel & Schulze, 1811. Two volumes in 8vo ; pp. XVI,

413, (1) ; pp. VII, (1), 368 ; contemporary half calf, spines and gilt lettering faded, extremities

somewhat rubbed and bumped, one page of vol I with contemporary pencil annotation, only

minimal foxing, a clean and crisp set. 950 €

The true first edition of this important work, first published 1811 in French and only in 1825 and 1830 in

English in two separate parts. Bentham examines the various forms of possible punishments and makes

recommendations for minimum and maximum sentences for crimes of varying degrees. Jeremy Bentham

(1748-1832) is remembered both as a pioneer of parliamentary and legal reforms. He found in the principle

of utility a standard by which questions of reforms could be settled. Bentham enjoyed great esteem in France.

Among his friends were J.B. Say, Charles Comte and others. Goldsmiths 20380, Menger c. 418, Coquelin

& Guillaumin p. 158

An early and monumental work on coinage

04. (BUDEL, René) RENERO BUDELIO RUREMUNDANO: De monetis, et re numaria, libri

duo…Coloniae Agrippinae, apud Ioannem Gymnicum, 1591. One volume in 4to; pp. 76 nn., (1)-

269, (1) blank, (351) – 798. According to Einaudi in all copies the page numbers 237-238, 271-350

and 615-618 are missing but the text is complete as it is the case with this copy.

17th

century calf binding with raised bands, skillfully re-backed using the old spine strip, spine

richly gilt in compartments with gilt lettering-piece, speckled edges, old ownership inscription to

front cover pastedown, moderate browning throughout, last ten leaves with small worm traces in

outer margin, numerous woodcut headpieces, initials and illustrations, in all a very good copy.

1200 €

First and only edition. René Budel (1540-1597) was a civil servant working for the mint of Ernst von

Bayern, Archbishop of Cologne. When he wrote his work he had already some 20 years of experience with

precious metals and coinage. His work explains the origins and history of money, the existence and the limits

of the right of the nobility to change the metallic content of coins and its consequences on public wealth. It

also contains a collection of many noteworthy publications on the subject with tracts of Molineus,

Covarrubias and Bodin among others. Kress 182, Goldsmiths 254, Einaudi 737, Smith Rara 396

One of the earliest contributors to mathematical economics

5. CANARD, Nicolas François: Principes d‘économie politique, ouvrage couronné par l’Institut

national, dans sa séance du 15 Nivôse an IX (5 Janvier 1801) ; et depuis revu, corrigé et augmenté

par l’Auteur. À Paris, chez F. Buisson, An X (1801). One volume in 8vo ; pp. (IV), 236, (8)

catalogue, with 3 folding tables ; contemporary half calf, spine with blind stamped decorations and

some gilding, contrasting gilt lettering-piece, marbled boards, corners strengthened, very little rubbed

or bumped, contemporary name inscription on front cover pastedown, 12 pages with contemporary

markings, else clean and crisp, an attractive copy.

4800 € First edition, rare. Canard was one of the first authors to use mathematical techniques in economics. His work

was crowned by the French Academy which made it an object of great controversy. Cournot and Walras (who

both failed to be honored) denied the uniqueness of Canard’s work. Nevertheless it had quite an influence,

especially outside France. The work went through three editions in German, and it was also published in

Spanish and Italian. Kress B 4350, Goldsmiths 18122, Einaudi 830, Menger c. 559, Stammhammer

Finanzwissenschaft p. 153, INED 931

A leading figure of the School of Salamanca

06. COVARRUBIAS Y LEYVA, Diego de : Opera Omnia, editio nova, studio C. Brederodij.

Francoforti ad Moenum, Sig. Feyerabendt, 1592. Two volumes bound in one in large folio; pp. (12),

658; pp. (4), 544, (142) index; large woodcut devices on title pages and final leaves, woodcut

initials and printer’s marks, blind tooled pigskin over wooden boards, clasps present and

functioning, written title to spine, brown edges, binding with a few spots, inside only minor

browning, a very good and decorative copy in a 17th

/18th

century monastic binding.

