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‎Les Chevilles de Me Adam menuisier de Nevers. Rare édition originale de ce célèbre recueil composé par le premier poète-ouvrier français.‎

‎Précieux exemplaire conservé dans son authentique reliure en vélin souple de l’époque. Paris, chez Toussaint Quinet, 1644. In-4 de (28) pp. dont 1 portrait frontispice, (8) pp. de préface, 100 pp., (8) pp., 315 pp., (1) f.bl. Des rousseurs, qq. ff. brunis. Relié en plein vélin souple de l’époque, titre manuscrit au dos. Reliure de l’époque. 226 x 168 mm.‎

‎[video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://www.camillesourget.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/IMG_5332.mp4"][/video] Rare édition originale de ce célèbre recueil composé par le premier poète-ouvrier français. Cioranescu 12191; Graesse I, 18; Brunet, I, 46 («le portrait de Me Adam manque souvent»); De Backer, 755; Lachèvre, pp. 119 et 153. C'est le premier recueil donné par Billaut, qui jusqu'alors n'avait laissé imprimer que des plaquettes de circonstance. Les 28 premières pages sont une longue épitre en vers adressée au vicomte d'Arpajon. Les 100 pages qui suivent la préface de l'abbé de Marolles renferment 62 poésies françaises par 53 auteurs et 7 pièces grecques, latines, italiennes et espagnoles à la louange de l’auteur. Sous le titre Approbation du Parnasse, Saint-Amant, Scudéry, Scarron, Corneille, Colletet, Benserade, Boisrobert, Beys, Ragueneau, Desfontaines, Tristan l'Hermitte, Melle de Gournay témoignent du succès considérable des Chevilles. La seconde partie contient les épîtres, stances, rondeaux, sonnets, épigrammes, chansons et élégies de maître Adam. L'ouvrage constitue, avec Le Vilebrequin (1663, imprimé à titre posthume), et Le Rabot (jamais publié) l'un des trois titres composés par le simple menuisier de Nevers que demeura toute sa vie Adam Billaut (1602-1662), en dépit de ses attaches parisiennes et des protections qu'il trouva dans la capitale, auprès des milieux littéraires et les grands (Marie-Louise de Gonzague, Condé, Richelieu). Il est considéré aujourd’hui comme le premier poète prolétaire français. Adam Billaut voit le jour à Nevers en 1602. Sa jeunesse est mal connue. Il est menuisier et poète. Il est même le premier d’une grande tradition de poètes ouvriers qui se développera surtout au XIXe siècle. Il commence par des vers "d’atelier", une Muse des copeaux qui séduisit princesses et académiciens et deviendra la coqueluche des salons parisiens. Introduit par l’abbé Marolles dans la Bohème des Lettres ce "Virgile au rabot" fut surtout un poète courtisan. Il résista aux instances de ses amis qui voulaient l’attirer à Paris avec une pièce fameuse : Au loin l’ambition et ses folles chimères ! / Qu’un autre aille, orgueilleux, dans le palais des rois / Avec pompe étaler ses hautaines misères / Moi, j’aime mieux Nevers et l’ombre de ses bois ! Billaut meurt en 1662. Les chevilles de Maître Adam parurent en 1644 et eurent un grand succès critique. Si sa poésie brille peu par l'élégance, dans un siècle qui en fut plein, sa langue est pleine de verve et d'originalité et ses recueils font de lui un des tous premiers poètes du XVIIe, l'un de ceux dont la langue est toujours appréciée, dénuée d'afféteries et d'ornements inutiles.Celui qu'on surnomma "le Virgile du rabot" et que Voltaire tint pour l'un des grands écrivains du XVIIe, fut un poète et un chansonnier. Cette édition contient la préfacepar Michel de Marolles, qui l'avait rencontré par hasard dans les rues de Nevers, qui avait lu ses vers et considérait ce menuisier «comme une des plus rares choses du siècle». Dès lors, il fut introduit auprès des grands et, objet de curiosité, fut recherché de toute la bonne société.Billaut devint le protégé du prince de Condé, fut pensionné par Richelieu et admiré par ses pairs ; les 96 premières pages correspondent à des éloges en vers de poètes contemporains de celui qui fut un événement littéraire. Corneille le met dans un sonnet, Rotrou lui consacre une épigramme, Scarron et Scudéry lui dédient des odes. Le recueil contient une ode au cardinal de Richelieu qui l'avait pris sous sa protection. Impression en caractères italiques et romains, parfois grecs, avec ornements typographiques. Exemplaire bien complet du beau portrait de l'auteur dans son atelier de menuiserie en frontispice. Il manque à beaucoup d'exemplaires. Précieux exemplaire conservé dans son authentique reliure en vélin souple de l’époque. ‎

