8vo. viii, 383pp, [1]. With a half-title and a terminal page of errata. Uncut and unopened in original publisher's printed tan wrappers. Lightly rubbed and creased, short tear to upper wrapper. Foxed. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to half-title.

The sole edition, in original state, of Saint-Simonian economist and free market liberal Michel Chevalier's (1806-1879) critique of economic protectionism; the policy of restricting imports through the implementation of tariffs. Chevalier's vigorous defence of free trade would prove instrumental in establishing liberal economic policy of the Second Empire under Napoleon III.