signed Hardcover
1955 · New York
by ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1955. Hardcover. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. William Sharp. Tall octavo (6-1/8" x 9-3/4") bound with brown Oasis goatskin morocco leather stamped with the title in gold leaf and with hand-made French marbled kraft on the sides. The anonymous translation into English of 1783 & 1790 revised and completed by A. S. B. Glover with a new introduction by him. Illustrated with a profusion of pen drawings scattered throughout the text by William Sharp printed in sepia. Copy #844 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. (Inventory #: 018308)