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251 - ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. ‎Complete Works of J.
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ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. ‎Complete Works of J.J. Rousseau. Geneva, n.p., 1782 [1789 for the last two volumes] In-4 (26 x 19.5 cm), flamed calfskin, plain spine with decoration. Covers, edges and back edges gilded with a roulette. Gilded edges. 17 uncollated volumes, containing a frontispiece portrait after La Tour, 35/37 plates (illustrations by Moreau and Le Barbier) and 23/24 music plates (plate J is missing). Scuffs and tears to some headbands. A few foxing spots. Provenance: Ellen Julia Holland (bookplate). Famous 17-volume quarto collective edition published by the Société typographique de Genève, containing the first part of the Confessions (1782, vols. 10 and 11). The 15 volumes are supplemented by 2 supplements containing the second part of the Confessions (1789, vols. 16 and 17). This is the first edition of the Confessions in this format (the original separate edition of the first part was published in Geneva in 1782 in two octavo volumes. The second part of this separate edition appeared in 1789). The text of this edition was prepared by Pierre Moultou and Du Peyrou. The edition was printed simultaneously in three formats (in-4, in-8 and in-12). A fine set in uniform contemporary bindings.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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