Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : BENTHAM, Jeremy. - Defense de l'usure, or letters sur les inconvenients des lois qui fixent le taux de l'intérêt de l'argent par Jérémie B...

BENTHAM, Jeremy. Defense de l'usure, or letters sur les inconvenients des lois qui fixent le taux de l'intérêt de l'argent par Jérémie Bentham, traduit de l'anglais sur la 4e edition. Suivi d'un mémoire sur les prêts d'argent par Turgot. Et précédé d'une introduction contenant une dissertation sur le prêt à intérêt. Paris: Malher et Compagnie, 1828.

8vo (206 × 125 mm.), pp. [viii], 293, [3] erratum (pp. 34 mis-paginated). Somewhat foxed, edge of pp. 107/8 ragged, occasional pencil annotations to margins. Later green half morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering direct to panels, marbled boards, sprinkled edges. Slightly rubbed. A good copy.

Second French edition. One of Bentham's earliest and most influential publications, the title was first published as Defence of Usury in 1787. Bentham's critique of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations advocates free trade in money and was written in response to reports that the British government was planning to place further restrictions on interest rates.

Chuo D4-11 (but giving pp. 295 plus errata); Goldsmiths’ 25338; Kress C.2013.

£300.00 (equal to approx. US$475.04* or €371.01* for 22 May 2012)

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