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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU. COMPLETE WORKS of J.J. Rousseau, citi…
See original version (French)
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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU. COMPLETE WORKS of J.J. Rousseau, citi…
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU.
COMPLETE WORKS of J.J. Rousseau, citizen of Geneva. New edition.
Paris: Published by Belin, Caille, Grégoire and Volland, 1793.
37 volumes in small 8vo format. Stapled in contemporary blue temporary paper, with printed title labels on the spines (copy damaged by age: spines broken on a few volumes, paper loss on some covers, scattered foxing, soiling).
Description:
An edition illustrated with separate plates based on Mariller’s works, engraved in black using intaglio engraving
by Dambrun, De Ghendt, De Launay, De Longiez, Halbou, Macret, Ponce and Trière; fold-out plates of engraved music.
A copy in its original format with fine margins, remaining as published whilst awaiting binding.
An edition of Rousseau’s Œuvres generally regarded as the most complete and charming of its time, in a convenient format.
An old stencilled ex libris stamp, in black ink, reading ‘E D’ on the title page.
See original version (French)
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