[Rarebooks] fa: CARTAS CRITICAS del ABATE MATANEGUI - Economics -1793

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, along with several others of a similar ilk, auctions  
ending Oct. 19...

[José Antonio Managat:] Cartas Críticas del Abate Matanegui, por las  
que se conocen los errores que cometen los hombres con más frequencia.  
Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1793. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover 8vo (21 x 15cm)  
in full calf binding with gilt-stamped spine; marbled endpapers; [8] +  
272 pp.

Binding with a few scuffs and bumps to the corners; some foxing to the  
title-page; a few occasional small spots; otherwise contents are very  
clean, crisp and fresh, binding is firm. An exceptional copy of an  
uncommon title: we find no other copies available on any bookdealer  
databases and OCLC locates only 4 copies in the U.S."Matanegui  
endeavoured to discover the causes of the sluggish growth of the  
Spanish economy. Its potential for growth could be estimated by  
comparing the country‘s population with its area. Matanegui calculated  
that not only had Spain‘s population been declining since Roman times  
but that it was a long way from optimum numbers...

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Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.