5 Antique French Books by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

This remarkable collection includes five antique books by the influential philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, offering an invaluable insight into his revolutionary ideas. The set features Émile, ou De l'Éducation, a foundational work on education philosophy; Rousseau Juge de Jean-Jacques, where Rousseau reflects on his own life and critics; La Nouvelle Héloïse, ou Lettres de Deux Amants, a novel of love and morality written in an epistolary format; Lettre à M. de Malesherbes, an open letter in which Rousseau defends his life and works; and J.J.

Rousseau à Christophe de Beaumont, a response to criticism from the Archbishop of Paris. Each book, dated M.DCC.LXXX (1780) to M.DCC.LXXXI (1781), captures the essence of Rousseau's thought and the impact of his writings on the Enlightenment.