De l'Influence des Passions sur le Bonheur des Individus et des Nations
Paris: Maradan, 1818. Very Good. Item #21288
Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's original pink wrappers reinforced with waste paper, printed paper spine label; [4],ii,380pp. Light spotting to wrapper, hairline splitting along joints, tiny loss at spine foot, foxing to textblock, else a Very Good, quite pleasing copy.
Later edition of the epistolary giant's work of political philosophy, first published in 1796 in the wake of the French Revolution. The work went through a myriad of editions over the next twenty years and greatly impressed such contemporary luminaries as Alexander von Humboldt, Friedrich Schiller, and Goethe (see Martin Thom, "Republics, Nations, and Tribes" (1995), pp. 48-9).
Price: $200.00