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

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

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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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