Lemercier, de la Rivière, Paul-Pierre (1720-1793)
Lemercier, de la Rivière, Paul-Pierre (1720-1793) L'Ordre Naturel et Essentiel des Sociétés Politiques. Two 12mo volumes: I: a7, A-Z8/4, Aa-Ee4/8, Ff6, Gg3; II: [pi]2, A-Z8/4, Aa-Yy4/8, Zz2; bound in uniform contemporary sponged French sheepskin, spines tooled in gilt (joints cracked, waterstaining to first volume, some worming to last few signatures, second volume), ex libris François de Fossa (1728-1789), judge and law professor from Perpignan, France, with engraved bookplates in each volume and Fossa's signature on second title, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (2) - London: Chez Jean Nourse; Paris: Chez Desaint, 1767.
First 12mo edition, printed in the same year as the true first, which was in quarto.
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Lemercier, de la Rivière, Paul-Pierre (1720-1793) L'Ordre Naturel et Essentiel des Sociétés Politiques. Two 12mo volumes: I: a7, A-Z8/4, Aa-Ee4/8, Ff6, Gg3; II: [pi]2, A-Z8/4, Aa-Yy4/8, Zz2; bound in uniform contemporary sponged French sheepskin, spines tooled in gilt (joints cracked, waterstaining to first volume, some worming to last few signatures, second volume), ex libris François de Fossa (1728-1789), judge and law professor from Perpignan, France, with engraved bookplates in each volume and Fossa's signature on second title, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (2) - London: Chez Jean Nourse; Paris: Chez Desaint, 1767.
First 12mo edition, printed in the same year as the true first, which was in quarto.
