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819 - [CONDORCET (Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat de)]. Essay on the …
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[CONDORCET (Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat de)]. Essay on the Constitution and Functions of the Provincial Assemblies, containing a plan for the constitution and administration of France. Sl, 1788. 2 vols., in-8, 196 pp., 54 pp.; 328 pp., 106 pp., with 7 fold-out tables as inserts, marbled fawn calf, smooth, decorated spines, brick-red and green title and volume number labels, red edges (contemporary binding). Numerous foxed leaves. A rare first edition. One of Condorcet’s principal political works, written on the occasion of the provincial assemblies of 1787–1788. In it, he advocates the idea of a National Assembly emerging from these local institutions, a proposal that was quickly overshadowed by the convening of the Estates-General in 1789, which explains the rarity and limited circulation of this edition. INED 1167. Martin & Walter, 8047.
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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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