De la Felicite Publique. Ou Considerations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les Différentes Epoques de l'histoire

De la Felicite Publique. Ou Considerations sur le Sort des Hommes dans les Différentes Epoques de l'histoire

Francois-Jean de Chastellux

Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1772


[Chastellux's Principal Work] First edition. Two volumes, bound as one.  Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards.  Edgewear to cover, corners worn.  Partial split at joints.  All edges red. VI, XVIII, 238 p. ; [6], 216 p.  An economic treatise discussing the importance of an agrarian based society and the role of government in maintaining the people's happiness.  Kress 6846; Gephart 13034. "This work, if out of date in form, is yet full of ideas which would do no discredit to a book of our own times. In particular he discussed the question of the population a quarter of a century earlier than Malthus" (Palgrave 1, 273).  The author, Chastellux (1734-1788) was both a friend of Voltaire and the Encyclopedists, and as a philosopher in his own right.  He served in Rochambeau's army during the American War of Independence, where he became intimately connected with Washington.  Cataloger's note: A copy of this work was in James Madison's library and was influential on the thinking of early American founders.

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