The analysis of trade, commerce, coin, bullion, banks, and foreign exchanges. : Wherein the true principles of this useful knowledge are fully but briefly laid down and explained, to give a clear idea of their happy consequences to society, when well regulated taken chiefly from a manuscript of a very ingenious gentleman deceas'd, and adapted to the present situation of our trade and commerce. By Philip Cantillon, late of the city of London, merchant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cantillon, Richard, -1734.

Contributor:

Cantillon, Philip.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Éssai sur la nature du commerce en général. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commerce--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Commerce.

Economics--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Economics.

Foreign exchange--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Foreign exchange.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xxiv,215 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author, and sold by Mr. Lewis in Covent-Garden; Mr. Goddart in Duke-Street, Lincolns-Inn-Fields; Mr. Vaillant in the Strand; Mrs. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row; and Mr. Brackestone in Cornhill, MDCCLIX. [1759]

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A very ingenious gentleman deceas'd=Richard Cantillon.

A loose translation of the 'Essai sur le commerce', with an original preface by Philip Cantillon (DNB).

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Price in square brackets: (Price Five Shillings.)

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from University of London's Goldsmiths' Library.

Cited in:

New Palgrave, a dictionary of Economics, v.1, McMillan 1987

English Short Title Catalog, T116397.

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