Droits De L'Homme

Chez F. Buisson: Paris, 1791. First French edition of Thomas Paine's classic statement of faith in democracy and egalitarianism. Octavo, bound in contemporary one quarter calf over marbled boards. In very good condition. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Rare and desirable. "One of the most remarkable political… Read more about this item

Paris: Buisson, 1791. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes bound in one in contemporary mottled calf; worn, leather chipped at the head of the spine, scattered mild foxing, small stain to first title. Complete with the half titles, reuniting the two parts of Paine's treatise on democracy and revolution that were published a year… Read more about this item

Paris: F. Buisson, Mai , 1791. Octavo, untrimmed in near-contemporary paper wrappers (they incorporate printer's waste from what seems to be a critical edition of Voltaire, c. 1820-30); pp. xii, 227. The first French edition, second state, of the first part of Paine’s Rights of Man, with a preface specially written by Paine for this translation. This edition appeared… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez F. Buisson, 1791. First. hardcover. good. Reunissant les Principes et la Pratique. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern 3/4 blue cloth with marbled boards and red morocco spine labels, cloth lightly soiled on both volumes, corners lightly bumped on volume II, scattered light foxing in both volumes, mostly to margins, pp. 179-224 of volume II with thin dampstaining… Read more about this item

Paris: F.Buisson, Mai 1791., 1791. 8vo. pp. xii, 227. complete with half-title. modern sheep (title bit soiled). First Edition of the French Translation by François Soulés, state with erratum corrected on p. 62. Paine's counter-blast to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) and exposition of the principles of government underlying the American and French Revolutions "has remained the… Read more about this item

Nabu Press, 2011-08-31. Paperback. Good.

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