‎ROUSSEAU Jean Jacques :‎
‎Emile ou de L'Éducation. Par J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve...Tome premier (-quatrième).‎

‎"14. Amsterdam, chez Jean Néaulme, Libraire, 1762, 4 vols in-12°, title printed in red and black + viii + (2)(expl. des planches, errata) + 466 pp + 2 engr. plates (at pp.37 and pp.382) ; (4)nn pp (halftitle and title, verso's blank) + 407 pp +(1)(bl)nn pp + 1 engr. plate (pp.76) ; (4)nn pp (halftitle and title, verso's blank) + 381 pp +(3)(bl)nn pp + 1 engr. plate (pp.128) ; (4)nn pp (halftitle and title, verso's blank) + 455 pp + 112 pp (Supplément A L'Émile...) + 1 engr. plate (pp.304) ; complete with the 5 engraved plates, without a half-title in Volume I, but with half-titles present in Vols. II-IV (as called for). Bound in contemporary mottled calf, decorated gold-tooled smooth spines with two red leather labels, edges painted red, marbled endpapers. Bindings somewhat rubbed, upperjoint of Vol. III damaged over 3 cm by worming, joints of Vol. II a bit weak, interiors fine. Ex dono in pencil on fly-leaf of Vol. I '' à Mme. Desportes''. According to McEachern (Bibliography of the writings of J.J.Rousseau) this in-12° edition was the first printing of Rousseau's Emile but it was issued after the in-8° edition (see pp.16-17.) In September 1761 a contract was signed between the Maréchale de Luxembourg, acting on behalf of Rousseau, and the publisher Nicolas Duchesne. Duchesne made in November 1761 an agreement with the Dutch publisher Jean Néaulme for a parallel edition outside France. Meanwhile Duchesne printed this in-12° edition with the false imprint ; ''Amsterdam'' and a re-imposed in-8° edition with the false imprint; ''A La Haye''. The in-8° edition was issued first. (Printing and the mind of man 207)."‎

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