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A treatise on the social compact, or, The principles of political law

1764 Subjects: Politics and government Forms: Essays Translation Status: Integral English London URL

Authors of source text

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Contributions

William Kenrick
translator
T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt
publisher

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Notes

Becket and de Hondt's English edition of Rousseau's 'Du Contrat Social' came out two years after their edition of 'Emile', using the same translator, William Kenrick. Kenrick went on to translate all five volumes of 'The miscellaneous Works of Mr J.J. Rousseau' (1767).