Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ; Ernest Rhys (Ed.) — The Social Contract & Discourses

London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Everyman's Library | Richard Clay & Sons Ltd. First Everyman Library Edition pp. xlvii, 287. 12mo., measuring 7" x 4.5". Bound in original quarter pigskin over like cloth boards with gilt lettering and ornamentation to the spine, publisher's topstain. Faintest edgewear, else, extremities exceptionally well-preserved. Neat ink name to the ffep, small private ownership sticker affixed to the front pastedown, else, text-block remains entirely without blemish; near fine. The leather exterior has recently been professionally replenished, and treated with a natural leather preserver. A lovely, and scarce offering of the leatherbound edition of this volume. Near fine.