‎Les caricatures d'Adam Töpffer et la Restauration genevoise.‎

‎Genève, Fred. Boissonnas, 1917. In-folio broché à l'italienne de [8]-VII pages et 92 colonnes (à raison de 2 par pages) suivies des planches puis de [6] pages, couverture bleue rempliée, grande vignette en 2 tons contrecollée au premier plat, second plat illustré d'un chien (méchant!) en noir, dos muet. Non coupé. ‎

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‎Titre-frontispice et vignette à la page de titre, petites vignettes in-texte. Bien complet des 35 planches, à savoir 30 planches tirées en bistre, sépia et lavis et 5 planches contrecollées en couleurs, d'après les aquarelles originales de Adam Töpffer du Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève. On doit les reproductions photographiques à l'éditeur, Fred. Boissonnas. Très belle publication. Tirage limité à 830 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 800 non numérotés. Adam, trop souvent confondu avec son fils, qui avait de qui tenir. Premier plat insolé comme souvent avec le bleu. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎Chez les passants (Fantaisies, Pamphlet et souvenirs).‎

‎Paris, Comptoir d'Edition, 1890. In-12 de frontispice, [4]-312 pages, demi-maroquin brun à coins, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, couvertures et dos conservés. ‎

‎Frontispice de Félicien Rops gravé, tiré sur vergé. Villiers de L’Isle Adam, condamné par son cancer à l'estomac, fut transporté en juillet 1889 du logement insalubre où il vivait avec Marie Dantine, au 19 rue Oudinot, pour être hospitalisé chez les Frères Saint-Jean de Dieu, où il mourut un mois plus tard, le 18 août. Peu après paraissait Chez les passants. Mallarmé et Huysmans, exécuteurs testamentaires de Villiers, se chargèrent d'établir cette édition avec LéonDierx, au profit de la veuve de l'écrivain et de leur fils Victor. En effet, alors que Villiers était à l’article de la mort, Mallarmé hâta avec Huysmans le mariage du poète avec Marie Dantine, le 12 août, pour assurer l’avenir de leur fils Victor. Edition originale posthume, comportant un bel envoi autographe de Mallarmé: "A Mademoiselle Read, en souvenir de la Maison de Saint Jean-de-Dieu [puis signature de] J. K. Huysmans Léon Dierx et Stéphane Mallarmé". Louise Read fut la muse, "l'ange noir" de Barbey d'Aurevilly. Fervente admiratrice, elle fut la légataire universelle de Barbey d'Aurevilly, décédé quatre mois plus tôt. On joint à l'exemplaire un carton du Collège Chaptal, pour le concours de 1898, où l'élève [Victor] de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam est admis à concourir en composition française. Sans les quatre derniers feuillets du catalogue de l'éditeur.Frontispiece of Félicien Rops engraved.Villiers de L'Isle Adam, condemned by his cancer in the stomach, was transported in July 1889 from the insalubrious housing where he lived with Marie Dantine, 19 rue Oudinot, to be hospitalized at the Frères Saint-Jean de Dieu, where he died a month later, August 18. Shortly after appeared "Chez les passants". Mallarmé and Huysmans, testamentary executors of Villiers, took care to establish this edition with Leon Dierx, for the benefit of the writer's widow and their son Victor. Indeed, while Villiers was at the point of death, Mallarmé and Huysmans hastened the marriage of the poet with Marie Dantine, August 12, to ensure the future of their son Victor. First posthumous edition, including a beautiful autograph by Mallarmé: "À Mademoiselle Read, à la mémoire de la Maison de Saint Jean-de-Dieu [and signed] Huysmans, Leo Dierx et Stéphane Mallarmé". Louise Read was the muse, "the black angel" of Barbey d'Aurevilly. Fervent admirer, she was the sole leagy of Barbey d'Aurevilly, who died four months earlier. A copy of a cardboard from Collège Chaptal is attached to the copy for the 1898 competition, where the pupil [Victor] de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam is admitted to compete in French composition. Without the last four pages of the publisher's catalog. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎Les perles éparpillées. Contes et légendes arabes.‎

