The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Easton Press (1980), Norwalk, Connecticut, 1980. Collector's Edition, 9-1/2" x 6", 635 numbered pages. Part of the publisher's "100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series. Full leather. Condition: Fine. Bound in full decorated gray leather stamped in 22kt gold, without dust jacket, as published; moire end sheets with a matching silk book ribbon; pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence. Archival-quality paper, page edges gilded on three sides. Anonymous translation revised and completed by A. S. B. Glover, illustrated by William Sharp. Bound in the publisher's original full leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Three raised hubs on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. Hinges very sturdy. Signed bookplate attached to backside of FFEP, otherwise this book would grade as "Like New".