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In a rural garden, two boys draw the figure of Nature represented as a woman with six breasts feeding two infants; around, examples of nature and education. Engraving by E.J.N. de Ghendt after C.P. Marillier, ca. 1788/1793.

Shem and Japheth cover their father's nakedness; Ham has already witnessed it. Etching by Viguet after C.P. Marillier.

King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are visiting Antiochus who is reclining on a daybed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse. Engraving by J. de Longueil after C.P. Marillier, 1774.

Adam is standing in the garden of Eden looking up to the godhead while being surrounded by the animals of the creation. Coloured engraving by J. Pass after C. P. Marillier.

A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.

Instruments of education (woodwork etc.); and eight episodes related to Rousseau's Emile in vignettes on the wall. Engraving by Giraud le Jeune after C.P. Marillier, 1788/1793.

The cessation of plague, brought about by the angel of God. Etching by E. de Ghendt after C. Marillier.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving by N. Ponce after C. P. Marillier.

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In a rural garden, two boys draw the figure of Nature represented as a woman with six breasts feeding two infants; around, examples of nature and education. Engraving by E.J.N. de Ghendt after C.P. Marillier, ca. 1788/1793.

Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Line engraving by N. Ponce after C. P. Marillier.

Shem and Japheth cover their father's nakedness; Ham has already witnessed it. Etching by Viguet after C.P. Marillier.

A cherubic Aesculapius fends off death with medicine. Engraving by Le Roy after C-P. Marillier.

King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are visiting Antiochus who is reclining on a daybed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse. Engraving by J. de Longueil after C.P. Marillier, 1774.

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