Life
1680-1734 [Richard E. Cantillon]; b. Kerry, called ‘Father of Political
Economy’ for his Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General,
1755, quoted by Adam Smith; and poorly translated into English after;
murdered by his cook. DNB DIB DIW
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Works
Essai sur la nature du commerce en général [… &c.] (Paris
1755); The Analysis of Trade, Commerce, Coin, Bullion, Banks, and Foreign
Exchanges, wherein the true principles of this knowledge are fully [...]
explained [...]; taken chiefly from a manuscript of a
very ingenious gentleman deceas'd, and adapted to the present situation
of our trade and commerce [based on Essai sur la nature du commerce,
Paris 1755] (London: printed for the author 1759), xxiv. 215pp., 8o.;
Essai sur la nature du commerce en général. Texte de l'édition originale
de 1755 avec des études et commentaires par Alfred Sauvy, Amintore Fanfani,
Joseph J. Spengler, Louis Salleron (Paris 1952), 192pp.; H[enry] H[iggs],
ed., Essai sur la nature du commerce en général; traduit de l'anglois
[1756 Edn.] (London & NY: 1892), v, 430pp., 12o., and Do. [rep.
edn.] (London: Macmillan & Co. 1931), viii, 394pp., pls., 8o.; F. Scottoni,
ed. and pref., Saggio sulla natura del commercio in generale. Autore
Inglese [i.e. Cantillon] (Venezia 1767), 298pp., 12o.
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Seamus Deane, gen. ed., Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing (Derry: Field Day 1991), Vol. 2, reprints "Lament for Richard Cantillon", a traditional folksong given in George Petrie’s Ancient Music of Ireland (1855), vol ii, p.77.
Libraries
British Library holds [1] The Analysis of Trade, Commerce,
Coin, Bullion, Banks, and Foreign Exchanges, wherein the true principles
of this knowledge are fully [...] explained [...] Taken chiefly from a
manuscript of a very ingenious gentleman deceas'd, and adapted to the
present situation of our trade and commerce. [Based on R. Cantillon's
"Essai sur la nature du commerce."]. pp. xxiv. 215. Printed for the Author:
London, 1759. 8o. [2] Essai sur la nature du commerce en général. Texte
de l'édition originale de 1755 avec des études et commentaires par Alfred
Sauvy, Amintore Fanfani, Joseph J. Spengler, Louis Salleron. pp. 192.
[Paris,] 1952. 8o. [3] Essai sur la nature du commerce en général. Traduit
de l'anglois. [By R. Cantillon.] Title [Another edition.] Title [Another
edition.] Essai sur le commerce. Reprinted for Harvard University. [The
editor's preface signed: H. H., i.e. Henry Higgs.]. Londres [Paris], 1755.
12o.. 1756. pp. v. 430. Macmillan & Co.: London & New York, 1892. 12o.
[4] Dal mercantilismo al liberismo. Le ricerche di R. Cantillon sulla
ricchezza delle nazioni. pp. viii. 174. Milano, 1936. 8o. [5] Richard
Cantillon. Un mercantiliste précurseur des physiocrates. pp. viii. 168.
Paris, 1900. 8o. [6] Essai sur la nature du commerce en général. By Richard
Cantillon. Edited with an English translation and other material by Henry
Higgs. [With plates.]. pp. viii. 394. Macmillan & Co.: London, 1931. 8o.
[7] Saggio sulla natura del commercio in generale. Autore Inglese [i.e.
Richard Cantillon.] [With preface signed, F. Scottoni.]. pp. 298. Venezia,
1767. 12o. [8]
University of Ulster Library holds Antoin Murphy, Richard Cantillon (OUP 1986).
Castle home: A ftn. to Lays and Legends, Joseph Edwards Carpenter cites Dr. Smith’s History of Kerry which refers to remnants of castle of the Cantillion family, ancient proprietors of Ballyheighe. [See Field Day Anthology, 1991, supra.]
Namesakes?: In Dorothea Conyer’s Hounds of the Sea (1927), the Cantillions are a family that bears a curse.
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)