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1788000382<p><strong>A significant edition of the philosopher's collected works. Complete set in rare amber-coloured bindings with the hand-coloured botanical plates twice bound in volume 38 and also in volumes 5 and 6.</strong></p><p><strong>Description:</strong> 39 vols. in 38 contemp. buff calf; gilt palmette borders to boards gilt meander roll to turn-ins; spine decorated with paired gilt fillets guilloches and dotted lines enclosing a gilt stylised sun symbol; with two contrasting red morocco lettering pieces and an escutcheon bearing the number of vols.; marbled endpapers. Octavo: 21 × 13 cm; pp.: vol. 1–4 <em>La Nouvelle Héloïse</em> 488; 468; 488; 484 vol. 5–6 <em>Lettres élémentaires sur la bontanique</em> 393 22 ll.; 286 16 ll. 287–507 6 ll. vol. 7–9 <em>Politique</em> 479; 485; 459 vol. 10–14 <em>Émile</em> 413; 361; 450; 384 vol. 15–17 <em>Sciences arts et belles-lettres</em> 485; 476; 538 vol. 18 <em>Théatre</em> 444 vol. 19–22 <em>Musique</em> 456; 460; 459; 397 vol. 23–26 <em>Confessions</em> 472; 406 2; 414; 478 vol. 27–28 <em>Pièces diverses</em> 434; 408 vol. 29–30 <em>Philosophie</em> 463; 515 vol. 31–35 <em>Lettres sur divers sujets</em> 480; 428; 433; 434; 534 vol. 36 <em>Pensées et maximes</em> 480 vol. 37 vols. xxxvii-xxxviii <em>Recueil des oeuvres de musique</em> 319 vi vol. 38 <em>Recueil de plantes coloriées</em> 45 ll. title-page and plate descriptions. With 41 frontispieces 144 plates of which are: 43 full-page plates 13 fold-out plates with sheet music 44 hand-coloured botanical plates double-bound in volumes 5 6 and in volume 38 and numerous illustrations in the text. Blue silk bookmarks. All edges gilt.</p><p><strong>Ref.:</strong> Brunet iv 1422; Cohen/R. 910–11; Dufour ii 33; Stewart 2012 p. 128–42</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Bindings occasionally somewhat stained and show light wear to the extremities. Endpapers occasionally lightly browned partly up to the first few pages and around the plates. Textblock occasionally stained more in some parts hardly any in others. A few coloured plates with slight offsetting to versos. Cohen/R. lists 3 frontispieces for volume 37 whereas there are only 2 in this copy. However Cohen/R. contradicts himself by listing a total of 42 frontispieces but only mentioning 40 in the descriptive text. On the whole a very well preserved copy despite occasional minor blemishes.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> The primary editor Louis-Sébastien Mercier 1740–1814 was a great admirer of Rousseau. His motivation for publishing the <em>Oeuvres complètes</em> stemmed from his deep admiration for Rousseau whose ideas on the social contract and popular sovereignty deeply influenced revolutionary thought. After Rousseau's death in 1778 Mercier wanted to create a monument to Rousseau "that would be worthy of him and would last longer than marble and bronze" Stewart 2012 p. 128. As primary editor working with notable figures such as Abbé Gabriel Brizard François de L'Aulnaye and Pierre Le Tourneur Mercier organised Rousseau's writings thematically into a complete work. This edition is based on the Geneva edition of 1780–82 but includes revisions and additions some of which are based on Rousseau's own preparations. Among many other previously unpublished texts Rousseau's <em>Confessions</em> appear in full for the first time in this edition.</p><p>This ambitious project was undertaken at a time of intense political and social upheaval. In order to finance the publication the volumes were sold by subscription. As a result it is not uncommon for volume 38 with its hand-coloured botanical plates to be missing from the complete edition. Hand-coloured plates were very expensive to produce. They were an expensive and luxurious addition and were often sold separately. It is likely that volume 38 was added to our copy at a later date. This is supported by the slightly different binding and the fact that the 44 botanical plates already appear in volumes 5 and 6.</p> [Poinçot] hardcover
7140Paris, Launette et Cie, 1889. 2 tomes en 4 volumes in-4. Maroquin rouge, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, dos à nerfs orné, double filet sur les coupes, large encadrement intérieur décoré, doublure et garde de soie brodé, tranches dorées sur témoins, couvertures et dos conservés, étuis bordés (Canape. R. D.).
1767274London: T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt 1767. Mixed Editions. Riviere Fine Full Polished Calf. VERY GOOD to NEAR FINE. A beautifully preserved curated collection of Rousseau's works bound in uniform fine polished full calf by the prestigious Riviere and Son.<br /> <br /> Condition: VG to NF. Exterior and binding - FINE. All volumes collated and complete including half-titles plates as called for and publisher ads.<br /> <br /> BOOK INFO<br /> <br /> A 17-volume set put together from various editions published between 1767 - 1819. Mixed editions. Text in English. Duodecimos 12mo 6 5/8" x 4 1/4". Collated and complete. Uniformly bound by Riviere circa late 19th to early 20th century in exceptionally preserved fine binding: polished full calf with double fillet gilt paneling with corner fleurons; spine with gilt-lettered black and burgundy morocco spine labels and compartments richly tooled and ruled in gilt; all cover edges with gilt rolls; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; all page edges stained yellow. Verso of FFEP in each volume stamped "Bound by Riviere and Son". A gorgeous set!<br /> <br /> Emilius and Sophia Or A New System of Education four volumes published by T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt in London in 1767. First published in English in 1762-1763 this is an early edition. Six copperplate engravings. Ads at back of volume IV.<br /> <br /> Miscellaneous Works five volumes published by T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt in London in 1767. First collected edition of Rousseau's essays letters and miscellaneous works in English. Includes famous essays such as "Dissertation on the Effects of Cultivating the Arts and Sciences" "A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind" and letters to contemporaries and vocal critics such as Voltaire. Ads at back of volume IV.<br /> <br /> Eloisa: Or a Series of Original Letters four volumes published by T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt in London in 1769. Fourth edition in English. Frontispiece in each volume. Ads at back of volume IV.<br /> <br /> Confessions of J.J. Rousseau with Reveries of a Solitary Walker added four volumes published by Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Browne in 1819. New edition. Ads at back of volume II.<br /> <br /> CONDITION REPORT<br /> <br /> Exterior and binding: FINE. Firmly bound tight pages sharp corners. Minimal rubbing or wear. Leather is colorful bright and supple. A few of the volumes' exteriors could be considered Near Fine if being picky due to some shallow scratches on the boards. Exceptional overall for a 19th century full calf fine binding. <br /> <br /> Interior: VG to VG Offsetting from gilt scroll turn-ins in each volume per usual. Pages with varying degrees of toning by set with the Confessions of Rousseau more heavily toned to light browning due to the poor paper quality used by the printer. Foxing varies from light and scattered to more moderate and frequent the latter in Confessions in particular. Confessions of Rousseau has multiple areas of marginal insect nibbling. A few pages of insect nibble or marginal wear in the other titles' volumes. Professionally closed tear on page 105 of volume 3 in Miscellaneous Works. Other usual signs of handling over the centuries - some stray marks thumbing small ink blots or infrequent smudge or crease. No writing ex libris marks or bookplates.<br /> <br /> All in all a beautiful uniformly bound collection of mixed edition sets of Rousseau's most important works with bindings in a superior state of preservation.<br /> <br /> ABOUT THE AUTHOR & HIS INFLUENCE<br /> <br /> Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 – 1778 was a Genevan philosopher philosophe writer and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political economic and educational thought.<br /> <br /> Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality which argues that private property is the source of inequality and The Social Contract which outlines the basis for a legitimate political order are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie or the New Heloise 1761 was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction. His Émile or On Education 1762 is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society. Rousseau's autobiographical writings—the posthumously published Confessions completed in 1770 which initiated the modern autobiography and the unfinished Reveries of the Solitary Walker composed 1776–1778—exemplified the late 18th-century "Age of Sensibility" and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing. T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt unknown
178275964S. n. | à Genève 1782 | 12 x 19 cm | 2 volumes reliés
16896Paris, éditions du Solstice, 2010. In-folio, 109 pp., cartonnage éditeur de toile écrue, étui de même toile (quelques petites taches à l'étui).