1900 €

Later Francfort edition, first published 1568. Diego de Covarrubias (1512-1577) was a leading figure of the

School of Salamanca and a pupil of Azpilcueta. He spent 10 years at Salamanca as professor of canon law.

He became bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo and later of Segovia. In 1572 he had attained the supreme magistracy

of Castile. His writings are not confined to legal problems but relate to many aspects of theology, history,

economics and numismatics. He treats the subject of usury, the debasement of coinage, and the alterations in

the value of money that had occurred in Spain in the 16th century. (M. Grice-Hutchinson: Early economic

thought in Spain, pp. 97 and 119)

Davenant’s most substantial work

07. (DAVENANT, Charles): Discourses on the Publick Revenues and on the Trade of England. In

two parts. London, printed for James Knapton, 1698. Two parts bound in one volume in 8vo; pp.

(16), 279, (1), 62, (2) advertisements; (12), 434, 64, and 4 folding tables; recently bound to style in

full dark-brown calf, raised bands, red gilt lettering-piece to spine, endpapers renewed, red edges, a

few leaves of part one with light traces of humidity, else clean and crisp, a good and decorative

copy. 1.900 €

First edition of Davenant’s most substantial work. Charles Davenant (1656-1714) was economist and

administrator. He was Commissioner of Excise, Member of Parliament, and a prolific pamphleteer who had a

clear grasp of the relationship between money, international trade and public finance. In his Discourses on

the Publick Revenues he pleads for the importance of political arithmetic or the art of reasoning by figures,

upon things relating to government. Most of his political arithmetic application relates to taxation and

estimating the gains from trade in terms of bullion. Adam Smith cited Davenant’s Discourses a number of

times. (New Palgrave I/748), Hollander 404, Kress 2074, Goldsmiths 3523, Einaudi 1435

Eine juristisch-ökonomische Enzyklopädie des 17. Jahrhunderts

08. FAUST VON ASCHAFFENBURG, Maximilian: Consilia pro aerario civili, ecclesiastico et

military, public atque privator. Sive, iurium, artium ac remediorum omnium, universi orbis

terrarum, dadurch die oberkeitliche Rentcammern und NahrungsCassen der Unterthanen vom

Anfang hero, biss zum Ende der Welt, in allen Königreichen, Fürstenthumben, und Herrschaften zu

Kriegs- und FriedensZeiten angestellet, vermehret, bereichert, und erhalten werden….Frankfurt,

Schleich, 1641. Ein dicker Band in Folio; (62), (2), 1003, (1) Seiten + (122) Index; ein dekoratives

Kupferstich-Titelblatt sowie ein in rot und schwarz gedrucktes Text-Titelblatt; Pergamenteinband

der Zeit, handschriftlicher Rückentitel verblasst, gestochenes Exlibris auf Titelblatt verso,

Kupferstich-Titelblatt mit altem Besitzervermerk im oberen Rand, stellenweise etwas stockfleckig

oder gebräunt, insgesamt sauberes und gutes Exemplar.

1900 €

Erste Ausgabe. Der Autor, auf dem Titel Maximilian Faust ab Aschaffenburgk genannt, war Rechtsanwalt in

Frankfurt und wird in den Bibliographien als Faust von Aschaffenburg geführt. Dieses umfangreiche Werk,

teils in Latein und teils in Deutsch verfasst, ist im Stile einer juristisch-ökonomischen Enzyklopädie

geschrieben und verfügt entsprechend über ein umfangreiches Stichwortverzeichnis. Wenige Jahre vor dem

Ende des 30jährigen Krieges ist ein wesentlicher Schwerpunkt der Geldmangel der öffentlichen Kassen und

die Möglichkeiten und Maßnahmen zu dessen Überwindung. Humpert 443, Kress 570, Menger Sp. 13

