Essai Sur Les Monnoies, Ou Réflexions Sur Le Rapport Entre L'Argent Et Les Denrées.

4to. pp. xxi, [3], 220, 188. woodcut ornaments & initials. 1 folding table. contemporary calf, gilt back (very worn, joints cracked, spine ends & corners chipped, some browning & foxing throughout). First Edition. A detailed statistical account dealing principally with the names and weights of the major European currencies and the relation between wages and prices, covering the period from 1002 to 1745. Dupré's presentation and exposition of the theories of John Locke on economic subjects in this work probably played a major role in introducing Locke's views into France. His calculations regarding the population of France and the distribution of land were frequently cited by physiocratic writers. A French economist and statistician, Dupré de Saint-Maur won admission to the French Academy in 1733 for his prose translation of Milton's Paradise Lost (Paris: 1729). Coquelin & Guillaumin I 626 & II 217. Einaudi 1687. Goldsmiths' 8235. Kress 4804. Masui p. 403. Palgrave I p. 654. Stourm p. 42. …