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17512605210193Chez Briasson David Le Breton Durand A Paris; Amsterdam 1751 - 1777 1751. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. The Organization of Enlightenment Thought: The Revolution in Ideas. A first edition of this foundational encyclopedia of 18th century knowledge. A massive thirty-five volume set. Large folios volumes 39.5 x 25 cm. Bound in 18th-century French calf. Spines gilt with raised bands. One volume non-uniformly bound in light calf. <br> The set includes: Encyclopedie Paris: 1751-57 & Neuchatel 1765. 17 volumes; Recueil de planches. Paris: 1762-72. 11 volumes 1 2 part I 2 Part II 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11; Supplement a l'Encyclopedie. Paris & Amsterdam: 1776-77. 5 volumes including the Suite de recueil de planches; Table Analytique. Paris: 1780. <br> Profusely illustrated with engraved plates. <br> Diderot's famous Encyclopedie was initially a modest translation of Chambers's Cyclopaedia. It grew as a project into a massive project which attempted to collect human knowledge from a rationalistic perspective instead of by nature or theology. In organizing knowledge from a position where human reason was paramount the supremacy of the Church was imperiled. As a result the Encyclopedie was widely controversial and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. In discussing fundamental philosophical issues such as on political authority and natural rights articles in the Encyclopedie shifted the basis of governmental authority from the divine right of Kings to radical concepts popular consent was the basis of legitimacy and the ideals of a social contract. The work was banned by the King of France. It spread the foundational ideas of the French Revolution and enlightenment thinkers. "No encyclopaedia perhaps has been of such political importance or has occupied so conspicuous a place in the civil and literary history of its century. It sought not only to give information but to guide opinion." "It was a war machine; as it progressed its attacks on both the church and still more on despotic government as well as Christianity itself became bolder and more undistinguished and it was met with persecution and opposition unparalleled in the the history of encyclopedias." - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed p. 1483. "A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien regime and in heralding the French Revolution" Printing in the Mind of Man 200. Refs: Grolier/Horblit 25b; Norman 637; PMM 200. <br> Includes: 17 v. : ill. ; 41 cm. supplement 4 volumes plates 11 volumes plates supplement 1 volume. Table Analytique 1 volume. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Chez Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, A Paris; Amsterdam (1751 - 1777) hardcover
1764148170London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt in the Strand 1764. First edition in English of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's magnum opus; a seminal treatise on political philosophy and precursor of the French revolution. Twelvemo bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands morocco spine labels lettered in gilt triple gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles all edges gilt marbled endpapers 3pp. advertisements at end. In near fine condition. Exceedingly rare with only a handful of copies traced in auction records exceptionally rare and desirable. "The Contrat Social remains Rousseau's greatest work. Rousseau believed passionately in what he wrote and when in 1789 a similar emotion was released on a national scale the Contract Social came into its own as the bible of the revolutionaries in building their ideal state. Still in print translated into every language in cheap editions and paperbacks it remains a crucial document of egalitarian government" Printing and the Mind of Man 270 discussing the 1762 first edition. Written in 1762 Rousseau's seminal work provided a philosophical justification for revolutionary change by promoting the principles of popular sovereignty the general will equality liberty and political participation. Rousseau argued that legitimate political authority comes from the consent of the governed rather than from divine right or hereditary monarchy. This idea inspired French revolutionaries to demand a government that represented the will of the people. Upon publication the distribution of The Social Contract in France was prohibited and Rousseau fled the country to avoid imprisonment. It was primarily Rousseau's chapter on civil religion rather than his ideas on liberty and sovereignty that caused the controversy. Immanuel Kant one of the most influential moral philosophers in Western philosophy acknowledged his debt to Rousseau's work in political philosophy of which The Social Contract is perhaps the closest to a complete statement. Kant wrote “I myself am a researcher by inclination. I feel the entire thirst for cognition and the eager restlessness to proceed further in it as well as the satisfaction at every acquisition. There was a time when I believed this alone could constitute the honour of humankind and I despised the rabble who knows nothing. Rousseau has set me right. This blinding prejudice vanishes I learn to honour human beings and I would feel by far less useful than the common labourer if I did not believe that this consideration could impart a value to all others in order to establish the rights of humanity†Refl. 20:44. Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, in the Strand paperback
