ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions. - Lot 108

ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions. Published in Paris by Jouaust - Librairie des Bibliophiles in 1881. In 4 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format. Ochre half-maroquin with corners, edged with double gilded fillets. Smooth spines decorated with scrolls in a wide gilt frame, gilt author, title and tomaison, gilt date on tail. Gilt head edges. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Bookmarks preserved. Contemporary bindings signed by Dupré. (4)-XXXVIII-(2)-207-(1) ; (4)-231-(1) ; (4)-346-(1) ; (4)-273-(2) pages, 13 hors-texte etchings under serpents, including 1 frontispiece on each volume, bandeaux, lettrines and culs-de-lampe in the text. Elegant bibliophile edition of this landmark text in French literature, the origin of the modern genre of autobiography. Complete set in 4 volumes, with a preface by Marc-Monnier and 13 full-page etchings by Edmond Hédouin. A copy by Italian painter, poet and photographer Marco Giacomelli, with a mailing from publisher Damase Jouaust, creator of the "Librairie des bibliophiles". Very fine set, uniformly bound.