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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Lose 1 - 1706
Lot 811 Jean Jacques Rousseau. Discours sur l'origine & …
Discours sur l'origine & les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes. Mit 1 gestoch. Frontispiz, gestoch. Titelvignette u. gestoch. Kopfvignette. Amsterdam, Rey, 1755. LXX S., 1 Bl., 262 S., 1 Bl. (Errata). (Mod.) Pergament.
Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts – Erste Ausgabe von Rousseaus geschichtsphilosophischem Hauptwerk. - Dufour 56 mit den Kennzeichen für den ersten Druck: (Recherches bibliographiques sur les oeuvres imprimees de J.-J. Rousseau): Druck des Titels in Schwarz und Rot, falsche Schreibweise "Jaques" statt "Jacques" von Rousseaus Vornamen auf dem Titel und auf Seite LII). - Rousseaus hypothetische Ethnographie, seine spekulative Urgeschichte der Menschheit - zugleich sozialkritisch und vernunftkritisch - entfaltete erst in der Folgezeit ihre Wirkung und war von großem Einfluss auf die Französische Revolution. - Teils etwas gebräunt, insgesamt gutes Exemplar.
Literature of 17th to 19th Century – First Edition of Rousseau's early Work on Equality. - Modern vellum binding. - Somewhat browned in places, but overall a good copy.
Startprice: 800 €
Estimate: 1200 €
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