1920J3LEQD63X359Morocco 1920. Contemporary gilded wooden frame 33 x 28 cm. Oil on wooden panel 21 x 16 cm signed at the lower left "Henri Rousseau". Colourful panel painting by the leading orientalist painter Henri-Émilien Rousseau of a mounted Bedouin falconer one of Rousseau's favourite subjects. While the sport of falconry was an important status symbol in the Middle East and Europe generally for the Bedouins it was a means of survival.Rousseau 1875-1933 was a Cairo-born French painter who divided his childhood between North Africa and France where he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under the great Orientalist painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. He broke from the style of his master however and started to paint in a more impressionistic style. Between 1920 and 1930 he travelled extensively through the Rif and Atlas mountains of Morocco where he befriended the chiefs of several nomad tribes. It was probably here that Rousseau fell under the spell of the Bedouin horsemen which came to characterize his compositions. In 1927 more than 80 of his works from this period were displayed at the gallery of the influential Parisian art dealer Georges Petit. This was followed by an exhibition at the Exposition Universelle of 1931.The panel is cracked in the length leading to a 4 cm crack in the paint to the right of the rider's head a 1 cm crack below the horse's left hind hoof and a 7 cm crack from the top left to the horse's head but these cracks are only noticeable on close inspection and no paint has been lost. Some minor craquelure in the dark red patch connecting the rider and the saddle. Otherwise a well-executed and clean painting.l For the artist: Thieme & Becker XXIX p. 113. ABE CAT Falconry & Hunting unknown
374Alkmaar Zeglis 8 - No 374: Marc-Michel Rey Amsterdam. Good Een echte eerste druk !. Vraag bij intressen meerdere foto's aan Trefwoorden: Rousseau Jean Jac Antiquarisch Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam unknown
1762187978Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey 1762. Developing the social contract First edition of the definitive version of Rousseau's greatest work a potent influence on liberal republican and French revolutionary thinking. Where Rousseau's Second Discourse 1755 explained how people had lost their liberty in the past the Principes considered how they might recover it in the future. The work develops the model of a government made legitimate by following the general will of its subjects. In so doing it tackles the problem of securing political co-operation among people with separate wills. The concept of the general will followed as an artificially constructed pledge to dissolve individual natural rights. Shortly after the printing had begun Rousseau requested that the title page vignette of Justice be replaced by one of Liberty and that the 24-line note on civil marriage on page 324 be excised completely for fear of French censors. He also judged the title page too crowded hence the transposition of the first part of the title "Du Contract Social" to a separate half-title. Bound after Rousseau's work is the Profession de foi du vicaire Chrétien Berlin: Chez Jean Neaulme 1764 by Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey 1711-1797 a key figure in the German Enlightenment and a committed opponent of Rousseau 2 works bound in 1 vol. octavo 199 x 119 mm pp. iv viii 324; pp. viii 144 14. Engraved title vignette of Liberty by Boily after Bolomey in Principes engraved initials head- and tailpieces. Profession bound without ten engraved plates. Contemporary calf spine ruled and decorated in gilt and with red morocco label marbled endpapers edges red red silk book marker. Light rubbing several marks to boards minor foxing to outer leaves contents crisp and clean small loss to lower outer corner of final leaf of Profession: a very good copy indeed. Dufour 133; En français dans le texte 162; Printing and the Mind of Man 207; Tchemerzine V p. 543. hardcover
1762149605Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey 1762. Rare first edition type B of Rousseau's greatest work. Octavo bound in full contemporary sheepskin gilt tooling to the spine in eight compartments within raised bands burgundy morocco spine label lettered in gilt stamped turn-ins marbled endpapers engraved vignette of Liberty to the title page by Boily after Bolomey all edges red ribbon bound in. Provenance: Perrotin-Grandville notary in Le Mans ownership inscription to the title page. In very good condition with scuffing to the boards splitting to the rear lower hinge. Exceptionally rare in a contemporary binding. "The Contrat Social remains Rousseau's greatest work. Rousseau believed passionately in what he wrote and when in 1789 a similar emotion was released on a national scale the Contract Social came into its own as the bible of the revolutionaries in building their ideal state. Still in print translated into every language in cheap editions and paperbacks it remains a crucial document of egalitarian government" Printing and the Mind of Man 270 discussing the 1762 first edition. Written in 1762 Rousseau's seminal work provided a philosophical justification for revolutionary change by promoting the principles of popular sovereignty the general will equality liberty and political participation. Rousseau argued that legitimate political authority comes from the consent of the governed rather than from divine right or hereditary monarchy. This idea inspired French revolutionaries to demand a government that represented the will of the people. Upon publication the distribution of The Social Contract in France was prohibited and Rousseau fled the country to avoid imprisonment. It was primarily Rousseau's chapter on civil religion rather than his ideas on liberty and sovereignty that caused the controversy. Immanuel Kant one of the most influential moral philosophers in Western philosophy acknowledged his debt to Rousseau's work in political philosophy of which The Social Contract is perhaps the closest to a complete statement. Kant wrote “I myself am a researcher by inclination. I feel the entire thirst for cognition and the eager restlessness to proceed further in it as well as the satisfaction at every acquisition. There was a time when I believed this alone could constitute the honour of humankind and I despised the rabble who knows nothing. Rousseau has set me right. This blinding prejudice vanishes I learn to honour human beings and I would feel by far less useful than the common labourer if I did not believe that this consideration could impart a value to all others in order to establish the rights of humanity†Refl. 20:44. Marc Michel Rey paperback
