SAINT-PIERRE, Abbé Castel de

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SAINT-PIERRE, Abbé Castel de
Project of tariffed size. Pour faire cesser les maux que causent en France les disproportions ruineuses dans les répartions de la taille arbitraire.- Tome second.- Supplément. Paris, Emery, Saugrain & Pierre Martin, 1723. 3 parts in 1 volume in-4 (247 x 183 mm) of 5 ff.n.ch., 210 pp., 1 f.n.ch. (errata), 1 f.n.ch., 117, 29 pp. and 1 f.n.ch. brown calf, spine ribbed, foot panel decorated with the dolphin roulette, red edges (contemporary binding). First complete edition (the original edition of 1717 included only 115 pages and was published under the title Mémoire sur l' établissement de la taille proportionnelle). The taille was the main direct tax of the Ancien Régime, concerning the overwhelming majority of the population. This work of the abbot of Saint- Pierre was very much influenced by that of Vauban. A very good copy, complete with the rare supplement. Minor wear to the binding, scattered foxing.
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