Introduction

I have named my collection of classic works about liberty and power the "Guillaumin Collection" in honour of the French publishing firm run by Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin (1801-64) and his two daughters Félicité and Pauline, which published some 2,359 economics books, journals, dictionaries, and encyclopedias between 1837 and 1910, and thus played a central role in the emergence of the “Paris School” of political economy. [On the Guillaumin firm and a full list of their titles see "Gilbert-Urbain Guillaumin (1801-64) and the Guillaumin Publishing Firm (1837-1910)" <http://davidmhart.com/liberty/FrenchClassicalLiberals/Guillaumin/index.html> and and the "Appendix on the publishing history of the Guillaumin form (1837-1910)" in my paper on "The Paris School of Political Economy" <http://davidmhart.com/liberty/Papers/ParisSchool/index.html#app3>.

The books in the "Guillaumin Collection" are some of the most important works in the development of the classical liberal / libertarian tradition (see the full collection here <http://davidmhart.com/liberty/Books/index.html>. My aim is to create a “near replica” of the original classic text which can be used for scholarly purposes, either by being read online or downloaded for personal use. The texts are in their original language (English, French, German, Italian, and Latin), and are based upon either the first edition (such as Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776) ) or the last edition published in the author's lifetime (such as Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (the 1st ed. appeared in 1759; the final revised edition appeared in 1790)). In addition, there is a facsimile PDF of the original text for those who wish to see an “actual replica” of the text.

These books have been more richly coded and have some features which other titles in the “Digital Library of Liberty and Power” do not have, such as

1. the original page numbers of the text (the traditional way in which scholars would cite a passage)
2. a unique paragraph ID number which allows the “citation tool” to grab the ID number and create a “citation” for that paragraph. There is a short version which just has the URL for that paragraph (the “anchor” symbol), and a long version which has the full bibliographic information for the text as well as the URL for that paragraph (the “star” symbol). For more information about this see the "Guide to Using the Citation Tool" and the more detailed description of the features of the Guillaumin Collection and the sources of the original texts.
3. an easier to read format for these texts in the main section of the Library. The aim is to make these rather dense texts more readable online. The texts are now 600px wide (instead of 750 which was the standard previously), there is more spacing between the lines and the paragraphs, and the background colour is an off-white (based on the ideas of Edward Tufte).

The books are available in a variety of formats:

• facsimile PDF so you can see what the original text looked like
• an enhanmved HTML version
• various eBook formats: HTML, text-based PDF, and ePub (available from the Guillaumin Collection main page <http://davidmhart.com/liberty/Books/index.html>
• a zipped file which contain all the texts and the code needed to use the citation tool

Economics Titles in the Guillaumin Collection (September 2024) (46)

