GIA4772759: Paper making in China in “” Les wonders de l'industrie”” by Louis Figuier, Paris, 19th century: 1 - cutting bamboo. 2 - they are taken from water after macerer. 3 - bamboo is cut into small pieces 4 - pieces are crushed in a mortar., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772762: Portrait of Nicolas Saunderson (1682 - 1739), blind, professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. Engraving., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772807: The miracle of the ice bridge in the life of Zarathustra (Zarathustra, Zarathushtra, Zarathustra or Zoroastra), Iranian prophet and religious reformer (6th century BC). chromolithographof the 19th century., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772826: Zarathustra (Zarathustra, Zarathushtra, Zarathustra or Zoroastra), Iranian prophet and religious reformer (6th century BC) at the court of the King of Bactres. chromolithographof the 19th century., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772882: A 16th century safe., Unknown Artist, (16th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772011: Illustration “” On the lake”” by Paul Chabas (1869 - 1937). “I know everything””., Chabas, Paul (1869-1937) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772064: Portrait of actor Constant Poppy (known as Elder Poppy, 1841-1909)., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772099: Historical geographical map of Palestine. Jansson Atlas, 1685., Jansson, Joannes (1588-1664) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772119: Historical geographical map of Palestine according to the Atlas of Abraham Ortelius, Amsterdam, 1588., Ortelius, Abraham (1527-98) (after) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772206: Cartoon by the dramatic author Maurice Donnay (1859 - 1945) by Sem (1863 - 1934)., Sem (Georges Goursat) (1863-1934) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771313: Nicolo (Niccolo) Tartaglia (1499 - 1557) Italian mathematician., Unknown Artist, (16th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771659: Illustrated board representing an old type of ski. Engraving from the end of the 17th century., Unknown Artist, (17th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771682: A family of Norwegians travelling on skis. Engraving by Olaus Magnus (1490 - 1557), Swedish religious and geographer, “Historia de Gentis Septentrionalibus”, Venice, 1567., Unknown Artist, (16th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771695: Norwegian hunters travelling on skis and reindeer. Engraving by Olaus Magnus (1490 - 1557), Swedish religious and geographer, “Historia de Gentis Septentrionalibus”, Venice, 1567., Unknown Artist, (16th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771702: Norwegian hunters moving through skis. engraving by Olaus Magnus (1490 - 1557), Swedish religious and geographer, “Historia de Gentis Septentrionalibus”, Venice, 1567., Unknown Artist, (16th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771121: Portrait of Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), Italian physicist and physician., Anonymous / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4770900: Representation of the house where George Frederick Handel was born (Georg Friedrich Handel, 1685-1759), an English composer of German origin. Engraving of the 19th century., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4770967: Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771085: Portrait of Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842), Italian composer., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771142: Illustration of experiments by Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist and physician (1737 - 1798) explaining the passage of electric current moving the legs of a frog., Unknown artist, (18th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771163: Illustration of experiments by Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist and physician (1737 - 1798) explaining the passage of electric current moving the legs of a frog., Unknown artist, (18th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771180: Frontispiece of ""De Viribus Electricitatis in Motu Musculari Commentarius""" A treatise on the circulation of electricity in the muscles of animals, by Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist, (1737-1798). 1792, Unknown artist, (18th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771255: Illustration of experiments by Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist and physician (1737 - 1798) explaining the passage of electric current moving the legs of a frog., Unknown artist, (18th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4772972: Excavations undertaken by Paul-Emile Botta, French consul in Nineveh at the site of Khorsabad (Khunsabad), former Assyrian capital north of Mosul. Iraq. Engraving of the 19th century., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4773018: Portrait of Don Juan of Austria (1547-1578), illegitimate son of Charles V (1500 - 1558). Engraving, Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4773172: Civil War (1861 - 1865) or American Civil War: Fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865 (Virginia). Engraving., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771287: Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) (Huig de Groot), Dutch lawyer and diplomat., Unknown Artist, (17th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771591: Illustration for “La storia di Peter Pan””, fable by James Matthew Barrie (JM or J. M. Barrie, 1860-1937); narrated by Pia Piccoli Addoli; illustration by Gustavino (Gustavo Rosso) (1881 - 1950). Turin, 1947., Rosso, Gustavo, Gustavino (1881-1950) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4771632: the analphate is like a blind man. Misfortunes and defeats await him on all sides, poster of A. Radakov, 1920 in St. Petersburg., Radakov, Aleksei Aleksandrovich (1879-1942) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4780949: The Burner and his Compere. Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4781179: The Snake and the Lime.Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4781181: The Lievre and the Pardrix.Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4781201: The Lion and the Donkey Hunting. Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4781211: Will explained by Esope. Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4781267: The Lion shot down by Man. Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

GIA4781283: The Drunk and his wife. Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95). Illustration by François Chauveau (1613-1676). Edition of 1728., Chauveau, Francois (1613-76) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images