ELD4952879: Les amours de Gilles de Bretagne (1420-1450) et Francoise de Dinan (1436-1499) (Francoise de Dinan (1436-1499 a French heiress, brotier and educator and Gilles of brittany) Engraving from “Les mysteres du grand monde” by Fulgence Girard, 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4952930: View of Mont Saint Michel (Mont-Saint-Michel), Normandy, in the Channel in the 14th century. 19th century (engraving from Les Mysteres du Grand Monde” by Fulgence Girard) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953190: Portrait of Jeanne Becu, Countess (or Madame) of Barry (1743-1793), courtesan and mistress of Louis XV, a Louveciennes. 19th century (engraving from “The mysteres of the great world” by Fulgence Girard) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953318: Coupeau falls from a roof is taken to the hospital Lariboisiere in Paris accompanied by his wife Gervaise Illustration of “The darkening” by Emile Zola 1884 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953371: Gervaise and Lantier finding Coupeau drunken-dead lying on the ground Illustration of “” The darker”” by Emile Zola, 1884 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953444: Goujet et Beak Forging in front of Gervaise Illustration of “” The darker”” by Emile Zola 1884 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953685: La princesse de Galles Caroline de Brunswick (1768-1821) entouree de ses suivantes (Queen Caroline of Brunswick and her ladies) Gravure tiree de ""L'alcove des reines"" de Jules Beaujoint 19eme siecle  / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953764: Pierre d'Aubusson (1423-1503) Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, defending Rhodes against sultan Mehmed II, 1480 - Pierre d'Aubusson (1423 -1503) Grand Master of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem during the defence of Rhodes in 1480 against the Turks - Chromolithograph of the end of the 19th century / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953797: View of the road to the Tabula Trajana or Table of Trajan Latin inscription dediee the Emperor Trajan, engraved on a specially trimmed rock wall, overlooking the Iron Gates, Danube Gorge, Serbia. 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953828: representation d'un gaur ou seladang ou gayal ou mithan, bovide du sud-est asiatique (the gaur or Indian bison) late 19th century chromolithograph / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953842: Representation of a banting. Late 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4953850: Les fureurs de Concino Concini marquis d'anchor (1575-1617) favorite of Queen Marie de Medicis. 19th century (engraving from “The Alcove of Queens”” by Jules Beaujoint) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954065: Episode of the Second Punic War (218-202 BC): the stratageme of Hannibal or Annibal Barca (around 247-183 BC), General Carthaginians, in Campania (Italy), two thousand oxen carrying burning fagots are released at night to burn the forest and flee the Roman army (Hannibal's stratagem of destruction) Campania during the Punic Wars against Rome) Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954097: Goths War (535-553) “” The Byzantine General Belisaire defends the city of Rome against the assaults of the mobile towers of the king of the Ostrogoths Vigits during the Battle of the Pinciana Gate in 537 AD” (Gothic war: the battle of Porta Pinciana in 537 AD during the besieging of Rome by Wigides, king of ostrogoths defended by general Belisaribes) Engraving from “” History of the world”” by Ridpath 1885 Collection privee / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954140: ArabðbyZantine wars: arab muslims crossing the dardanelles, 7th century Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954174: Aicha, widow of Prophete Muhammad, faces the 4th Caliph Ali in the Battle of the Camel in 657” (Battle of the Camel: Ali and Aisha, 7th November 657) Engraving from “History of the World” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954203: The baptism of Stephen I of Hungary (St. Stephen) (975-1038) by Pope Sylvester II (Baptim of King Stephen I of Hungary by pope Sylvester II) Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954283: Abbasid revolution and fall of the Umayyad caliphate at Battle of the Zab on January 25, 750 Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954419: Plesiosaur and an ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic period, 1881 (engraving), Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954476: Origine et representation de l'arbre dattier (datier) donnant des dattes - (Date palm or Phoenix dactylifera) late 19th century chromolithograph / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954488: Origin and representation of boxwood (buxus, box or boxwood). End of the 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954517: Origin and representation of the mountain ash tree (rowan or mountain ash) and sorbs used for sugar (rowan or mountain ash). Late 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954661: Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava (or Pultawa, Ukraine, 1709) - Battle that took place on July 8, 1709, between the army of Peter I of Russia (known as The Great, 1672-1725) and the troops of Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718) supported by the Cossacks, a decisive Russian victory in the Great North War (1700 to 1721) (The Battle of Poltava) Engraving from “Allgemeine Geschichte” by Rotteck 1844 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954731: History of printing: first test of the Bible printed by the press of Johannes Gensfleisch Gutenberg (1400-1468) represented with Johann Fust (1400-1466) - 1453 The first proof sheet from Gutenberg's press, 1453 Engraving from “Allgemeine Geschichte” by Rotteck 1844 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954892: Inquisition: destruction of books and printing presses ordered by church, Mainz, Germany end of 15th beginning of 16th century Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Collection privee / Bridgeman Images

ELD4954915: The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon in 1529, the first wife of Henry VIII, whose marriage to the King was annulled - Proces by Catherine of Aragon (1486-1536) wife of Henry VIII, 1529 Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4955122: Portrait of Saint Dominica of Guzman (1170-1221), founder of the Dominican Order (Saint Dominic) Drawing from “Misteri del Vaticano” by Franco Mistrali, 1866, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4955188: Middle Ages: representation of Pope Urban IV (Urban or Urbanus or Urbano) (1261-1264) Drawing from “Misteri del Vaticano” by Franco Mistrali, 1866, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4955465: representation of the Baron of Munchhausen (or Munchausen) (1720-1797) recounting his adventures at a worldly dinner (the Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Munchhausen entertaining guests at a dinner) Engraving from “” Illustrous Universe” 1862 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4955486: James II told about the William of Orange's landing at Brixham, Devon on on 5 November 1688 to claim the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland private, Ward, Edward Matthew (1816-79) (after) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4955603: Plagues of Egypt: the Death of firstborn. 19th century (engraving from 'Holy History' by Lahure) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4955891: Jephthah's daughter runs towards him and must therefore be sacrificed to God. 19th century (engraving from "The Holy History" by Lahure) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4956076: Portrait of Honore Gabriel (Honore-Gabriel) Riqueti, Earl of Mirabeau (1749-1791), French politician - Engraving from “” Les francais sous la revolution”” by Challamel and Tenint, 1843 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4956360: White terror, French Revolution, 1843 (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4935119: Battle of Aix (Battle of Aquae Sextiae): Invasion of Cimbres and Teutons from 110 to 102 BC The Teutons are defeated by Caius Marius the wise, consul Romain (Battle of Aquae Sextiae in Aix-en-Provence: the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones, 102 BC) Engraving from “” Popular-de-France” by Lahure, 1866 Private Collection, French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4935212: The Italian surgeon and anatomist Gaspare Aselli (Gasparus Asellius or Gasparo Asellio) (1581-1626) exclaiming Eureka on 23 July 1622 by discovering the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system during the dog vivisection. 19th century (engraving) / Bridgeman Images