Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Title:
The confessions of J.J. Rousseau : in an anonymous English version first published in two parts in 1783 & 1790 / now revised and completed by A.S.B. Glover ; with an introduction by Havelock Ellis ; ornamented with wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone.
Alternate Title(s):
Confessions. English
Published / Created:
London : The Nonesuch Press, MCMXXXVIII [1938]

Glasgow : Printed in Great Britain by R. Maclehose and Company Limited, the University Press, Glasgow, 1938
Physical Description:
2 volumes ; 23 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PQ2036 .A5 1938
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Head-pieces; tail-piece.

"This edition consists of 800 copies designed by Francis Meynell and printed by R. Maclehose & Company on Pannekoek mould-made paper. Bound by the Leighton-Straker bookbinding company."--Colophon.

Dreyfus, J. History of the Nonesuch Press, 113

BAC: British Art Center copy is numbers 106 of a limited edition of 800 copies. Bound in contemporary brown morocco.
Subject Terms:
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712–1778. | Authors, French -- 18th century -- Biography. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1938.
Contributors:
Ellis, Havelock, 1859–1939, writer of introduction. | Glover, A. S. B., editor. | Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co., binder. | Meynell, Francis, 1891–1975, book designer. | Nonesuch Press, publisher. | Robert MacLehose & Co., printer. | Stone, Reynolds, engraver.