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 bombshell, the contrary argument of a nobility of the sword was defended by the Chevalier d'Arq. The first two essays attempt to find a reasonable solution to this dilemma by examining the principles and theses of the two opposing ideas. The last essay is an essay in satirical tone on the praise of idleness, thus running counter to all the polemic on the functions of the nobility.
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 bombshell, the contrary argument of a nobility of the sword was defended by the Chevalier d'Arq. The first two essays attempt to find a reasonable solution to this dilemma by examining the principles and theses of the two opposing ideas. The last essay is an essay in satirical tone on the praise of idleness, thus running counter to all the polemic on the functions of the nobility.
€500