PCT4285846: Plate extracted from the Oryctology of Argenville (1755) - This engraving shows parts of the human body petrified, or at least what was taken in the 18th century for fossil men - 1: skeleton of salamander found in a miocene terrain near Constance and described by Scheuchzer as that of a man witness of the deluge (homo diluvii testivii s ) - 2: petrified vertebrae belonging pretenduously to the back of a man and which are in reality those of a fossil reptile, the ichtyosaur - 3: Modern head of pathological nature (hyperostosis) preserved in the gallery of Anthropology of the Musee de l'Homme - Legends after the book of Marcellin Boule “Les Hommes fossiles”, edition Masson 1923 - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285967: Projection and expansion of microscopic records during the Paris siege in 1871. The microphotography invented by Dagron allows the defenseurs of Paris to send messages to provincial armees by traveler pigeon and receive them - Engraving published in the Illustrous World of 1871 - transcription to the administration of the Telegraphs of private documents photographed and redued on a sheet of collodion and then projected on a wall by a Magnifying electrical apparatus - Drawing by nature by Adrien Marie - microscopic images - projection - photography - microfilm - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4285396: Musicians of traditional Moroccan music (Berber) and Giant puppets in front of the minaret of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco - With its 201 meters, this minaret is the highest in the world - Islam - fete - carnival - Minaret of the Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco - Photography Patrice Cartier 23/02/2014 -, Pinseau, Michel (1926-99) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273547: Scapin's Furries. Moliere's theatre piece, act 2. This scene is one of the most often represented in the illustrations of the work. Argante, hiding behind Scapin, attends the threats of Silvestre, who shouts with his sword, “” By blood! By the head! if he were there, i would give him a sword in his belly. Who is this man?” Scapin: “It's not him, sir, it's not him.” Illustration of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) engraved by Laurent Cars for the famous edition of 1734 of Moliere's works., Boucher, Francois (1703-70) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273894: Philip II (Philip Augustus 1165 - 1223) instituting the first laws of public hygiene, noted on parchment by a copist monk. Under the rule of this king of France, the main roads of Paris were pavees, and the French capital was called “Paris sans pairs” (without equals). Detail of an advertising chromolitography (chromo) of Chocolat d'Annecy, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images
PCT4273890: Philip II (Philip Augustus 1165 - 1223) instituting the first laws of public hygiene, noted on parchment by a copist monk. Under the rule of this king of France, the main roads of Paris were pavees, and the French capital was called “Paris sans pairs” (without equals). Chromolitography (chromo) advertising of Chocolat d'Annecy, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images