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2 - MARAT, J.P. *Les Chaines de L'Esclavage*. Paris: Marat’s Pri…
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Estimate €150 - €180
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MARAT, J.P. *Les Chaines de L'Esclavage*. Paris: Marat’s Printing House, Year I of the Republic (1792). In-8, paperback with a plain contemporary cover, showing wear and paper loss. Untrimmed. Water stains on the last quires; some leaves have creases and small tears. First French edition, printed by Marat himself on his own presses. Originally written in English and published in 1774, this work is Marat’s major political treatise, in which he offers a critique of despotism and denounces all the means employed by tyranny to achieve its ends
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About the sale Library of Charles Blockhuysen (Jean Reande) and Memories of Montmartre
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Auction time 09/03/2026 at 11:00 AM
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