Oeuvres Completes de J.J. Rousseau (Complete in 27 Volumes with 42 engraved plates after Deveria)

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Published by Dalibon, Paris, 1824

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Paris, Imprimerie de Jules Didot Aine, 27 volumes, 1825-1825, avec des eclairissements et des notes historiques par P. R. Aguis, 27 volumes uniformly bound on half-cerise calf with black title and volume labels and gilt decoration, red-pink watered silk over boards, marbled eps, bookplate of Baron Cornelius Verheyden de Lancey on ffep of each volume. Vol. I, (1825) Discours, portrait frontispiece, 566, 1 further plate; vol. II, (1824), Lettre a D'Alembert, vii, 441; vol. III, Emile (vol. I), viii, 426, 3 plates-(top of spine restored); vol. IV Emile (vol. II0, 353, 3 plates (foot of spine restored); vol. V, Emile (vol. III), 381, 6 plates; vol. VI, Contrat Social, frontispiece engraving, xxiv, 502; vol. VII, Lettre a C. De Beaumont, Lettres de la Montagne, viii, 534; vol. VIII, Nouvelle Heloise (I), frontispiece engraving, xxii, 524, 5 further plates; vol. IX, Nouvelle Heloise (II), 380, 3 plates; vol. X, Nouvelle Heloise (III), 435, 3 plates; vol. XI, Botanique.-Theatre, ii, 432; vol. XII, viii, 448, 1 plate; vol. XIII, Dictionnaire de Musique (I, A-L), xxxvi, 453, musical notation in-text; vol. XIV, Dictionnaire de Musique (II, M-Z), frontispiece engraving, 461, 28 pp. musical notation; vol. XV, Ecrits sur la Musique, ii, 489 (6 of which musical notation), 2 plates, 2 folding pages musical notation; vol. XVI, Partition du Devin du Village, 269, of which pp. 1-225 are an engraved musical score; vol. XVII, Confessions (I), engraved frontispiece portrait of Mme. Warens, xv, 475, 6 plates; vol. XVIII, Confessions (II), 384, 1 plate; vol. XIX, Confessions (III), 378, 3 plates; vol. XX, Dialogues (II), 357; vol. XXI, Dialogues (I), xix, 436; vol. XXII, Correpondance (I), xxiv, 436; vol. XXIII, Correspondance (II), 424; vol. XXIV, Correspondance (III), 492; vol. XXV, Correspondance (IV), 443; vol. XXVI, Correspondance (V), 428,; vol. XXVII, Correspondances (VI), 405. Some dryness to edges, wear to head and tail of spines, many covers faded, some water stains to margins of 3 vols, tissue guards and plates with some foxing but generally clean throughout. All firmly bound and with 42 engraved plates in total. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Oeuvres Completes de J.J. Rousseau (Complete in 27 Volumes with 42 engraved plates after Deveria)
• Publisher: Dalibon, Paris
• Publication Date: 1824
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Deveria
• Condition: Very Good
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