[Rarebooks] FS: G. B. Mably--one of the first communist writers. Lausanne: 1777

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(SOCIALISM) Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de. DE LA LEGISLATION, OU PRINCIPES DES 
LOIX. Lausanne: Chez la Societe Typographique. 1777. Second edition. 12mo. 2 
parts in 1, each with its own title-page.(2),viii,248;(2),iv,250pp. Cont. boards, 
hand lettered paper spine labels (a bit faded).     $500.00 (trade discount 
allowed)
Second edition (1st is 1776) of Mably’s most important work; a critique of 
European social inequality and the political reforms needed to redress it. It 
earned him the reputation of being one of the first “communist” writers.

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