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Treatise - SAY (Jean-Baptiste) A TREATISE on Political Economy . Or the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth. Translated from the fourth edition of the french, by C.R. Prinsep with notes by the translator. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. 2 v.; xvi, 488 pp.; vi, 440 pp.; 215 mm. Full calf; heraldic stamp on title-page; clean. Originally published in French in 1803, Jean-Baptiste Say's major work became one of the founding texts of ”classical” political economy, offering a systematic—and remarkably clear—exposition of the mechanisms of production, distribution, and consumption of wealth , with particular attention to the role of the entrepreneur, capital, and the functioning of markets. This 1821 London edition, in two volumes, is the first English edition (translated by C.R. Prinsep from the 4th French edition ), fixing for the Anglophone public many of the formulations for which Say became known—including the famous ”law of markets, ” so debated throughout the 19th century and critically revisited in the 20th century. It is, therefore, a reference title for collectors and scholars of the history of economic thought, both for the influence it exerted on the European and Atlantic liberal tradition and for the work's long editorial history throughout the 19th century. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !