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Londres (London): De l Imprimerie deJacob Tonson & Jean Watts, 1723, Nouvelle Edition. Contemporary full leather binding, worn and rubbed, lacking title labels, five raised bands, gilt decoration to the boards, marbled end papers and paste downs, worn, aged and rubbed with some loss to the leather. Engraved frontispiece in Volume One. Woodcut illustration on title page. Woodcut head-pieces and tail-pieces. The works of the French poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741). Two large quarto volumes. Vol I xxx, 501, [3] pages + frontispiece. Vol II 544, [4] pages. Page dimensions: 288 x 230mm. Text is in French. Provenance: initials HJ to the front end paper. Approximately 11 ¾ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition worn and rubbed, lacking title labels. Joints fair to good condition sound to all joints of Vol II, Vol I cracking to the top of the front joint, cracked to the whole rear joint of Vol I. Corners good condition bumped and worn with loss. Boards very good condition full leather with gilt decoration, marks and scratches. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, others tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound apart from rear hinge of Vol I. Paste downs good condition marbled paper. End papers very good condition marbled paper. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned with foxing. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1723 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1694983087186
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