Einer der geistreichsten Autoren seiner Zeit

09. (GALIANI, F.). Des Abts Galiani Dialogen über die Regierungskunst vornemlich in Rücksicht

auf den Getreidehandel, aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen begleitet (von

H.L.W. Barkhausen). Lemgo, in der Meyerschen Buchhandlung, 1777. Ein Band in kl. 8vo; 416

Seiten; gesprenkelter Pappband der Zeit mit Rückenvergoldung, goldgeprägtes Rückenschild im

Stile der Zeit erneuert, nur gering berieben oder bestossen, vorderer Vorsatz mit Anmerkungen von

alter Hand, durchgängig leicht gebräunt, sonst sauber, ein sehr gutes Exemplar.

2200 €

Seltene erste deutsche Übersetzung der Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds, der berühmten

antiphysiokratischen Streitschrift des Abbé Galiani (1728-87). Goldsmiths 11568, Lexikon ökon. Werke S.

150/151.

One of the wittiest economic writers of his time

10. (GALIANI, Ferdinando): Dialogues sur le commerce des bleds. Londres, 1770. One volume

in 8vo ; pp. (4), 314, (2); contemporary blue-grey interim wrappers with restorations, uncut, front

cover verso with ex libris , half title with handwritten name of the author, four pages with

contemporary ink annotations, else clean and crisp. 800 €

First edition. The Abbé Galiani (1728-87) was a Neapolitan envoy to the Court of Paris. He is well known as

a writer on political and economic subjects (i.e.Della moneta, 1750) . In the present work he exposes his

ideas about the interdependence of agriculture, manufacture and the size of population, opposing the ideas of

the physiocrats. His book created such storm of intermixed praise and criticism that Morellet was

commissioned on behalf of the government to answer it (Réfutation de l’ouvrage qui a pour titre:

Dialogues…). INED 1948, Kress 6730, Einaudi 2334, Higgs : The physiocrats, pp. 117-119.

Die Erstausgaben seiner beiden ersten Werke in einem Band

11. HAYEK, F.A. von: Geldtheorie und Konjunkturtheorie. Wien und Leipzig, Hölder-Pichler-

Tempsky AG, 1929. 8vo; XII, 147, (3) Seiten. Angebunden: HAYEK, F.A. von: Preise und

Produktion. Wien, Verlag von Julius Springer, 1931. 8vo; XV, (1), 124, (4) Seiten; späterer privater

Halbledereinband, goldgeprägter Rückentitel, nicht berieben oder bestossen, innen absolut sauber

und frisch, schönes Exemplar. 1200 €

Diese beiden Erstausgaben erschienen als Nr. 1 und Nr. 3 der Reihe Beiträge zur Konjunkturforschung,

herausgegeben von dem Österreichischen Institut für Konjunkturforschung. Hayek war Mitbegründer dieses

Instituts. Geldtheorie und Konjunkturtheorie ist seine Habilitationsschrift. Das Werk Preise und Produktion

basiert auf 4 Gastvorträgen, die Hayek 1931 an der London School of Economics gehalten hat. Masui S.

1023 u. 1277, und Sauer 5/1968: 2473 und 2476

The last great follower of the School of Salamanca

12. LUGO, Joannis de: De iustitia et iure, tomus primus – tomus secundus. Editio novissima.

Lugduni, sumptib. Philippi Borde, Laurentii Arnaud, & Claudii Rigaud, 1652.

Two volumes in folio, pp. (16), 606, (14); pp. (16), 623, (31); contemporary leather bindings with

raised bands, spines gilt with gilt lettering-piece, spine ends with restorations, covers with blind-

stamped coat of arms, title pages in red and black with engraved vignette and two small library

stamps, large woodcut devices on first and final leaves, woodcut initials, no worming, minor

browning in places, else clean and crisp, a very good set. 1250 €

A new expurgated edition, first published 1642 and reprinted several times during the 17th, 18

th and 19

th

century. Juan de Lugo (1583-1660) was the last great follower of the School of Salamanca. His writings

relate to many aspects of theology, psychology, physics, law and economics. He followed the Salamanca line

on value and quantity theory of money, and he was perhaps the first to combine scarcity and utility in a

single theory of value. Grice-Hutchinson, Early economic thought in Spain, pp. 48, 101-102, and The

School of Salamanca, pp. 71-73. Gallardo, Spanish economics in the 16th

century, pp. 12-13.