‎Paris, Chuliat, 1923. In-4, relié en demi-chagrin bleu à coins, tête dorée, premier plat de couverture conservé. ‎

‎Illustré de 16 compositions hors-texte en couleurs d'Adam Styka (sous serpentes légendées) et de belles compositions coloriées au pochoir de Chichimanian (couverture, titre et 5 faux titres - préface et les quatre contes). Surprenante publication tirée à 500 exemplaires, le nôtre, n°272, sur vélin d'Arches. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎Chez les passants (Fantaisies, Pamphlet et souvenirs) [relié avec] La Révolte drame en un acte en prose.‎

‎Paris, Comptoir d'Edition [et] Alphonse Lemerre, 1890 [et] 1870. In-12 de frontispice, [4]-320 [et] [2]-58-[4] pages, demi-maroquin brun à coins, dos à nerfs orné de filets dorés, tête dorée, couvertures conservées pour les deux ouvrages. Beaux exemplaires. ‎

‎Frontispice de Félicien Rops gravé sur vergé. Edition originale posthume de Chez les passants. Villiers de L’Isle Adam, condamné par son cancer à l'estomac, fut transporté en juillet 1889 du logement insalubre où il vivait avec Marie Dantine, au 19 rue Oudinot, pour être hospitalisé chez les Frères Saint-Jean de Dieu, où il mourut un mois plus tard, le 18 août.Peu après paraissait Chez les passants. MallarméetHuysmans, exécuteurs testamentaires de Villiers, se chargèrent d'établir cette édition avec LéonDierx, au profit de la veuve de l'écrivain et deleur fils Victor. En effet, alors que Villiers était à l’article de la mort, Mallarmé hâta avec Huysmans le mariage du poète avec Marie Dantine, le 12 août, pour assurer l’avenir de leur fils Victor. La Révolte est ici en édition originale. Villiers de l'Isle Adam y dénonce l'esprit bourgeois de son époque. Créant un scandale, elle disparait de l'affiche après cinq représentations seulement. Dans l'excellente préface, l'auteur règle ses comptes avec la critique. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎Fables de Florian Illustrées par Victor Adam, précédées d'une notice par Charles Nodier et d'un Essai sur la Fable.‎

‎ Paris, Houdaille et Cie , Editeurs, sans date ( 1843) ; grand in-8°, demi-chagrin rouge de l' époque, dos à nerfs cernés de filets à froid et dorés, filet doré sur les nerfs, titre doré, filet maigre et filet gras dorés soulignant les mors, plats de papier granité rouge; XIIpp., 288pp.Reliure très légèrement frottée aux charnières, piqûres parfois fortes.Notre exemplaire ne comporte pas l' "Essai sur la Fable" annoncé au titre.‎

‎Illustré de vignettes et lettres ornées dans le texte , d'un frontispice et de 110 planches hors texte. Dans cette édition, sauf 3 planches, les planches sont identiques à celles du second tirage de 1838. ( Cf. VIcaire III-745).(GrFC) ‎

‎Chrétienne.‎

‎ Paris,Plon,1913 ; in-8°,broché de 3ff.,VIIpp.,321pp.,1f.;couverture jaunie,1 mors fendu avec manque de papier dos en pied sur 3 cm;intérieur frais.‎

‎Edition originale,1 des exemplaires sur hollande imprimé spécialement pour Monsieur Adolphe Plon-Nourrit. Madame Adam fut l'instigatrice principale de l'Association Franco-Russe,elle fonda la Nouvelle Revue en 1879,où elle accueillit,entre autres, Pierre Loti.(GrMD) ‎

‎Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer 1766- 1847. Catalogue raisonné des peintures.‎

‎Bern, Benteli, 2011. In-4 de 383-[1] pages, demi-toile violette d'éditeur, premier plat illustré. ‎

‎ Bel exemplaire à l'état de neuf. Incontournable ouvrage. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎HISTOIRE D’ESPAGNE, DEPUIS LA DECOUVERTE QUI EN A ETE FAITE PAR LES PHENICIENS, JUSQU’A LA MORT DE CHARLES III. TRADUITE DE L’ANGLAIS D’ADAM, SUR LA 2° EDITION, PAR P. C. BRIAND. ‎

