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Paris: Guillaumis Et C Libraries, 1848. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. QUETELET, Adolphe. Du Système social et des lois qui le régissent. Paris: Guillaumis Et C Libraries, 1848. 1 blank leaf + half-title + TP+ half-title + [vii] - xvi = preface + [i] - v = introduction + [7] - 360 + 1 blank leaf. Octavo. First Edition in original wrappers. Scarce first edition of this seminal work, Du Système social et des lois qui le régissent (The Social System and the Laws that Govern It) was printed by Guillaumis in a very small number of copies. "This work is inspired by the lessons that Quetelet gave to the princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He studies social phenomena in their development. Continuation of his studies on man and on the social state (...), he takes up and completes his theory of the 'average man' and shows that the law of accidental causes is a general law which applies to individuals as well as to peoples (...) He lays the groundwork for a sociology and of a philosophy of history and… Read More

Paris: Bachelier, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Origins of Social Physics QUETELET, Adolphe. Sur l'Homme et le Développement de ses Facultés, ou Essai de Physique Sociale. Paris: Bachelier, 1835. Vol I: Half-title + TP + [i] - xii + [1] - 327 + 2 folding plates; Vol II: Half-title + TP + [i] - viii + [1] - 327 + 4 folding plates. 2-volume octavo. First Edition. Adolphe Quetelet’s most significant work, Sur l'homme et le developpement des ses facultes (On Man and the Development of His Faculties), presents his revolutionary idea of “social physics.” Quetelet’s treatise quickly became an influential work that served as a foundational text for positivism. Quetelet sought to establish a science for human behavior by understanding the “average” man and uncovering the causal impacts on human activity. His application of a mathematical method and statistical theories to what is perceived to be “free” choice advanced a form of determinism especially in relation to “moral”… Read More