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PCT4275836: L'Hell (La divina commedia) by Dante Alighieri illustrated by Gustave Dore. Edition Hachette 1861. French translation by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino. Gli altri duo riguardavano, e ciascuno - Gridava: O me, Anel, come ti muti! (The other two looked at him and shouted, “Helas!” Agnel, how you change!”) Twenty-fifth song (Song 25 - XXV) - (around 67 & 68)., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4271383: Go to Orleans and make the king sacred to Reims: in Domremy's campaign in Lorraine, Joan of Arc hears the Celestial voices that instruct her to “kill the English out of the Kingdom”. Illustration of Job (Jacques Marie Gaston Onfray and Breville) (Jacques-Marie) (1858-1931) for the book “Les grands mots historiques du pays de France”, Mame editions, 1915. Privee Collection., Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4271555: Engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating Theophile Gautier's novel “The Captain Fracasse””. Charpentier Edition 1863. In his home, the “Chateau de la Misere”, the Baron de Sigognac crumbles in front of his chimney or burns a wood fire. With him, his old servant Peter., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4271812: Daniel Defoe (De Foe) meets in a London cabaret the Scottish sailor Alexandre Selkirk (Alexander Selcraig) (1676-1721) who survived four and a half years on a deserte island. Of this real character, De Foe will be the fictional character of his book, the famous Robinson Crusoe. Engraving from “” Literary and Historical Talks” by Jules Janin, Delagrave 1885. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4277126: Rural ball improvised in the countryside of Alsace in the 19th century. Young people from the region of Saverne met in the spring, Sunday, in an orchard to dance under the blossoming apple trees. The musicians of the small local orchestra stand on a barrel platform. Illustration by Riou of a short story by Erckmann-Chatrian (Erckmann Chatrian), “Histoire d'un homme du peuple”, edition Hetzel 1873. See same image not removed: GUT2586 -, Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) / Bridgeman Images