Lot 1104
1104
PHILOSOPHY -- ROUSSEAU, J.J. Émile ou de l'éducation. Amst., J. Néaulme, 1763. 4 vols. (4), vii, (1), 338; (4), 255; (4), 240; (4), 318 pp. W. 5 engr. plates copied after the or. plates by Charles Eisen. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs, red labels & blue marbled edges. (Name entry on first half ti., a bit foxed/browned in places, else a fine set).
Edwards VII, 219ff: "In 1762 the condemnation of Émile by the Paris Parlement forced him to flee from France and settle in Neuchâtel under the protection of the king of Prussia. (...) the work is not just a manual of education, but, as Rousseau himself points out, a philosophical treatise on the goodness of human nature. It is less concerned with laying down the practical details of a specific pedagogic method than with describing the fundamental principles which underlie the whole of man's development from infancy to maturity. Rousseau's ultimate object is to teach the art of living, for man's first duty, he says, is to be human."€ 180
result € 150
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