Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 562
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
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 final leaf with errata and binder's directions. 8vo, 198x128 mm, contemporary sheep gilt, top of spine chipped, joints and cover corners worn; mostly moderate foxing, occasional marginal soiling and minor stains. Bookplate of Francis John Hughes. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1755

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first edition of Rousseau's study of social inequality and injustice. Kress 9064; Norman 1850; Tchemerzine (1977) V, 532.