Jean Baptiste Rousseau.Poëte François Né à Paris en 1669, Mort à Bruxelles le 17 mars 1741.
à Paris chés Daumont. [n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 108mm. 6½ x 4¼". Uncut.
Portrait of the French poet Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), enemy of Voltaire. Rousseau's scandalous verses saw him condemned to exile; he spent much of his life abroad and rejected an eventual invitation to return to France.
W: 2547.
[Ref: 15750] £60.00
Engraving. Plate 165 x 108mm. 6½ x 4¼". Uncut.
Portrait of the French poet Jean Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741), enemy of Voltaire. Rousseau's scandalous verses saw him condemned to exile; he spent much of his life abroad and rejected an eventual invitation to return to France.
W: 2547.
[Ref: 15750] £60.00