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‎La Force du Mal.‎

‎ Paris, Armand Colin & Cie, Editeurs, Libraires de la Société des Gens de Lettres, 1896, 1 volume in-12 de 190x125x30 mm environ, 331pages, reliure signé Vauthrin, demi chagrin à coins cerise, dos à nerfs portant titres dorés, date en queue, tête dorée, gardes marbrées, couvertures conservées. Frottements sur le cuir, quelques rousseurs, sinon bon état. Edition originale sur vergé avec un envoi et des lettres autographes de Paul Adam à Philippe Gille, journaliste à qui est dédié ce livre.‎

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‎Paul Auguste Marie Adam, né le 7 décembre 1862 à Paris où il est mort le 2 janvier 1920, est un écrivain français et critique d'art. Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

‎Recherches sur la Nature et les Causes de la RICHESSE DES NATIONS ; Traduites de l'Anglois d'Adam Smtih ; par J. A. ROUCHER. Deuxième Edition, revue et considérablement corrigée (5 volumes).‎

‎ A Paris, chez Buisson, Libraire, rue Hautefeuille, N° 20, AN 3° de la République (1794-1795), 5 volumes in-8 de 215x135 mm environ, tome 1 : vij-438 pages - tome 2 : 494 pages - tome 3 : 624 pages - tome 4 : 411 pages - tome 5 : 370 pages, demi basane havane, titres et tomaisons dorés sur dos lisses, ornés de fers frises et filets dorés, gardes marbrées. Des tampons et N° de bibliothèque sur le dos et dans le texte par endroits, des rousseurs, petits défauts, taches et mouillures marginales, feuillets non rognés et non coupés par endroits, des passages soulignés et petites notes dans les marges. C'est la troisième traduction de ce texte. ‎

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‎Adam Smith (5 juin 1723 - 17 juillet 1790) est un philosophe et économiste écossais des Lumières. Il reste dans lhistoire comme le père des sciences économiques modernes, dont l'uvre principale, publiée en 1776, La Richesse des nations, est un des textes fondateurs du libéralisme économique. Professeur de philosophie morale à l'université de Glasgow, il consacre dix années de sa vie à ce texte qui inspire les grands économistes suivants, ceux que Karl Marx appellera les « classiques » et qui poseront les grands principes du libéralisme économique. Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

‎La Grande Ville Nouveau Tableau de Paris Comique, Critique et Philosophique par MM. PAUL DE KOCK, BALZAC, DUMAS, SOULIE, GOZLAN, BRIFFAULT, OURLIAC, E.GUINOT, H. MONNIER, etc. Illustrations de GAVARNI, VICTOR ADAM, DAUMIER, D'AUBIGNY, H. EMY, TRAVIES, BOULANGER, HENRI MONNIER et THENOT (2 volumes).‎

‎ Paris, Marescq, Libraire-Editeur, 1844, 2 volumes in-4 de 260x170 mm environ, 412 et 418 pages, reliure signée Pagnant, demi chagrin caramel, dos à nerfs portant titres et tomaisons dorés sur pièces rouges, ornés de caissons à motifs dorés, cuir souligné d'un filet doré sur les plats, tranches de tête dorées, gardes marbrées. Complet des 2 frontispices et 29 gravures hors-texte. Des rousseurs et pages brunies, petits frottements sur les coins, quelques auréoles sur le cuir, sinon bon état.‎

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‎ Paul de Kock, Charles-Paul de Kock est un romancier, auteur dramatique et librettiste français, né le 21 mai 1793 à Passy et mort le 29 août 1871, à Paris 10e. Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

‎L'amour suprême suivi de Histoires insolites et Akedysseril.‎

‎ Humanoïdes Associés 1979 Humanoïdes Associés, 246p, 1979, in-8 broché avec couverture à rabats. Bon état général.‎

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‎Petit bottin des lettres et des arts.‎

‎ Paris, Nouvelle Librairie Parisienne, E. GIRAUD & Cie, 1886, 1 volume in-12 de 125 x 160 mm environ, 180 pages. Demi-reliure cuir noir et plats imitation cuir rouge, dos titré en doré, gardes couleurs, couvertures conservées. Gardes blanches annotées au crayon sinon bel état.‎

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‎Oeuvres Complètes : l'Eve future / Contes cruels / Tribulat Bonhomet / Nouveaux contes cruels / Axël / l'Amour suprême / Akëdysséril / Histoire insolites / La révolte / L'évasion / Le nouveau monde / Premières poésies (1856-1858 : Fantaisies nocturnes, Hermosa, Les préludes, Chant du calvaire) / Morgane / Elën / Isis / Propos d'au-delà / Chez les passants / Pages posthumes (11 volumes). ‎

‎ Mercure de France Mercure de France, série complète en 11 volumes, 1922-1931, brochés, environ 20x15cm, tous les exemplaires sont numérotés sur pur fil (la numérotation diffère d'un volume à l'autre), pages non rognées. Dos insolés, bords des couvertures fendillés, haut du dos du tome 7 recollé, couvertures piquées et salies (surtout les tomes 1 à 5), une signature sur le premier plat des tomes 3 et 7, des initiales manuscrites sur la page de faux-titre du tome 11. Intérieurs propres malgré quelques rares rousseurs sur les pages.‎

