COURNOT ON THE NATURE OF WEALTH. COURNOT, AUGUSTIN. 1801-1877. Principes de la theorie des riche...

COURNOT ON THE NATURE OF WEALTH. COURNOT, AUGUSTIN. 1801-1877. Principes de la theorie des richesses. Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1863. 8vo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards, marbled paper endpapers. Custom cloth folding case. WITH: Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth. New York: Macmillan, 1897. 12mo. Publisher's green cloth gilt, owner's name in ink. FIRST EDITION of his systematic treatment expressing the doctrine of his mathematical theory of wealth, taken from his groundbreaking (but little understood) 1838 Recherches sur les principes mathematiques de la theorie des richesses. In his Principes, Cournot elaborates his economic theories to produce a systematic expression of political economy. Cournot 'must be considered the true founder of mathematical economics' (DSB), and his work would be rediscovered and elaborated upon by Jevons and Walras. With the FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of his Researches, including an important biography by Irving Fisher and a bibliography of works. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing