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ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Discours sur l'Origine et les Fondemens de l'Inégalité parmi les Hommes. Engraved allegorical frontispiece after Charles

ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Discours sur l'Origine et les Fondemens de l'Inégalité parmi les Hommes. Engraved allegorical frontispiece after Charles Eisen. lxx, [2], 262, [2] pages, including errata leaf. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracked at top and bottom; moderate foxing throughout, opening leaves dampwrinkled. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1755

  • Notes: first edition of Rousseau's study of social inequality and injustice, which he viewed as inevitable consequences of the growth of civilization. Norman 1850; Tchemerzine (1977) V, 532.

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