Vendémiaire commence le 22 septembre, Louis Lafitte, between 1797 and 1798

French revolutionary calendar vendémiaire september 22: at this time the autumn equinox arrives & begins the year of the new era after the two fruits of autumn have ripened at the sign of themis the day star turns pale vertumne more in love with the charms of pomone a hundred times changes shape & follows his only love. Date: between 1797 and 1798.