PROJET D'UNE DIXME ROYALE: QUI SUPPRIMANT LA TAILLE, LES AYDES, LES DOÜANES D'UNE PROVINCE À L'AUTRE, LES DÉCIMES DU CLERGÉ, LES AFFAIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES
1707. Extremely Rare First Edition, First Issue. In Le Projet d’une Dixme Royale (“Project for a Royal Tithe”), one of the 18th century’s most important writings on political reform, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707) suggested replacing existing taxes, which were unfair and offered limited yield, with a 10% income tax on all land and trade from which no one would be exempt. He substantiated his arguments with an almost unprecedented amount of statistical documentation and, in so doing, pioneered the use of statistics in economics.      $45,000

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