ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Les confessions. 1881.
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques.
Les confessions.
Paris, Jouaust - Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1881.
Four 8vo (216x144 mm), vol. 1: frontispiece (4 states), (4)-xxxviii-(2)-207-(1) pages and 3 plates (plates 1 and 2 are in 5 states. The third one is in 4 states) / vol. 2: (4)-231-(1) pages and 3 plates (all in 4 states) / vol. 3: (4)-346-(2) pages and 3 plates (The first and third plates are in 5 states, the second one is in 4 states) / vol. 4: (4)-273-(3) pages and 3 plates (all in 5 states). binding : Contemporary full morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, spine gilt in six compartments lettered in gilt, gilt edges, single gilt fillet on edges, marbled endpapers (bound by Chambolle-Duru). Original wrappers bound in. Four corners chipped. Extremities rubbed. Very fresh copy.
Limited edition of 220 copies on large paper, ours is one of 20 on Whatman paper, numbered 31.
This copy belonged to Cortlandt Field Bishop (1870-1935), a great collector of rare books and who owned one of the most important libraries in the interwar period.
This edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions is illustrated with thirteen etchings in four or five states (only 2 states required).
provenance: M L "Dans mon coin" (bookplate), Cortlandt F. Bishop (bookplate).
Price : 750 €
