Author: Accarias de Sérionne, J.
Title: La richesse de la Hollande, ouvrage dans lequel on expose, l'origine du commerce & de la puissance des Hollandois; l'accroissement successif de leur commerce & de leur navigation; les causes qui ont contribué à leur progrès, celles qui tendent à leur détruire; & les moyens qui peuvent servir à les relever.
Description: Londres, Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1778. Five Volumes. Contemporary half calf, (XXX)+326; (IV)+368; (IV)+457+1; (IV)+390; (IV)+434+34pp. Ca. 17 x 10 cm.Very important treatise on Dutch history of commerce. Volume five with a "Table des matières" of 34 pages. Spines a bit damaged (two spinelabels gone; top of volume V missing); corners a little bumped; otherwise a good set of an extremely rare publication! A historical treatise on the commerce and trade of the Dutch Republic, the causes of its prosperity in the past, the reasons for its present decline, and the means for recovery. Most bibliographers attribute this book to the French lawyer Accarias de Serionne (170?-1792); (afterwards it is adapted into Dutch by Elie Luzac). Barbier, t. IV, 365. Abusively it has also been attributed to the Dutch jurist, philosopher and bookseller Elie Luzac (1723-1796).

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