176254730A la Haye Chez Jean Néaulme Recte: Paris Duchesne 1762. 8vo. Bound in four beautiful uniform contemporary full mottled calf bindings with gilt title-and tome-lables to richly gilt spines. Gilt line-border to edges of bords. Lovely patterned edges. Spines and some corners lightly and expertly restored barely noteable. Occasional very light brownspotting or dusting but overall very nice and clean. Printed on good heavy paper with wide margins. An excellent copy. 2 VIII 2 466 6 pp. 4 407 1 pp. 4 384 pp.; 4 455 1 pp. 5 engraved plates used as frontispieces and facing p. 141 of vol. 1 respectively. The first plate "Thétis" in the variant state without title as described in MacEachern. Fully complete exactly as described in MacEachern. With all the misprints: Vol. 1: 88 as S8 443 as 433 465 as 46; vol. 2: 356 as 256 357 as 257; vol. 3: 383 as 363; vol. 4: 336 with first 3 broken according to McEachern this is just the case in some copies. With the usual cancelled leaves: Vol 1: Av B4; vol. 2: H3 N6 called I6. The final leaf ends with "FIN" and has no grapes MacEachern: "The grapes appear in three different forms.". <br/><br/><em>The very scarce actual first edition being the rarer more sought-after nicer 8vo-edition as opposed to the much more common 12mo edition which was printed about simultaneously but which seems to have appeared later the 8vo format also being the one preferred by Rousseau himself and the format in which he wanted his great work to appear.This magnificent work constitutes the climax of Rousseau's genius as well as the most important work on education since Plato. In Émile Rousseau poses an entirely new approach to education and the upbringing of children. His thoughts were exceedingly controversial the work was burnt by the executioner immediately after its first appearance and Rousseau had to flee the country due to a warrant for his arrest. The printing history of "Émile" is extremely complicated and has been a matter of intense dispute for many decades. Until Maceachern's bibliography from 1989 the edition that has now been established as the "Second Paris octavo" MacEachern 4A was generally considered the first printing of the work but there is no longer any dispute about the fact that the present edition is in fact the actual first 1A. The first edition appeared in both 8vo1A and 12mo1B and it seems to be generally accepted that the 8vo-edition was distributed first but that parts of the 12mo-edition may have been in printing a bit earlier. Rousseau himself seems to have preferred the 8vo-edition and wished for his great work to appear as this form first "The question of the format gave rise to some dissension for while Rousseau felt that the work was more suited to the octavo format Duchesne preferred to print a duodecimo and only a limited number of the more expensive octavo. Rousseau finally agreed to Duchesne's plan with reluctance declaring that in his opinion Duchesne was committing an error of judgment and that the octavo would certainly be the more sought after of the two formats." - MacEachern pp. 18-19. Rousseau himself was more involved in the coming-to-be of "Émile" than perhaps any other author has been in any other book. Throughout the entire process there were a large number of misunderstandings between himself and Duchene which more than once endangered the printing and publishing of this seminal work and which has contributed greatly to the extremely complicated bibliographical data of it. In fact up until very late in the process Rousseau did not believe that the work was actually going to be finished and it took several instances of mediation between the two to keep the work on tracks. Finally however the work was a reality and with it one of the greatest works of Western culture had been born.Rousseau's "Émile" constitutes the most significant modern treatise on the education of man surpassed only by Plato's "Republic". The comparison with Plato is all the more apt seeing that both works grow out of and are meant to remedy lacunae in the political philosophy of their authors.The conclusion to Rousseau's work on the social contract also written during Rousseau's stay in Montmorency had pointed to a predicament of political thought: that only if man were himself naturally inclined to freedom could he make use of political freedom. "Émile" is the analysis of the conditions under which a child can develop into a free human being. As such it presents the conclusion to Rousseau's earlier works on inequality political freedom and servitude.The paradox of Émile is that while the development of human nature must be natural if the child is to develop into a free human being steering that development in the right - that is free - direction requires constant intervention which moreover must be hidden from the child. Rousseau details this intervention in his analysis of the five stages in the education of the child covering the period from birth to the age of 25.Being one of the most influential thinkers of the 18th century Rousseau is considered one of the indirect causes of the French Revolution. In Rousseau one certainly finds one of the most influential spokesmen for 18th century thought and it is primarily the thoughts of him and Voltaire that are put into action with the Revolution."The first and last of these i.e. Héloise and Émile with their sentimental expression of deism gave much offence and Rousseau like Voltaire was forced to flee to Prussia. Restless and locally unpopular he fled again to England where he had a great welcome. Hume who had offered him asylum looked after him patiently." PMM 207 Printing and the Mind of Man.The totalitarian tendency of Rousseau's philosophy of education has been noted by a number of philosophers in recent times most famously Karl Popper.McEachern: 1A </em> unknown