Der berühmte „Compte rendu au Roi“

13. NECKER, Jacques : Rechnung von seiner Finanzverwaltung Sr. Majestät dem König von

Frankreich abgelegt von Herrn Necker, General-Direktor der königlichen Finanzen. Aus dem

Französischen übersetzt. Mit einer Vorrede und erläuternden Anmerkungen von Christian Wilhelm

Dohm. Berlin, bey Christian Friedrich Voß und Sohn, 1781. Ein Band in 8vo; (16), 24, 110 Seiten,

111-122 Tabellen plus eine Falttabelle und zwei handkolorierte Karten; Halblederband auf 5

Bünden im Stile der Zeit, marmorierte Deckel mit Lederecken, Rückenvergoldung und rotes

goldgeprägtes Rückenschild, nicht berieben oder bestossen, roter Schnitt, sauber und frisch, schönes

Exemplar 780 €

Eine von drei deutschen Übersetzungen aus dem Jahre 1781. Diese ist von W.C.S. Mylius mit einer

umfangreichen Vorrede und Anmerkungen von dem berühmten Kameralisten und Anti-Physiokraten Chr. Fr.

Dohm. Stammhammer Finanzwissenschaft S. 96, Masui S. 922

A pioneer of modern social research

14. QUETELET, A.: Lettres…sur la théorie des probabilités, appliquée aux sciences morales et

politiques. Bruxelles, M. Hayez, 1846. One volume in gr. 8vo ; (4), IV, 450 pp. ; contemporary blue

half shagreen over marbled boards, raised bands, some gilding to spine, gilt lettering-piece, lower

corners bumped, decorative endpapers, red top-edge, lower corner of first few leaves a bit

fingersoiled, one leaf with short tear in lower margin, else clean and crisp, a very good copy.

1.500 € Scarce first edition. Quetelet (1796-1874) is famous for his contribution to statistics. From 1836 onwards he

was tutoring the princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in mathematics. When the princes left Belgium the

lessons continued by correspondence. This work is the collection of Quetelet’s letters, and it is his second

major work on moral statistics. “His conviction that scientific study of social life must be based on the

application of quantitative methods and mathematical techniques anticipated what has become the guiding

principle of modern social research.” (IESS). Goldsmiths 34532, Einaudi 4596, Menger c. 632, IESS pp.

247-257

Eine der großen Gestalten der europäischen Geistesgeschichte

15. (PUFENDORFF, Samuel von): Herrn Samuel von Pufendorff Einleitung zur Sitten= und

Stats=Lehre / oder kurtze Vorstellung der schuldigen Gebühr aller Menschen / und insbesondere der

bürgerlichen Stats=Verwandten / nach Anleitung derer natürlichen Rechte; aus dem Lateinischen

übersetzet durch Immanuel Webern. (Leipzig), verlegts Johann Friedrich Glebitsch / im Jahre 1691.

Ein Band im Format 13,5 x 7 cm; gestochenes Frontispiz, Titelblatt, (16) Zuschrift, (4) Des

Übersetzers Ansprache an den Leser, (27) Vorrede des Herrn von Pufendorff, (9) Verzeugniß derer

Capitel, 609, (1) Seiten; Pergament der Zeit, Einband fleckig, rot gesprenkelter Schnitt, erste und

letzte Blätter etwas angeschmutzt bzw. fingerfleckig, 23 Blätter mit Wurmspur im oberen Rand

ohne Textverlust, sonst innen sauber und nur stellenweise leicht gebräunt.

