ELD4957559: Middle Ages: representation of Pope Gregoire III (Gregorio or Gregorius) (731-741) drawing from “I misteri del vaticano” by Franco Mistrali 1843, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4957644: Portrait of Pope John X Cenci (860-929) (Pope John X) drawing from “I misteri del vaticano” by Franco Mistrali, 1843, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4957667: The future prophete of Islam Muhammad (Muhammad or Mohammed) (570-632) and Abu Bakr during the hegire to Medina to flee persecutions in Mecca in 622 (Migration to Medina (Hijra) of Muhammad 622) drawing drawn from “I misteri del vaticano”” by Franco Mistrali 1843, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4957729: Portrait of Pope Damasus I (Pope Damasus) (305-384) drawing from “I misteri del vaticano” by Franco Mistrali 1843, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

CUB4955990: Foreshortening, Marzamemi, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956032: Del Carmine church, Messina, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956039: Foreshortening of Messina, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

ELD4956076: Portrait of Honore Gabriel (Honore-Gabriel) Riqueti, Earl of Mirabeau (1749-1791), French politician - Engraving from “” Les francais sous la revolution”” by Challamel and Tenint, 1843 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956082: Cityscape, Milazzo, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956223: Scala dei Turchi marl cliff, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956338: Bread distribution, San Paolo feast, Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

ELD4956360: White terror, French Revolution, 1843 (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956489: Procession, San Paolo feast, Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956505: San Basilio feast, San Marco D'Alunzio, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956528: San Basilio feast, San Marco D'Alunzio, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956543: San Basilio feast, San Marco D'Alunzio, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

ELD4956548: King of France Charles VIII (1470-1498) received by Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) and his son Cesar Borgia (1475-1507) in 1495 (King of France Charles VIII received by Pope Alexander VI and his son Cesare Borgia, 1495) Drawing from “” Misteri del Vaticano”” by Franco Mistrali, Mistrali, Franco (fl.1843) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4956569: Freemaking: Tubalcain leading Hiram to the center of the earth, domain of Eblis et Cain (Hiram is led by Tubal-Cain to the kingdom of Eblis and Cain, According to the legend of the master builder of the temple of King Solomon in Jerusalem in the 10th century bc) Engraving from “Les mysteres de la Franconnerie” by Leo Taxil (1854-1907), 1887 Collection privately  / Bridgeman Images

CUB4956570: San Basilio feast, San Marco D'Alunzio, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960222: Two hermits of the order of Saint Augustine who tried to warn King Charles VI (1368-1422) of his madness executed for charlatanism 1392 Engraving from “Histoire de la Bastille” by Arnould Maquet, c.1844 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960431: From left to right, a serbian, a croatian and a german engraving from “” La Hungary historique”” 1851 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960457: Portrait of Lehel Magyar warrior chief (died 955) (Portrait of lehel Magyar chieftain 10th century) engraving from “” La Hungary historique”” 1851 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960517: Hungarian Revolution of 1848, 5 July 1848: First Session of the National Assembly - The deputes are mainly from the provincial nobility (Hungarian Revolution of 1848: first Sitting of the National Assembly, 5th July 1848) engraving from “” La Hungary historique”” 1851 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960618: Siege of Eger (Agria) in Hungary by the Ottomans, 1552 - Under the command of Captain Istvan Dobo, about 2,000 Hungarians, including women and children, reportedly resisted the Ottoman army (Siege of Eger occurred during the 16th century Ottoman Wars in Europe: In 1552 the forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Kara Ahmed Pasha laid siege on the Castle of the Castle of Eger, located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary, but the defenders led by Istvan Dobo repelled the attacks and defended the castle) engraving from “” La Hungary historique”” 1851 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960655: Hypnosis or hypnotic sleep caused by light. 19th century (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960705: Representation of a Sorcerer among the Amerindians Yuma (Yuman, Kwtsan, Kwtsaan or Quechan) United States (Quechan marabout or bewitch, Native American tribe who live on the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation on the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California) Engraving of the 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960784: The flying table in Mongolia. 19th century, (engraving). / Bridgeman Images

ELD4960900: “” Seance de Baquet de Mesmer dans un salon de la nobility francaise au 18th century”” Demonstration by Frederic Antoine Mesmer (Franz Anton Mesmer, 1733-1815), German doctor, founder of the theory of animal magnetism known as mesmerism - (view of a session of Mesmer tub in a salon of the French nobility in the 18th century”) Demonstration by Frederic Antoine Mesmer (Franz Anton Mesmer, 1733-1815), a German physician, founder of the theory of animal magnetism known of mesmerism) Engraving of the 19th century / Bridgeman Images

ELD4961141: History of the French periodic press: satirical vignette published at the time of the founding of the periodic Gazette Cre in 1631 with the support of Richelieu by Theophraste Renaudot, in the centre the Gazette personified surrounded by Renaudot writing, the criers of the gazette at the extreme left, the Lie a mask in hand, the Truth sitting on the left of the gazette (Satirical illustration published at the time of creation of Gazette de France, the first weekly magazine published in France. It was founded by Theophraste Renaudot and published its first edition on 30 May 1631) Engraving from “Le magasin picturesque” 1842 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4961159: Allegorical representation of the religions with mohammed for islam, jesus christ, Moses, Buddha, Hinduism) Engraving from “” Picturesque History of Religions” by Clavel 1844 Private collection / Bridgeman Images

MRZ5032112: High reliefs depicting on the left the animals symbolizing the evangelists surrounding a trone (tetramorph) (1654) and on the right a group of people who are equipped around a bed (1654). Cathedral (dome or duomo) of Milan Italy / Bridgeman Images

XEE5032118: Frontispice de “Novo teatro di machine et edificii par vane et sawdust operationi””, Padova 1607 by Vittorio Zonca, (1568-1602) / Bridgeman Images

XEE5032126: Altra machina per tirar pietre et altra materia bisognosa sopra le fabriche. in “Novo teatro di machine et edificii par vane et sawdust operationi””, Padova 1607 by Vittorio Zonca (1568-1602) / Bridgeman Images

XEE5032170: Portrait of Peter the Great (1672-1725), Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) / Bridgeman Images

MRZ5032174: High relief depicting the angel appearing at Gedeon (Gideon) to liberate the people of Israel from the occupation of the Madianites by Carlo Maria Giudici. 1797. Cathedral (dome or duomo) of Milan Italy / Bridgeman Images

MRZ5032189: High relief depicting Daniel in the lion pit by Francesco Carabelli. 1795. Cathedral (dome or duomo) of Milan Italy / Bridgeman Images