XEE4136742: Galilee and the Inquisition: “” E pure so muove! “” (And yet it turns). The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) uttered his words in 1633 in his prison after being forced before the Inquisition to deny his theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Engraving from 1859., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4404674: The wolf knocks on the door of the biquet house. Illustration of the tale “Compere le Loup, Maitre Renard, Comere la Chevre et ses petits biquets”” after a fable by Jean de la Fontaine. In “” Tales from the home for the little ones””. Anonymous engraving of the 19th century., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4325919: The grand procession of the Mikado (Emperor of Japan), at the dairi, the ancient imperial castle of Heian-kyo (Heian Kyo, present-day Kyoto) from 794 to 1869. 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
LSE4328369: Unloading of guano wagons in the Chincha Islands (Pacific Ocean, near the south-west coast of Peru), whose main interest was the exploitation of guano deposits (used as fertilizer), deposits on granite cliffs serving as a refuge for a wide variety of seabirds, deposits which were exhausted by this intensive exploitation. which began in 1840 and ended before 1874. Engravure pour illustrrer les iles Chincha, rect by L. Simonin, in 1860, published in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1868, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329232: The march of Cartagena (Colombia), in the suburbs of the city, frequented mainly by blacks, metis and Indians. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to New Granada, by Dr. Saffray, in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1872, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images