Lettres Inédites de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Correspondance Avec Madame Boy de la Tour
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4"). [2] 55, [1], 316pp. Original half pebbled cloth over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
This volume comprises 91 never-published-before letters written by the Genevan philosopher, writer and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau, to his friend Madame Boy de la Tour. The Appendix section contains 13 letters from Madame Boy de la Tour to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Includes two genealogy charts at rear.
Text in French. Binding withsome wear along edges, small chips and light scuffing. Spine with joints lightly scuffed and light fraying at head and tail of spine. Some light foxing to very first and very last leaves. Binding in overall good- to good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g+ to vg. Item #46558
Price: $150.00