Jean-Jacques Rousseau and His World by Debeer, Gavin - 1972

New York, New York, USA: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1972. CA1 - A hard cover later printing withdrawn ex-library book in very good condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in gray paper covered boards with gold lettering on the spine with very minor overall shelf wear with some glue staining on the front and back fixed endpapers from where the dust jacket endflaps were glued to the boards plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, label, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the copyright page plus there is some light yellowing and soiling on the outside paper edges. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some glue staining on the front and back endflaps from where they were glued to the boards plus there is some very, very light fading along the front spine edges and the front top edge plus it is in a new protective mylar sleeve. A biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that analyzes his main works as well as detailing his wanderings and his relations with contemporaries including Voltaire, Hume, and other of the Encyclopedists. Heavily illustrated with black and white reproductions throughout. Chronology, select bibliography, notes on the pictures, indexed, 128p.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.