Rousseau on Japanese vellum + plates in 2 states
Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU. The Confessions of . . . now first completely done into English Prose by W. Conyngham Mallory with Etchings drawn and engraved by Edmond Hédouin. Philadelphia: printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie, [no date]. 2 volumes, octavo (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches; 216 x 139mm). 13 etched plates by Edmond Hedouin (each present in two states: uncolored with etched remarque vignettes in lower margins; hand-colored with no remarque), titles in red and black. (Light toning to margins). Later red half morocco, spines gilt, top edges of book blocks gilt (light scuffing to joints and corners).
Rare: printed on Japanese vellum and with the etched plates in two states
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Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU. The Confessions of . . . now first completely done into English Prose by W. Conyngham Mallory with Etchings drawn and engraved by Edmond Hédouin. Philadelphia: printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie, [no date]. 2 volumes, octavo (8 ½ x 5 ½ inches; 216 x 139mm). 13 etched plates by Edmond Hedouin (each present in two states: uncolored with etched remarque vignettes in lower margins; hand-colored with no remarque), titles in red and black. (Light toning to margins). Later red half morocco, spines gilt, top edges of book blocks gilt (light scuffing to joints and corners).
Rare: printed on Japanese vellum and with the etched plates in two states
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