1. Richard Cantillon, Essai sur la nature du commerce en général. Traduit de l’anglois. (A Londres, chez Fletcher Gyles, dans Holborn. M.DCC. LV. (1755).
2. Turgot, Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (1766).
3. Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. By Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. In Two Volumes. (London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in The Strand, MDCCLXXVI (1776)).
   1. Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, edited with an Introduction, Notes, Marginal Summary and an Enlarged Index by Edwin Cannan (London: Methuen, 1904). 2 vols.
4. Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Le Commerce et le Gouvernement, Considérés Relativement l'un à l'autre. Ouvrage Élémentaire, Par M. L'abbé de Condillac, de L'Académie Françoise, & Membre de la Société Royale d'Agriculture d'Orléans. (A Amsterdam, Et se trouve à Paris, Chez Jombert & Cellot, Libraires, rue Dauphine. M. DCC. LXXVI. (1776)).
5. Jean-Baptiste Say, Traité d’Économie Politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses. Par Jean-Baptiste Say, Membre du Tribunat (De L’imprimerie De Crapelet. À Paris, An XI —1803). Two volumes.
   1. Jean-Baptiste Say, Traité d’économie politique ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent et se consomment les richesses. Sixième édition entièrement revue par l'auteur, et publiée sur les manuscrits qu'il a laissés, par Horace Say, son fils (Paris: Guillaumin, 1841).
6. James Mill, Commerce Defended. An answer to the arguments by which Mr. Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and others, have attempted to prove that commerce is not a source of national wealth. By James Mill, Esq. Author of an Essay on the Impolicy of a Bounty on the Exportation of Corn. (London: Printed for C. and R. Baldwin, New Bridge-street. 1808).
7. Benjamin Constant, Commentaire sur l’ouvrage de Filangieri par M. Benjamin Constant (Paris: Chez P. Dufort, Librairie, Quai Voltaire, no. 19, M. DCCCXXII (1822)). Vol. 1. Deuxième partie. (Paris: Chez P. Dufort, Librairie, Quai Voltaire, no. 19, M. DCCCXXIV (1824)). Vol. 2.
8. Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Traité d'économie Politique. Par M. Le Comte Destutt de Tracy, Pair de France, Membre de L'institut de France, et de la Société Philosophique de Philadelphie. (Paris, Chez Mmes Bouguet et Lévi, Libraires, Quai des Augustins, No. 23, 1823).
9. Charles Dunoyer, Nouveau traité d’économie sociale, ou simple exposition des causes sous l’influence desquelles les hommes parviennent à user de leurs forces avec le plus de LIBERTÉ, c’est-à-dire avec le plus FACILITÉ et de PUISSANCE (Paris: Sautelet et Mesnier, 1830). 2 vols.
10. John Stuart Mill, Essays On Some Unsettled Questions Of Political Economy (London: John W. Parker, 1844).
11. Frédéric Bastiat, Cobden et la ligue, ou l’Agitation anglaise pour la liberté du commerce (Paris: Guillaumin, 1845). “Introduction,” pp. i-xcvi.
12. Frédéric Bastiat, Sophismes économiques. Par M. Frédéric Bastiat, Membre du Conseil général des Landes (Paris: Guillaumin, 1846).
13. Frédéric Bastiat, Sophismes économiques. Par M. Frédéric Bastiat. Membre correspondant de l’Institut et du Conseil général des Landes. Deuxième Série. (Paris: Guillaumin, 1848).
14. Adolphe Thiers, De la Propriété (Paris: Lheureux et Cie., 1848).
    1. Adolphe Thiers, The Rights of Property: A Refutation of Communism & Socialism (London : R. Groombridge & Sons, 1848). Unknown translator.
15. Gustave de Molinari, Les Soirées de la rue Saint-Lazare; entretiens sur les lois économiques et défense de la propriété (Paris: Guillaumin, 1849).
16. Frédéric Bastiat, L’État. Maudit Argent. Par M. Frédéric Bastiat, Représentant du Peuple. Membre Correspondant de L'institut, et du Conseil Général des Landes. (Paris: Guillaumin et Ce, 1849.)
17. Frédéric Bastiat, Ce qu’on voit et ce qu’on ne voit pas, ou l’Économie politique en une leçon. Par M. F. Bastiat. Représentant du Peuple à l’Assemblée Nationale, Membre correspondant de l’Institut (Paris: Guillaumin, 1850).
18. Frédéric Bastiat, Harmonies économiques. 2me Édition. Augmentée des manuscrits laissés par l’auteur. Publiée par la Société des amis de Bastiat. (Paris: Guillaumin, 1851).
19. Gustave de Molinari, Cours d’économie politique, professé au Musée royal de l’industrie belge, 2 vols. 2nd revised and enlarged edition (Bruxelles et Leipzig: A Lacroix, Ver Broeckoven; Paris: Guillaumin, 1863).
20. Frédéric Bastiat, Œuvres Complètes de Frédéric Bastiat. Mises en Ordre, Revues et Annotées d’après les manuscrits de l’auteur. Deuxième Édition. (Paris: Guillaumin et Cie Libraires, 1862-64). 7 vols.
