Nicolas, son of Edme:
From Sacy to Paris by way of Auxerre

 

          

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View of Auxerre from the Bridge Gate

 

Although Nicolas wished to follow his father’s footsteps and become a farmer, this was not to be. At an early age he developed a passion for books, having taught himself to read and write French using the family Bible and a book venerating the lives of Saints. In 1745, at the age of 11, he was sent from Sacy to further his education. After several short years of rudimentary instruction in Paris and in schools in Burgundy, he was apprenticed to a master printer in the town of Auxerre.

 

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        The Clock Tower at Auxerre                                Nicolas arrives in                                                                                       Auxerre and notes the                                                                                Clock Tower
                                                                                    near his living quarters

 

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Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne's living quarters in Auxerre near the Clock Tower

 

 

 

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