[MIRABEAU, HONOR GABRIEL RIQUETI, Comte de]. Essai sur le despotisme. London [i.e., Neuchtel], 1775. Typographic title ornaments and headpieces, woodcut tailpiece. 8vo, 19th-century quarter morocco, edges untrimmed, rubbed; occasional faint marginal dampstaining. FIRST EDITION of the Comte de Mirabeau's first published book, rare. With cancel leaves C6, H4, and M7; P4 and Q1 uncancelled (these cancel leaves called for in the "Avis au relieur" at end). Barbier II:249; Cioranescu 45186.