| Item Description: | "Contains all the 12 discourses. The first of a set of 5 vols. ... with the general title "Discours politiques". The translator was Eleazar de Mauvillon ..."--T.E. Jessop. A bibliography of David Hume (London, 1938), p. 24. - "Ouvrages sur le commerce, les finances, &c. qui ont paru depuis deux à trois ans." v. 2. p. [315]-324. - Bolingbroke's work (v. 2) translated by Jean Bernard Le Blanc, and the Discourse prononcés au Parlement d'Angleterre translated by Francois Vincent Toussaint, Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes. - Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 9200.100. - Includes bibliographical references. - RLIN, CTRG94-B2208. - Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University. - The Discours of Hume comprise only v. 1. of this set, and were translates by Éléazer de Mauvillon, Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes. Vols. 2-5 consist of short works by other authors, issued by the publisher as a continuing series under the title Discours politiques. Cf. v. 2, Avertissement des libraires. - The Disocurse prononés au Parlement d'Angleterre originally appeared in Recueil d'actes et de pièces concernant le commerce des divers pays de l'Europe, 1754. Cf. Michaud, L.G. Biographie universelle. - Vol. 1: 1761; v. 2: 1756; v.3: 1756; v.4: 1757; v.5: 1757. - Vols. 1 and 2 bound together |
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