Certigny, Henry: Le Douanier Rousseau en son temps. Biographie et catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. Tokyo: Bunkazai Kenkyujyo, 1984. 719pp with 10 colour and over 300 monochrome illustrations. Hardback. 39x29cms. Standard reference work, listing 323 works with extensive descriptive text, exhibitions, bibliography and history for each. With biography, selected criticism. Text in French. Standard reference work, listing 323 works with extensive descriptive text, exhibitions, bibliography and history for each. With biography, selected criticism. Text in French
176268672Amsterdam: Chez Jean Néaulme 1762. Aamsterdam i.e. Paris: Chez Jean Néaulme 1762.<br> <br> First edition twelvemo issue priority between this and the octavo is still subject to discussion. Four twelvemo volumes 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches; 164 x 100 mm. 2 viii 2 466; 4 407 1 blank; 4 357 1 blank 361-384; 4 455 1 blank 4 "Privilegie" pp. Bound with no the half-title in Volume I as usual but with them present in Vols. II-IV as called for. Blank leaf P12 excised in Volume III as usual. Leaf H4 misbound between H8 and H9 in volume II. Five engraved plates including frontispiece in each volume by De Longueil Louis le Grand and J.J. Pasquier after Ch. Eisen. Titles printed in red and black.<br> <br> Contemporary calf. Boards triple-ruled in gilt with floral corner devices. Spines stamped in gilt and each volume with two red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Gilt board edges. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed red. Some rubbing to boards and edges. Spines with some flaking. Boards with some soiling mainly volume IV. Some chipping to heads and tails of spines and some light repair to head and tail of spines of volumes I and IV. A marginal tear to leaves N9 and N10 of volume II tear just barely touching text on N9 and not touching text on N10. Overall a very good and crisp copy.<br> <br> The publication history of the book is complicated. According to McEachern "In November 1761 publisher Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne signed an agreement with Jean Néaulme a Dutch publisher chosen. to undertake an edition parallel to Duchesne's for distribution outside France. Duchesne's first edition appeared in two formats: a duodecimo with the false imprint 'A Amsterdam Chez Jean Neaulme' and an octavo with the false imprint 'A La Haye Chez Jean Néaulme.' The sheets of the duodecimo edition were printed first and the pages then re-imposed for printing in octavo." Although it is suggested that the twelvemo edition was printed first but the octavo edition may have been issued first McEachern goes on to say "the question of the order of printing has not yet been resolved to everyone's satisfaction." McEachern Bibliography of the Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 16-17<br> <br> A first edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1712-1778 seminal work on education. While Jean Néaulme of Amsterdam is given as the printer it was in actuality printed by Parisian printer and publisher Nicolas Bonaventure Duchesne. When this work was published in the spring of 1762 it was banned by the Paris parliament and burned in public in Rousseau's home town of Geneva and in Paris forcing Rousseau to flee. This title was referred to by Goethe as "the natural gospel of education" and had great influence on Rousseau's European contemporaries especially educators. Despite the controversy Émile contributed mightily to the Romantics appreciation of nature and to the notion of the "noble savage."<br> <br> "To be good is to exist in accordance with the intrinsic potentialities of one's nature and Émile seeks to trace the natural development of a human being brought up in the country away from the nefarious influence of contemporary social life. From this point of view the work is not just a manual of education but as Rousseau himself points out a philosophical treatise on the goodness of human nature. It is less concerned with laying down the practical details of a specific pedagogic method than with describing the fundamental principles which underlie the whole of man's development from infancy to maturity. Rousseau's ultimate object is to teach the art of living for man's first duty he says is to be human" The Encyclopedia of Philosophy.<br> <br> McEachern 1b. Dufour 187. Printing and the Mind of Man 207 note entry for the Du contract social.<br> <br> HBS 68672.<br> <br> $5000. Chez Jean Néaulme unknown
