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you. I shall certainly remember to give you letters for Cirilli of Naples, & the Abbé Fortis of Venice whom you will find both instructive and agreeable.
As to modern publications upon the political œconomy of Italy, I know of none, When the Italians treat of this subject, they say little about their own country, but load their books with quotations from English & French writers. The best book that I have seen is the "Lezioni del commercio o sia del œconomia civile" by the Abate Genovesi, whom I knew very well at Naples; but nine tenths of this book, tho' useful, are general maxims, & not much is said of the civil or political œconomy of Italy. I brought with me from Venice 5 vol. of the Giornale d'Italia, a periodical paper published by Goisselini, which had sometimes tolerably good matter; tho' even that was too much charged with extracts from writers on this side of the Alps. Whether it has been continued of late years, I do not know; for I never could get any information about it from our London booksellers. I do not imagine, that La Lande will afford you the assistance you would wish to receive. I recommended

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Date_1	1785-04-28	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	009	Main Headings
Folio number	004	Info in main headings field
Image	003	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	john symonds	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[motif] gr]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	letter 527, vol. 3; also partly printed in bowring, x, 138-9	ID Number	3305
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