Essai politique sur le commerce. Nouvelle édition augmentée de sept chapitres, et où les lacunes des éditions précédentes sont remplies.

12mo: [4]-399 pp. (marg. dampstaining in the end).

Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (sl. rubbed, sm. lack to front cover edge, one corner bumped).

First complete edition, augmented with 7 new chapters (1st ed.: 1734). The French economist Melon (1675-1738) was a close associate of John Law and is considered one of the precursors of the Physiocracy movement.
Ref. Kress 4288. - Goldsmiths 7371. - Einaudi 3821.
Prov. [Georges Petit].