176172018Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey 1761. First edition of the first best-selling novel in history which made Jean-Jacques Rousseau the world's first celebrity author. Octavo six volumes bound in contemporary full calf gilt titles to the spine marbled edges marbled endpapers. An exceptional piece of literary history. A retelling of the legendary love affair between French nun Heloise d'Argenteuil and theologian Peter Abelard Rousseau's groundbreaking novel Julie or the New Heloise became an instant best-seller. Publishers could barely keep up with the high demand for copies of the story which evoked an unprecedentedly passionate response from readers particularly high-society women from whom Rousseau is known to have received thousands of love letters. Publishers capitalized on the unequivocally high demand for the novel by renting it to readers at a rate per day and even per hour. Due to its content the book was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum List of Prohibited Books deemed lascivious and anti-clerical by the Roman Catholic Church. Although it was presented as a novel the book exists as a philosophical treaty on autonomy and authenticity as moral values which Rousseau perhaps argued to be ethically superior to rational and commonly-held moral principles. Arthur Schopenhauer cited Julie or the New Heloise as one of the four greatest novels ever written along with Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Cervantes' Don Quixote. Historian Robert Darnton has argued that Julie 'was perhaps the biggest best-seller of the century.' Marc-Michel Rey unknown books
1805401779Paris: L. E. Herhan for Delachaussie et Garnery 1805. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. Folio 506 x 332 mm. Half-title. Title with stipple-engraved vignette 65 stipple-engraved plates by Bouquet Jacques Chailly Mlle. Delelo and others after Redouté printed in colors by Langlois. Contemporary marbled calf gilt spine with red and tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt. Some light wear at extremities; some mostly marginal and pale spotting. Provenance: Starrenstein bookplate; purchased from Biblion 1969. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION FIRST STATE before the plates were titled and with plate 54 misnumbered 62. The plates are of flowers fruits bulbs leaves etc. of flowering plants and trees some showing whole plants and others showing details sometimes cut to reveal anatomical details. The book was issued in 1805 in both folio and quarto format. It is not surprising that this folio edition best reflects Redouté's superb botanical art. John Ruskin was one of many admirers of the work and in 1878 wrote to his bookseller F. S. Ellis: "Please at once set your Paris agents to look out for all copies that come up at any sale of Rousseau's Botanique with coloured plates 1805 - and buy all they can get." Rousseau's letters on botany were written from 1771 to 1773 but were not published in his lifetime. They first appeared in his Oeuvres in 1782. Exiled amongst the natural beauties of Switzerland in 1763 or 1764 Rousseau developed his interest in botany and made various collections of plant specimens or herbaria. See Lawrence Redouteana 15. Cleveland Collections 698; Dunthorne 252; Great Flower Books p. 134; Nissen BBI 1688; Pritzel 7824; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 9688. <br/><br/> L. E. Herhan for Delachaussie et Garnery unknown books
1765973631765 2 pages in-8, Motiers, 28 avril 1765, adresse et cachet de cire au dos du second feuillet.Intéressante missive de Rousseau à son libraire après la parution des Lettres écrites de la Montagne.Panckoucke contacte Rousseau dès 1761 pour lui faire part de son enthousiasme à la lecture de La Nouvelle Héloïse. C'est le début d'une relation épistolaire cordiale d'une vingtaine de lettres, entretenue par le jeune libraire désireux d'obtenir l'édition des oeuvres complètes. Mais ce rapport de soutien mutuel se gâte à la parution des Lettres de la Montagne qui rencontrent un accueil hostile. Rousseau s'étonne du peu d'engagement de Panckouke, d'autant que celui-ci lui rapporte maladroitement les calomnies qui circulent à Paris tout en reconnaissant n'avoir pas encore lu l'ouvrage... La réponse de Rousseau est cinglante :... "Vous êtes jeune et françois, Monsieur, je sais ce qu'un homme de mon âge doit passer au vôtre ; mais quand on a l'étourderie de votre nation, l'on doit en avoir aussi la politesse. Quand on veut juger un livre sans le lire et condamner l'auteur sans l'entendre, il faudroit du moins en s'adressant à lui-même employer des termes plus mesurés."Puis, le philosophe en revient à un échange plus formel : l'achat d'estampes de l'Histoire Naturelle de Buffon dont Panckouke est l'éditeur. Après de "très humbles salutations" il ajoute un post-scriptum d'explications affectives : "J'ai le plus vrai regret de cette brouillerie car je vous aime véritablement, et je vois que vous êtes dans cette affaire la dupe de quelques fourbes qui feignent de m'aimer pour me nuire plus à coup sûr."...Typique de la sensibilité du philosophe, cette lettre a été publiée dès 1789 par fragments dans le Mercure de France. Superbe et très rare document.
