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Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique, [Title page]

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Title
Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique, [Title page]
Names
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 (Author)
Bolomey, Benjamin Samuel, 1739-1819 (Artist)
Collection

Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique.

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1762
Place: A Amsterdam
Publisher: Chez Marc Michel Rey
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KGV (Rousseau. Du contrat. 1762) 01-203
Topics
Political science
Justice
Genres
Title pages
Notes
Content: Martin J. Gross Collection.
Content: "--foederis æquas / Decamus [sic] leges. Æneid. XI."
Ownership: Martin J. Gross 6/2/97-358 9700318.
Content: Binding: Contemporary marbled calf, gilt; red morocco spine label. Binder's title: Oeuvres div. de Roussea[u].
Content: Engraved t.p. vignette (Justice standing); unsigned copy of the first of 2 used by Rey in the original ed., after adesign by B.S. Bolomey.
Content: Lacks preliminaries; leaves A1,2 (p. [1-4])=half title andt.p.; text begins on leaf A3 (p. [5]); lacks the note on civil marriage. Cf. Leigh, R.A., Unsolved problems in the bibliography of J.-J. Rousseau (1990), p. 51-52 and plate 18: plate depicts t.p. of a closely related ed., with sameengraved vignette and same misprint in epigraph, but the ed. is described as containing preliminaries and two versions of one leaf, with and without the note on civil marriage, with repeated pagination. Cf. also Gagnebin, B. Notices bibliographiques (In Rousseau, J.-J. Works, 1959-1995, v. 3, p. 1851-1890), p. 1870, no. 6.; Dufour, T. Rousseau, 135; Sénelier, J. Rousseau, 561 (with misprintedepigraph, but described as containing [IV] 191 p.; Gagnebin states that the ed. lacks the note on civil marriage).
Content: Ornamental head- and tailpieces.
Content: Pirated ed., based on the first 12mo ed., which had imprint as above; perhaps printed in the Netherlands.
Content: Signatures: A-M⁸.
Content: With: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Jean Jaques Rousseau, citoyen de Geneve, à Christophe de Beaumont, archevêque deParis ... A Amsterdam : Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1763 -- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Lettre de J.J. Rousseau à Monsieurde Voltaire. [Paris? : s.n.], 1763 -- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique. Nouvelle edition. A Geneve : [s.n.], 1760 -- Peyrou, M. du (Pierre Alexandre). Lettre de Monsieur *** relative a Monsieur J.J. Rousseau. A Goa : Aux dépens du St. Office, 1765. Number 1 of 5 items bound together subsequent to publication.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
French
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15486224
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 18c51eb0-c604-012f-db6b-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1712: Creator Born
  • 1762: Issued
  • 1778: Creator Died
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1762. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eac8330-a738-af57-e040-e00a180605ac

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 25, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eac8330-a738-af57-e040-e00a180605ac

APA Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1762). Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eac8330-a738-af57-e040-e00a180605ac

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Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique