Jean-Jacques Rousseau - La Botanique de J. J. Rousseau - 1802

Charming edition of this work, which gathers the famous Letters on botany that Rousseau wrote in the 1770s for Madame Delessert, and which were published posthumously with a critical and iconographic apparatus intended for an educated audience.

The text presents itself as a botanical initiation, designed in a simple and pedagogical epistolary style, where Rousseau explains the principles of classification, the characteristics of plants, and observation methods, while seeking to awaken the appreciation of nature and aesthetic sensitivity.

Rousseau combines scientific rigor and lyricism, emphasizing the moral and educational value of studying plants, perceived as a school of contemplation and virtue.

This book, both scientific and literary, bears witness to Rousseau's ambition to make knowledge accessible and enjoyable, and to promote a naturalist pedagogy that connects knowledge, sensitivity, and the development of the mind.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - J. J. Rousseau's Botany - 1802 - F. Louis
319 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, book in full brown leather edition, signs of use, rubbed corners, slightly cracked headbands, marbled edges, smoothly decorated spine, gilded titling on red and green morocco inlay, gilded roll borders framing the covers.

Good interior condition, browning, beautiful vignette on the title page, marbled endpapers in good condition, ex-libris.

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