Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Autograph manuscript, 1 p - Lot 698

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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Autograph manuscript, 1 p - Lot 698
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Autograph manuscript, 1 page small in-4 (edges a little browned, framed with engraved portrait). Note in view of the work on women that Rousseau undertook between 1746 and 1750 for his patron Mme Louise Dupin (1706-1799), and which never saw the light of day. Rousseau is inspired here by Joseph Barre's Histoire générale d'Allemagne (1748), of which he gives the reference (T. I, p. 16): "The husband made his family subsist from his errands and his share of the plunder made in enemy country. The wife, on her return, relieved him of his warlike labors, a dear and affectionate hand bandaged the wounds he had received in battle; her gentleness and her submission put into their society a charm which lasted as long as life. This union was based on a perfect subordination.
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