Dupin, Louise Marie Madeleine Fontaine, 1707-1779 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Published / Created:
[17--]
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 225
Image Count:
27
Abstract:
Autograph manuscript draft of an essay on the Salic law, with additions and corrections in the hand of Madame Louise Dupin. This manuscript is one of a series of essays written by Rousseau at the request of Madame Dupin in preparation for a book which she intended to write on women's rights. The manuscripts are described in Anicet Sénéchal's "Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Secrétaire de Madame Dupin" (in Annales de la Société J.-J. Rousseau, vol. 36, 1963-1965, p. 243, item 28) to which has been added a "Note sur la dispersion des papiers Dupin" by B. Gagnebin.
Description:
Modern[?] foliation in pencil. Most versos blank, not digitized.