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1. Manuscript draft of the first edition (1757—1758). National Archives, Paris, M. 784.
2. First printed edition (December 1758). Unknown.
3. Second printed edition, now reproduced from one of three known copies (end of 1759).
4. Mirabeau Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau (1715–1789), was a French nobleman and a leading figure of the Physiocratic school of economics., The Friend of Men, continuation of the sixth part, 1760. The Economic Table with its explanations. original: L'Ami des hommes, suite de la sixième partie... Le Tableau Économique avec ses explications
5. Mirabeau and Quesnay François Quesnay (1694–1774) was the court physician to King Louis XV and the founder of the "Physiocrats," the first school of organized economic thought., Rural Philosophy, 1763. original: Philosophie rurale
6. Mirabeau, Elements of Rural Philosophy, 1767. original: Éléments de Philosophie rurale
7. Quesnay, Analysis of the Economic Table. Journal of Agriculture, Commerce, and Finance. June 1766. original: Analyse du Tableau Économique. Journal de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Finances. Reprinted in:
8. Dupont de Nemours Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was a French economist and writer whose descendants later founded the famous American chemical company., Physiocracy, or the Natural Constitution of the Government most advantageous to the human race (November 1767). At Leiden, 1768, pp. 43—172. original: Physiocratie ou Constitution naturelle du Gouvernement le plus avantageux au genre humain
9. Abbé Baudeau Nicolas Baudeau (1730–1792) was a priest and economist who founded the journal The Citizen's Ephemeris to promote Physiocratic ideas., Explanation of the Economic Table to Madam ***. The Citizen’s Ephemeris, 1767, Vol. XI., XII. original: Explication du Tableau Économique à Madame de ***. Éphémérides du Citoyen
10. General Maxims for the agricultural government most advantageous to the human race. By Mr. Quesnay of the Academy of Sciences. original: Maximes générales du gouvernement agricole le plus avantageux au genre humain This item describes a large folio engraving featuring agricultural scenes: Maxims 1—10 are located beneath an image of a watermill, 11—20 beneath a plough, and 21—30 beneath a windmill. T. B. Germans, Designer and Engraver 1775; read and approved this July 14, 1775 by Cadet de Lameville Cadet de Lameville was an official censor who verified works for the French crown before publication.. Having seen the approval, permission to print was granted July 15, 1775 by Albert in Paris at the Office of Correspondence, street of the two doors St. Sauveur. And at Versailles at Blaisot's. (National Library, Rare Books, Printed Works.) original: Bibliothèque Nationale, Réserve, Imprimés
11. E. Daire (Reprint of No. 7). Collection of the principal economists. The Physiocrats, Vol. I. Paris, 1846. original: Collection des principaux économistes. Les Physiocrates
12. A. Oncken, Economic and philosophical works of F. Quesnay, 1888, pp. 305—359, 440—444. original: Œuvres économiques et philosophiques de F. Quesnay