Discourse on the sciences and arts : (first discourse) and polemics = Discours sur les sciences et les arts. English / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; edited by Roger D. Masters and Christopher Kelly ; translated by Judith R. Bush, Roger D. Masters, and Christopher Kelly

Hanover : Published by University Press of New England [for] Dartmouth College, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxvi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Translation of: Discours sur les sciences et les arts; Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-224) and index. Contents: Discourse on the sciences and arts (first discourse) -- Observations on the Discourse / Abbe Raynal -- Letter to M. the Abbe Raynal / J.-J. Rousseau -- Reply to the Discourse -- by the king of Poland / King Stanislaus -- Observations by Jean-Jacques Rousseau of Geneva / J.-J. Rousseau -- Refutation of the Observations / Lecat -- Refutation -- by Mr. Gautier / Gautier -- Letter -- to Mr. Grimm / J.-J. Rousseau -- Discourse on the advantages of the sciences and arts / Charles Bordes -- Final reply / J.J. Rousseau -- Refutation -- by an academician of Dijon / Lecat -- Letter by Jean-Jacques Rousseau [to Lecat] / J.-J. Rousseau -- Disclaimer of the Dijon Academy / Petit -- Preface to a second letter to Bordes / J.-J. Rousseau -- Preface to Narcissus : or the lover of himself / J.-J. Rousseau. Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 Translations into English; Civilization; Arts; Science.