Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Autograph poem; 1page oblong in-8 oblong, identification label glued to lower margin, Juncker collection stamp.
Six unpublished verses on love:
 "By a vain hope
 My love may deceive me: 
 But do not think to exhaust it
  By dint of being inhuman.
 Your eyes have formed my chain 
 Your hand cannot break it".
Attached is a L.A.S. from Louis Grangier de La Marinière (1814-1882), October 23, 1835, indicating the provenance of this document, which his mother received as a gift when Rousseau was staying in Amboise.
Collection A. Juncker (no. 621).
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Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Autograph poem; 1page oblong in-8 oblong, identification label glued to lower margin, Juncker collection stamp. Six unpublished verses on love: "By a vain hope My love may deceive me: But do not think to exhaust it By dint of being inhuman. Your eyes have formed my chain Your hand cannot break it". Attached is a L.A.S. from Louis Grangier de La Marinière (1814-1882), October 23, 1835, indicating the provenance of this document, which his mother received as a gift when Rousseau was staying in Amboise. Collection A. Juncker (no. 621).

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€1,000 - €1,500
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€2,200
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30%
Jean-Jacques ROUSSEAU (1712-1778). Autograph poem; 1page oblong in-8 oblong, identification label glued to lower margin, Juncker collection stamp. Six unpublished verses on love: "By a vain hope My love may deceive me: But do not think to exhaust it By dint of being inhuman. Your eyes have formed my chain Your hand cannot break it". Attached is a L.A.S. from Louis Grangier de La Marinière (1814-1882), October 23, 1835, indicating the provenance of this document, which his mother received as a gift when Rousseau was staying in Amboise. Collection A. Juncker (no. 621).
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