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

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 complete des oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève – Zweibrücken: Chez Sansan et Compagnie, 1782-1783 + Second supplement à la Collection des oeuvres de J.J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève – Genève: without publisher, 1789 – in total 30 + 3 = 33 volumes – total approx. 10,000 pp. – half-leather bindings

The later volumes 31-33 contain a ‘Second supplement’; the first ‘Supplement’ covered volumes 25-30.

Volume 18 contains a number of folding plates with music scores. All volumes contain a 20th-century ex-libris by the Dutch historian Klaas Potjewijd, most volumes also show marks from earlier libraries, such as stamps from the ‘Casino in Mannheim’.

Condition: a nice set, unread or neatly read, with signs of preservation in various conditions. The leather spines have become too dry and occasionally miss a piece. From volume 12 the front board is loose, occasionally a leaf is also loose in other volumes.