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‎Supplément au Contrat Social.‎

‎A Paris, Chez Maradan & Perlet, 1791. With folding table. xii, 298, (2) pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, red label with gilt lettering, yellow edges, very lightly worn. Conlon, Ouvrages Français relatifs à Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1751-1799, 861; Einaudi 2787; INED 2181; Martin & Walter, 15893. One of two editions (the other being in 12mo) from the year of first publication, no priority established. The author argues in favour of Rousseau's influence and thought in the Revolution currently developing in France. The work is both of political and economical interest and includes demographical considerations while the table contains demographical information for Paris, Lyons and Bordeaux for the years 1709-1789.'Le plus grand problème de la politique, c'est de trouver le moyen de n'avoir dans un Etat ni gens désoeuvrés, ni gens sans propriété.' The work was addressed to the Assemblée nationale and it argued in favor of a constitutional monarchy. Only Conlon lists both the 8vo and 12mo edition of this work. ‎