[PELISSERY (Roch Antoine de)]. Le Caffé politique d'Amsterda - Lot 142

[PELISSERY (Roch Antoine de)]. Le Caffé politique d'Amsterdam, ou Entretiens familiiers d'un François, d'un Anglois, d'un Hollandois, et d'un Cosmopolite, sur les divers intérêts économiques & politiques de la France, de l'Espagne, & de l'Angleterre. Amsterdam, 1776. 2 volumes in-8, marbled calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red title-pieces, marbled edges (Binding of the period). INED, n°3511. First edition, with 8 fold-out tables. Published under the pseudonym Charle [sic], Élie, Denis Roonptsÿ, maître du Caffé. In the form of five lively dialogues, Le Caffé politique sets out the economic debates and international politics of the time. The fifth dialogue, which occupies the entire second volume, is a discussion of Turgot's ruling establishing the liberalization of the grain trade: this ruling gave rise to contrasting reactions, particularly from the Cosmopolite, masque de Pellissery, who criticized the measure. Old note on the title, signed Noel, attributing the work to Necker or Pellissery. One table torn but not missing (t. II, p. 142). A few stains in volume I, book C. Restorations to binding (headbands, spines and corners).