Fables Moral and Political With Large Explications. Translated from the Dutch
by [Court, Pieter de la]
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: S.n., 1703. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. In two volumes. 8vo., full cont. calf, rebacked with a later spine, raised bands, leather spine labels, (28), 381, (17) index; vii, 391, (16)pp. index. Frontispiece. Front board of volume two reattached with archival tape, chip to spine head of volume one, wear to extremities, a very good set. Scarce. Pieter de la Court [1618-1685) was a dutch economist who believed in the early economic importance of free competition. De la Court published his works anonymously on the Dutch Republic, politics, and the history of Holland. Some of these works having been attributed to his brother Jacob. This book contains a series of moral fables, followed by explication of the tale as an interpretation of the economy and politics in Holland and the Netherlands on topics of taxes, the Republic, and Commonwealth.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000179
- Title
- Fables Moral and Political With Large Explications. Translated from the Dutch
- Author
- [Court, Pieter de la]
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- S.n.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1703
- Keywords
- Dutch Fables, Fables, Pieter de La Court
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fables;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Rebacked
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- Raised Band(s)
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