    • Tome Premier. Correspondance, Mélanges (1862) ; Tome Deuxième. Le Libre-Échange (1862) ; Vol. 3 "Cobden et la ligue" is not included as most of it consists of translations from the English by Bastiat. We do have his Introduction from the 1st ed. of 1845. ; Tome Quatrième: Sophismes Économiques, Petits Pamphlets I (1863). We also have online the 1st ed. of 1846 (see above). ; Tome Cinquième. Sophismes Économiques Petits Pamphlets II [1er Édition] (1854). Note: this volume comes from the 1st ed. but it seems to be identical to the 2nd ed. We also have online the 1st ed. of 1848 (see above). ; Vol. 6 "Harmonies Économiques" is not included here as we have the 2nd ed. of 1851 (see above).
      Tome Septième. Essais - Ébauches - Correspondance (1864)
21. William Edward Hearn, Plutology or the Theory of the Efforts to Satisfy Human Wants (Melbourne: George Robertson, 1863; London: Macmillan and Co., 1864).
22. Richard Cobden, Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden, M.P. Edited by John Bright &amp; J.E. Thorold Rogers. With a Preface and Appreciation by J. E. Thorold Rogers and an Appreciation by Goldwin Smith. In Two Volumes. (London: T. Fisher Unwin, MCMVIII 1908). First edition 1870. Third edition 1908.
23. John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic Ratiocinative and Inductive. Being a connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. In Two Volumes. Seventh Edition (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, And Dyer, MDCCCLXVIII (1868)). 1st ed. 1843.
24. John Stuart Mill, Essays On Some Unsettled Questions Of Political Economy (London: John W. Parker, 1844).
25. John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy. By John Stuart Mill. In Two Volumes. Seventh Edition. (London: Longmans, Green, Reader And Dyer, 1871).
26. Carl Menger, Grundsätze der Volkswirthschaftslehre (Wien: Braumüller, 1871).
27. Carl Menger, Untersuchungen über die Methode der Socialwissenschaften und der politischen Oekonomie insbesondere (Leipzig: Verlag von Duncker & Humboldt, 1883)
28. Henry George, Protection or Free Trade: An Examination of the Tariff Question with Especial Regard to the Interests of Labor (New York: Henry George & Co., 1886).
29. Gustave de Molinari, Les Lois naturelles de l'économie politique (Paris: Guillaumin, 1887).
30. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, The Modern State in relation to Society and the Individual (London : S. Sonnenschein & co., 1891). Trans. A.C. Morant. A translation of the first French edition of 1890.
    1. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, L’État moderne et ses fonctions. 4e édition. Revue et augmentée (Paris: Félix Alcan et Guillaumin, 1911).
31. Eugen Richter, Sozialdemokratische Zukunftsbilder. Frei nach Bebel. Verlag „Fortschritt-Aktiengesellschaft“ (Berlin, November 1893).
    1. Eugen Richter, Pictures of the Socialistic Future (Freely adapted from Bebel), trans. Henry Wright, Introduction by Thomas Mackay (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1907).
32. Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, "Zum Abschluss des Marxschen Systems" in Staatswissenschaftliche Arbeiten. Festgaben für Karl Knies zur fünfundsiebzigsten Wiederkehr seines Geburtstages in dankbaren Vehehring. Otto v. Boenigk (Hrsg.) (Berlin: O. Haering, 1896), S. 87-205.
33. Gustave de Molinari, Esquisse de l'organisation politique et économique de la société future (Paris: Guillaumin et cie., 1899).
34. Ludwig Von Mises, Die Entwicklung des Gutsherrlich-Bäuerlichen Verhältnisses in Galizien (1772-1848) (Wien und Leipzig: Franz Deuticke, 1902). Wiener Staatswissenschaftliche Studien herausgegeben von Edmund Bernatzik und Eugen von Philippovich in Wien. Vierter Band. Zweites Heft.
35. Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, Collectivism: A study of some of the leading social questions of the day, by Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, tr. and abridged by Sir Arthur Clay (New York : E. P. Dutton, 1908). The 1st French edition was published in 1884.
36. Philip H. Wicksteed, The Common Sense of Political Economy, including a Study of the Human Basis of Economic Law (London: Macmillan and Co., 1910).
37. Ludwig Mises, Nation, Staat und Wirtschaft. Beiträge zur Politik und Geschichte der Zeit (1919).
38. Friedrich von Wieser, Das Gesetz der Macht (Wien: Verlag von Julius Springer, 1926).
39. Ludwig von Mises, Liberalismus (Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1927).
40. Ludwig Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus. Zweite, umgearbeitete Auflage (Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1932) [1st edition 1922].
    1. Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Translated by J. Kahane B.Sc. (Econ.) New Edition, Enlarged With An Epilogue (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951). First edition London: Jonathan Cape, 1936.
41. Ludwig von Mises, Nationalökonomie: Theorie des Handlens und Wirtschaftens (Genf: Editions Union, 1940).