‎A PARIS. CHEZ LEOPOLD COLLIN, LIBRAIRE. 1808. 4 VOLUMES IN-8 (13,5 X 21 X 11 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + XXX + 584 + 4 (CATALOGUE), XIV + 436, (4) + XII + 438 ET XII + 416 PAGES, RELIURE D’EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU MARBRE, DOS LISSE ORNE DE FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN ROUGE, FILET DORE SUR COUPES, TRANCHES JAUNES. EDITION ORIGINALE DE LA TRADUCTION FRANCAISE. PETITES TRACES D’USURE EXTERIEURE SANS AUCUNE GRAVITE, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE.‎

‎Recueil de 34 estampes, la plupart doubles ou plusieurs fois repliées. [Vues de Versailles, Fontainebleau, Paris, Besançon, Douai, Arras, Saint-Omer, Valenciennes...]. Exemplaire de présent offert par le roi Louis XIV du fameux recueil de Van der Meulen, le plus beau livre illustré français du XVIIe siècle relié en maroquin rouge de l’époque aux armes du roi Louis XIV.‎

‎Premier tirage de ce recueil du Cabinet du Roi publié sur ordre de Louis XIV en divers formats et planches séparées. Paris, 1685-1686. Grand in-folio de 34 grandes planches. Petites déchirures aux pliures des vues 8, 9 et 13, restaurations sans manques aux vues 1, 6, 11,19 et 28. Maroquin rouge, double cadre de triple filet doré avec chiffre royal couronné aux angles, armes frappées or au centre, dos à nerfs orné du chiffre royal couronné, répété 7 fois, au sein de fleurs-de-lys et roulette fleurdelysée, filets dorés sur les coupes, roulette intérieure dorée, tranches dorées. Reliure de l’époque. 560 x 420 mm.‎

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‎Premier tirage de ce recueil du Cabinet du Roi publié sur ordre de Louis XIV en divers formats et planches séparées. Superbe recueil de 34 très belles estampes évocatrices du règne de Louis XIV. La plupart doubles ou plusieurs fois repliées, elles évoquent la vie de la Cour à Vincennes, Versailles et Fontainebleau, puis les campagnes de Flandre. Toutes présentent une réelle qualité artistique et sont animées sur fond architectural de groupes de personnages et cavaliers campés avec un bon sens du mouvement. Les 34 estampes dessinées par Van der Meulen, le peintre des conquêtes de louis XIV, sont gravées par R. Bonnart, Baudoin, Van Huchtenburg et Simoneau. Superbe recueil de vues de taille monumentale, somptueux panoramas du peintre bruxellois Adam Van der Meulen (1632-1690), appelé par Le Brun à Paris, nommé Premier peintre du Roi et directeur de la Manufacture des Gobelins. Il réalise plus de 150 planches pour le Cabinet du Roi. Van der Meulen accompagnait le roi dans tous ses déplacements et s'attachait à le portraiturer dans ses victoires et ses conquêtes, tout en représentant les villes conquises avec un réalisme de géographe. « Elève de Peter Snayers Van de Meulen apprit de celui-ci à dessiner les chevaux et la technique légère et transparente de l’école de Rubens. Il fut chargé de faire les modèles des tapisseries représentant les hauts faits de Louis XIV et accompagna le Roi dans tous ses voyages et toutes ses guerres. Ses tableaux reproduisent avec fidélité les compositions des troupes et jusqu’aux costumes de certains personnages et sont à ce titre des documents précieux. Quand il accompagna le roi dans les campagnes de Flandre en 1667, de Franche-Comté en 1668 et de Hollande en 1672, il prenait chaque jour les ordres du Roi, sur les épisodes que celui-ci désirait voir représenter. Il dessinait ainsi sur les lieux les campements, disposition des armées et sièges. Il peignait à la perfection les armées en campagne ». Benezit, VII, 366-367. Le recueil est ainsi réparti : - 11 Planches doubles : Vue du château de Vincennes, Vue du château de Versailles, La Reine allant à Fontainebleau, Vue de la ville et de la Citadelle de Cambray, Saint-Omer vu du costé du fort de Bournonuille, L’armée du Prince d’Orange, Vue de St Laurent de la Roche (x 2), Vue du chasteau Ste Anne (x 2), Vue du chasteau de Joux. - 10 Planches triples : Marche du Roi sur le Pont-neuf à Paris, Le Roi et sa calèche dans le bois de Vincennes, Vue du château de Versailles, Vue de la ville d’Ardrès, Entrée de la Reine dans Arras, Arrivée du Roy devant Douai, Arrivée du Roy au camp devant Mastrick, Valenciennes prise d’assaut, Le Roy s’étant rendu maitre de la ville de Cambray, Vue de Leuve. - 13 Planches quadruples : Vue du château de Fontainebleau, Vue de la ville de Béthune en Artois, Vue de la ville et du Port de Calais, Entrée du Roi dans Dunkerque, Vue de Tournay, Vue de la ville de L’Isle, Vue de Courtray, Vue de la ville et du siège d’Oudenarde, Vue de la Ville de Besançon, Dole prise dans la première conqueste que le Roy a faite, Vue de la Ville et faubourg de Salins, Vue de la Ville de Gray, Vue de l’Armée du Roy. Somptueux recueil de premier tirage. L’un des exemplaires de présent offerts par le Roi Louis XIV, conservé dans sa superbe reliure de présent en maroquin rouge aux armes et chiffre couronné du Roi Louis XIV. Les exemplaires du Cabinet du Roi peuvent être composés de vues différentes et comporter un nombre de gravures différent. Celui-ci est complet tel que paru avec ses 34 gravures. Provenance: Château de Vaux le Vicomte.‎

