Jean-Henri MARCHAND
La noblesse militaire et commerçante; en réponse aux objections faites par l'auteur de la noblesse militaire.
Chez Duchesne|à Amsterdam • & Paris 1756|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
First edition of these three treatises.
Contemporary full glazed marbled brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 large fleurons. Red morocco title-label. Foot headcap worn. Handsome binding, with uncommon tools.
The quarrel over military and commercial nobility was originally launched by the work of Abbé Coyer who urged the nobility to engage in commerce, this first book was followed by responses, objections and pamphlets throughout the year 1756. Our copy brings together three essays relating to this polemic. We know that the nobility being primitively military, commerce was long considered the work of the lower classes. Abbé Coyer's work had the effect of a b
Contemporary full glazed marbled brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 large fleurons. Red morocco title-label. Foot headcap worn. Handsome binding, with uncommon tools.
The quarrel over military and commercial nobility was originally launched by the work of Abbé Coyer who urged the nobility to engage in commerce, this first book was followed by responses, objections and pamphlets throughout the year 1756. Our copy brings together three essays relating to this polemic. We know that the nobility being primitively military, commerce was long considered the work of the lower classes. Abbé Coyer's work had the effect of a b
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