XEE4407174: Papal Rome: Agar, Abraham's servant, begat a son to him, whose wife Sarai cannot have children. She will be hunted in the desert with the child and find water thanks to an angel. Engraving in “The history of prostitution and debauche among all the peoples of the world from antiquity to the present day” by Dr. Th. -F. Debray, 1879., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4407280: The young Madeleine de la Palude (Madeleine de Demandols) in the 17th century possessed by a demon, managed to attract the religious by the only beauty of her eyes. She was locked up in the Ursuline convent. Engraving in “The history of prostitution and debauche among all the peoples of the world from antiquity to the present day” by Dr. Th. -F. Debray. 1879., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4407294: King Louis XI (1423-1483) ordered for his mistress the Lady of Gigon a magnificent adornment at the jeweller Madame Passefilon. Engraving in “The history of prostitution and debauche among all the peoples of the world from antiquity to the present day” by Dr. Th. -F. Debray. 1879., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4161661: The end of the Vendee war - Hoche signs a treaty with the Bretons - Revolution francaise - La pacification de la Vendee - Accords de la Mabilais, 20 April 1795 - sign between the General Hoche and the chefs chouans - Signature of the Treaty of the Mabilais between the Revolutionnary Army and the Chouans -, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4161720: Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, astronomer (1698 - 1759) - illustration taken from “The Grands Mariners of the 18th century””, 1879 - 1 of the 3 volumes of the “Histoire generale des grands voyages et des grands voyageurs” by Jules Verne, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images