‎Le peintre graveur. Nouvelle édition [avec] Suppléments au peintre-graveur de Adam Bartsch, recueillis et publiés par Rudolph Weigel.‎

‎Leipzig, Joh. Ambr. Barth / Rudolf Weigel pour le supplément [Metzger & Wittig / C. W. Vollrath], 1876[sans date]. 21 tomes et un supplément reliés en 11 volumes in-12, plein skyvertex jaune canari, tomaison en noir aux dos. Reliure signée Gerard Reinauer, Zumikon.‎

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‎Illustré de 71 reproductions de planches hors-texte (1+0+2+8+33+6+10+3+5+3+0). Fac-similé, par le procédé Carl Reinecke, de l'édition de 1876. Quelques rousseurs, 4 volumes salis aux plats. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎Les Privilèges des Suisses, ensemble ceux accordés aux Villes Imperiales & Anseatiques, & aux Habitants de Genève, Résidens en France. Avec des Observations sur la Justice des Suisses, fondées sur les principes du Droit Public.‎

‎Yverdon, [F. B. de Félice], 1770. In-4 en cartonnage d'attente gris, [4]-565-[1] pages, non rogné. ‎

‎ Nouvelle édition de cet important ouvrage de Franz-Adam Vogel, qui exercait la fonction de grand juge de la Garde suisse à Paris, et à qui l'on doit notament la traduction du code criminel de l'empereur Charles V, dit "La Caroline". Quérard, Supercheries, III, col. 936; Quérard, la France littéraire, X, p. 259; J.P. Perret: Les imprimeries d'Yverdon, p. 429. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎Louise s'habille. Helvétismes.‎

‎Paris, Le Passage, 2002. In-12 broché de 60-[4] pages, couverture à rabats illustrée d'une pin-up. Tout à fait neuf. ‎

‎ Dans les années 1980, Adam Biro dirige le département des livres d'art chez Flammarion avant de fonder sa, puis ses, propres maisons d'édition. Il nous conte ici les aventures d'un étudiant à Genève. Avec un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Isabelle Martin, journaliste littéraire bien connue. HORAIRE ESTIVAL : DU LUNDI 27 JUILLET AU SAMEDI 21 AOUT NOUS SERONS OUVERTS UNIQUEMENT SUR RENDEZ-VOUS.‎

‎ADAM. International review. A literary Magazine in English and French edited by Miron Grindea. 300.‎

‎ (London), Curwen Press, 1963 ; 1 volume in-8°, broché, couverture illustrée de reproduction de dessins de jean Cocteau; 200pp. + feuilllets publicitaires; quelques reproductions et fac-similés d'écriture.‎

