Discours Dur L'Origine et les Fondemens de L'Inegalite' Parmi les Hommes (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men)

Rousseau, Jean Jaques

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Titre : Discours Dur L'Origine et les Fondemens de ...

Éditeur : Marc Michel Rey, Amsterdam

Date d'édition : 1775

Reliure : Hard Cover

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At least a very early printing of this important masterpiece; matches most of the conditions for a true first, but there is no frontispiece; it may have been removed in rebinding. Has three cancelled pages; misspelled author's name ("Jaques" appears on the title page and at the end of the dedication); vignettes on title and dedication pages; hand-correction on p. 11 (accent on conforme); ends with Errata/Avis page, and there is no engraving at p. 258. Page L5 is mismarked 'K5'; but page lxv is numbered correctly. The cancels and the hand-corrected accent lead me to believe that this is not one of the 'counterfeit', or pirated facsimile editions. G+ in a very old full-leather binding which may be contemporary, . Has 18th-cent. marbled eps, aeg, dentilles, triple gilt rule on boards, raised bands on spine. Has original blue silk ribbon, very fragile. Gilt sunflowers in panels on spine; title label has just the letters that would fit, so it reads "Discour/de/Roussea". Boards rubbed; lower rear corner of spine chipped or eaten away; corners very worn, and edges somewhat; external hinges beginning to split; gilt is dulled; old owner's name on title page; minimal foxing, at its worst on the errata page; pages a little stiff from rippling but very clean. LXX + (2) +262 + (2) pp. total. N° de réf. du libraire 2186