FLO4570556: Margaret of Scotland, first wife of King Louis XI of France, Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France 1424-1445. Margarita of Scotland, first wife of Louis XI. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 142 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4570600: McNaught comet seen on January 17, 2007 - Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) 17 Jan 2007 - View of McNaught comet obtained on January 17, 2007 at dusk, at 22:34 in Queenstown, New Zealand. View of the Comet McNaught on 17 Jan 2007 22:34:03, over Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570623: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Temereire, Duke of Burgundy 1433-1477. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in a pair of Hours in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio Maisons etrangeres XI 35 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570649: Jean Juvenal des Ursins, Archbishop of Reims, 1388-1473. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in a manuscript Histoire de Charles VI in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 29 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4570666: McNaught comet seen on 28 January 2007 - Comet McNaught (C/2006 P1) 28 Jan 2007 - View of McNaught comet obtained on 28 January 2007 at 04:21 am in Queenstown, New Zealand. The lactee path and galaxy of the Little Magellan Cloud are also visible. View of the Comet McNaught on 28 Jan 2007 AM 4:21, over Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand. Also visible are the Milky way, the Small and the Large Magellic clouds / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570673: Anne Rogier de Beaufort, Viccountess de Turenne 1435-1479. Handcoloured lithograph after a stainless-glass window in the church of Cordelieres de Nantes in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 11 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570679: Enguerrant de Monstrelet, French chronicler and historian, 1390-1453. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature in a manuscript by Monstrelet in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570737: King Charles VIII of France, the Affable, 1470-1498. He wears a black chapel hat and red velvet cassock trimmed with fur and with long sleeves. Handcoloured lithograph after a contemporary portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 54 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570815: Anne, Duchess of Brittany, Queen of France, 1477-1514. Anne of Brittany, Queen of France. In mourning clothes with pet dog and parakeet in a birdcage. Handcoloured lithograph by Georges Lafosse after a miniature by Jean Marot in Bernard de Montfaucon's collection IV VIII from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570890: Charles II of Cleves, Earl of Nevers and Eu, Earl of Rethel, son of Engilbert de Cleves and Charlotte de Bourbon, d. 1521. He wears a damask manteau with gold royons, white pourpoint and hose. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolios from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570894: Gui de Rochefort, Chancellor of France, 1447-1507. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature of the court of Louis XII in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 139 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4566971: Chateau - Abbadia Observatory - Abbadia Castle - Property of the Academy of Sciences, located in Hendaye, in the Atlantic Pyrenees, this castle was the home of Antoine d'Abbadie (1810 - 1897), a scholar and explorer. It was built between 1864 and 1879 by the architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc (1814 - 1879), instead of an astronomical observatory dating back to 1858. The castle houses a new observatory, equipped with a Meridian bezel of 2.05 m focal length, with which d'Abbadie participated in the elaboration of the map of the sky “”. Passionate about astronomy, Antoine d'Abbadie made many trips, notably to observe total eclipses of the Sun in Norway (1851), Spain (1860) and Algeria (1867). In 1882 he observed Venus's passage before the Sun from the West Indies. He was president of the Academy of Sciences in 1891 and 1892. Abbadia Castle, owned by the French Academy of Sciences, was built by Eugene Viollet le Duc between 1864 and 1879. It houses a former astronomy observatory. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4566979: Chateau - Abbadia Observatory - Abbadia Castle - Property of the Academy of Sciences, located in Hendaye, in the Atlantic Pyrenees, this castle was the home of Antoine d'Abbadie (1810 - 1897), a scholar and explorer. It was built between 1864 and 1879 by the architect Eugene Viollet-le-Duc (1814 - 1879), instead of an astronomical observatory dating back to 1858. The castle houses a new observatory, equipped with a Meridian bezel of 2.05 m focal length, with which d'Abbadie participated in the elaboration of the map of the sky “”. Passionate about astronomy, Antoine d'Abbadie made many trips, notably to observe total eclipses of the Sun in Norway (1851), Spain (1860) and Algeria (1867). In 1882 he observed Venus's passage before the Sun from the West Indies. He was president of the Academy of Sciences in 1891 and 1892. Abbadia Castle, owned by the French Academy of Sciences, was built by Eugene Viollet le Duc between 1864 and 1879. It houses a former astronomy observatory. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4566980: Lettuce from the walls. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Ivy leaved wall lettuce, Prenanthes muralis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4567016: Aristoloche clematite. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Birthwort, Aristolochia clematitis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4567087: The common tree or grass for battered women or high edge, black vine, virgin ravine, reason for the devil or seal of Notre Dame (Tamus communis) - Botanical board by Isaac Russell, engraved by Charles Matthews, taken from “English Botanical Phenomenes” by William Baxter (1788-1871), 1837 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4567120: Geranium of the Pres. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Meadow crane's bill or cranesbill, Geranium pratense. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4567241: Amateur astronomer and star sky - Astrophotographer and Telescope - Astrophotographer Jerry Lodriguss poses in front of the constellation of Orion with his telescope and photo equipment. With the constellation of Orion setting in the west, an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer poses for a portrait with his telescope and camera equipment / Bridgeman Images