‎N° 300, consacré entièrement à Spécial Jean Cocteau.(Res1) ‎

‎ADAM. International review. A literary Magazine in English and French edited by Miron Grindea. ‎

‎ London , puis Rochester, New York, Published by the University of Rochester, 1952 -1984 ; ensemble de 17 fascicules in-8°, brochés , couverture illustrées, comprenant:1952 : 1 fascicule nos 244,225,226. / 1966 : Vol.XXXI, 3 fascicules: nos 304-306, nos 307-309, nos 310-312 . / 1970: Vol. XXV, 3 fascicules : nos 337-339, 340-342, 343-346. / 1971. Vol. XXXVI. 3 fascicules: nos 349-351, nos 352-354. et nos 355-360 ( spécial Passages from India). / 1973-1974:Vol. XXXXIX: 2 fascicules, nos 379-384, nos 391-393. / 1976. Vol.XL. 1 fascicule: nos 394-396. / 1979 : Vol.XLI, 2 fascicules : nos 413-415 et 416-418. / 1981. Vol. XXXXIII.1 fascicule. nos 434-436. / 1984 : Vol.XXXXVI.1 fascicule, nos 449-455.‎

‎Literature in Sweden. Nobel 1966. Proust ...après Painter. Four writers and music: B. Shaw, A. Gide, S. Beckett, DO. Gascoigne. The two Rochester Poets. Sartre( Bariona). Return to Proust. "Sabra " writing. Hebrew and Arab.Dexu lettres de Berlioz, George Enescu 1881-19-55 et Roumanuain Poetry. Proust VII revisited. Etudes sur Camus, Aberjonois, Valéry, Borges, Keats, les liasons dangerueses, Schönberg, Stravinsky,la littérature indienne, la littérature roumaine,etc... de nombreux essais sur Proust. (Res1) ‎

‎HISTOIRES INSOLITES & CONTES. BOIS ORIGINAUX DE CAMILLE BERG. BRIE-COMTE-ROBERT. LES BIBLIOLATRES DE FRANCE. 1954.‎

‎ 1954 1954 IN-4 EN FEUILLES (21,5 X 28,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 191 PAGES, SOUS CHEMISE ET ETUI CARTONNES DE L'EDITEUR. EXEMPLAIRE NOMINATIF ET NUMEROTE SUR CHIFFON DE RIVES.‎

‎BEL EXEMPLAIRE. ‎

‎Lettres de Malaisie . Roman.‎

‎ Paris, Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1898 ; in-8° demi- chagrin ocre, dos à 2 fois 2 nerfs soulignés de filets à froid et cernant titre doré sur étiquette de maroquin violine, titre doré sur étiquette de maroquin citron, au centre rectangle de double filet doré, filet pointillé doré et fleurons à froid, fleuron doré dans le caisson de tête et de queue ( H. Lilié, relieur) ; (4)pp., 238pp. (2)pp.Dos de la reliure un peu foncé. Bordure des feuillets jaunis.‎

‎Edition originale sur papier d'édition, de ce voyage imaginaire, dans un lieu plus ou moins situé en Malaisie, qui décrit une société utopique. Paul Adam a adopté le style épistolaire pour rendre compte de ce " voyage". (GrTab) ‎

‎Oeuvres de Maitre Adam Billaut, Menuisier de Nevers; Edition soigneusement revue d'après celle originale de 1644, ornée du portrait de l'auteur, gravé par Bovinet, augmentée de quelques notes; et précédée d'une notice historique sur cet homme extraordinaire, par N. L. Pissot.‎

‎ Paris, chez Hubert et Compagnie, 1806 ; 1 volume in-12°,plein velin blanc à la bradel, titre doré au dos; XLIpp., (2)pp., 324pp. et frontispice gravé par Bovinet.Auréole de mouillure aux 15 premiers feuillets ( dont le frontispice) dans la marge externe, puis pale angulaire à 15 autres feuillets, très petits manque de papier angulaire au premier et au dernier feuillet, quelques piqûres aux premiers et derniers feuillets sinon rares.‎

‎ Reliure du XXe siècle en bon état. (S2) ‎

‎L' Heure de l ' Afrique.‎

‎ Paris, Edition de la Banque Coloniale, sans date (vers 1930) ; in-8°, broché, couverture orange imprimée en noir,dos muet;110pp.;petite rousseur à 2 feuillets en marge (trace de trombone) et trace de mouillure au dos de la couverture.‎

