75/ 977 [France]. Barruel, A. Gedenkschriften om te dienen tot de geschiedenis der Jacobijnen. Naar het Fransch. Hamburg, P. Fauché, 1800-1801, 5 vols., fold. table, contemp. unif. plain boards.

- All vols. library stamps on title-p. Backstrips worn; covers dustsoiled.

= Goldsmiths 18084 (French ed., Hamburg, 1800). "Jacobinism (...) derives from the Jacobins, the revolutionary group which, under Robespierre's leadership, imposed the Reign of Terror on France during 1793-4. Used more widely, it is the belief that the will of the people can be represented by a small elite group who act in their name but are not formally accountable (...)" (Blackwell Encycl. of Political Thought p.254).