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Book Description:
Among the many interests of Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was botany. These letters 'addressed to a lady' on the Linnaean system and the structure of plants came to the attention of Thomas Martyn, professor of botany at the University of Cambridge, who published a translation and continuation in 1785.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 78) was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment.
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- PublisherKessinger Pub
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 143727840X
- ISBN 13 9781437278408
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages552
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