‎L' auteur J.Adam était Ingénieur en chef des Cultures coloniales.Etude d'économie coloniale où l' auteur conclut à un terrain favorable pour les entreprises privées.I-Notre domaine colonial-La politique des matières premières et des denrées coloniales: Le rôle de nos colonies.Les principales productions.Nos besoins en matières premières.Le problème de la production.-II-Le Bloc du continent africain- Ses possibilités : la place du continent africain dans notre Domaine colonial.Les productions actuelles du continent africain.Ses possibliltés.Afrique du Nord.Ouest Africain français.Afrique Equatoriale française.(CO1) ‎

‎Poésies de Maitre Adam Billaut, Menuisier de Nevers, précédées d' une notice biographique et littéraire, par M. Ferdinand Denis, Conservateur de la Bibliothèque Sainte - Geneviève et accompagnées de notes, par M. Ferdinand Wagnien Avocat. Edition complète ornée de huit portraits dessinés sur la pierre par MM. Achille Dévéria et E. Lassalle, avec deux vues du Nivernais par M. Paul Bourgeois.‎

‎ Nevers, Imprimerie J.Pinet, 1842 ; 1 volume in-4°, demi-chagrin lissé rouge, dos à 4 nerfs plats cernant 2 larges étiquettes de titre de maroquin brun, fleurons dorés aux entre-nerfs, tête dorée, couverture conservée ; ex-libris étiquette armorié " Louis maurice Ayraud" à l' intérieur du 1er plat. Quelques piqûres ou jaunissures. 3ff., XVpp., 3pp.nch., 615pp.,1f. nch. et Appendice de 2ff., 56pp. Exemplaire à toutes marges, non rogné sauf en tête dans une agréable reliure ( vers 1900).Illustré des 10 gravures hors texte en noir que compte normalement cette édition, notre exemplaire comporte en plus 20 planches supplémentaires, tirées de divers ouvrages ( en majorité des portraits en noir et quelques costumes historiques en couleurs).‎

‎Rare édition , parue en 20 livraisons ( cf. Vicaire I -793 , qui n' en donne pas la collation), ici enrichie de 20 gravures supplémentaires et bien complète de son Appendice.Cette édition semble manquer à la BNFqui n' a pour l' instant catalogué que l'Appendice.(Reu-CO2) ‎

‎Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, Aus dem Englischen. 2 Bände. - [THE SEMINAL FIRST TRANSLATION OF 'WEALTH OF NATIONS']‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-papers and a small embossed stamp to front free end paper on volume 1 (""Buchhändler u. Antiquar Carl Helf""). Stamp to p. 1 of both volumes. Spines with light soiling and capital on volume 1 lacking a small part of the leather. A few light brown spots throught. A fine set. VIII, 632 pp"" XII, 740 pp.‎

‎First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi‎

‎Untersuchung der Natur und Ursachen von Nationalreichthümern, Aus dem Englischen. 2 Bände. - [THE SEMINAL FIRST TRANSLATION OF 'WEALTH OF NATIONS']‎

‎Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands, black title-label and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label to upper compartment (Catalogue-number from an estate-library). Light wear to extremities, otherwise a very nice set. VIII, 632 pp" XII, 740 pp.‎

‎First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi‎

‎Undersøgelse om National-Velstands Natur og Aarsag. Af det Engelske oversat og med nogle Anmærkninger oplyst af Dræbye. 2 Deele. [Anden Deel:] Hertil er føiet Gourvenør Pownals Brev til Forfatteren i hvilket nogle af de i dette Værk fremsatte Læresætn... - [FIRST DANISH EDITION OF ""THE WEALTH OF NATIONS""]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two very nice contemporary brown half calf bindings with raised bands, gilt ornamentations and gilt leather title- and tome-labels. Volume two with a bit of wear to upper capital. Corners slightly bumped. Pencil annotations to verso of title-page in volume one" title-page in volume two mounted to cover up a small hole caused by the removal of an old owner's name. Internally very clean and bright. All in all a very nice, clean, fresh, and tight copy. Engraved (by Weise, 1784) armorial book plate to inside of front boards (Gregorius Christianus Comes ab Haxthausen). (12), 575" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""(PMM 221 - first edition)‎

