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first edition
by [Beauclair, Paul-Louis de]
London [i.e. Paris]: 1770.
Sm. 8vo, [8], 239 pp. Early blue boards, red edges, backstrip with original brown label lettered in gilt, three later paper library shelf labels.
§ First edition of a rare title from the elusive Beauclair, which seems to be genuinely scarce. Given the false imprint, one might assume the contents are controversial. Pierre-Louis de Beauclair (other sources Paul-Louis) was a teacher and man of letters born in 1735 and died in 1804. As a writer, he attempted in 1764 to refute Jean-Jacques Rousseau 's social contract , and wrote with elegance and originality the biography of Peter III of Russia , with interesting (truncated)
Sm. 8vo, [8], 239 pp. Early blue boards, red edges, backstrip with original brown label lettered in gilt, three later paper library shelf labels.
§ First edition of a rare title from the elusive Beauclair, which seems to be genuinely scarce. Given the false imprint, one might assume the contents are controversial. Pierre-Louis de Beauclair (other sources Paul-Louis) was a teacher and man of letters born in 1735 and died in 1804. As a writer, he attempted in 1764 to refute Jean-Jacques Rousseau 's social contract , and wrote with elegance and originality the biography of Peter III of Russia , with interesting (truncated)
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