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At a local fair, in 1768, a print dealer was found with three boxes full of prints and drawings which he said were bought from
Clermont for 105 Livres. Upon being questioned, Clermont dismissed it as a simple case of "thoughtlessness". By 1779, he was complaining of the many annoyances created by his
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