POIVRE (PIERRE). - Lot 122

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POIVRE (PIERRE). - Lot 122
POIVRE (PIERRE). Journeys of a philosopher. Paris, at Du Pont, year II (1794). In-12 de (4), XCIV, (2), 202 pp., bradel cartonnage moderne (P. Loutrel). Appointed in 1767 Intendant of the Islands of France and Bourbon, Poivre developed the cultivation of fine spices imported from India and the Moluccas, softened the fate of the slaves and put an end to the excesses of the slave trade. Strongly influenced by the physiocrats, his report contains interesting remarks on agriculture and taxation in the countries visited, West coasts of Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Ile de France, Ile Bourbon, India, South-East Asia, China, America... The work was published in 1768 and analysed by Dupont de Nemours that same year in Ephémérides, volume I. This edition, the third, is enriched by the Notice on the life of the author which the same Dupont had published in 1786. A large copy with margins and witnesses. INED, 3616 (for the second edition); Sabin, 63719.
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