(OUDERMEULEN, C. VAN DER.)

Recherches sur le Commerce, ou Idées rélatives aux intérêts des différens Peuples de l'Europe.

      A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey (vol. 4: Chez S.N. van Vlissingue), 1778 (vols. 1-2)-1779 (vol. 3)-1784 (vol. 4). With 5 engraved plates and 10 engraved folding tables and maps. 4 volumes. xvi, 234 pp.; (8), 200 pp.; (4), 250 pp.; vi, 268 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf with gilt ornamental border on sides, spines gilt with raised bands, all edges gilt (very slightly rubbed). Kress B.137; Goldsmiths 11748; INED 3424; not in Einaudi; not in Mattioli. First edition. - INED erroneously lists as dates 1778-1779; a title-edition appeared in 1791 at D.J. Changuion. Somewhat browned throughout, but a fine copy of a rare work. 'Histoire financière: monnaies, prix et salaires, banques, circulation monétaire, usure, monts-de-piété, cours de l'intérêt, etc., principalement en France, Angleterre et Hollande' (INED). Cornelis van der Oudermeulen was administrator of the Dutch East India Company from 1769-1788, served at the board of Directors of the West Indian Colonies in 1792 and was Director of the colony of Surinam.'Les deux ouvrages suivants (among which the present one), ..... , sont très estimés (Coquelin et Guillaumin, vol. ii, p. 300).