COYER (Abbé Gabriel-François). La Noblesse commerçante.... Lot 50

[COYER (Abbé Gabriel-François). La Noblesse commerçante. London, Et se trouve à Paris, Duchesne, 1756. In-12, marbled calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets and stars, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition, decorated with a copper-engraved frontispiece (cf. INED, n°1224). Bound in the suite: - [SAINTE-FOIX D'ARCQ]. La Noblesse militaire, opposée à la noblesse commerçante; ou le Patriote françois. Amsterdam, 1756. - BILLARDON DE SAUVIGNY]. L'une et l'autre ou la noblesse commerçante et militaire. With Reflections on Commerce & the Means to Encourage it. Mahon, De l'Imprimerie française, at the expense of Williams Blakeley, 1756. Interesting collection on the querelle de la noblesse commerçante, nicely bound at the time, containing in particular the two writings at the origin of this polemic born in 1756 with the publication of the abbé Coyer, to which the chevalier d'Arcq, ardent supporter of the sword nobility, replied. Eighteenth century handwritten bookplate on the title of the first work: De Marien. Waxing on the first cover. Attached: COYER (l'abbé). Development and defense of the system [sic] of the commercial nobility. Amsterdam, Paris, Duchesne, 1757. 2 parts in one volume in-12, fawn calf, double gilt fillet, ornamented spine, red title page, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition. Some freckling, underlining in red pencil. Wear on the corners, one headpiece missing.