1.180 €

Seltene erste und wohl einzige Ausgabe der Übersetzung des Herrn J. Weber von Pufendorffs Werk Officia

hominis & civis, das 1673 erschienen war. Dieses Werk behandelt die Pflichten des Menschen und Bürgers

sowie die sozialen Aufgaben des Staates. Pufendorff lehrte Natur- und Völkerrecht in Heidelberg und in

Schweden. Seine Werke machten ihn zu einer der großen Gestalten der europäischen Geistesgeschichte.

Nur 2 Exemplare im OCLC gelistet.

An early and important treatise on the calculation of life annuities

16. SAINT-CYRAN, Paul-Edme C.: Calcul des rentes viagères…contenant la théorie complette

de ces sortes de rentes…Paris, chez Cellot & Jombert, 1779. Two parts in one volume in 4to ; pp. 1

blank, VIII, 44, 58, (2), 19 partly folding tables ; early 19th century half calf over marbled boards,

covers and coins with gilt borders, raised bands, spine richly gilt in compartments with gilt

lettering-piece, small restoration to top of spine, marbled endpapers and edges, inside absolutely

clean and crisp, wide margins, a very good and very attractive copy. 1450 €

First edition, rare. Early and important treatise on the calculation of life annuities with mathematical

formulae and practical examples. INED 404

Ökonomischer Bestseller des Barock

17. (FRANCISCI VON FINX, E.) pseud.: Warmund, Gottlieb: Geldmangel in Teutschlande und

desselben gründliche Ursachen…Bayreuth, gedrukt bei Johann Gebhard, 1664. Ein dicker Band in kl.

8vo; 12 Bl., 2 Bl. leer, 821 S. plus 2 Seiten Zusammenfassung und eine Seite Druckfehler, es fehlt

das Frontispiz; Pergament der Zeit etwas angeschmutzt, Rückentitel teils verblasst, Exlibris auf

Innenseite des Vorderdeckels, innen sauber und nur stellenweise leicht gebräunt, gutes Exemplar

ohne Frontispiz. 980 €

Erste Ausgabe, selten. Heute kaum bekannter ökonomischer Bestseller des Barock, in dem die Ursachen des

Geldwertverfalls nach dem 30jährigen Krieg untersucht werden. Francisci war einer der einflussreichsten

Autoren der Barockzeit. Humpert 65, Sauer 5/1968: 1324, Masui 809, Dünnhaupt II, 1521

Two early Latin treatises on wages

18. ZACCHIAE, Lanfranci: De Salario seu Operariorum Merce, Tractatus in Tres Partes Distinctus.

In quo Questiones omnes tam ad Theoricam, quam ad Praxim pertinentes proponuntur, pertractantur,

resoluuntur. Opus Iurisperitis omnibus tàm in foris, quàm in Scholis versantibus utile, & necessarium.

In hac nouissima aeditione quamplurimis S. Rotae Romanae Decisionibus locupletatum, Mater am

Salarii, seù Operariorum Mercedis illustrantibus. Romae, ex Typographia Bartholomaei Lupardi

Impressoris Cameralis, & Vaticani. 1679.

One volume in folio; pp. (VIII), 804; later half vellum over marbled boards, corners strengthened, a

bit rubbed and bumped at extremities, handwritten title to spine, small worm trace at lower back

hinge, title printed in red and black, small stamp and name on title page, some browning or foxing in

places, else clean and crisp, a good copy. 880 €

First combined issue of Zacchia’s two main works., first published 1658. “Latin treatise on wages which

deserves mention for the rarity of the consideration of that subject in days when he wrote. He distinguishes

different forms of wages…He limits himself to the statement that an adequate wage is fixed by a monarch or

by law, by customs or contract …and the person fixing them should take account of the ability of the

workman, the quality of his work, and the price of food”. (Palgrave III, 689)

Kress S 1493, Einaudi 6102

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