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Joseph Michel Antoine Servan
Joseph Michel Antoine Servan (November 3, 1737 – 1807) was a French publicist and lawyer.
He was born at Romans (Dauphiné). After studying law he was appointed "avocat-general" at the "parlement" of Grenoble at the age of twenty-seven. In his "Discours sur l'administration de la Justice Criminelle" (1767) he made an eloquent protest against legal abuses and the severity of the criminal code. In 1767 he gained great repute for his defense of
, Rosalie remained with Madame de Charrière-Bavois, the first cousin of her father, and whose salon is one of the most important in Lausanne. Edward Gibbon, Jacques-Georges Deyverdun, Joseph-Michel-Antoine Servan or the future Madame de Montolieu met there.
Rosalie's passion for botany, drawing and painting is further enhanced by this context.
As early as 1795, Rosalie had begun a painted herbarium, which she would pursue until the end of her life, and which could be part of a