Sale 2468 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 8, 2018

72 73 73 c (ECONOMICS.) Souligné, [-] de. The Desolation of France Demonstrated; or, Evident Proofs that one Half of the People of that Kingdom are destroyed. Two Thirds of its Capital Stock Consumed; And the Nation Reduc’d to such a Condition that it cannot be Restored to the Flourishing State it was in Thirty Years ago [etc.]. [16], 280 pages. 8vo, 185x113 mm, contemporary speckled calf with morocco spine label, bottom of front joint expertly restored; contents clean. Signature of J. Hare dated 1700 on title. London: John Salusbury, 1697 [400/600] first edition of an attack on French economic policy under Louis XIV. Wing S4718. 72 c (ECONOMICS.) Saravia de la Calle, Luis. Instrucion de mercaderes muy provechosa. Title in red and black, with woodcut arms of the dedicatee, Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal, Bishop of Cuenca. 65, [1] leaves. 4to, 194x146 mm, old vellum boards with thong catches and clasps, book block loose in binding; contents toned or browned with scattered foxing and early underscoring and marginalia, title trimmed in blank outer and lower margins. Unidentified branded ownership mark on top edges. (Medina del Campo: Pedro de Castro for Antonio de Urueña, 1547) [800/1,200] Second edition of a 1544 tract on business ethics. Palau 301958.