1812, ISBN: 0e862088023ecaac2a8e1effb1508fcd

'BOTH IN STYLE AND IN MATTER ONE OF THE MOSTMASTERLY OF [HIS] ECONOMICAL WRITINGS'POWERFULLY INFLUENTIAL ARGUMENT FOR REFORM first Irish edition 12mo. [8 (half-title, title, content… Altro …

'BOTH IN STYLE AND IN MATTER ONE OF THE MOSTMASTERLY OF [HIS] ECONOMICAL WRITINGS'POWERFULLY INFLUENTIAL ARGUMENT FOR REFORM first Irish edition 12mo. [8 (half-title, title, contents)], 232pp., contemporary tan calf, smooth spine panelled by blind rolls, red morocco title label, small patch of silverfish damage (leather eaten away) on front board near head of front joint, else a very nice fresh copy.Contemporary signature "J. Rochfort" at head of title page and with the contemporary armorial bookplate of John Rochfort on front endpaper.ESTC t101730 Goldsmith's-Kress 13615This work, first published in London in 1787, Bentham's "first important economical work, is a series of lively letters (written from Russia in 1787), in which he appeals to Adam Smith to apply his principles consistently, and withdraw his sanction from 'legal restraints on pecuniary bargains'. He contents that no man should be forbidden to make his own terms in a bargain relating to money, any more than any other bargains. He tries to prove, by closely reasoned arguments, that, when the legislature fixes a maximum rate of interest, it does not benefit the right persons, while it corrupts the public by multiplying temptations to law-breaking. He proceeds on the general principle that every man is the best judge of his own interest, and it is for the public good that he should be left free to seek it. Bentham was one of the first economical writers who were completely emancipated from the old prejudices against lending of money at interest; and he combats not only the old arguments against usury, but Adam Smith's special plea that, without a legal maximum, money would pass from sober people to the prodigals and projectors. The prodigals, said Bentham, would not get it, and the projectors ought to get it. As Adam Smith himself has frequently remarked, all industrial progress depends on the formation of new industrial schemes, or, in other words, on the work of projectors. In hindering projectors, therefore, we are hindering the public good. So argued Bentham; and Adam Smith is said to have confessed .. that in this point the disciple had bettered the instruction of his master. Both in style and in matter this is one of the most masterly of Bentham's economical writings" [Palgrave Dictionary of Political Economy].Apparently the signature and bookplate of John Rochfort (1735 - 1812) of Clogrenane. Co. Carlow with that family's coat of arms and crest but with a different motto from usual. Both his father and son, also both John, were members of the Irish parliament as were many other members of the family over several generations., Printed for Messrs. D. Williams, Colles, White, Byrne, Lewis, Jones and Moore, 1788, 0<

1788, ISBN: 0e862088023ecaac2a8e1effb1508fcd

[SC: 19.0], [PU: Printed for Messrs D. Williams, Colles, White, Byrne, Lewis, Jones, and Moore, Dublin], In 16 (cm 10,5 x 16,5), pp. (6)Â+Â232. Firma di possesso e data manoscritte al fro… Altro …

[SC: 19.0], [PU: Printed for Messrs D. Williams, Colles, White, Byrne, Lewis, Jones, and Moore, Dublin], In 16 (cm 10,5 x 16,5), pp. (6)Â+Â232. Firma di possesso e data manoscritte al frontespizio. Pagine brunite. Legatura novecentesca in mezza pelle. Seconda edizione (edizione originale Londra, 1787) di quest'opera sull'usura in cui Bentham polemizza con Adam Smith che insisteva sulla necessita' di introdurre un 'tasso-soglia' usurario, unÂlimite cioe' agli interessi sui prestiti in modo da evitare le iniziative imprudenti e favorire un uso del denaro produttivo. Bentham invece riteneva che limitando per legge i tassi di interesse si scoraggiassero gli investimenti piu' rischiosi che erano pero' anche i piu' redditizi. Bentham, filosofo, giurista ed economista inglese (Londra 1748-1832), fu esponente di un liberalismo che investiva vari campi del vivere civile inclusa l'economia. Bentham afferma infatti, in una delle lettere indirizzate a George Wilson, destinatario insieme a Smith delle lettere che compongono l'opera, che "l'interesse, cosi' come l'amore e la religione, e tante belle altre cose del genere, debbano essere libere". Ci sonoÂcose che vanno, secondo il filosofo, lasciate libere dalla regolazione giuridica: egli ha in mente un sistema composto da varie liberta'. ITA<

