3. # GIUSEPPE PENONE (B. 1947) AND JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) The reveries of the solitary walker Paris, Les Éditions du Solstice, 2010 Book comprising a set of 10 original glazed photogravures by Giuseppe Penone The tenth is signed, titled and dated in graphite Limited edition of 140 copies signed by the artist, this one of 100 copies reserved for members of Éditions du Solstice (no. 67) This work, conceived on the initiative of Jean-Claude Meyer, with the assistance of Aimery Langlois-Meurinne and Jean de Kervasdoué, was produced by Xavier Barral In-folio Publisher's beige cloth bradel and slipcase 47.8 x 32.7 cm Provenance Collection of a Parisian bibliophile Giuseppe Penone's contemporary herbarium establishes a link between nature and the human body, while the format and layout of the two-column text evoke the eighteenth-century botanical works dear to Jean-Jacques Rousseau.