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LSE4329744: Shillouk village, in the vicinity of Fachoda (Sudan), the inhabitants with bodies covered with ashes or dung, gather every night in a circular space in the center of the village, squatting on beef skins, smoking in huge clay pipes, around a trunk or hang drums intended to warn the neighboring villages in case d'alerte, engraving after Maillard's drawing, illustrating the voyage to the heart of Africa, in 1868-1871, by Dr. Georges Schweinfurth, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329874: The bongo tribe hunt the rat from the reeds (for naturalists: aulacode), sitot spot the place where the rodents live, fire is set to dry grass around their cottage, until the beets, forced to flee, come to present themselves to the hunters, engraving after the drawing by A.de Bar, illustrating a journey to the heart of Africa, in 186868 - 1871, by Dr. George Schweinfurth, published in “Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Bar, Alexandre de (1821-1901) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4329912: Indian Moxo (Mojo, Moxeno) (from the Mato Grosso region) returning from fishing, engraving after a drawing by the narrator, illustrating a journey of exploration on the Amazon and the Madeira, of 1874, by Franz Keller Leuzinger, published in “” Le tour du monde”” 1874, edited by Edouard Charton, edition Hachette, Paris - Collection, Keller, Franz (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330070: The weighing of the tea before its expedition on commercial markets in a gunpowder factory in Fati Bay (Canton Province), engraved after a drawing by J.Ferat illustrating the voyage to China, by J. Thompson, in 1870-1872, published in “Le tour du monde” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Ferat, Jules (b.1819) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330220: An Armenian cafe, a place of masculine conviviality, to drink coffee and smoke the pipe, engraving after a drawing by the author, illustrating the journey in Lazistan and Armenia, by Theophile Deyrolles, in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Deyrolle, Theophile Louis (1844-1923) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330227: A grocery store in Erzeroum (Armenia), engraved after a drawing by the author, illustrating the journey in Lazistan and Armenia, by Theophile Deyrolles, in 1869, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1875, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., Deyrolle, Theophile Louis (1844-1923) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330467: A Chinese fishing village near Monterey, California, testified to the important Chinese community established on the Pacific coast of the United States. Engraving after D.Maillard's drawing, to illustrate the story La conquete blanche, by William Hepworth Dixon, in 1875, published in “” Le tour du monde””” 1876, edited by Edouard Charton, Hachette edition, Paris. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330587: Page costumes and troubadour in the 13th century. Colour engraving after a drawing of the manuscript of the miracles of Saint Louis (Louis IX 1214-1270), in “France et les francais à travers les centuries” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4330691: Veneur's costume, in charge of hunting common dogs, in the 17th century. Colour engraving after a drawing by Lechevaller-Chevignard, in “France et les francais a travers les centuries”” by Augustin Challamel, F.Roy editor, Paris 1882. Selva Collection., Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902) (after) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4331025: The baptism of the line, a sailor wore an old cassock and haranges the other sailors of the crew, each weapon of a bucket of water, which they pour on the moss or the young sailor who passes for the first time the imaginary line of Ecuador, drawing by E.Riou, to illustrate the voyage to equinoxial America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), in 1875-1875-1876, by Edouard Andre (1833-1894), traveller in charge of a mission by the French government. Engraving in Le tour du monde, 1877, directed by Edouard Charton, Paris. Selva Collection., Riou, Edouard (1833-1900) / Bridgeman Images