1788, ISBN: 0e862088023ecaac2a8e1effb1508fcd

[SC: 19.0], [PU: Printed for Messrs D. Williams, Colles, White, Byrne, Lewis, Jones, and Moore, Dublin], In 16 (cm 10,5 x 16,5), pp. (6)Â+Â232. Firma di possesso e data manoscritte al fro… Altro …

[SC: 19.0], [PU: Printed for Messrs D. Williams, Colles, White, Byrne, Lewis, Jones, and Moore, Dublin], In 16 (cm 10,5 x 16,5), pp. (6)Â+Â232. Firma di possesso e data manoscritte al frontespizio. Pagine brunite. Legatura novecentesca in mezza pelle. Seconda edizione (edizione originale Londra, 1787) di quest'opera sull'usura in cui Bentham polemizza con Adam Smith che insisteva sulla necessita' di introdurre un 'tasso-soglia' usurario, unÂlimite cioe' agli interessi sui prestiti in modo da evitare le iniziative imprudenti e favorire un uso del denaro produttivo. Bentham invece riteneva che limitando per legge i tassi di interesse si scoraggiassero gli investimenti piu' rischiosi che erano pero' anche i piu' redditizi. Bentham, filosofo, giurista ed economista inglese (Londra 1748-1832), fu esponente di un liberalismo che investiva vari campi del vivere civile inclusa l'economia. Bentham afferma infatti, in una delle lettere indirizzate a George Wilson, destinatario insieme a Smith delle lettere che compongono l'opera, che "l'interesse, cosi' come l'amore e la religione, e tante belle altre cose del genere, debbano essere libere". Ci sonoÂcose che vanno, secondo il filosofo, lasciate libere dalla regolazione giuridica: egli ha in mente un sistema composto da varie liberta'. ITA<

1796, ISBN: 0e862088023ecaac2a8e1effb1508fcd

[SC: 11.7], [PU: Philadelphia: printed for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796], BOOKS ECONOMICS & SOCIAL SCIENCES NOISBN, First American edition, originally published in London in 1787… Altro …

[SC: 11.7], [PU: Philadelphia: printed for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796], BOOKS ECONOMICS & SOCIAL SCIENCES NOISBN, First American edition, originally published in London in 1787. The Defence of Usury was written during Bentham's stay in Russia, and takes the form of letters to a friend from "Crichoff, in White Russia". The work expounds the characteristic Benthamite economic principle that no adult of sound mind acting freely and aware of the circumstances, should be hindered from making any bargain that he sees fit to make; it is thus "an attempt to out-Smith Smith" in hostility to state intervention in economic life (Ross Harrison in The New Palgrave I, 228). "The Monthly Review, spoke of the book as 'a gem of the finest water' while Adam Smith pronounced it to be the work of a superior man, adding that he thought the author was in the right. 'He has given me some hard knocks', Dr. Smith is reported to have said; 'but in so handsome a manner that I cannot complain'" (Atkinson, Jeremy Bentham, p. 82). Chuo D4.4. Duodecimo in 6s (147 x 88 mm). Contemporary tree sheep, flat spine ruled gilt, red morocco label. Complete with terminal advertisment leaf. Front joint skilfully restored, corners a little worn. Ownership inscription at head of title and following leaf cut away; a very good copy.<