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Turgot's Works

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TtTRGOT'S \VORKS. ONI.Y a few of Tl1rgot's works appeared during his life time; amongst them are his RtJlcxli.mssur to. fOnllati01t et fa distribution tits rlcltesse$(1766, 12mo), and his poem in metrical verses, a few copie.., only of which were printed, and given away by him to his (ri(~nds. I>idmt,!}()I.WU tIt 7/t' S mllritJlus IleXamdllu, di1.dsl C1t JII dumfs, /radui/.f illl lve "'t/rt~ tie I'E1tHdf! de Virglle, avec Ie C011l1fZenCUntmt de f E,tUde, et Its ll~t VJU~ e.-t x· t~{[I£'I{1lt.s tiu meme (par Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot), 17i8, 108 pp., 4to (reprinted in the edition of the workspublishedby Dupont de Nemours). Turgot's works ha\'e been collected alter his death. (Ettvr~'s d4 ill. rurgi.", m1nistre d'tlat, }"tr/.ccder.st"/ ('tecum pag'IlItsde mlmoires et de 1ZotesJl/.r sa 'Zlit,SOIl atlm,i1zistrali'tm et .res ()1l7/rages (with the motto: "Bonum virum facile crcdercs, magnumlibenter."......Tacitus). Paris: Belin, x809¥ II, 9 vols., 8vo.

(E'zillrestie Turgot, ltOltVelle hti't/Oll dtlSSlt par ordre dt. 1IUltlt'res, (1.1.leC les }J(Jles de ill. Dupon! dt l'lemours, au..{;m~·;t tie de letlres ilddites, des questions St~r Ie commerceet d'()ostr va!l()lls et de 1tOles nOlnlt,'llts par ll,f"l1. l!.~t~~bte lh:ire tl Ilip!,,!;'!e IJtusard, et pricedl d'ZI1U /Jaffee sur fa 'Z'l~~ et les (}U'llr(r...~e-r de TuYcot, pllY At. Eu.rrhu Dain. Paris: Guillau·· min, 1844,2 vols.) large 8vo. Parts of Turgot's correspondence are to be found in various publications, such as the {ollowing: CorresjJOIultlltce'Jzldlle tft~ Ctm(/orct! tI de TttrKo/. J770-79 ; Henry's edition. Paris: Charava}',1882, 8vo. Lift t~nd CorresjJondeltce of ]Ja"l.tid lit/me, b}~ ]. Hill Burton. Edinburgh·: Blackwood,1846, 2 "ols., 8vo. Letters oj Emt'ntl# PerstJIu addressed if) lJa'ldd Humt J published by J. Hill Burton. Edinburgh and London, 1849, 8vo. Duptml de lVcmours t't l'Ecole jJltyslocrallque, by G.

Schelle. Paris: Guillaumin et Cie, 1888, Svo. There are, besides, unpublished letters of l'urgot in the archives of several familie_s, chiefly in those of the Turgat family (at the chateau of Lantbeuil) and of the descendants of Dupont de Nemours, now residing in the United States.

Great French Writers: Turgot

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