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The Social Contract
was published in 1762 by
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
It was translated from French in 1913 by
G. D. H. Cole.

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Paul Bryan,
and is based on a transcription produced in 2014 by
Marc D’Hooghe
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The cover page is adapted from
Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
a painting completed in 1766 by
Allan Ramsay.
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League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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