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Eloisa: or, a series of original letters collected and published by J.J. Rousseau. Translated from the French. In four volumes. ... A new edition.
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712--1778). Lettres élémentaires sur la botanique
[Nouvelle Héloïse. English. 1776]
Eloisa: or, a series of original letters collected and published by J.J. Rousseau. Translated from the French. In four volumes. ... A new edition.
London (Place), printed for T. Becket,, 1776.
4 vols ; 17.2 cm. (12º)
I: lxi, [1], 6, 291, [1] p., [1] pl., frontis.
II: [4], 285, [1] p., [1] pl., frontis.
III: [4], 295, [1] p., [1] pl., frontis.
IV: [4], 252, [4] p., [1] pl., frontis.
William Kenrick's translation of La nouvelle Héloïse first appeared in 1761, the year of the book's original publication in Amsterdam. Rousseau's epistolary novel about a young man's requited love for a virtuous wife, drawing on his frustrated love for Mme. d'Houdetot, was one of the most important of the eighteenth century and is regarded as a forerunner of the Romantic novel. 'A dialogue between a man of letters and Mr. J.J. Rousseau, on the subject of romances. ... ' (a translation of 'Préface de la Nouvelle Héloïse'), published separately in 1761, is here reprinted after the preface by the translator in vol. I, pp. [xvii]--lxi. An account of the work taken from the Journal des Sçavans for June 1761 is included after the prefaces to vol. I, p. [1]--[6]. The plates are engraved by Hubert Gravelot. Advertisement of books printed for T. Becket at end of vol. IV. ESTC n828.
Copy Notes Wanting half-titles? Bought for 13s. on 8 July 1784 (SNB). Some MS annotations in pencil in French in vol. IV.
Binding C18th tree calf, gilt edges, gilt-tooled spines, red and olive morocco spine-labels.
Reference Number 427
Additional Names Kenrick, William (1725?--1779)
[Nouvelle Héloïse. English. 1776]
Eloisa: or, a series of original letters collected and published by J.J. Rousseau. Translated from the French. In four volumes. ... A new edition.
London (Place), printed for T. Becket,, 1776.
4 vols ; 17.2 cm. (12º)
I: lxi, [1], 6, 291, [1] p., [1] pl., frontis.
II: [4], 285, [1] p., [1] pl., frontis.
III: [4], 295, [1] p., [1] pl., frontis.
IV: [4], 252, [4] p., [1] pl., frontis.
William Kenrick's translation of La nouvelle Héloïse first appeared in 1761, the year of the book's original publication in Amsterdam. Rousseau's epistolary novel about a young man's requited love for a virtuous wife, drawing on his frustrated love for Mme. d'Houdetot, was one of the most important of the eighteenth century and is regarded as a forerunner of the Romantic novel. 'A dialogue between a man of letters and Mr. J.J. Rousseau, on the subject of romances. ... ' (a translation of 'Préface de la Nouvelle Héloïse'), published separately in 1761, is here reprinted after the preface by the translator in vol. I, pp. [xvii]--lxi. An account of the work taken from the Journal des Sçavans for June 1761 is included after the prefaces to vol. I, p. [1]--[6]. The plates are engraved by Hubert Gravelot. Advertisement of books printed for T. Becket at end of vol. IV. ESTC n828.
Copy Notes Wanting half-titles? Bought for 13s. on 8 July 1784 (SNB). Some MS annotations in pencil in French in vol. IV.
Binding C18th tree calf, gilt edges, gilt-tooled spines, red and olive morocco spine-labels.
Reference Number 427
Additional Names Kenrick, William (1725?--1779)