Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Oeuvres complètes (33 volumes) - 1782-1789





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Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Complete Works (33 volumes), in French, original language French, published 1782–1789, about 10,000 pages, half‑leather bindings; condition: nice set, little or no wear, with signs of storage.
Description from the seller
An edition of the French-language complete works of the Swiss-French philosopher, writer and musician Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is offered:
[Jean-Jacques Rousseau] – Collection complète des œuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève – Zweibrücken: Chez Sansan et Compagnie, 1782-1783 + Sécond supplement à la Collection des œuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève – Genève: zonder uitgever, 1789 – in total 30 + 3 = 33 volumes – total ca. 10.000 pp. – half-leather bindings
The later volumes 31-33 contain a ‘Sécond supplement’, the first ‘Supplement’ encompassed volumes 25-30.
Volume 18 contains a number of plates with music scores. All volumes bear a 20th-century ex-libris of the Dutch historian Klaas Potjewijd, most volumes also show traces of earlier libraries, such as stamps from the ‘Casino in Mannheim’.
Condition: a beautiful set, unread or neatly read, with traces of conservation in various conditions. The leather spines have become too dry and occasionally miss a piece. From volume 12 the frontispiece is loose, occasionally also a page is loose in other volumes.
Seller's Story
An edition of the French-language complete works of the Swiss-French philosopher, writer and musician Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is offered:
[Jean-Jacques Rousseau] – Collection complète des œuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève – Zweibrücken: Chez Sansan et Compagnie, 1782-1783 + Sécond supplement à la Collection des œuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève – Genève: zonder uitgever, 1789 – in total 30 + 3 = 33 volumes – total ca. 10.000 pp. – half-leather bindings
The later volumes 31-33 contain a ‘Sécond supplement’, the first ‘Supplement’ encompassed volumes 25-30.
Volume 18 contains a number of plates with music scores. All volumes bear a 20th-century ex-libris of the Dutch historian Klaas Potjewijd, most volumes also show traces of earlier libraries, such as stamps from the ‘Casino in Mannheim’.
Condition: a beautiful set, unread or neatly read, with traces of conservation in various conditions. The leather spines have become too dry and occasionally miss a piece. From volume 12 the frontispiece is loose, occasionally also a page is loose in other volumes.

