[POLITICS] de Mably, Gabriel : Des princes des negotiations. Pour servir d'introduction au droit public de l'Europe, fondé sur les traités ... A La Haie, 1757

In-12°, mm. 170x110, pp. (10), 278, (2). Complete. Elegant contemporary full leather binding with 5 spines, gold titles and decorations on the spine. Red edges of the leaves. Marbled paper endpapers. Defect on the front hinge. Restoration on the edge of c. A2. Sporadic foxing.

First edition, A La Haie, 1757 (publisher unspecified). A treatise by the French philosopher and politician Gabriel Bonnot de Mably (1709-1785). His innovative work in political philosophy places him among the forerunners of what would become communism. In particular, he proposed limiting land ownership rights.