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Mike, 
 
Streissler fully agrees that Cournot was first, just that he had the axes in  
the French manner that Walras also followed.   
 
Marshall may well have also read Cournot, but, according to Streisser,  
he began to study economics while visiting Germany and read all of  
these Germans. He did not cite very many of them, although apparently  
he cites Roscher in some places.   
 
Streissler makes the point that there was not much of an emphasis in  
these German writings on citing or claiming credit.  Much of this is  
because most of these books were textbooks.  Arguably such an  
excuse may let Marshall off the hook, at least partly.   
 
Barkley Rosser 
 
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