GRASLIN (Jean-Joseph-Louis). Essai analytique... Lot 86

[GRASLIN (Jean-Joseph-Louis). Essai analytique sur la richesse et sur l'impôt, où l'on réfute la nouvelle doctrine économique, qui a fourni à la Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges les principes d'un programme qu'elle a publié sur l'effet des impôts indirects. London, and found in Paris and Nantes, at Guillyn, and at the widow Vatar, 1767. In-8, [6] ff, xij-408 pp, marbled fawn calf, spine with ornamented nerves, title page, cold fillet on the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, marbled edges (period binding). Covers restored. First edition. This contribution was composed to answer the question asked in 1767 by the Royal Agricultural Society of Limoges (of which Turgot was the president): Demonstrate and appreciate the effect of indirect taxation on the income of landowners. A good copy.