184388630Paris: H.L. DelloyeLécrivain et Toubon 1843. Fine. Fine copy in a superb binding by Dunezat H.L. Delloye Lécrivain et Toubon Paris 1843-1860 17.5 x 27.5 cm 4 volumes reliés For the first three volumes first edition complete with all 84 parts published between February 1842 and October 1843 of this ""admirable publication printed on thick vellum paper . one of the finest of the 19th century justly esteemed and comparable to the beautifully illustrated books of the 18th century"" Carteret see Carteret III 143153; Vicaire II 234248.The first three volumes are bound in full violet morocco spines with five raised bands bordered with gilt pointillé tooling compartments richly gilt with double gilt frames gilt rolls on caps covers framed with quintuple gilt fillets gilt monogram MG at the corners comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns framed in gilt dentelle double gilt fillets on board edges all edges gilt. Splendid bindings signed by Dunezat active between 1870 and 1895.Illustrated by Charles François Daubigny Ernest Meissonier Anthelme Trimolet Adolphe Steinheil Gustave Staal Emy Louis-Léopold Boilly Charles Edouard de Beaumont among others.Texts by Marc-Antoine Desaugiers Fabre d'Églantine Pierre-Jean Béranger André Chénier Florian Sedaine Constance de Salm Jean-Joseph Vadé etc. set to music by various composers including André Grétry Jean-Jacques Rousseau Étienne Nicolas Méhul and François-Adrien Boieldieu.The complete collation is as follows: 1 5 preliminary leaves half-title engraved title-frontispiece list of songs introduction by Delloye and 28 parts of 4 unnumbered leaves each 28 songs each including a 2-page note 4 pages of text with illustrations and 2 pages of musici.e. 4 unnumbered leaves per song; 2 5 preliminary leaves and 27 parts of 4 unnumbered leaves each except for La Parodie de la Vestale which includes 10 unnumbered leaves; 3 5 preliminary leaves and 28 parts; 4 2 unnumbered leaves engraved frontispiece xxiv and 224 pages.The general series wrappers were not bound in this copy which shows several first-issue points.Enclosed: bound in violet half morocco with corners Chansons populaires des provinces de France. Notices by Champfleury. Piano accompaniment by J. B. Wekerlin. Paris Lécrivain et Toubon booksellers 1860 2 unnumbered leaves engraved frontispiece xxiv and 224 pp.Binding in violet half morocco with corners spine with five raised bands bordered with gilt pointillé tooling richly gilt compartments framed in double gilt fillets marbled paper-covered boards comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns a few scuffs to board edges and extremities all edges gilt an elegant unsigned binding likely attributable to Dunezat active between 1870 and 1895.A very handsome set perfectly bound. H.L. DelloyeLécrivain et Toubon hardcover
1984024755Certigny, Henry: Le Douanier Rousseau en son temps. Biographie et catalogue raisonnÃ. 2 vols. Tokyo: Bunkazai Kenkyujyo, 1984. 719pp with 10 colour and over 300 monochrome illustrations. Hardback. 39x29cms. Standard reference work, listing 323 works with extensive descriptive text, exhibitions, bibliography and history for each. With biography, selected criticism. Text in French.
1984024755Certigny, Henry: Le Douanier Rousseau en son temps. Biographie et catalogue raisonnÃ. 2 vols. Tokyo: Bunkazai Kenkyujyo, 1984. 719pp with 10 colour and over 300 monochrome illustrations. Hardback. 39x29cms. Standard reference work, listing 323 works with extensive descriptive text, exhibitions, bibliography and history for each. With biography, selected criticism. Text in French.