1765973631765 2 pages in-8, Motiers, 28 avril 1765, adresse et cachet de cire au dos du second feuillet.Intéressante missive de Rousseau à son libraire après la parution des Lettres écrites de la Montagne.Panckoucke contacte Rousseau dès 1761 pour lui faire part de son enthousiasme à la lecture de La Nouvelle Héloïse. C'est le début d'une relation épistolaire cordiale d'une vingtaine de lettres, entretenue par le jeune libraire désireux d'obtenir l'édition des oeuvres complètes. Mais ce rapport de soutien mutuel se gâte à la parution des Lettres de la Montagne qui rencontrent un accueil hostile. Rousseau s'étonne du peu d'engagement de Panckouke, d'autant que celui-ci lui rapporte maladroitement les calomnies qui circulent à Paris tout en reconnaissant n'avoir pas encore lu l'ouvrage... La réponse de Rousseau est cinglante :... "Vous êtes jeune et françois, Monsieur, je sais ce qu'un homme de mon âge doit passer au vôtre ; mais quand on a l'étourderie de votre nation, l'on doit en avoir aussi la politesse. Quand on veut juger un livre sans le lire et condamner l'auteur sans l'entendre, il faudroit du moins en s'adressant à lui-même employer des termes plus mesurés."Puis, le philosophe en revient à un échange plus formel : l'achat d'estampes de l'Histoire Naturelle de Buffon dont Panckouke est l'éditeur. Après de "très humbles salutations" il ajoute un post-scriptum d'explications affectives : "J'ai le plus vrai regret de cette brouillerie car je vous aime véritablement, et je vois que vous êtes dans cette affaire la dupe de quelques fourbes qui feignent de m'aimer pour me nuire plus à coup sûr."...Typique de la sensibilité du philosophe, cette lettre a été publiée dès 1789 par fragments dans le Mercure de France. Superbe et très rare document.
173821797Brussels 1738. 4to. Gilles Stryckwant Contemporary mottled calf sewn on 6 cords richly gold-tooled spine gold-tooled board edges red sprinkled edges Dutch-marbled endpapers front straight-combed in red blue yellow green and white; back matching except swirled green ribbon marker. With a woodcut coat of arms of Austria on title-page woodcut headpieces tailpieces initials 2 series and factotums and decorations built up from typographic ornaments. 6 109 1 blank pp. First edition of a collection of sacred songs in verse selected from his own works by Jean Baptiste Rousseau 1671-1741 most of them based on psalms and a few on other biblical texts. Born in Paris Rousseau published his Cantates françoises around 1705 and established a good reputation for his lyrics. His lampoons and some obscene verses supposedly written by him occasionally got him into trouble but he had a promising career ahead of him when he published his Oeuvres in 1712. In that year however a dispute over offensive verses supposedly written by him forced him into exile in Brussels. He lived there and elsewhere abroad for the rest of his life sometimes publishing selections of his work such as the present one and returning to Paris only for a clandestine visit around the time he published the present collection. Although his poetry appears to have sold fairly well and his lyrics continued in demand with musicians he remained in financial straits his exile perhaps making it difficult to gain the patronage essential to success in that day. Rousseau gained greater fame posthumously especially as the creator of the "French cantate" and is still considered the best French lyricist of the period. With the author's signed autograph presentation inscription to l'Abbé Cochard on an endleaf and a couple corrections in the text also in his hand. With one quire slightly browned and further occasional minor foxing or a small marginal stain but otherwise in very good condition and with generous margins. The chemicals used to mottle the leather have eaten away its surface in places and the spine has been repaired at the head foot and hinges but the binding is now structurally sound.l H.A. Grubbs Jean-Baptiste Rousseau: his life and works p. 226; not in Cioranescu; Tchemerzine. hardcover
