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CASTEL DE SAINT-PIERRE (Charles Irénée). Projet...

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CASTEL DE SAINT-PIERRE (Charles Irénée). Projet de taille tarifée. Rotterdam, Jean Daniel Beman, 1737. In-12, brown calf, ornate spine, red parts, red edges (period binding). Revised and enlarged second edition of this important work, in which the famous abbé explains how the tax system he advocated to prevent begging while enriching the State and private individuals (INED) worked. His ideas are a first approach to the solutions later implemented by the physiocrats under Turgot's ministry. A complete copy of the two supplements. Modern title.