Recherches sur les principes mathématiques de la théorie des richesses. Paris: Chez L. Hachette, Libraire de l’Université Royale de France, Rue Pierre‑Sarrazin, No 12, 1838. [Bound with:] URBAIN, Nestor. Introduction à l’étude de l’économie politique. Paris: Bossange Père, 1835.
Paris: Chez L. Hachette, 1838. First edition of Cournot’s masterpiece, the foundational work of mathematical economics and one of the most remarkable achievements in nineteenth-century social science. With its appearance, Cournot established the analytical framework that would become the basis of modern microeconomic theory. A mathematician by training and Inspector..... More
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