
Cosway-Style Binding.- Morley (J) Rousseau
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Cosway-Style Binding.- Morley (John) Rousseau,2 vol., first edition, extra-illustrated by the addition of c.51 plates, including c.12 hand-coloured, occasional spotting, vol. II small water-stain on fore-edge, embossed ownership stamp on front free endpaper, bound in blue levant morocco, by Bayntun of Bath with Cosway-style minatures on upper covers under glass (vol. I depicting Rousseau, vol. II depicting Mme. Rousseau), g.e., rebacked preserving original spine, covers and spine elaborately gilt with red morocco inlays, silk endpapers, green morocco doublures, upper cover and spine faded, joints rubbed, 8vo, 1873.
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