Jacques Savary des Brûlons
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Jacques Savary des Brûlons (1657–1716) was the French Inspector General of the Manufactures for the King at the Paris Customs in the 18th century, and a lexicographer who wrote the Dictionnaire universel de commerce.
Jacques Savary des Brûlons was the son of the famous writer on economics Jacques Savary
.
For his personal use, Savory prepared an alphabetical list of all objects subject to duty, and then of all the words relating to commerce and industry.
To this, he added information on the ordinances and rules regarding commerce in France and abroad.
This work formed the basis for his Dictionnaire du Commerce, prepared with his brother Louis-Philémon Savary, which was unfinished at the time of his death. Louis-Philémon finished the work and published it in 1723.
Wyndham Beawes published The Merchant's Directory, Being a Compleat Guide to all Men in Business in London
in 1751, a work that was laregly a translation of the Dictionaire de commerce.
Carl Günther Ludovici
of Leipzig
made a German translation of the Dictionnaire du Commerce.
From this work grew a self-written Merchant Lexicon, whose five volumes published by Johann Heinrich Zedler
began to appear in 1752 and were completed in 1756.
Savary's work was translated and adapted in English by Malachy Postlethwayt in his Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce in 1774.
Jacques Savary des Brûlons was the son of the famous writer on economics Jacques Savary
Jacques Savary
Jacques Savary was a successful French merchant who became a widely recognised expert on questions regarding commerce...
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For his personal use, Savory prepared an alphabetical list of all objects subject to duty, and then of all the words relating to commerce and industry.
To this, he added information on the ordinances and rules regarding commerce in France and abroad.
This work formed the basis for his Dictionnaire du Commerce, prepared with his brother Louis-Philémon Savary, which was unfinished at the time of his death. Louis-Philémon finished the work and published it in 1723.
Wyndham Beawes published The Merchant's Directory, Being a Compleat Guide to all Men in Business in London
London
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in 1751, a work that was laregly a translation of the Dictionaire de commerce.
Carl Günther Ludovici
Carl Günther Ludovici
Carl Günther Ludovici was a German philosopher, lexicographer and economist.He edited a large part of the Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon, a major German encyclopedia of the 18th century.-Life:Ludovici was born on 7 August 1707 in Liepzig, son of Christian Ludovici , professor of...
of Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
made a German translation of the Dictionnaire du Commerce.
From this work grew a self-written Merchant Lexicon, whose five volumes published by Johann Heinrich Zedler
Johann Heinrich Zedler
Johann Heinrich Zedler was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the Grosses Universal-Lexicon ,...
began to appear in 1752 and were completed in 1756.
Savary's work was translated and adapted in English by Malachy Postlethwayt in his Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce in 1774.
Works
- Dictionnaire universel de commerce: d'histoire naturelle, & des arts & métiers 1723-1730