ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). Discourse on the origin and foundations of inequality among men. Paris, Amsterdam, Rey, 1755. [Followed by] [DU REY DE MEYNIERES (Octavie)]. Réflexions d'une provinciale, sur le discours de M. Rousseau. London, 1756. 2 works in one volume in-8, marbled calf, spine decorated, marbled edges (Binding of the period). Counterfeit at the date of the original edition. It is followed by the first edition of a critique of the Discourse by the woman of letters and translator Octavie Du Rey de Meynières (1719-1805), beginning with these words: "I will perhaps further embitter M. Rousseau against the effects of perfected reason. He will only see with indignation, the audacity of a woman who dares to think & even write." (pp. 2-3). Barbier IV:128.