178269349Geneva: N.p. 1782. Full Description:<br> <br> ROUSSEAU Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions de J.J. Rousseau suivies des Rêveries du promeneur solitaire. Geneva: no publisher 1782.<br> <br> First edition of the first six books of the Confessions and first edition of all of the Reveries of a Solitary Walker. Two works in two octavo volumes 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 126 mm. 4 471 1 blank; 4 279 1 blank 300 pp. Woodcut head-pieces. Bound with both half-titles.<br> <br> Contemporary full marbled calf. Boards single-ruled in blind. Both spines tooled in gilt and with red morocco spines labels lettered in gilt. All edges red. Some very minor rubbing to edges. Volume II with some very minor worming to the first few signatures not affecting text. A paper flaw to outer corner of A4 not affecting text and a few instances of minor marginal dampstaining. Otherwise internally very clean. An exceptionally clean and bright copy in an absolutely exquisite contemporary binding.<br> <br> These first six books of the Confessions were the first part of the eagerly anticipated work to appear in print; they were rushed to the press as soon as available though the final six books appeared only in 1789 in a collected edition of Rousseau's works. Although the identification of the first edition has long been a contended question Tchémerzine argued that it is "probable" that this edition is "the first separate edition" but R.A. Leigh following J. Calemard in 1927 has conclusively proven that the present edition is in fact the true first. Formerly it was generally supposed that the first edition consisted of Volumes 19 and 20 of the posthumous collected works published in Geneva in 1782. However the work of Leigh and Calemar shows that the edition at hand is the first appearance in print of any part of this work that this edition was the first on the market and that it preceded the subscriber's copies of the Oeuvres posthumes. The latest research is close to that of Dufour the standard Rousseau bibliographer who assigns this edition a number prior to that of collected works but does not take a definite stand on priority. This edition was on sale by the end of April 1782 and was rapidly pirated.<br> <br> Tchmerzine X p. 63 b. Dufour 1.238 nos. 340 and 350. Senelier 1.898. See R.A. Leigh Unsolved Problems in the Bibliography of J.-J. Rousseau Cambridge: 1990 pp. 133-140 and figs. 62-64.<br> <br> HBS 69349.<br> <br> $4500. N.p. unknown
1795155072Paris: Didot jeune 1795. Uncut in boards First Didot edition the grandest edition of Rousseau's treatise noted for its size and elegant typography. First published in 1762 "The Contract Social remains Rousseau's greatest work. With no particular learning no gift for logic and a total lack of practical experience he yet contrived to write a work of compelling eloquence. His work had the most profound influence on the political thinking of the generation following its publication. It was after all the first great emotional plea for the equality of all men" PMM. Folio pp. viii 237 3. Uncut in contemporary pink paste paper boards spine lettered in pencil. Spine a little sunned and soiled very minor edge wear closed tear to front cover and to pp. 133/4 neatly repaired contents fresh. An excellent copy. Dufour 158. Printing and the Mind of Man 207 first edition. hardcover
1777601674 vol. in-12 reliure demi-basane marbrée, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam, 1777, xi-338 pp. (dernier f. de table paginé 337-338 monté par erreur en fin du tome 4) ; 2 ff., 255 pp. ; 2 ff., 240 pp. ; 2 ff., 318 pp., avec 5 planches hors texte, non signées
17822405280035Geneva: Societe Typographique 1782. Hardcover. Very Good. Handsome Set in a Fine Binding 16 volume set. 4to Quartos 26 cm. Bound in fine crimson straight grain morocco. Gilt ruled spines and covers. All edges gilt. Gilt turn downs. Blue silk moire fabric end papers. Minor shelf wear. Bindings sound. Generally clean pages. Numerous illustrated plates frontispieces musical notation. Vols. 3 5 have dark stains on the outer covers. Contents: T.1. Ouvrages de politique; t.2. Julie; ou La nouvelle Heloise; t.3. La nouvelle Heloise cont. Les Amours de Mylord Edouard Bornston; t.4. Emile; t.5. Emile cont. Emile et Sophie; t.6-7. Melanges; t.8. Theatre poesie et musique; t.9. Dictionnaire de musique; t.10. Confessions. Reveries du promeneur solitaire; t.11. Rousseau juge de Jean-Jacques; t.12. Pieces sur diverssujets & un recueil de lettres; t. 13-15. Supplement a la collection des oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau. t. 16 Second supplement Les confessions. <br> This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Geneva: Societe Typographique hardcover