17831289301783. First Edition. ROUSSEAU Jean-Jacques. The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau: With the Reveries of the Solitary Walker. London: J. Bew 1783. 12mo period-style full paneled brown calf gilt red morocco spine labels. $8800.Rare first edition in English of Rousseaus magnificent Confessions and Reveries its sequel and complement considered among Rousseaus finest works.""Confessions was published only posthumously; it was some time before Rousseau's ideas seeped into the drinking water. In his own day he was provocative but also outlandish. As Leo Damrosch put it Rousseau was after all understood to be 'describing a state of nature that never existed a political system that never could exist and an educational scheme that never should exist.' Social inequality the will of the people inalienable rights were meaningless concepts when Rousseau began ranting about them. Imagination was out of fashion; he was tiptoeing around the as-yet-undiscovered unconscious. He advocated idleness in the age of Adam Smith. If he suffered for being so much out of step with his own century he can too easily be overlooked in ours. Without founding a schoolit would have been inappropriateRousseau stands squarely if unsystematically at the root of democracy autobiography Romanticism child-centered education even psychoanalysis"" Stacy Schiff.Rousseau's ""devastatingly intimate"" self-portrait has become one of ""the landmarks of the literature of personal revelation and reminiscence"" and the model for modern autobiography Brereton 107; Drabble 851. His Confessions is filled with candid and critical personal descriptions of himself and others; he did not intend for it to be published until the end of the century but it was published within four years of his death. ""The publication of the Confessions in 1782 only reinforced the intensely personal bond that Rousseau's countless disciples felt with him nothing could shake their faith in his essential moral purity. The breathtaking candor of his admissions of vice as well as virtue strengthened their view that he was the greatest honnete homme of their century"" Schama Citizens 160. First published in French in Geneva in 1782. As is usually the case these two volumes contain the first half of the Confessions; the second half was not published until 1789 in French with the English translation appearing in 1790. Owner signature of ""Mary Bisshopp 1795"" to title page of Volume I with her small bookplate to versos of both title pages. Small engraved armorial bookplate tipped to final leaf of text. Bookplates of leading British book collector Eric Quayle with his note on the first one: ""This is the first English edition and is very rare. E.Q."" Quayle published large-format and well-illustrated guides to book collecting based on his own collection which still act as signposts for new collectors and important references for the experienced.Interior fresh. Very handsomely bound. unknown
112680London James Asperne 1805. . Second edition; 8vo 175 x 115 mm; printed in English and Farsi considerable near-contemporary manuscript notes to margins and spaces in first and last few leaves as well as intermittent in text title page a little frayed with small marginal repair inner hinges strengthened; contemporary calf rebacked and recornered gilt lettering piece to spine well annotated otherwise a very good restored copy; lxiv 13-267pp.<br /> One of the earliest attempts to produce a compendium and dictionary of legal terms used in India by one of the pioneers in Arabic printing in Europe. One of the earliest texts printed in England with nastaliq script which Samuel Russeau had initially commissioned for The Flowers of Persian Literature 1801. <br /><br />Samuel Russeau 17631820 established the Arabic Press in London published some of the first English translations of several important Arabic and Persian works and compiled some of the earliest Arabic-English and Persian-English language texts of which this is one. His works contributed significantly to early study in Persian texts and his dictionaries were vital to the East India Company and their officers acting in India.<br /><br />This volume was evidently in the hands of an English traveller in India to be used as a working dictionary for their time spent there. It is adorned throughout in near-contemporary annotations which pertain to the use of certain words in context or alternative meanings as well as notes for their personal use relating to the East India Company.<br /> London, James Asperne, 1805. unknown
18891222Paris, Launette, 1889 ; 2 tomes en 4 vol. in-4, reliures de l’époque maroquin cerise, trois filets dorés en encadrement sur les plats, dos à nerfs orné, dentelle intérieure, doublure de maroquin vert émeraude, gardes de soie brochée à fleurs, tranches dorées sur témoins, couverture et dos (Marius Michel).