‎Undersøgelse om National-Velstands Natur og Aarsag. Af det Engelske oversat og med nogle Anmærkninger oplyst af Dræbye. 2 Deele. [Anden Deel:] Hertil er føiet Gourvenør Pownals Brev til Forfatteren i hvilket nogle af de i dette Værk fremsatte Læresætn... - [FIRST DANISH EDITION OF ""THE WEALTH OF NATIONS""]‎

‎Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two nice contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt leather title label to spines. Volume one lacking one cm of upper part of spine. Volume two with a small tear to lower part of spine. Both volumes with light brown spotting throughout, however, mainly affecting first and last five leaves of both volumes. A fine set. (12), 575"" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.‎

‎The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""‎

‎""Om Beskatning"" (+) ""Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa, efter Romerska Väldets undergäng"" (+) ""Om Handelsbalancen"" (+) ""Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning, samt om Economisterne I Frankrike"" (+) ""Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne, före... - [""THE EARLIEST APPEARANCE IN SWEDISH OF A NUMBER OF TRANSLATIONS FROM ADAM SMITH""]‎

‎Stockholm, Henrik A. Nordström, 1797-1801. 8vo. Uncut, partly unopened in the original wrappers. In 22 volumes as issued. Last volume name written on title-page, otherwise an exceptionally fine, clean and untouched set rarely seen in this condition. (4),102 pp." (2),182 pp. (2),107 pp. (2),157,(1) pp. (2),176,(4) pp. (4),138,(2) pp. (2),205,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),188 pp (2),190 pp. (2),89,(4) pp. (4),135,(1) pp. (2),116,(1) pp. (2),157 pp. (2),120 pp. (2),151,(1 blank,10) pp. + 1 folded map (2),215 pp. + 1 folded table (2),131,(5) pp. (4),207 pp. (2),183,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),218 pp. (2),144,(4) pp." (6),449,(1) pp. + 5 folded plates.""Om Beskatning"", Part: 36, 37, 38:Pp. 145-177""Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa, efter Romerska Väldets undergäng"", Part: 27, 28. Pp. 93-120""Om Handelsbalancen"", Part: 25,26. Pp. 92-114""Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning, samt om Economisterne I Frankrike"", Part: 25-26. Pp. 43-92""Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne, före Revolutionen"". Part: 27-28. Pp.57-62""Om Krono-jord"". Part: 29,30,31. Pp 139-146.""Theorien för statsskulder"". Part: 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 & 50. Pp. 151-161.‎

‎First, however partial, translation of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in Swedish rarely seen in this condition, thus making it the very first opportunity for Swedish speakers to study Adam Smith. A more lengthy translation was made in 1909 - 1911 but to this day a full Swedish translation has not been made.""Von Schulzenheim [nobleman, physician, country squire and politician] also published shorter articles in the review 'Läsning I blandade ämnen', an organ of the opposition to the absolutist and obscurantist regime of Gustavus IV Adolphus. The editor of the review was count Georg Adlersparre, an army officer and a political writer who in 1809 was to become one of the prime-movers behind the dethronement of the king. Adlersparre to was an admirer of Adam Smith. In 1799-1800 he published in the 'Läsning' his own Swedish translation of several selections from Wealth of Nations. In some cases Adlersparre added footnotes, making it easier for the readers to apply Smith's ideas to Swedish conditions. Those translations, to the best of my knowledge, were the first ones of Wealth of Nations in Sweden. They were followed by translations of other parts of Wealth of Nations, published in 1800 amd 1808. This time the translator was Erik Erland Bodell, an official of the Swedish Customs and thus, if you like, a colleague of Adam Smith."" ( Cheng-chung, Adam Smith Across Nations). Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish, it still had a profound influence, not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English, but upon politics and public opinion in general: ""There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's, there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. [...]Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century"" and, as far as I know, nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish, nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill."" (Heckscher, A survey of economic thought in Sweden, 1875-1950).The journal was preceded by Adlersparre's ""Läsning för landtmän"" 1795-96. The content is a mixture of literature, agriculture, law, philosophy and politics. Apart from the many contributions by Swedish authors, ""Läsning i blandade ämnen"" also contains texts by Kant, Gibbon and De Lolme OCLC lists copies at Yale, Minnesota, and Texas. ‎