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ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. *Émile, or On Education*.
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ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. *Émile, or On Education*.
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Estimate
€800 - €1,000
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Description
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. *Émile, or On Education*. The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1762. 4 volumes, in-8. Full red morocco binding, spine with raised bands richly decorated with panels of gilded fleurons, gilded fillets and scrolls framing the design with fleurons in the spandrels, gilded fillets on the edges, small interior lace, gilded edges. (Binding signed Chatelin). Ex libris: Elisabeth de Tonnerre.
Third Parisian edition published a few months after the first by the same publisher. It is augmented by a 112-page Supplement in the first edition (the last leaf of this supplement is erroneously paginated as 211).
It is illustrated with the same engravings as the first edition: 5 engravings, including the frontispiece, all engraved by Longueil, Louis le Grand and Pasquier after Eisen.
A fine copy, superbly produced by Chatelin. – Expert: François GIARD
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About the sale
Chrono Auction: Modern and Antique Books
Auction location
Closing date
11/03/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89375133
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