Vignette on page 347 of Volume X, from the Poinçot Edition of Emile ou de l'Education par J.-J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genèvre, part of Oeuvres Complètes de J. J. Rousseau. Nouvelle Edition classée par ordre de Matières (avec des Notes par Mercier, l'abbè Brizard et De L'Aulnaye). Paris. Poinçot 1789-1793.
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- Title: Vignette on page 347 of Volume X, from the Poinçot Edition of Emile ou de l'Education par J.-J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genèvre, part of Oeuvres Complètes de J. J. Rousseau. Nouvelle Edition classée par ordre de Matières (avec des Notes par Mercier, l'abbè Brizard et De L'Aulnaye). Paris. Poinçot 1789-1793.
- Series/Portfolio: Poinçot Edition of Emile ou de l'Education par J.-J. Rousseau Citoyen de Genèvre, part of Oeuvres Complètes de J. J. Rousseau. Nouvelle Edition classée par ordre de Matières (avec des Notes par Mercier, l'abbè Brizard et De L'Aulnaye). Paris. Poinçot 1789-1793.
- Artist: Louis Croutelle (French, 1765–1829)
- Artist: After Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau (Swiss, Geneva 1712–1778 Ermenonville)
- Publisher: Poinçot, Paris
- Date: ca. 1789–93
- Medium: Etching and engraving; second state of three (Bocher)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 4 13/16 in. (19.5 × 12.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.500.578(3)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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