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615 - TUCKER (Josiah) & TURGOT (Anne-Robert-Jacques). Important Qu…
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TUCKER (Josiah) & TURGOT (Anne-Robert-Jacques). Important Questions on Trade, in the context of the objections to the latest Naturalisation Bill. London: Fletcher Gyles, 1755. In-12, marbled tan sheepskin, spine decorated with raised bands, title page in red morocco (contemporary binding). Some scuffs and scratches to the binding. First French edition, containing Turgot’s translation of the second part of Josiah Tucker’s *Reflections on the Expediency of a Law for the Naturalisation of Foreign Protestants*, published in 1751. Bound together with: - [Bellon de Saint-Quentin]. Dissertation on the Slave Trade and Commerce. N.p., 1764, [4]-174 pp. First edition of this work in favour of slavery and the slave trade. INED, 389. The four preliminary leaves are missing. - [Chevrier (François-Antoine)]. *Almanac for People of Wit*, by a man who is no fool [...] Still in London, at the ever-present Mr Jean Nourse’s, 1763, 119–[1] pp. From the revolutionary library of the deputy Paul-Joseph Nicodème, bearing the bookplate ‘Monsieur P.J. Nicodeme, Merchant. In Valenciennes’.
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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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