Jean-Baptiste Say, Cours Complet & Traité d’Économie Politique 1840–1841

Three Volumes | Paris, Guillaumin | 1840–1841

An attractive matching three-volume collection of the major economic writings of Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832), one of the most influential figures in classical economics and the economist associated with Say's Law.

Published in Paris by Guillaumin as part of the Collection des Principaux Économistes.

Contents

Cours complet d'économie politique pratique
Paris: Guillaumin, 1840. Two volumes.
Second edition, revised by Say and published from his manuscripts with additional notes by his son, Horace Say.

Traité d'économie politique
Paris: Guillaumin, 1841. One volume.
Sixth edition, revised by Say and posthumously published from his manuscripts by Horace Say.

Three volumes in total. Text in French.

Jean-Baptiste Say

Say was a major French classical economist whose writings explored production, consumption, capital, trade, value and entrepreneurship.

His Traité d'économie politique, first published in 1803, became one of the foundational works of nineteenth-century political economy. Say is particularly remembered for Say's Law and for his important treatment of the entrepreneur as a distinct economic actor.

The accompanying Cours complet represents his later and more extensive examination of practical political economy.

Binding & Condition

Uniform nineteenth-century quarter leather bindings with marbled paper boards, gilt spine lettering, rules and decorative devices.

General wear consistent with age, including rubbing and scuffing to the bindings, particularly around the extremities. Internally there is scattered foxing, spotting and age toning.

The three volumes nevertheless present very attractively together and retain considerable period character.

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Why Buy This Set?

An attractive matching collection of two of Jean-Baptiste Say's most important works, published only a few years after his death and edited from his manuscripts by his son.

A particularly appealing set for collectors of economic history, classical economics, the Industrial Revolution, French history and nineteenth-century intellectual thought.

Dimensions (of all 3 volumes):

Weight - 2.72kg

Height - 24cm

Width - 16cm

Thickness - 11cm