Emile, ou De l'éducation / par J.J. Rousseau, citoyen de Genève.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Standardized Title:

Emile

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Education--Early works to 1800.

Education.

Penn Provenance:

DeJean, Joan E. (donor)

Physical Description:

4 volumes : illustrations (engravings) ; 17 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

De l'éducation

Place of Publication:

A Amsterdam : Chez Jean Néaulme, libraire, 1762. : Duchesne?, [1774]

Notes:

Third Paris 12mo edition, with a false imprint, probably published by Duchesne. "The watermark date 1774 reveals that this edition was not published before that year, despite the date 1762 on the title-page." Cf. McEachern, J.E. Rousseau, vol. 2, no. 7.

Titles in red and black.

Vol. 1: [2], viij, [2], 466, [2] p. (last leaf blank), [2] leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 407, [1] p. (the last page blank), [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [4], 381, [3] p. (last leaf blank), [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: [4], 455, [1] p. (the last page blank), [1] leaf of plates.

Vols. 2 and 4 printed without motto from Seneca on t.p.

Vols. 2 and 3 include indexes to v. 1-2 and 3-4 respectively.

Errata: v. 1, p. [2] following p. viij at front.

Published in Paris.

Local Notes:

Imperfect: last leaf of vol. 1 (blank) wanting; last leaf of vol. 3 (blank) wanting.

Cited in:

McEachern, J.E. Rousseau, II, 7

Gagnebin, B. Bull. du bibliophile (1953) 8

OCLC:

228733771