Lot n° 16
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[BUTEL-DUMONT]. THÉORIE DU LUXE ou traité dans lequel on ent - Lot 16
[BUTEL-DUMONT]. THÉORIE DU LUXE ou traité dans lequel on entreprend d'établir que le Luxe est un ressort nonseulement utile, mais même indispensablement nécessaire à la prospérité des Etats. S.l., s.n., 1771. 2 volumes of [4] -24-183 and [4] -202-4- [1] pages, speckled half-basane, very ornate smooth spine, red pages (period binding).
"Le superflu, chose très nécessaire" (Voltaire).
ORIGINAL EDITION in which the author sets out to demonstrate that "Luxury or the taste for conveniences is an abundant source of work and civilization, and that all attempts to restrict its use will necessarily have a pernicious effect". A fine copy, despite a worn spine (Coquelin & Guillaumin I, 236) (Barbier IV, 705) (INED, n°886).
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