ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). [ Du contract social ou; ] Principes du droit politique. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762.
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). [ Du contract social ou; ] Principes du droit politique. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762. 8 o (197 x 127 mm). Half-title ( Du contract social; ), title with engraved allegorical vignette of Liberty by Borly after Bolomey, last 2 leaves cancelled (see below). (Light spotting to title and some mostly marginal spotting to text.) Contemporary marbled calf, spine elaborately gilt with gilt-lettered red morocco label, edges red (rubbed, light wear to spine ends and corners); red half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION third state, of "a crucial document of egalitarian government. [It presents] his fundamental thesis that government depends absolutely on the mandate of the people ... It had the most profound influence on the political thinking of the generation following its publication" ( PMM ). While never officially condemned by the French authorities, the Contract social was actively suppressed. No copies were allowed to be imported into the country and no French bookseller was allowed to sell it or print it. The entire edition was refused entry into France and 700 copies rotted at Rouen awaiting their return to Rey in Amsterdam, resulting in their rarity today. The third state represents changes requested by Rousseau after printing had begun. To satisfy Rousseau's complaint that the title-page was too crowded, Rey moved the first part of the title to a half-title (including a now redundant semi-colon) and changed the engraved vignette on the title. More importantly, the last 4 pages were cancelled to eliminate a long and strongly worded passage on marriage, which Rousseau asked to be omitted in case it was used by the authorities as a pretext for suppressing the entire book. The cancel resulted in the text ending on page 323 and the final page filled with a Rey advertisement. (See R.A. Leigh, Unsolved problems in the bibliography of Rousseau, Cambridge: 1990).; Brunet VIII:527; Dufour 133; PMM 207.
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). [ Du contract social ou; ] Principes du droit politique. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762.
ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). [ Du contract social ou; ] Principes du droit politique. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762. 8 o (197 x 127 mm). Half-title ( Du contract social; ), title with engraved allegorical vignette of Liberty by Borly after Bolomey, last 2 leaves cancelled (see below). (Light spotting to title and some mostly marginal spotting to text.) Contemporary marbled calf, spine elaborately gilt with gilt-lettered red morocco label, edges red (rubbed, light wear to spine ends and corners); red half morocco folding case. FIRST EDITION third state, of "a crucial document of egalitarian government. [It presents] his fundamental thesis that government depends absolutely on the mandate of the people ... It had the most profound influence on the political thinking of the generation following its publication" ( PMM ). While never officially condemned by the French authorities, the Contract social was actively suppressed. No copies were allowed to be imported into the country and no French bookseller was allowed to sell it or print it. The entire edition was refused entry into France and 700 copies rotted at Rouen awaiting their return to Rey in Amsterdam, resulting in their rarity today. The third state represents changes requested by Rousseau after printing had begun. To satisfy Rousseau's complaint that the title-page was too crowded, Rey moved the first part of the title to a half-title (including a now redundant semi-colon) and changed the engraved vignette on the title. More importantly, the last 4 pages were cancelled to eliminate a long and strongly worded passage on marriage, which Rousseau asked to be omitted in case it was used by the authorities as a pretext for suppressing the entire book. The cancel resulted in the text ending on page 323 and the final page filled with a Rey advertisement. (See R.A. Leigh, Unsolved problems in the bibliography of Rousseau, Cambridge: 1990).; Brunet VIII:527; Dufour 133; PMM 207.
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