COYER (Gabriel-François). The merchant nobility.... Lot 20

COYER (Gabriel-François). The merchant nobility. London; Paris, Duchesne, 1756. In-12, marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red edges (contemporary binding). New Edition This work by the Franc-Comtois Jesuit G.-F. Coyer (1707-1782) advocating the opening of trade to the nobility, for his own benefit as well as for that of the State, is the source of an important polemic. And we join: HELVÉTIUS, Jean-Claude-Adrien. - Letters to M*** about the critical letter of Mr. Besse, against the General Idea of the Animal Economy & the observations on the Smallpox - In Paris, at the expense of Anisson, 1725 - In-12 (Binding of the time, damaged).