199729972France: Editions De L'Amateur. New. 1997. 2909225135 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED - Text in French. c 1997. Barbizon 19th Century French Art Nineteenth Catalogue Raisonné Raisonne Catalog Raisonnee Complete Works Editions De L'Amateur unknown
175561043Amsterdam Marc Michel Rey 1755. 8vo. A spendid recent pastiche-binding in perfect contemporary style. Marbled half caf with five raised bands to richly gilt spine. Marbled paper over boards. Occasional very light brownspotting and a very light marginal dam stain to ca 15 leaves. A splendid copy with good margins and printed on good paper. Old ex libris to inside of front board. Title-page printed in red and black engraved title-vignette the engraved frontispiece by Eisen engraved by Sornique bound at the end. 1 large engraved vignette and a few woodcut vignettes. Frontispiece LXX 2 262 2 -errata & avis pour le relieur pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition first issue of one of Rousseau's main works and one of the most important works of political thought in general. The "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" is considered Rousseau's first important work and the work that lays the foundation for his later thought.The present copy is with all the first issue pointers e.g. the erroneous spelling of "Jaques" the accent aigu in "conformé" added by hand by M.M. Rey on p. 11 and the three cancels pp. LXVII-LXVIII 111-112 and 139-140. According to Tchemerzine there were copies on thick heavy paper "Il existe des ex. en papier fort" of which this is presumably one. At least the dedication LXX pp. in the present copy is printed on very thick paper whereas the paper of the remaining leaves is a bit less heavy. The present copy has nice wide margins. According to Dufour there are five counterfeit-editions bearing the same date they are easily distinguishable from the first issue. Like his "Discourse on the Sciences and Arts " from 1750 the "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" was written as a response to an essay competition from the Academy of Dijon. This work is thus often referred to as the "Second Discourse". Unlike the first this did not win him a prize even though it is was also then considered a far more accomplished work and now counts as one of his three main works together with the "Contract Social" and "Émile". It is in the present work that Rousseau begins to develop his theories of human social development and moral psychology and it is furthermore this work that for the first time clearly divides him from the Encyclopédiste mainstream of the French Enlightenment. The work is famous for Rousseau's portrayal of a multi-stage evolution of humanity from the most primitive condition to something like a modern complex society which has gone down in history as one of the most important portrayals of man and society. Furthermore the work is famous for its long preface.When Rousseau had converted to Catholicism he also lost his rights to the status of Citizen of Geneva. This right was regained in 1754 though when he reconverted to Calvinism and a large part of his "Discourse on the Origins of Inequality" consists in a dedication to the state of Geneva. This preface is probably one of the most famous prefaces in the history of modern thought as it constitutes not only a highly ironical and satirical praise of his birthplace but also a masterpiece of utopian political thought. Geneva is praised as the good republic worthy of admiration for the stability of its laws and institutions the common spirit of its inhabitants the well behaved women that inhabit it and the good relations with neighbouring states. Not only is it this piece of political fiction that provides us with an imminent insight into how a state should ideally be according to Rousseau an ironical description of what Geneva was not it was also a fierce attack on Paris. Tchemerzine X:32; Dufour:55. </em> hardcover
178021016Genève, [Paul Moultou et Du Peyrou], 1780-1782. 30 volumes in-8, reliés en plein veau brun, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, étiquette de titre et tomaison beige, tranches mouchetées bleu.
