XEE4136702: Portraits of scientists Georges Cuvier (1764-1832), Alessandro (Alexandre) Volta (1745-1827), Alexander Von Humboldt (Alexandre de Humboldt, 1769-1859), Sir William Herschel (1738-1822) and Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Engraving from 1856 in “” Le Musee Des Sciences””, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4335394: Montagnards (1848). Eau forte en couleurs, pour illustration “” Histoire du corps des gardiens de la paix””” book published under the auspices of Louis Lepine (1846-1933) prefet de police de la Seine, by Alfred Rey (1864-?) and Louis Feron (1862-?) , edition Firmin Didot et Cie, 1896, Paris., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4335423: Officer of the Peace, Great Second Empire (1852-1870). Eau forte en couleurs, pour illustration “” Histoire du corps des gardiens de la paix””” book published under the auspices of Louis Lepine (1846-1933) prefet de police de la Seine, by Alfred Rey (1864-?) and Louis Feron (1862-?) , edition Firmin Didot et Cie, 1896, Paris., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4138766: History of France: War of the Succession of Mantua (1628-1631) during the Thirty-Year War. The battle of the Pas de Suze (Susa) representing King Louis XIII (1601-1643) and Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis, 1585-1642) during the invasion of the Duche of Savoy in 1629. In General History of Coins. Chocolate-foal chromolithography of the end of the 19th century. Private collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325522: A well in the desert, between Samarkand and Karshi (cities of present-day Uzbekistan). Drawing by Emile Bayard (1837-1891), to illustrate the journey to Central Asia, in 1863, by Arminius Vambery (Hungarian scientist disguise in dervish). Engraving in “” Le tour du monde””, edited by Edouard Charton, 1865. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325548: The camel caravan caught in a sand hurricane calls tebbad. Drawing by Emile Bayard (1837-1891), to illustrate the journey to Central Asia, in 1863, by Arminius Vambery (Hungarian scientist disguise in dervish). Engraving in “” Le tour du monde””, edited by Edouard Charton, 1865. Selva's collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325745: A woman grinding grain in a burner, the mill consists of a stationary block of granite in the shape of a trough and a piece of quartz convex. Engravure to illustrate Dr. Livingstone's first voyages to Southern Africa from 1840 to 1856, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325776: The arrival of a Turkish (Turkmenistan) wife in her husband's family; daughters do not marry before the age of 17, are chosen by the husband who negociates the dowry (which he provides to his future wife's family) and the conditions of marriage. Engraving to illustrate the story of Henri de Blocqueville “14 mois de captivite chez les turcomans”” between 1860 and 1861, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”” published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325855: Scene of rest of the country, in the moonlight, mats are erected on the ground after the day of work. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325896: Mirror polisher. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4326010: A dancer at the court of Kamakura, a city that shogun Minamoto no Yorimoto (1147-1199) chose as its capital at a time when its political power exceeded that of Mikado (the Emperor of Japan), creating a new political, economic and artistic centre on the Pacific Ocean. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images