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Lot 302
Sale 4605 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jun 20, 2019
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[Literature] Rousseau, J(ean) J(acques) Emilius and Sophia: or, A New System of Education
Dublin: J. Potts and D. Chamberlain, 1779. In four volumes. 12mo. Translated by William Kenrick. With an engraved frontispiece in each volume, including a portrait of Rousseau in the first volume. Contemporary full tan calf, gilt-ruled spines, red morocco labels, edges stained green. Covers variously worn, slightly blistered, joints rubbed and starting to crack; early 19th century engraved bookplate of Jonathan Mason, Jr. on front paste-downs, his signature in ink at head of title-pages, text clean and bright.