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Essai sur l'Histoire de la Société Civile: par M. Adam Ferguson, Professeur de Philosophie Morale à l'Université d'Edinbourg

1783 Paratext Forms: Notes, Preface Paratext Functions: Hermeneutical French

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Anonymous (Claude-François Bergier)
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Anonymous (Jean-Nicolas Démeunier)
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Notes

'Avertissement du libraire' apologizes that the translation has taken five years to arrive at publication without explaining why.

'Avant propos du traducteur' makes clear the translation is a joint effort and they have tried their best to be as faithful as possible to the original intention of the author.