ROUSSEAU, J. J.

Botanik for fruentimmere i breve til frue de L** oversat af fransk og med tillæg forøgt af Odin Wolff. Andet giennemseete og forøgede oplag.

Kiøbenhavn, 1790, Poulsens Forlag, 1790.

8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raise bands. "Den Classenske bogsaml paa Corselitze" (i.e. "Classen's bookcollection in Corselitze Manor House") in contemporary hand to title-page and small stamp to lower part of title-page. Internally nice and clean. XXIV, 112 pp.

Uncommon second expanded Danish edition of Rousseau’s collection of letters on botany written by Rousseau to Madame Delessert, the mother of one of his young students. The work shows his appreciation for Linnaean classification and includes both scientific and philosophical reflections on nature.

Order-nr.: 62475