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XEE4155732: Ceremony (Ceremony) in the Inca Capital of Cuzco: Manco Capac (Ayar Manco) confers distinction on the Princes of the Blood by piercing their ears - engraving from “Usi e Costumi di Tutti i i Popoli dell'Universo. Ovvero Storia del governo, delle leggi, della milizia, della religione di tutte le nazioni dai piu remoti tempi fino ai giorni nostri” 1856, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4151090: Paris - The cafe “” Procope”” in the 18th century from right to left, in the medallions, Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Nicolas Joseph Florent Gilbert, Denis Diderot, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Jean Francois Marmontel, Lekain (Henri Louis Cain (Henri-Louis Le Kain), Jean-Jacques Fransseau, Cois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Alexis Piron, Paul Henri Dietrich, Baron d'Holbach - Engraving by Badoureau after M Kretz - Le cafe “” Procope” in the 18th century - From right to left, in medallions, Buffon, Gilbert, Diderot, d'Alembert, Marmontel, Le Kain, Rousseau, Voltaire, Piron, D'Holbach - Engraving by E. Badoureau d'apres Mr. Kretz, Badoureau, Jean Francois (1789-1881) / Bridgeman Images