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Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique / par J.J. Rousseau

Book
1762 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique / par J.J. Rousseau.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Publisher:
A Amsterdam : Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1762.

Description:
viii, 216 p. ; 18 cm.

Notes:
Donated by the Rev. Alexander Dyce.

Cited in:
Sénelier, J. Rousseau, 559

Local Notes:
Dyce printed catalogue reference: Dyce 12mo 8358 (shelved as S 8vo).

Subjects:
Political science.
Social contract.

Names:
National Art Library (Great Britain). Dyce Collection.

Added Title:
Principes du droit politique

Place:
Netherlands Amsterdam

Reference Number:
Dyce 8358




Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDu contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique / par J.J. Rousseau
Materials and techniques
Full leather, worked endbands, blue silk endpapers, regiter ribbon, gilded edges. Tooling on cover includes a three-lined border to boards, decorative roll to squares and decorative panels to spine. Spine label
Brief description
Dyce 8358. Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique / par J.J. Rousseau. Publisher: A Amsterdam : Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1762.
Physical description
Du contract social, ou, Principes du droit politique / par J.J. Rousseau.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Publisher:
A Amsterdam : Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1762.

Description:
viii, 216 p. ; 18 cm.

Notes:
Donated by the Rev. Alexander Dyce.

Cited in:
Sénelier, J. Rousseau, 559

Local Notes:
Dyce printed catalogue reference: Dyce 12mo 8358 (shelved as S 8vo).

Subjects:
Political science.
Social contract.

Names:
National Art Library (Great Britain). Dyce Collection.

Added Title:
Principes du droit politique

Place:
Netherlands Amsterdam

Reference Number:
Dyce 8358


Dimensions
  • Length: 185mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Width: 120mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Depth: 26mm (closed) (Note: Measured in Book Conservation measuring box)
  • Approx width of open book width: 210 approxmm (open book) (Note: approximate measurement)
  • Approximate height from surface to highest point of open book with 25 degree angle height: 180 maxmm (open book) (Note: Maximum height for book open with a 25 degree angle)
Credit line
Donated by the Rev. Alexander Dyce
Other numbers
  • Dyce 8358 - NAL accession number
  • Dyce S 8vo 8358 - NAL Pressmark
  • 732043 - Horizon bib. number
Collection
Library number
38041800793754

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Record createdJune 10, 2016
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