Our institution has acquired at auction a rare herbarium created by the philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).
Come and discover, as part of the exhibition dedicated to this herbarium, the history of this unique piece, created more than 200 years ago and housed in the Geneva Botanic Garden.

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Current name: Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér; Rousseau's vernacular name: Bec-de-Gru Cigutin