174660957(Unsigned, and no date, but penned between 1746 and 1751). 1 leaf 4to (25,5 x 19 cm), off-white paper in fine condition. Fully penned on both recto (24 lines) and verso (5 lines).
174660957Unsigned and no date but penned between 1746 and 1751. 1 leaf 4to 255 x 19 cm off-white paper in fine condition. Fully penned on both recto 24 lines and verso 5 lines. <br/><br/><em>This magnificent manuscript leaf in Rousseau's hand constitutes notes on marriage rituals taken from "Rituel des Chartres" which was printed in Paris in 1531. This manuscript leaf is part of a grandiose project that Rousseau was working on with his employer Madame Dupin during his years as her secretary. The project was that of writing the history of womankind. With its focus on gender equality the work is nothing less than pioneering and would no doubt have been a work of seminal importance in the history of feminism and women's rights had it ever been published. The manuscript ended up comprising more than 2.000 pages but was never printed. Louise Marie Madeline Fontaine Dupin 1706-1799 was one of the most famous salonnieres of the 18th century renowned for the beauty as well as her intelligence. Rousseu met her in 1743 and took an instant liking to her. In 1745 she offered him the position as her private secretary and tutor to her son. During his six years in her employment he spent most of the time working on the grandiose project of the history of women until it was abandoned in 1751. "In the years between 1745 and 1749 Jean Jacques Rousseau was employed by Louise Marie Madeline Dupin as a research assistant on her ambitious project to delineate in print the history of women. After years of labor by Rousseau and Madame Dupin her "Ouvrage sur les Femmes" was shelved unfinished. The research notes drafts and fair copies written by Rousseau and his employer were stored at the chateau of Chenonceaux essentially forgotten until their sale at a series of auctions held between 1951 and 1958." Harry Ranson Center University of Texas </em> unknown
1789138603Paris: Basset c. 1789. Rousseau as revolutionary icon A striking full-length portrait of the philosopher seated on a tree stump and hard at work on the Contrat Social. At his feet two doves presumably evicted from their stump discuss matters. The print is by the Parisian firm of Basset which was a leading source of popular prints during the Revolution. Rousseau was claimed as a foundational influence by many revolutionary leaders and in 1794 they arranged for his remains to be transferred to the Panthéon in Paris. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving. Image size: 70 x 52 cm. Framed size: 85 x 66.5 cm. Presented in a handmade gilt frame with conservation acrylic glazing. Light toning and chipping to extremities not touching impression: in very good condition. Bachelin 185; Girardin p. 35. unknown
182524561Paris Dalibon 1825 27 volumes in-4, demi-maroquin bleu coins, dos sans nerfs orns de fers et filets dors et pousss froid; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, non rogns, couvertures imprimes.Nouvelle dition sans gravures avec des commentaires de P.R. Auguis.
182551543Paris chez Dalibon 1825 27 volumes in-4, demi-maroquin bleu nuit coins, dos quatre nerfs finement orns de fers et filets pousss or et froid; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, non rogns (Pierre-Corneille Schavye).Nouvelle dition sans gravures avec des commentaires de P. R. Auguis. Trs bel ensemble reli par Pierre-Corneille Schavye (1796-1872), relieur bruxellois, qui exerca de 1819 1860 et a sign ses reliures R.P. Schavye entre 1828 et 1833.
1801CLL-664Paris, P. Didot l'Aîné, An IX (1801) 22 volumes in-8 de VIII, 314 pp. - (2) ff., 298 pp. - (2) ff., 423 pp. - (2) ff., 298 pp. - (2) ff., 337 pp. - (2) ff., 426 pp. - (2) ff., 532 pp. - (2) ff., 408 pp. - (2) ff., 412 pp. - (2) ff., 340 pp. - (2) ff., 412 pp. - 299, (1) pp. - (2) ff., 431 pp. - (2) ff., LXIII, 355 pp. - (2) ff., 504 pp. - (2) ff., 416 pp. - (2) ff., IV, 352 pp. - (2) ff., 464 pp. - (2) ff., 519 pp. - (2) ff., 428 pp. - (2) ff., 376 pp. - 379 pp., veau Lavallière glacé, roulettes dorées en encadrement sur les plats, dos lisses ornés de caissons frappés d'un fer historié, pièces de titre et de tomaison de maroquin noir, roulettes dorées sur les coupes et bordures intérieures, tranches dorées (R. P. Bozerian).
