Print this page or go back to standard view.
PCT4272211: King Anarch, king of the Dipsodes, ready to attack the kingdom of Utopia, of which Gargantua is king. Pantagruel, the son of Gargantua, will help his father and Panurge will take Anarch prisoner. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode of the Fourth Livre by Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273192: Landscape of Provence: Villeneuve-les-Avignon (Villeneuve les Avignon) (Villeneuve-les-Avignon) (Villeneuve ez Avignon). Engraved by Joseph Pennell illustrating an article by Harriet W. Preston: A PROVENCAL PILGRIMAGE, the Century Magazine, July 1890. See detail of this view (cropping on houses and horse-drawn undercarriage): GUT3784., Pennell, Joseph (1858-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272266: Portrait and signature of Francois Dominique Toussaint dit “Toussaint-Louverture” (Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803), a Haitian statesman, leader of the revolt in Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, San Domingo, former name of Haiti), he was one of the leaders of the Haitian independence movement against the French of Napoleon Bonaparte, which led to the creation of the first black republic in 1804. Engraving published in the American magazine “Harpers New Monthly Magazine, 1871. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273937: Canal du Midi (Canal des deux mers) - Grand basin of Castelnaudary (Aude, Lauragais, Languedoc) - Boat pulling horses on towpath - View of the city - Engraving of the work of Baron Claude Joseph Finds “” General and Statistical Description of the Department of Aude””, edition Firmin Didot 1818. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4275013: Industrial food transport company (Saurer truck) Plancard et fils, Carcassonne at the beginning of the 20th century. Transport of wine in barrels to the flourishing period of winegrowing in the Midi of France. Commercial postcard from the period., Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4275903: L'Hell (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Gustave Dore. Edition Hachette 1861. French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino. Dante et Virgile face aux demons: Appena furo i pie suoi giunti al letto - Del fondo giu, ch'ei giunsero in sul glue - Sovresso noi... (hardly had he touched the foot of the pit, that the demons appeared on the hill above our heads) - Twenty-third song (Song 23 - XXIII) - (ca. 52, 53, 54)., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4276023: Illustration by Claude Shepperson (1868-1913) of the novel of anticipation (science fiction) by Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells 1866-1946) “The First Men in the Moon”. Cavor is taken away by the Selenites. French edition Calmann-Levy 1913., Shepperson, Claude (1867-1921) / Bridgeman Images