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‎Les patois lorrains.‎

‎ 1881 Nancy, Grosjean-Maupin Libraire / Paris, Maisonneuve et Cie Editeurs, Académie de Stanislas, 1881, LI-459 pp, avec une carte dépliante in fine, broché, environ 23x14cm, couverture en mauvais état (dont second plat détaché), des rousseurs (surtout sur les premières et les dernières pages), des manques de papier aux jointures et sur les bords de la carte, de petits trous dans la marge des pages. ‎

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‎Lettres de Malaisie. Illustrations de Maurice Becque.‎

‎ Les Editions G. Grès et Cie, coll. Les Maître du Livre, 1922, 1 volume de 13.5x19.5 cm environ, 237 pages, reliure demi chagrin cognac, dos à 3 nerfs orné de titres, roulette et filets dorés, motifs estampés, tranche de tête dorée. Exemplaire N° 974, sur papier de Rives, édition décorée de compositions originales de Maurice Becque, dessinées et gravées sur bois, portrait de l'auteur gravé par Paul Badier. Couverture d'origine conservées. Frottements sur les coins et les angles, bon état pour le reste.‎

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‎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.).""‎

‎Histoires souveraines.‎

‎Bruxelles, Edmond. Deman, 1899. 19 x 26, 269 pp., papier vergé, broché, non coupé, couverture rempliée, bon état (dos défraîchi).‎

‎"Ornementation de Théo Van Rysselberghe; impression sur beau papier."‎

‎L'archéologie devant l'imposture.‎

‎Paris, Robert Laffont, 1976. 16 x 24, 269 pp., 32 figures, 40 illustrations en N/B, broché, bon état.‎

‎La torture par l'espérance, suivi d'autres contes.‎

‎Paris, Georges Crès, Les uvres représentatives, 1933. 14 x 19, 209 pp., demi-reliure large dos/coins cuir à 5 nerfs, dos orné de filets et de dorures, plats : cuir bordé d'un liséré doré, tête dorée, pages de garde beau papier marbré, couverture conservée (3 pièces), très bon état (coins légèrement émoussés).‎

‎"N° 71 sur 275 exemplaires numérotés sur papier bleu lavande de Rives; dessins d'Angelina Beloff."‎

‎"1 : Des femmes et de l'amour. 2 : Le pouvoir de l'amour; 3 : L'art d'aimer; 4 : De l'amour (4 volumes)."‎

‎Genève, Editions de Crémille, 1973. 8 x 12, 4 volumes, 141 + 141 + 141 + 142 pages, quelques illustrations, reliure d'édition tissu bleu richement décoré, tête dorée, sous étui carton imprimé, très bon état.‎

‎Complet en 4 volumes.‎

‎Le marxisme et l'individu, contribution à la philosophie marxiste de l'homme. Sciences politiques.‎

‎Paris, Librairie Armand Colin, 1968. 13 x 21, 271 pp., broché, bon état.‎

‎"Le Christ notre frère. Collection : ""La vie chrétienne""."‎

‎Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1936. 12 x 19, 245 pp., broché, bon état.‎

‎Traduit de l'allemand par E. Ricard.‎

‎Mercure de France : Année 1953 (1er août), N° 1080.‎

‎Paris, Mercure de France, 1953. 14 x 22, 188 pages, broché, bon état.‎

‎Dictionnaire général du Surréalisme et de ses environs (cinéma, concepts, conférences, enquêtes, expositions, groupes, lettres, littérature, manifestes, peinture, poésie, politique, précurseurs, revues, scandales, sculpture, tracts, etc...)‎

‎ Presses Universitaires de France 1982 Presses Universitaires de France, 1982, 464 p., cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette, protégé par son étui muet, environ 27x20cm, bon état.‎

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‎ Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

‎"Catherine François, formes essentielles; catalogue édité à l'occasion de l'exposition au Musée David et Alice Van Buuren, mai - septembre 2007."‎

‎Bruxelles, Musée David et Alice Van Buuren, 2007. 20 x 25, 35 pp., très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, broché, très bon état.‎

‎Clémenceau parle (conversations inédites).‎

‎Paris, Tallandier, 1931. 14 x 22, 91 pp., 1 bandeau et plusieurs lettrines, broché, non coupé, non rogné, impression bicolore brun et noir, couverture rempliée, très bon état (sauf couverture légèrement insolée).‎

‎"N° 1370 sur 1500 exemplaires numérotés sur papier vélin teinté pur fil Lafuma; 12 dessins de Maurisse Toussaint."‎

‎L'humour juif.‎

‎Paris, Denoël, 1966. 18 x 18, 118 pp., reliure d'édition carton imprimé, très bon état.‎

‎Dessins de Thomas Gleb.‎

‎Tribulat Bonhomet.‎

‎ Corti 1967 José Corti, 1967, 254 p., broché, bon état.‎

‎ Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

‎"Recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations; les grands thèmes. Collection : Idées, N° 318."‎

‎Paris Galimard, 1976. 11 x 18, 445 pp., broché, bon état.‎

‎Edité et préfacé par Gérard Mairet.‎