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Émile : ou de l'éducation

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), Jean Michel Moreau (Illustrator), Ferdinand-Marie Delvaux (Engraver)
"Rousseau advocates a 'natural' model of education for children away from the corrupting influence of society and structure. The final book on girls' education is notably conservative; Mary Wollestonecraft addressed it in her Vindication."--Bookseller's description
Print Book, French, 1781
[Cazin], Londres [i.e. Paris], 1781
Early works
4 volumes, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
5819891
Volumes contain eight plates by Moreau le Jeune, engraved by Ferdinand Marie Delvaux, dated 1780