TURGOT, Anne Robert Jacques.

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Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth. First edition of the first translation of this work into English, by William Ashley. This copy contains the 20th-century ownership stamp of Frank William Taussig (1859-1940), who was "one of the founding fathers of economics as both a distinct academic discipline in the United States and as a study of practical value to business and industry" (ANB).

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