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ELD4965774: Fires of Qin: burning of books and burying of scholars, burning of texts and slaughter of scholars during the Qin dynasty, under the reign of Qin Shi Huang and of Ancient China, between 213 210 BC. 19th century (engraving from “Histoire des jesuites” by Boucher), Marckl, Louis (b.1807) (after) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4965901: Suicide attempt by the Marquis Thomas Arthur, Baron de Tollendal, Count of Lally (1702 - 1766), French general of Irish origin at the time of the announcement of his death sentence for treason by the Parlement of Paris in 1766. By Boucher, 19th century, (engraving from “Histoire des jesuites”). / Bridgeman Images