PCT4272482: Excerpt from the Alphabet of the Child Jesus, edition Alfred Mame a Tours, 1929. Each page offers two large decorative lettrines, with their Christian entry (letter A as love, B as goodness... up to Z as zele). X: first letter of the name of Christ in the Greek language (cf. Xmas in English). / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272644: Saint Venance Fortunat (eveque of Poitiers 530-609) writing the life of Saint Radegonde (519-587), Saint Radegonde de Poitiers (Queen of the Francs, fourth wife of King Clotaire I). Undated lithograph by R. Engelmann (ca. 1930) after an illumination of the 11th century., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4265237: Illustration (engraving in soft size) of the title page of the tenth volume of the Cours complet d'agriculture theorique, pratique, economique et de medecine rural et veterinaire or Dictionnaire universel d'agriculture de l'abbe Rozier, published in Paris, Librairie d'Education et des Sciences et Arts, an 8 (1800). Harvest scene., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4265266: Title page illustrated from the tenth and last volume of the Cours complet d'agriculture theorique, pratique, economique et de medecine rurale et veterinaire or Dictionnaire universel d'agriculture de l'abbe Rozier, published in Paris, Librairie d'Education et des Sciences et Arts, an 8 (1800)., Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4265738: The poacher in embarrassment: lithography by Jaccott, mid-19th century, based on the painting by Duval and Camus, Galerie Omnibus, Editions Eugene Jouy (Paris), Lemercier & Cie. Peasant scene: a hunter, probably the master of the estate, with his rifle and his two dogs, stops to drink a drink with a family in the countryside. The woman, surrounded by children, hides in a bag a rabbit (or hare) brought back by her husband the poacher. There is a figurine of Napoleon on the fireplace and accessories for making bread. ( / Bridgeman Images