ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A very good and interesting conten

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A very good and interesting conten

`It is said that the Amazons used to burn their right breast…

that it would prevent them from shooting with the bow´

ROUSSEAU JEAN-JACQUES: (1712-1778) French Writer and Philosopher. A very good and interesting content autograph manuscript, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. [1745-46], in French. Rousseau writes a short text, being related to the history of women, stating in part `It is said that the Amazons used to burn their right breast since their very early youth, lest that it would prevent them from shooting with the bow. ´, further saying `However, this one seems to have both breasts, as well as all the others I have seen till now.´ This text was taken from Montfaucon´s work L´Antiquité Expliquée (1719-24). Page with watermark. Small overall minor age toning, with right and bottom edges irregularly trimmed. G The present text corresponds to Rousseau´s work about the history of women, written between 1745 and 1751 for his benefactress Mrs Louise Marie Madeleine Dupin, and which would never be published. Rousseau worked as secretary of Madame Dupin at that time. Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741) French Benedictine Monk. A scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography and who edited works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of Archaeology. Montfaucon wrote L´antiquité Expliquée 1719-24. This lengthy work, in French and Latin, includes 15 volumes. This edition obtained great success, and the 1800 copies printed were sold in less than two months, something never seen till then for such kind of erudition and research works.