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COYER (Gabriel-François). La Noblesse commerçante....

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80 - 120 EUR

[COYER (Gabriel-François)]. La Noblesse commerçante. London, et se trouve à Paris, Duchesne, 1756. In-12, 215-[1] pp. frontispiece. One of the editions published in the year of the original. This famous work emphasizes the advantages of commerce for the nobility, and as such has given rise to numerous polemics and publications. Hardback: [SAINTE-FOIX, chevalier d'ARCQ (Philippe Auguste de)]. La Noblesse militaire, opposée à la Noblesse commerçante; ou le Patriote françois. Amsterdam, sn, 1756. In-12, 213 pp. One of the many refutations of the theses developed by Abbé Coyer in La Noblesse commerçante; the author develops the necessity of not distancing the nobility from its proper vocation, which is war. (Barbier III, 418.) 2 works in one vol. in-12, tan calf, ribbed spine, title page, red pages (period binding). Nice copy. Ex-libris JM.

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