ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscrip...

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. An interesting autograph manuscript, three pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. Rousseau writes a text, being related to remarriages, and states in part `Nobody ignores that the ecclesiastical and civil Laws have some time ago too much extended the chapters of the remarriages in order to disadvantage them, only admitting as marriage principles the intention of having children and isn´t it an abuse of the Law authorities to add difficulties to an honest union, so simple on its own..´ The Rousseau manuscript includes close to the conclusion two paragraphs in the hand of Madame Dupin, stating in part `..the satisfaction of women of making themselves the choice..´, and referring to remarriages she concludes `And that this word will not be particularly convenient to women as well as to men.´ Overall minor age wear, with edges irregularly trimmed. G The present text corresponds to Rousseau´s work about the history of women, written between 1745 and 1751 for his benefactress Mrs Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin, and which would never be published.