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Cover and spine loose from pageblock. Covers marked, edgeworn and torn. Quarter binding. Bookplate inside front cover. Front endpaper loose. Pages foxed and water stained. Pages cut. Backstrip hubbed. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. Octavo, modern cloth binding. Age toned pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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Very Good. The original 1823-1824 printing of this beautiful collection of the entire works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), in his native French and complete in 22 uniform octavo volumes. Bound in a 1/4 leather over marbled boards, 4 raised bands, decorative gilt-tooled compartments and bright gilt-lettering along the spine of each volume. Except for a tiny bit of chipping to the spine crown of Vol. 4, all volumes clean and bright and VG+ or better, with very light, inoffensive foxing to the preliminaries and along the text of several of the volumes. The first serious attempt to gather all the known writings of this major 18th century French philosopher, the Parisian publisher P. Dupont presents the work as follows: Vols. 1 & 2: "Philosophie--Discours"; Vols 3 & 4: "Philosophie--Emile"; Vols. 5: "Philsophie--Politique"; Vols. 6: "Philosophie--Lettres de la Montagne"; Vol. 7: "Philosophie--Lettres Sur La Botanique"; Vol. 8-9: "Litterature--La Nouvelle Heloise"; Vol. 10: "Melanges, ou Litterature Variee"; Vol. 11: "Beaux-Arts--Ecrits Sur La Musique"; Vol. 12-13: "Beaux-Arts: Dictionnaire De Musique"; Vol. 14-16: "Memoires et Correspondance--Les Confessions"; Vol. 17: "Memoires et Correspondance--Dialogues"; Vols. 18-22: "Correspondance"