The Digital Library of Liberty & Power
incorporating the Guillaumin Collection of the Great Books of Liberty
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) was one of the leading advocates for free trade in France in the 1840s. He was also a populariser of free market ideas in works like Economic Sophisms (1846, 1848). He developed a theory of plunder and class analysis and wrote an unfinished treatise on economics Economic Harmonies (1850-51).
| No. | Title Page | Author | The Work | Year | Discipline | Collection |
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Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, "Introduction" to Cobden and the League, or the English Movement for the Liberty of Commerce. Translated and with Notes by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: A translation of Frédéric Bastiat, Cobden et la ligue, ou l’Agitation anglaise pour la liberté du commerce (Paris: Guillaumin, 1845). “Introduction,” pp. i-xcvi. See the original French in facsimile PDF and [HTML]. |
1845 | Economics | Guillaumin; Translation |
| 2 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
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).
Editor's Note: See also the bilingual edition: Frédéric Bastiat, What is Seen and What is Not Seen, or Political Economy in One Lesson. A Bilingual Edition translated and edited by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2026). |
1850 | Economics | Guillaumin |
| 3 | |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, Cobden et la ligue, ou l’Agitation anglaise pour la liberté du commerce (Paris: Guillaumin, 1845). “Introduction,” pp. i-xcvi.
Editor's Note: See the translation: Frédéric Bastiat, "Introduction" to Cobden and the League, or the English Movement for the Liberty of Commerce. Translated and with Notes by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025). In HTML. |
1845 | Economics | Guillaumin |
| 4 | |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) (2020). —
Editor's Note: One of my Special Projects is the Bastiat Project which consists of putting online the works of Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), as well anthologies and translations I have done, and papers I have written. This sortable table lists 329 articles, pamphlets, and books, as well as 215 letters with links to the individual items where they available. [HTML]. |
1822 | Economics; Political Thought; Sociology | Collected Works |
| 5 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
A Comparative Edition of Frédéric Bastiat's essay on "The State" (1848-49). Translated, edited, and with an Introduction by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: This is a translation of the various versions of Bastiat's essay "L'État" which appeared between 1848-49. It contains the three versions in both French and English with an introduction and notes. The longest and definitive version was the one which appeared as a pamphlet in 1849: 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). See the original French version in facs. PDF and [HTML]. |
1848 | Political Thought | Anthology; Guillaumin; Translation |
| 6 | |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
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.)
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1849 | Economics | Guillaumin |
| 7 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, Harmonies économiques. 2me Édition. Augmentée des manuscrits laissés par l’auteur. Publiée par la Société des amis de Bastiat. (Paris: Guillaumin, 1851).
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1850 | Economics | Guillaumin |
| 8 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, The Law: The Students Edition. Translated, edited, and with Notes by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
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1850 | Law; Political Thought | Guillaumin; Translation |
| 9 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, Lettres d’un habitant des Landes (Paris: A. Quantin, 1877).
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1877 | Political Thought | Guillaumin |
| 10 | |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
La Loi. Par M. F. Bastiat. Membre correspondent de l'Institut. représentant du peuple a l'assemblée nationale. (Paris: Librairie de Guillaumin et C ie, 1850).
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1850 | Law; Political Thought | Guillaumin |
| 11 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
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.
Editor's Note: The 1st ed. in 6 vols. was published between 1854-55. The 2nd ed. with 7 vols. came in 1862-64. |
1845 | Economics; Political Thought | Guillaumin |
| 12 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Sophismes économiques. Par M. Frédéric Bastiat, Membre du Conseil général des Landes (Paris: Guillaumin, 1846).
Editor's Note: See also the "2 volumes in 1" version in HTML. |
1846 | Economics | Guillaumin |
| 13 |  |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Sophismes économiques. Par M. Frédéric Bastiat. Membre correspondant de l’Institut et du Conseil général des Landes. Deuxième Série. (Paris: Guillaumin, 1848).
Editor's Note: See also the "2 volumes in 1" version in HTML. |
1848 | Economics | Guillaumin |
| 14 | |
Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) |
Frédéric Bastiat, What is Seen and What is Not Seen, or Political Economy in One Lesson. The Students Edition. Translated and edited by David M. Hart (The Pittwater Free Press, 2025).
Editor's Note: This is a translation of 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). See the original French version in facsimile facs. PDF and [HTML]. This edition is also available as a bilingual reader with the French and English texts side by side. |
1850 | Economics | Guillaumin; Multi-Pane Readers; Translation |