Beschreibung:

ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES. Oeuvres, "London" [i.e., Brussels] 1774-83, 12 vols., contemporary calf, covers gilt-panelled, spines gilt, red and green morocco lettering-pieces, somewhat rubbed, one or two small repairs to joints, most inner hinges weak, some foxing or browning, particularly to vols. 3 and 4, a few minor marginal stains , half-titles, engraved portrait by Saint-Aubin after La Tour, engraved title vignettes after Choffard, Le Barbier and Moreau le jeune, 37 engraved plates by Choffard, Saint-Aubin, Dambrun and others after Moreau le jeune and Barbier. 13 folding engraved plates of music in vol. 9, one folding engraved table in vol. 10, eighteenth-century letterpress bookplate of Jacques Jourdain, priest -- FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FÉNÉLON. Les Avantures de Télémaque. Amsterdam and Rotterdam 1734, contemporary green morocco, covers gilt with central star design composed of gilt-tooled roundel and eight gilt fleurs-de-lys tools, wide gilt-tooled borders with fleur-de-lys at angles, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco lettering-piece, extremities rubbed, occasional foxing or discoloration , half-title, engraved frontispiece by Folkéma after Bernard Picart engraved title vignette, 24 engraved platesby Bernaert, Folkéma and others after Debrie, Dubourg and Picart, 24 engraved headpieces and 21 tailpieces, Ray French 1; together 2 vols., 4to, g.e. , titles printed in red and black. Cohen-de Ricci 908-11 and 381-2. (13)