"Nature Never Deceives Us"

Description

Discover a scientific and aesthetic object that testifies to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's passion for nature and botany: one of his rare portable herbaria, designed to deepen knowledge of plants and inspire a love for botany. Could it also ignite your enthusiasm? The Geneva philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) dedicated the last ten years of his life to creating portable herbaria, which he gifted or sold to people who shared his passion for botany. In 2024, the herbarium, made for printer and bookseller Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (1736-1798), and one of three known Rousseau hand specimens, was exhibited at our institution. Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

Highlights

• Exhibition of a rare herbarium by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Insight into the passion for botany
• One of three known specimens

General Information

The exhibition "Nature Never Deceives Us" at the Geneva Botanical Garden presents a portable herbarium by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It showcases the connection between science and aesthetics and invites visitors to discover a passion for botany.

Location

Chemin de l'Impératrice 1, 1292 Chambésy, Switzerland

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