GORANI, Joseph
Recherches sur la science du gouvernement.
Work translated from the Italian. Paris, Guillaume junior & Lebour, 1792.
2 volumes in-8 (199 x 118 mm) of XVI, 384, IV pp. for volume
I ; 2 ff.n.ch., 303 pp. for volume II. Porphyry basane, smooth spine decorated, spotted edges (period binding)
Original French edition by Charles Gilloton de Beaulieu.
Gorani (1740-1819), a great supporter of liberty, collaborated with
Pasquale Pasi to the independence of Corsica. Close to the authors of the Enlightenment, he frequented Kant and Beccaria.
Scattered brown spots, otherwise a fine copy, from the library of Astier (note on the flyleaf), professor of the Academy of Besançon.
