€2,000 - €3,000
Major Work on Political Economy
Cantillon (Richard) Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General, Traduit de l'Anglois, Sm. 8vo London (Fletcher Gyles) 1756. Second Edn., wd. cut device on title, & wd. cut head, cont. mottled French calf, raised bands, 6 tooled gilt panels & orig. mor. label. An extremely fine copy. V. Rare. (1)
* One of Cantillon's greatest contributions in the Essai (1755) was his conceptualisation of the role of the entrepreneur. He wrote that 'the entrepreneur buys at a known price to sell at an unknown price' - a one line sentence that is still difficult to surpass.
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