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Reflections on the formation and distribution of riches

Authors of source text

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

Contributions

Benjamin Vaughan
translator

Related resources

is translation of
Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses has translation
is part of
The Literary Magazine and British Review
has other edition
Reflections on the formation and distribution of wealth. By M. Turgot, Comptroller General of the Finances of France, in 1774, 1775, and 1776. Translated from the French translation has paratext has other edition
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Reflections on the formation and distribution of riches paratext

Notes

Turgot's text was important for the abolitionist movement. Vaughan's translation first appeared in a series of thirteen instalments in The Literary Magazine and British Review, between January 1791 and February 1792.

De Vivo and Sabbagh, 'The First Translator in English of Turgot’s Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses: Benjamin Vaughan', History of Political Economy (2015) 47 (1): 185–199.