17772308270001Geneva: Pellet 1777-79; Neuchatel: La Societe Typographique 1777. troisieme. Hardcover. Very Good. The Organization of Enlightenment Thought: The Revolution in Ideas 41 of 45 volumes. Quartos 25 x 19.5 cm. Bound in handsome catspaw calf. All edges red. Good bindings and covers. Clean unmarked pages. Includes Vol. 1-36 of the Encyclopedie important note: lacks 3 text volumes 23 30 31; Vol. 37-38: Recueil de planches pour la nouvelle edition du dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metiers; lacks the final plate volume v.39 Vol. 40-45 Table Analytique Et Raisonnee Des Matieres. <br> Diderot's famous Encyclopedie was initially a modest translation of Chambers's Cyclopaedia. It grew as a project into a massive project which attempted to collect human knowledge from a rationalistic perspective instead of by nature or theology. In organizing knowledge from a position where human reason was paramount the supremacy of the Church was imperiled. As a result the Encyclopedie was widely controversial and placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum by the Catholic Church. In discussing fundamental philosophical issues such as on political authority and natural rights articles in the Encyclopedie shifted the basis of governmental authority from the divine right of Kings to radical concepts popular consent was the basis of legitimacy and the ideals of a social contract. The work was banned by the King of France. It spread the foundational ideas of the French Revolution and enlightenment thinkers. "No encyclopaedia perhaps has been of such political importance or has occupied so conspicuous a place in the civil and literary history of its century. It sought not only to give information but to guide opinion." "It was a war machine; as it progressed its attacks on both the church and still more on despotic government as well as Christianity itself became bolder and more undistinguished and it was met with persecution and opposition unparalleled in the the history of encyclopedias." - Encyclopedia Britannica 11th ed p. 1483. Geneva: Pellet, 1777-79; Neuchatel: La Societe Typographique hardcover
174660377(Unsigned, and no date, but penned between 1746 and 1751). 1 leaf 4to (25,5 x 19 cm), off-white paper in fine condition. Penned on both recto (21 lines) and verso (6 lines) in columns taking up half the pages.
174660377Unsigned and no date but penned between 1746 and 1751. 1 leaf 4to 255 x 19 cm off-white paper in fine condition. Penned on both recto 21 lines and verso 6 lines in columns taking up half the pages. <br/><br/><em>This magnificent manuscript leaf in Rousseau's hand constitutes notes taken from the seminal work of Dionysos Halicarnassos on the foundation of Rome more particularly on the story of Rome herself the alleged mother of Romulus and Remus and how they named the city after their mother. This manuscript leaf is part of a grandiose project that Rousseau was working on with his employer Madame Dupin during his years as her secretary. The project was that of writing the history of womankind. With its focus on gender equality the work is nothing less than pioneering and would no doubt have been a work of seminal importance in the history of feminism and women's rights had it ever been published. The manuscript ended up comprising more than 2.000 pages but was never printed. Louise Marie Madeline Fontaine Dupin 1706-1799 was one of the most famous salonnieres of the 18th century renowned for the beauty as well as her intelligence. Rousseu met her in 1743 and took an instant liking to her. In 1745 she offered him the position as her private secretary and tutor to her son. During his six years in her employment he spent most of the time working on the grandiose project of the history of women until it was abandoned in 1751. "In the years between 1745 and 1749 Jean Jacques Rousseau was employed by Louise Marie Madeline Dupin as a research assistant on her ambitious project to delineate in print the history of women. After years of labor by Rousseau and Madame Dupin her "Ouvrage sur les Femmes" was shelved unfinished. The research notes drafts and fair copies written by Rousseau and his employer were stored at the chateau of Chenonceaux essentially forgotten until their sale at a series of auctions held between 1951 and 1958." Harry Ranson Center University of Texas </em> unknown
178275964à Genève Geneva: S. n. 1782. Fine. S. n. à Genève Geneva 1782 12 x 19 cm 2 volumes reliés Rare and genuine posthumous first edition of the first six books of the Confessions the remaining volumes not appearing until 1789. Several other editions were issued shortly thereafter but the evidence provided by the commentary published in the June 1782 issue of the Journal Helvétique clearly establishes that this separately printed edition known as the ""large type"" issue is indeed the very first F. Michaux ""L'Édition originale de la première partie des 'Confessions' de J.-J. Rousseau"" in Revue d'Histoire littéraire de la France 35th Year No. 2 1928 pp. 250-253. Contemporary half calf bindings flat spines tooled with gilt fillets and decorated with beige morocco title and volume labels marbled paper boards all edges blue. A handsome copy of this seminal text of the autobiographical genre preserved in a contemporary binding. S. n. hardcover
