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First Ed. TREATISE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY by Jean Baptiste Say, 1836 - Description: First Edition of A TREATISE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY OR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND CONSUMPTION OF WEALTH by Jean Baptiste Say | Published by Grigg & Elliot, Philadelphia: 1836 (Stereotyped by J. Fagan. Printed by T.K. and P.G. Collins) | Original 8vo. (8.85” H) full leather binding with gold gilt lettering and decoration to intact spine with title label | Interior lightly foxed; 486/488 pp., appears to be missing last double sided page (487 text, 488 Appendix - See photographs) and end-papers | Full Title: A TREATISE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY; or The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth. By Jean-Baptiste Say. Translated from the Fourth Edition of the French, by C.R. Prinsep, M.A. With Notes of the Translator. New American Edition. Containing a Translation of the Introduction, and Additional Notes, by Clement C. Biddle, LL.D. | Clement Cornell Biddle (1784-1855) was the translator and American editor. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1799-1804, and during the War of 1812 he served as Colonel to the first regiment of Volunteer Light Infantry. Author: Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) Medium: Leather Bound Date: 1836