An unrecorded Physiocratic précis by Charles Richard de Butré and the experiment of Karl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach in Dietlingen

Gabriel Sabbagh

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2017, vol. 24, issue 1, 1-24

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to call attention to a published anonymous summary of the Physiocratic doctrine which combines pure theory with a description of the experiment of Karl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach. I establish that the author of this book is Charles Richard de Butré. The discovery of the book, which borrows a great deal from Du Pont and Schlettwein, leads to revisit the experiment and to revise the traditional view of Schlettwein. The last section of the paper attempts to clarify the book's publication and raises several questions about the works and personality of Butré.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2016.1148752

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