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595 - [MIRABEAU (Victor Riqueti de)]. Letters on the Depravation […
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Estimate €1,400 - €1,500
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[MIRABEAU (Victor Riqueti de)]. Letters on the Depravation [- the Restoration] of the Legal Order. London [Amsterdam], Wilcox [Jan Herman Schneider], 1769. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, [2] folios, 23 pages. [Rousseau’s discourse on this subject, which has not yet been printed. What is the most essential virtue for heroes; and which heroes have lacked this virtue?], 186 pp., [3] ff., 256 pp., with the ff. E3 and E4 in the second part, marbled fawn sheepskin, plain spine decorated with gilt vine leaves and urns, title page, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding). Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Wormholes at the foot. First edition (with the false London address, and including Rousseau’s preface), very rare. Quérard VI, 154 (which only lists the 1775 edition, in three volumes).
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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