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ROUSSEAU (Jean-Jacques). Dictionary of music. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1768. In-4, tortoiseshell calf, triple gilt fillet, ornamented spine, red red title, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Dufour, n°250 - In French in the text, n°164. First edition, with 13 folding plates of engraved music. The last work published by Rousseau, the Dictionnaire de musique is also the work to which the author devoted the most time to its writing, since it was spread over sixteen years, from 1749 to 1764 (cf. Dictionnaire Rousseau, p. 213). Mottling to the upper corner of a few leaves and some plates Restorations to the binding.