ELD4959909: The poet Pierre Honore Robbe de Beauveset (1714-1794) visiting the house of Rabelais in Chinon in 1760 and writing a poem on the wall of his cabinet (French poet Pierre Honore Robbe de Beauveset in rabelais house, Chinon) Engraving from “” La mosaique” 1873 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4959961: Representation of Polichinelle, character of the Commedia dell'Arte (Pulcinella) Engraving from “” The Mosaic”” 1873 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960005: Origin of the French expression s'entendre comme larrons en foire, qui référence à la complicite des petits thieves qui sevissait lors les marches au 16eme century (to be as thick as thieves, french expression, it refers to the complicity of thieves) Chromolithographie du debut du 20eme century le, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960055: Pythagoras (580-495 BC) of Samos Ionian Greek religious reformer, presocratic philosopher received the eponymous founder of the Pythagoreanism by Egyptian priests around 547 BC. 19th century (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4935065: The capture of Theutobocus by Roman General Marius during the Cimbres War around 102 BC (Gaius Marius capturing the teuton giant Teutobochus during the Cimbrian War) Engraving from “History of the world” by Ridpath 1885 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4935261: View of a show organized in the arena (amphitheatre or arena) of Verona, Italy 19th century (View of Verona Arena during a summer representation 19th century) Engraving of the 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4935953: Thermal tourism: canoeing on the Allier in Vichy, Allier 1905 ca. (spa tourism: the allier river in Vichy, France, 1905 ca) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936066: Thermal tourism: the casino and theater of Vichy, Allier 1905 ca. (spa tourism: the casino and theater in Vichy, France, 1905 ca) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936109: Thermal tourism: tourists and curists in an alley of the park in Vichy, Allier 1905 approx. (spa tourism: the park in Vichy, France, 1905 ca) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936155: Thermal tourism: view of a restaurant in Vichy and its clientele of curists, Allier 1905 approx. (spa tourism: restaurant in Vichy, France, 1905 ca) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936352: Thermal tourism: view of the Carlton hotel in Vichy, France c.1905 (postcard) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936353: Thermal tourism: view of water donors and curists at the source Ladies a Vichy, Allier 1905 ca. (spa tourism: water givers in Vichy, France, 1905 ca) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936357: Thermal tourism: view of the boulevard de Russie in Vichy, Allier 1905 ca. (spa tourism: the boulevard of Russia and Allier river in Vichy, France, 1905 ca) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936416: Thermal tourism: view of the Pavillon Sevigne, hotel de Vichy or would have stayed Madame de Sevigne (1626-1696) then residence du marechal Petain, Allier 1905 ca. (spa tourism: view of the Sevigne villa, former house of madame de sevigne and marechal Petain, Vichy, France, 1905 ca) postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936494: View of the waterfall of the forest of Huelgoat, Finistere, Brittany Postcard ca. 1910 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936588: View of the Virages in Pingle on the western slope of the Braus col des Alpes between the towns of Escarene and Sospel, Alpes maritimes (hairpin bends of col de braus, high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in France) Postcard Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936730: View of a chimere in the shape of an elephant, cathedrale Notre Dame (Notre-Dame) in Paris - postcard 1904 ca Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936803: View of the staircase of the opera de Paris, 1910 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4936928: View of the Courtyard of the Hospices de Beaune (Hotel-Dieu) Cote-d'Or (Courtyard of the Hospices de Beaune) Postcard 1910 ca Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4937045: Porte Saint-Denis in Paris, 1905 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4937188: View of the city of Thiers in the Puy de Dome (Puy-de-Dome) Auvergne - postcard 1910 ca Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4937588: View of the bridge of the marne in Epernay, Marne - postcard 1910 ca Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4937602: View of the quai du Havre in Rouen, seine-maritime - postcard 1910 ca Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938021: Portrait of a raia (Christian or Jew subject to the Capitation Tax) in Herzegovine under the Muslim Empire (a raia non-muslim subject under muslim empire) Engraving from 'Le magasin picturesque”” 1862 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938121: View of the central halles of Paris (cross section) Engraving from “The picturesque store” 1862 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938134: View of a cement quarry in Grenoble Isere (a cement quarry near Grenoble, Isere) Engraving from “” Le magasin picturesque” 1862 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938360: View of the cathedrale Notre Dame de Grenoble, Isere, 1910 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938415: View of the National School of Arts and Metiers, Paris, 1914 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938628: View of the Flower Market in Paris, Ile de la Cite Paris 1905 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938707: View of the Great Rosette of the Holy Chapel in Paris, 1910 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938733: View of the Lac de Sylans is a lake at Le Poizat in the Ain department, France Postcard Private collection, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938803: View of the Moulin Rouge in Paris 1910 ca. (Moulin-rouge cabaret) Postcard Private collection Request for permission for any advertising use, derived products and covers of works by the Moulin Rouge (http://www.moulinrouge.fr/#/contacts/) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4938887: View of the Rue des Saules in the old Montmartre, Paris, 1905 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4939035: Vue du village du jouet, International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts, toys pavilion, Paris, 1925 Postcard Private collection Â, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4939157: View of Place de Rennes, Paris, c.1905 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4939336: View on the beach of Grande conche, Royan, France, c.1910 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images