Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Emilius and Sophia - Or a new system of education is an unchanged high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1783. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science travel and expeditio paperback
EB: J. Potts and D. Chamberlaine. Very Good. 1779. Hardcover. Leather. Small 8vo. J. Potts and D. Chamberlaine Dublin Ireland. 1779. Complete in four volumes. Xix 310 pgs. ; 264 pgs. ; 268 pgs; 292 pgs. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece to each volume depicting the author Hermes Orpheus and Circe. With two prefaces by the translator and the author. With two prefaces by the translator and the author. New Edition. Bound by in full brown calf leather. Gilt titles and leather spine label present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities joints are rubbed and are fragile. Previous owner's name present to the title page bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Foreedge stained green. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An English translation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophical treatise on education. Rousseau considered Emilius to be the best and most important of all my writings. Due to a section of the book entitled Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar the work was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762. During the French Revolution it served as the inspiration for what became a new national system of education. E-007; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . J. Potts and D. Chamberlaine hardcover
Paris: Chez Aubry Libraire 1794. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 24mo. 5 1/4†x 3 1/2â€; in tree calf with a somewhat faded green morocco label; x 11 12-180 pages including the Table; there are no marks of any kind.~~A small treatise on the education of children by one who appears to have scattered children all over France. Very Good binding. Chez Aubry, Libraire unknown
Paris: J.L.J. BrièreBlanchardBéchet aîné 1822. Fine. J.L.J. Brière Blanchard Béchet aîné Paris 1822 10.50 x 17.50 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition with some parts in first edition as it is expanded with unpublished letters to madame d'Houdetot. Half green sheep bindings with small corners spine slightly faded with four fine raised bands richly decorated with gilt and blind typographic motifs marine sheep title and volume labels mint cardboard boards with some light surface wear some corners slightly bumped marbled edges Romantic bindings. Some minor foxing of no consequence. J.L.J. BrièreBlanchardBéchet aîné hardcover