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599 - MORELLET (André). Treatise on the Current Situation of the E…
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MORELLET (André). Treatise on the Current Situation of the East India Company: second edition, expanded to include a History of the Company from 1723 to the present. Paris, Desaint, 1769. Quarto, 260 pp., xxvj pp., [1] folio of errata, with a fold-out table separate from the text, stiff reused vellum, ribbed spine (contemporary binding). An important physiocratic treatise by Abbé Morellet in favour of abolishing the East India Company’s monopoly and promoting free trade with Asia, whose analyses contributed to the suspension of the Exclusif in 1769. This copy is supplemented by the principal texts of the controversy with Jacques Necker, as well as Bussy’s famous memorandum on the Lally affair and the loss of the French settlements in the Indies, forming a valuable collection on the economic and colonial debates of the late Ancien Régime. (Detailed list of documents available on request.) First edition.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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