THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROSSEAU:
Philadelphia: George Barrie, n.d.
"Astral Edition" No. 35 of 100 copies printed on Japanese vellum. From the Biblophilists' Library. Two volumes. xxvi, 228 p., etchings list; xv, 345p, etchings list. Illustrated with 13 plates in two states drawn and engraved by Edmond Hedouin. Bound in deep blue crushed morocco, a.e.g., with silk flyleaves and elaborate doublures of blue morocco with large inlaid panel in tan with gilt decoration and central device of inlaid green morocco, the spine with simple gilt titles and with the arms of Baron Howard de Walden with the motto "Non Quo Sed Quomodo" on the upper covers. The arms stamped in gilt and silver with red on-lays, the lower covers with stylized initials within a gilt wreath. Fine, spines a hint darker than the sides. Item #23692
Price: $800.00