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‎(SCHMID D'AVENSTEIN, G.L.)‎

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‎Principes de la Législation universelle. Tome Premier [- Tome Second].‎

‎A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1776. 2 volumes. xx, 389, (3) pp.; (4), 474, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt with red labels and gilt lettering, red edges. INED 4116; Einaudi A.867; not in Kress; not in Goldsmiths; Leblanc 113; Mattioli 3269. First edition of this very interesting expostion dealing with the laws of society, the relation between men, man and society, natural and positive law, the role of economics, demography, luxury, property, religion, individual liberty, liberty of the press, free speech, etc. etc. and how society should be organized, governed and managed, this is both a work of sociology, economics, politics and legislation seeking the well-being and happiness of societies and population through proper and rational legislation and organization. 'Économie politique. Doctrine plus agrarienne que populationniste, très proche de celle des physiocrates' (INED, giving a long and extensive analysis of the work). There are sections discussing population (Schmid advocates a continuous increase), family life, property (he defends private ownership of land), luxury, religious toleration, (Schmid is in favour), taxation (Schmid favours direct over indirect taxation), commerce (he advocates, among other things, free trade for the colonies and an autonomous government) and war. One of the best expositions of the body of economic thought of the time.Further sections deal with: De l'Autorité souveraine; Des Forces de la Société; Des Rapports d'une Société avec les autres Sociétés; Du bonheur de la Société; Des Loix positives. George-Louis Schmid (or Schmidt), born in Avenstein in 1720, entered the service of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar and retired in 1757 to Nyon in the Vaud. He had close relations with Voltaire, Diderot and d'Alembert and the other leading philosophes of the 18th century. He belonged, together with authors such as Rillet de Saussure, Delolme and Iselin to a group of important Swiss authors actively participating in the European debates of those days and historians now believe that Swiss authors like these were unique in their attempts to reconcile traditional republican and Christian standards of social justice with the imperatives of economic growth. For this reason, they came to occupy a central position in European debates and the essay competitions of the Economic Society of Bern were closely watched elsewhere in Europe. - Some occasional browning. An excellent copy of a scarce work. ‎


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‎"SCHMID D'AVENSTEIN, Georges-Louis;"‎

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‎Principes de la Législation universelle.‎

‎Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1776 2 volumes in-8 de XX, 389, (3) pp. - (2) ff., 474 pp., (1) f., demi-basane, dos lisse orné de palettes et de fleurons dorés, tranches marbrées (reliure du début du XIXe siècle).‎


‎"Édition originale de ce vaste traité qui exerça une influence décisive sur Benjamin Constant. Argovien, sujet de la République de Berne, Georges-Louis Schmid (1720-1805) dit d'Avenstein - du nom de son village natal - , fut d'abord au service de la cour de Weimar, conseiller de légation ""employé à l'inspection de l'éducation du jeune duc"". De retour en Suisse après 1756, il se consacra à l'écriture et spécifiquement à l'économie politique. Fixé à Nyon dans les années 1770, c'est là qu'il rédige en français son grand ouvrage, Les Principes de la législation universelle. ""Dédiés à son ancien élève, le duc régnant de Saxe-Weimar, les Principes constituent un exposé de la doctrine physiocratique, système étendu à presque tous les domaines de la vie en société, comme aux relations des sociétés entre elles. Pour lui la législation embrasse un champ plus vaste que celui qui lui est ordinairement assigné. La science de la législation se fonde uniquement sur les rapports de l'homme avec la nature et la société, soit donc sur les lois universelles, invariables, éternelles qui leur sont prescrites, et en fin de compte sur l'ordre naturel dont le XVIIIe siècle devait la révélation à la physiocratie"" (P. Cordey, ""Benjamin Constant, Gaetano Filangieri et la Science de la Législation"", Revue Européenne des sciences sociales, Benjamain Constant, 1980, n° 50, pp. 57-58). Bel exemplaire. I.N.E.D., 4116."‎

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