1780-82 ORIGIIN & NATURE of CIVIL SOCIETY & GOVERNMENT antique 8 VOLUMES vellum

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Title: 1780-82 ORIGIIN & NATURE of CIVIL SOCIETY & GOVERNMENT antique 8 VOLUMES vellum

Description: Burlamaqui, J.J.
Principj del dritto della natura e delle genti.
Trad. dal francese.
("Treats of the origin and nature of civil society, forms of government, the transitions of sovereignty and the reciprocal duties of sovereigns and subjects")
8 volumes, complete set
Siena, Bindi & Rossi; 1780-82
Original full vellum bindings, flat spines with title labels, sprinkled edges
Size 4 3/4 by 7 1/2"
Some soiling of vellum, occasional dampstains, a few leaves of the foreword missing in vol. 1
Text in Italian

Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui (1694 – 1748) was a Genevan legal and political theorist who popularised a number of ideas propounded by other thinkers.

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1780-82 ORIGIIN & NATURE of CIVIL SOCIETY & GOVERNMENT antique 8 VOLUMES vellum

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