[ POLICY ECONOMY]. Classic Italian writers of political economy. Milan: Destefanis, 1803-1805 [E:] Imperiale Regia Stamperia, 1816. Monumental collection promoted at the beginning of the 19th century to bring together in a single series the main texts of the Italian political economy from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. The work contains the writings of the major Italian economists, including Antonio Genovesi (1713-1769), Ferdinando Galiani (1728-1787), Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794), Pietro Verri (17.28-1797), Gaetano Filangieri (1753-1788) and many other authors who contributed to the formation of European economic thought. 45 (of 50 volumes) 8vo (225 x 145mm). It includes the Ancient Part (1803-1804), the Modern Part (1803-1805) and the Supplement with Indexes (no volumes 2, 7, 15, 24 and 28). Coeve ties in half leather and marbled paper, gold decorations and tyrol on dowels on the back (defects and shortcomings). The lot is sold as uncollarized and defects to be examined. (45)