Description
Rousseau J.J. (1712-1778). The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau, Followed by Rêveries Du Promeneur Solitaire. In Geneva, 1782.
Rousseau J.J. (1712-1778). Second part of the Confessions of J.J. Rousseau. In Geneva, 1789.
Edition published in the same year as the original. The first two volumes are probably copies of the counterfeit published in 1782 by the Société typographique de Genève as a supplement to the Œuvres posthumes (Leigh, p. 136, mentions 650 copies). They contain the first six books of the Confessions and the Rêveries du promeneur solitaire. The last two volumes, which comprise the final part of the Confessions, are part of the edition mentioned by Tchemerzine, almost identical to the original, but distinguishable by two annotations at the end of each volume.
Dimensions
4 volumes. 8° (212x134mm), (217x139mm).
Provenance
Private collection
Conditions
Some stains. General signs of wear, bumped corners.
