Du contrat social, ou, Principes du droit politique
Print Book, French, MDCCLXXX [1780]
Nouvelle édition, a laquelle on a ajouté une lettre de l'auteur au seul ami qui lui reste dans le monde View all formats and editions
Chez Marc-Michel Rey, A Amsterdam, MDCCLXXX [1780]
Early works
[6], 270, 14 p. ; 18 cm (12mo)
227209292
Reissue, with cancelled title page, of sheets from a pirated 1762 edition; cf. Sénelier 562
Signatures: a⁴ (±a1; -a4) A-Z⁶ 2A⁴ [$3 ( -a3,2A3) signed; signing $2,$3 as '$3', '$5'; misprinting A2 as 'A2', C2 as 'Cij', G2 as 'Gij', T2 as 'T2', V2 as 'V2', X2 as 'X2', 2A2 as 'A2')]
Title ornament; head- and tail-pieces
Not in: Sénelier, J. Bibliographie générale des œuvres de J.-J. Rousseau
Not in: Leigh, R.A. Unsolved problems in the bibliography of J.-J. Rousseau
"Lettre de J.J. Rousseau de Geneve ..." by P.F. Lacroix, signed "Orang-outang": 14 p. at end