French politician and philosopher (1809–1865) who was the first to describe himself as an anarchist. ALS in French, signed “P-J Proudhon,” one page, 4.25 x 5.5, March 4, 1862. Letter to politician P. Ch. A. Rolland, sending the first pages of a new work, ‘The Literary Property.’ In part (translated): “Included here are the first two leaves of my pamphlet on literary property…I can not get through my mind that the government can stop such a thing…as if it were an infernal machine….Fayolle arrived in recent days. He told us to stop en masse in the department, and terror reigns. The friendly country that is France! But what! We will always be a great nation.” In very good condition, with a complete tape-repaired separation along the central horizontal fold. RR Auction COA.
