The Friend of Man, or Treatise on Population rare 18c set circa 1860–1875

circa 1860–1875

both as a form of training and as a way to bring the grandeur of earlier centuries into contemporary interiors

which was Landseer's specialty

Portrait of a Woman in Renaissance Dress — Signed S

The Friend of Man, or Treatise on Population rare 18c set circa 1860–1875The Friend of Man, or Treatise on Population By Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau A cornerstone of Enlightenment economic thought, The Friend of Man is the Marquis de Mirabeaus sweeping five volume manifesto on population, agriculture, commerce, governance, and social reform. Published between 1756 and 1761, this work marks Mirabeaus full embrace of physiocracythe doctrine that land and agriculture are the true sources of national wealth.