The Social Contract or Du Contrat Social ou Principes Du Droit Politique, suive des Considerations sur le Gouvernement de Pologne et sur sa Reformation Projette

The Social Contract or Du Contrat Social ou Principes Du Droit Politique etc. by J.J. Rousseau $4000.00

Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, Paris 1791. Written in French. Rousseau’s major work on a Social Contract which influenced many revolutionary writers (Karl Marx, among others) of modern political and social thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a major contributor to the French Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Full mottled calf, Morocco lettering piece, spine decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, text block edges stained red. Nouvelle edition 1791 originally published in 1762. Very rare find in nice contemporary boards of mottled calf. Hinges are sound and boards intact. A cornerstone of political analysis, people’s rights, social construction and philosophical thought.