ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalité parmi les hommes . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1755. Cancels: 5*3, H5 and K8. With errata leaf at end, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Sornique after Eisen, engraved title vignette and headpiece on the dedication. (Frontispiece mounted.) [ Bound with :] -- J.J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genève, à Mr. Alembert . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1758. Cancel: K6. Title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette. 2 works bound in one, 8° (207 x 126mm). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red edges (extremities lightly rubbed, head- and tail-caps more heavily).
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalité parmi les hommes . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1755. Cancels: 5*3, H5 and K8. With errata leaf at end, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Sornique after Eisen, engraved title vignette and headpiece on the dedication. (Frontispiece mounted.) [ Bound with :] -- J.J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genève, à Mr. Alembert . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1758. Cancel: K6. Title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette. 2 works bound in one, 8° (207 x 126mm). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red edges (extremities lightly rubbed, head- and tail-caps more heavily). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 'Rousseau's Discours portrayed man alienated from himself by the excessive size, inequalities of wealth, and overwhelming complexity of modern society -- a theme which both Hegel and Marx would amplify in the next century' (Norman). The first issue with the following points: author's middle name incorrectly spelt 'Jaques' in the title and similarly at the end of the dedication, the accent added by hand to conform on p.11, the frontispiece signed and titled 'chez' (and not chés), the correct large engraved vignette to the title-page and similarly the correct headpiece to the dedication. Cohen-de Ricci 903; Dufour 55; Higgs 940; Kress 5470; Norman 1850.
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalité parmi les hommes . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1755. Cancels: 5*3, H5 and K8. With errata leaf at end, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Sornique after Eisen, engraved title vignette and headpiece on the dedication. (Frontispiece mounted.) [ Bound with :] -- J.J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genève, à Mr. Alembert . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1758. Cancel: K6. Title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette. 2 works bound in one, 8° (207 x 126mm). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red edges (extremities lightly rubbed, head- and tail-caps more heavily).
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalité parmi les hommes . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1755. Cancels: 5*3, H5 and K8. With errata leaf at end, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece by Sornique after Eisen, engraved title vignette and headpiece on the dedication. (Frontispiece mounted.) [ Bound with :] -- J.J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genève, à Mr. Alembert . Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1758. Cancel: K6. Title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette. 2 works bound in one, 8° (207 x 126mm). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, red edges (extremities lightly rubbed, head- and tail-caps more heavily). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. 'Rousseau's Discours portrayed man alienated from himself by the excessive size, inequalities of wealth, and overwhelming complexity of modern society -- a theme which both Hegel and Marx would amplify in the next century' (Norman). The first issue with the following points: author's middle name incorrectly spelt 'Jaques' in the title and similarly at the end of the dedication, the accent added by hand to conform on p.11, the frontispiece signed and titled 'chez' (and not chés), the correct large engraved vignette to the title-page and similarly the correct headpiece to the dedication. Cohen-de Ricci 903; Dufour 55; Higgs 940; Kress 5470; Norman 1850.
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