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Michel Chevalier - On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold. - 1859
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Michel Chevalier - On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold. - 1859

On the probable fall in the value of gold : the commercial and social consequences which may ensue, and the measures which it invites / By Michel Chevalier. Translated from the French, with preface, by Richard Cobden, esq. Published by New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859, Condition: Hardcover in original publisher broad in good condition. First US edition in English, following the original publication in French in the Revue des deux Mondes in 1857. Chevalier's work discusses the nature of money, the prospects for gold production, and the consequences of a fall in the value of gold. Chevalier (1806-1879) and Cobden shared similar opinions, and Chevalier presented Cobden to the French emperor in 1859. In 1860 Chevalier induced Napoleon III to sign a commercial treaty with England, introducing free trade into the public international law of Europe. 211 pages + 4 pages advert. Dimension: 24.0 x 16.0 cm. Please view & used photos for further condition detail. Ship racked & insured.

No. 81850305

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Michel Chevalier - On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold. - 1859

Michel Chevalier - On the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold. - 1859

On the probable fall in the value of gold : the commercial and social consequences which may ensue, and the measures which it invites / By Michel Chevalier.
Translated from the French, with preface, by Richard Cobden, esq.
Published by New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859,

Condition:
Hardcover in original publisher broad in good condition.
First US edition in English, following the original publication in French in the Revue des deux Mondes in 1857.
Chevalier's work discusses the nature of money, the prospects for gold production, and the consequences of a fall in the value of gold. Chevalier (1806-1879) and Cobden shared similar opinions, and Chevalier presented Cobden to the French emperor in 1859. In 1860 Chevalier induced Napoleon III to sign a commercial treaty with England, introducing free trade into the public international law of Europe.
211 pages + 4 pages advert. Dimension: 24.0 x 16.0 cm.

Please view & used photos for further condition detail.
Ship racked & insured.

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