Oeuvres de Salomon Gessner.

Renouard, Paris, 1799

Edited by Antoine-Augustin Renouard and printed by Charles Crapelet. Illustrated with 50 engravings, including portraits of Gessner, Huber and Diderot.

Description: 4 vols., contemporary green morocco, with green morocco onlay to spine, lettered and decorated with gilt floral motifs. marbled endpapers. Small octavo: 19 × 12 cm; pp. (vol.1) xii, 319, 1 frontis. 15 pls.; (vol.2) [1], 282, 1 frontis. 11 pls.; (vol.3) [1], 264, [1], 1 frontis. 15 pls. (vol.4) [1], 295, [1]; 1 frontis. 5 pls. Engravings protected with tissue-guards (most of them).

Ref.: Brunet ii, 1568; Cohen 435

Condition: Bindings bumped and scuffed, with some surface abrasions to spines and edges. Internally a little bit toned, a few scattered stains (a bit more for the engravings). The first plate of vol. 1 is missing (as often).