BEAUSOBRE (Louis de). General introduction to... Lot 43

BEAUSOBRE (Louis de). General introduction to the study of politics, finance, and commerce. New edition, corrected and increased. Amsterdam, Schneider, 1765. 2 volumes in one in-12, marbled basane, spine decorated, red title, marbled edges (Binding of the time). Goldsmiths, n°10061. - INED, n°352 (for the 1791 edition). Second edition, published after the original given in Berlin one year earlier. After giving a definition of the state, Beausobre (1730-1790), royal councillor and member of the Berlin Academy, discusses agriculture in general, with information on the cultivation of vines, tobacco, cotton, wood, saffron, sugar, fruits, etc. The second volume, in continuous pagination, contains numerous details on the American colonies and trade with Africa, Asia, the Levant and China. Handwritten ex-libris on the titles: Henchoz. Some foxing, small crack consolidated in the margin of the two foreword leaves. Loss of the lower spine.