Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. - Emile or Education. By J.J. Rousse - Lot 275

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. - Emile or Education. By J.J. Rousse - Lot 275
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. - Emile or Education. By J.J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. La Haye, Jean Néaulme [Paris, Duchesne] 1762. 4 volumes in-8, contemporary binding in full calf, spines smooth and decorated, title and tomaison pieces - cracks at 5 joints, 5 spalled headbands, spidering and small wormholes on the joints - Good interior condition - [1 f., title], VIII pp. (presentation), [1 f., explanation of pll.], 466 pp, [3 ff. privilege in Dutch, errata] ; [2 ff. title, fx-title], 407 pp ; [2 ff. title, fx-title], 384 pp ; [2 ff. title, fx-title], 455 pp. Illustrated with 5 h-t figures by Eisen engraved by Longueil (2), Langlois, Legrand and Pasquier. First edition with the following particularities: 1/ the plate Thétis before the title. 2/ the errors of ciphering: T I, S8 for 88, 433 for 443, 46 for 465 - T II, 256, 257 for 356 and 357 - T III, 363 for 383 - T IV, 336 with the first "3" shifted downwards. 3/ the presence of boxes: T I, A5 and B4 - T II, H3 and N6 (numbered 16*). 4/ the endnote in T IV is printed alone without grape cluster decoration. 5/ presence of the second errata at the end of T I, after the privilege in Dutch.
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