ROUSSEAU

Beautiful complete edition in three volumes of this masterpiece of Émile or Education which is a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 1762 –

It remains, even today, one of the most widely read and popular books on the subject, so much so that in Japan, the child development authority imposes on all kindergarten teachers reading Emile. It is also, as Rousseau says, a philosophical treatise on the goodness of human nature.

The first four books describe the ideal upbringing of a fictional young boy, Emile, and are ordered chronologically, tackling, step by step, the educational issues that emerge as he grows up.

The last book deals with “education”, or rather the lack of education of girls from another fictional example: Sophie, brought up and educated to be the wife of Émile –

J.J. Rousseau – Emile or Education – 1826

Bindings in good condition, works in their original blue half-leather, covers and spine in good condition, rubbing from use, stained spine, decorated spine, marbled edges, gilt titles and volume numbers –

Good interior condition, some soiling, marbled flyleaves –