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ROUSSEAU (J. J.). JULIE, OR THE NEW HÉLOISE.
See original version (French)
120
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ROUSSEAU (J. J.). JULIE, OR THE NEW HÉLOISE.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
ROUSSEAU (J. J.). JULIE, OR THE NEW HÉLOISE. Amsterdam, Rey, 1769. Three volumes, in-8½, in ivy-green sheepskin, smooth spine divided by gilt fillets, gilt title (contemporary binding). The spine has uniformly turned a dark havana colour, with scattered light foxing and a few rare marginal water stains. Ex-libris from the ‘Hornus’ library. A REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL 1761 EDITION, announced on the title page of each volume as the ‘Third original edition, revised and corrected by the publisher’. It is ILLUSTRATED with 13 plates out of text : a superb FRONTISPICE by Cochin, engraved by de Longueil, and 12 FIGURES by Gravelot, which reproduce those from the 1761 edition, except for the last one, engraved by de Longueil, which is different. From the LIBRARY of Henri Jean Victor, Duke of SAINT SIMON VERMANDOIS (1782–1865), Peer of France, Grandee of Spain, 1st class, Senator, Major-General, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. As aide-de-camp to Marshal Ney, he was seriously wounded at the Battle of Jena (1806). ¶ Tchémerzine, V-541 c.
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