ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). Letters from Two Lovers, - Lot 28

ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). Letters from Two Lovers, residents of a small town at the foot of the Alps. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1761. 6 volumes in-12, brown sheepskin, plain spine with decorative lettering (contemporary binding). 13 engravings based on works by Gravelot. FIRST EDITION OF *LA NOUVELLE HÉLOÏSE*, published in Holland under Rousseau’s supervision and distributed in France after a truncated edition published by Robin under Malesherbes’ direction had sold out. Copy bearing “Julie et la nouvelle Heloïse” on the half-titles, with a preface and errata in the first volume, 4 pages from the catalog of Mr. REY’s collection, distributed across volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, and the text of the “Recueil d’estampes” in the last volume; the 12 plates, plus one additional one, are distributed across the 6 volumes. From the library of G. de Berny, with his bookplate.