Exposé succinct de la contestation qui s'est élevée entre M. Hume, et M. Rousseau
Subtitle: avec les pieces justificatives
Contributors: Hume, David, 1711-1776; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778; Suard, J. B. A. (Jean Baptiste Antoine), 1734-1817; Verax, T.; Rousselot, M., attributed author; Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783
Publisher: [F.-B. de Félice]
Published: 1766
Place of publication: A Londres [i.e. Yverdon, Switzerland]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Friends and associates; Philosophers; Correspondence
Notes: An account sent by Hume to friends in Paris, to be prepared for publication; edited and the English portions translated by J.B.A. Suard. Later in 1766, Hume supervised the issue of an English version with title: A concise and genuine account of the dispute between Mr. Hume and Mr. Rousseau. Cf. Letters of David Hume, edited by G. Birkbeck Hill.

Includes correspondence of Rousseau with Hume and others. Cf. Sénelier, J. Rousseau, 2.020.

"Le rapporteur de bonne-foi, ou, Examen sans partialité & sans prétention du différend survenu entre M. Hume & M. Rousseau de Genève" (p. [133]-177), with special t.p., is signed at end "T. Verax"; perhaps a pseudonym of "M. Rousselot," who visited Rousseau in 1760. Cf. p. 139; and cf. Rousseau's Correspondance complète, edited by R.A. Leigh. 1965-1998, v. 7, p. 3-4; v. 8, p. 252.

False imprint; printed by F.-B. de Félice in Yverdon. Cf. Perret, J.P. Les imprimeries d'Yverdon. 1945, p. 403.

Originally published: A Londres [i.e. Paris?], 1766.

Signatures: a⁸( -a8) A-E¹² F⁶ G-H¹²( -H12).

Type flower t.p. ornament; ornamental headpieces.

"Déclaration adressée par M. D'Alembert aux éditeurs": p. 125-127.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), N31270

Conlon, P.M. Ouvrages français relatifs à J.-J. Rousseau, 392