1762906P5Paris; Amsterdam: Neuchatel; Marc Michel Rey; Jean Neaulme 1762-64. First edition. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. The collected works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau an illustrated set which includes the first edition of 'Emile'. Sixteen volumes of the collected works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau including the first edition of 'Emile'.In the original French.This set contains Volumes I to VI of 'Oeuvres' of a total of IX volumes four volumes complete each of 'Emile' and 'Heloise' and one volume each of 'Lettres' and 'Esprit'. Rousseau was an important eighteenth century philosophers writer and composer known for influencing the progress of the Enlightenment with his political philosophy in the lead up to the French Revolution.This set includes his two influential novels 'Julie or the New Heloise' and 'Emile'.'Heloise' is a sentimental epistolary novel following the love affair between an aristocratic Swiss maiden and her tutor. The novel is inspired by the affair of Heloise d'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard.'Emile' is a fictionalised treatise on education this work is considered by Rousseau to have been his best and most important. Though it was banned in Paris and Geneva when first published the novel went on to serve as inspiration for the new system of education in France after the French Revolution.'Emile' Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate Volumes II III and IV are illustrated with a frontispiece. Half-title is present to Volumes II III and IV as issued. Blank leaf P12 excised in Volume III as usual. This is the octavo issue including the false imprint 'A La Haye' priority between this octavo edition and the duodecimo edition are still subject to discussion due to the complicated publication history of this work. Collated complete.'Heloise' Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece and two plates Volume II with four plates Volume III with three plates Volume IV with three plates. Half-title is present to Volumes II III and IV as issued. Collated complete.'Oeuvres de Rousseau de Geneve' Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate Volumes II III IV and V are each illustrated with a frontispiece.'Lettres Ecrites de la Montagne' Volume I only of a total of II volumes.'Esprit Maximes et Principles' a counterfeit edition illustrated with a frontispiece - this work collects Rousseau's main philosophical ideas an interesting exploration into his theology. Bookplate of the Reverend F. Hutcheson to the front paste downs. In a full calf binding. Externally a little worn and rubbed with bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities resulting in a small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spines. Small chips to the joints. Small chip to the spine label of 'Esprit'. Surface cracks to the spines. Heavier loss to the tail of the front joint of 'Emile' Volume III. Spine labels of 'Heloise' Volume II and 'Esprit' are lifting. Bookplate to the front paste downs. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the title pages. Tidemark to the first few pages of 'Emile' Volumes I and II to the final few pages of 'Heloise' Volume I. Good Neuchatel; Marc Michel Rey; Jean Neaulme hardcover
STGT0071Genève Cl. & Ant. Philibert o.J. 1754. 8°. 551 S. Mit Tit.vign. 2 Zierleisten u. 1 Init. in Holzschnitt. Halblederband d. Zt. m. Tit. auf mont. Papierschi. u. Verz. in Goldpräg. auf Rü. Kleisterpapierbezug u. umseit. rotem Sprengschnitt. Einbd. stellenw. geringfüg. abgewetzt u. fl.; an den Kapitalen rissig u. m. kleineren Fehlstellen; kl. Etik. auf vord. Spiegel; Monogrammstemp. auf Tit. Überaus seltene Nachdruckausgabe des ersten Drucks Genf Barillot 1750 von R.'s Erstlingswerk. Im Jahre 1749 schrieb die Akademie von Dijon einen Preis für einen Essay über die Wirkung des Fortschritts der Zivilisation auf die Moral aus. Rousseau beteiligte sich vermutlich auch auf Anregung seiner Philosophenfreunde der Enzyklopädie hin und erhielt 1750 den ersten Preis. ""R. hebt in seiner Beantwortung . gerade das Unheil hervor das durch die Entfaltung der Künste und Wissenschaften über die Menschheit gekommen ist"" vgl. dazu Ziegenfuß II 382. Sein 'Discours' richtete sich zwar völlig gegen die Vorstellungen vieler Intellektueller der Zeit jedoch erlangte R. dank der Diskussion die er auslöste europaweit einen hohen Bekanntheitsgrad und der entscheidende Anstoß zu seiner schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit war gegeben. - Vorliegende Ausgabe nicht im Handel nur ein Exemplar in der 'Cambridge University Library' Copac nachweisbar. Genève, Cl. & Ant. Philibert o.J. [1754?]. unknown
176120433A Amsterdam, chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1761. 6 volume in-12 de [16]-(63-[5]-24)-[16]407-[1]; tome II [4]-319-[1]; tome III [4]-255-[1]; tome IV [4]-331-[1]; tome V [4]-311-[1]; tome VI [4]-312 pages. Plein veau brun raciné, dos à nerfs ornés de filets et fleurons dorés, pièces de titre bordeaux, tranches rouges, gardes de papier marbré.
