{"product_id":"letters-on-the-elements-of-jean-jacques-rousseau-9781108076722","title":"Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady","description":"Among the many interests of Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was botany. These letters 'addressed to a lady' came to the attention of Thomas Martyn, professor of botany at the University of Cambridge, who thought that 'if  they were] translated into English, they might be of use to such ... as wished to amuse themselves with natural history'. However, when the translation was done, he 'perceived that the foundation only being laid by the ingenious author, it could be of little service, without raising the superstructure'. Martyn's 1785 publication, of which we have reissued the 1791 third edition, adds notes and corrections to Rousseau's original thirty-two letters which explain the structure of plants and their ordering in the Linnaean system. Martyn urges the reader not to study it 'in the easy chair at home': it 'can be no use but to such as have a plant in their hand'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Jacques Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108076726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108076722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.25d","brand":"Jean-Jacques Rousseau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120828248319,"sku":"9781108076722","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95a2ec0a-5c3f-4269-a751-e806e6bcb7f7.jpg?v=1687416507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-on-the-elements-of-jean-jacques-rousseau-9781108076722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}