Antoine Petit. Line engraving by P. Laurent after A. Pujos, 1774.

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by P.L.H. Laurent and P. Audouin after Duchemin after E. Le Sueur.

A man is leading a woman and her baby on a donkey with their belongings and a flock of sheep, attended by other people. Engraving by P. Laurent after P.J. de Loutherbourg, ca. 1777.

Typesetting: lower case characters, compound characters and abbreviations for printing ancient Greek. Engraving by Laurent after L.-J. Goussier.

A young woman sits on a mountain side with a cow and a basket on the ground, spinnning yarn. Engraving by P. Laurent after Karel du Jardin.

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A young woman sits on a mountain side with a cow and a basket on the ground, spinnning yarn. Engraving by P. Laurent after Karel du Jardin.

A man is leading a woman and her baby on a donkey with their belongings and a flock of sheep, attended by other people. Engraving by P. Laurent after P.J. de Loutherbourg, ca. 1777.

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by P.L.H. Laurent and P. Audouin after Duchemin after E. Le Sueur.

Antoine Petit. Line engraving by P. Laurent after A. Pujos, 1774.

Typesetting: lower case characters, compound characters and abbreviations for printing ancient Greek. Engraving by Laurent after L.-J. Goussier.