1793FGN22-A-1Paris: Didot Le Jeune 1793-97. Leather. Good Only. 14" by 10.5". Cochin Vincent Renault and Monsiau. The Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This edition is decorated with beautiful figures after paintings and drawings of Cochin Vincent Renault and Monsiau The Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This edition is decorated with beautiful figures after paintings and drawings of Cochin Vincent Renault and Monsiau. With an engraved portrait to front of Volume I twenty-one engraved plates a fold-out table to Volume IX and plates of music and with fourteen plates of music to rear of Volume XII Fifteen volumes of an eighteen volume set. Volumes XII XIII and XVI are absent. In French. Volume I La Politique 1793; Volume II La Nouvelle Heloise Tome I The New Heloise 1793; Volume III La Nouvelle Heloise Tome II The New Heloise no date; Volume IV Emile Tome I 1793; Volume V Emile Tome II 1793; Volume VI Melanges Tome I 1793; Volume VII Melanges Tome II 1796; Volume VIII Melanges Tome III 1796; Volume IX Melanges Tome IV no date; Volume X Dictionaire de Musique Tome I A-M no date; Volume XI Dictionaire de Musique Tome II N-Z no date; Volume XIV Dialogues no date; Volume XV La Correspondance Tome I 1797; Volume XVII La Correspondance Tome III no date; Volume XVIII Les Reveries no date. Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 - 1778 was a Genevan philosopher writer and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political sociological and educational thought. His novel mile: or On Education is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel Julie ou la nouvelle Hlose was of importance to the development of pre-romanticism and romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writings - his Confessions which initiated the modern autobiography and his Reveries of a Solitary Walker - exemplified the late 18th-century movement known as the 'Age of Sensibility' featuring an increasing focus on subjectivity and introspection that has characterised the modern age. His Discourse on the Origin of Inequality and his On the Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. Rousseau was a successful composer of music. He wrote seven operas as well as music in other forms and he made contributions to music as a theorist. During the period of the French Revolution Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophes among members of the Jacobin Club. Rousseau a Freemason was interred as a national hero in the Panthon in Paris in 1794 16 years after his death. With previous owner's bookplates to front pastedown of fourteen volumes. In full calf bindings. Externally generally sound but with wear to extremities rubbing and marks and the occasional stain to boards. With four boards absent seven detached eighteen held by cords only and one joint cracked. With slight loss and occasional lifting to some backstrips almost detached to Volume II. Internally text blocks are generally firmly bound with only a couple of endpapers and one title page starting slightly and with two plates missing one to Volume VII another to Volume IX. Bright but with slight scattered foxing often heavier to front and rear with slight marginal tidemarks to three volumes and some marks to pages and the very occasional small closed tear. Good Only Didot Le Jeune hardcover
188146404004Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1881 ; 4 volumes in-8, plein maroquin vert, encadrement de filets dorés, dos à nerfs, caissons et fleurons dorés, tranches dorées sur témoins, guirlandes intérieures dorées, couvertures et dos conservés. (Chambolle-Duru) PREMIER TIRAGE des 13 eaux-fortes de Hédouin.Très belle édition typographique imprimée par D. Jouaust. Cette édition existe au format in-12. Le tirage en grand papier réimposé de format in-8 ne comporte que 220 exemplaires numérotés : 10 Japon, 20 Chine, 20 Whatman et 170 Hollande.CELUI-CI EST UN DES 10 EXEMPLAIRES DE TÊTE SUR JAPON AVEC LES EAUX-FORTES EN TRIPLE ÉPREUVE. Il est somptueusement relié à l’époque par Chambolle-Duru, un des plus talentueux maîtres de son temps. D’une absolue fraîcheur.
182022818Paris Lefvre 1820 5 volumes in-8, demi-maroquin rouge coins, plats de papier mouchet, dos quatre nerfs orns de filets dors et de petits fers pousss or et froid; doublures et gardes de papier vein, non rogns (Serre).Un portrait de l'auteur grav par Delvaux d'aprs Aved. Belles reliures romantiques.
8824Amsterdam, Jean Neaulme, 1762. 4 volumes in-12 (164 x 100 mm), 1 f. n. ch., X pp., 359 pp.; 1 f. n. ch., 336 pp.; 1 f. n. ch., 265 pp., mal ch. 255, XXIV pp.; 1 f. n. ch., 350 pp. Maroquin rouge, filet doré en encadrement avec fleurons d'angle, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin blond, filet doré sur les coupes, tranches dorées, des rousseurs (reliure de l'époque).
1774295698Londres 1774. First. hardcover. very good. 37 copperplate engravings 13 folding plates of musical scores & tables. 12 vols small folio full contemporary mottled calf gilt decorated spine with five raised bands marbled end-leaves and edges. All title pages in red & black with vignettes. Londres 1774 -1783. First Edition. A very good attractive set.<br/><br/> Contains: Julie Emile Oevres Melees Dictionairre de Musique & Oeuvres Posthumes. a handsome set with occasional browning to pages.<br/><br/> unknown books
