FLO4570033: Mosquito flower or pink brush, Lopezia racemosa, native to Mexico. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571896: Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, wife of Louis of France, the Grand Dauphin 1660-1690. Marie Anne Christine Victoire de Baviere, Dauphine de France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 54 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572008: Renee du Bec, Marechale de Guebriant, widow of Jean-Baptiste Budes, Count of Guebriant. Handcoloured lithograph after a 1646 portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 73 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572044: Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure (1615-1683), Duke of Roquelaure. Grand-master of the wardrobe of King Louis XIV. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait by Bonnard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572067: Ninon de Lenclos or Anne “” Ninon”” de l'Enclos, 1616-1705, French author, courtesan and patron of the young Moliere and Voltaire. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature in the collection of Louis Marie Lante from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572085: King Louis XV, King of France and Navarre, in his coronation robes and wearing the crown of Charlemagne 1722. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4573403: Unicorn purse, razor fish, pegase fish (or sea dragon), seahorse and European loquette (or blennie vivipare) - Unicorn leatherjacket, Aluterus monoceros 1, grooved razor-fish, Centriscus seutatus 2, little dragonfish, Pegasus draconis 3, seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus 4, and viparous Blenny, Zoarces viviparus 5. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4573600: Roman antiquite: seat machines, shelter for digging a tunnel 1, semi-circular shelter 2, shelter with belier 3, shelter on rolling cylinder 4, seat tower 5, tower of five stages 6, belier on chain 7- Roman siege engines: shelter for sappers digging a tunnel, Vineae 1, semi-circular shelter Pluteus 2, shelter Testudo with battering ram Aries 3, shelter on rolling cylinders Musculus 4, siege tower or the Taker of Cities, Helepolis 5, five-storey tower Sambucae 6, and battering ram on chains Aries 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570063: Heavenly or sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica, native to China and Japan. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569869: Indian pink or woodland pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica, native to North America. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570104: Little gem daffodil, Narcissus minor, native to France and Spain. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Pater Guyard from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570077: Cheiridopsis denticulata, succulent native to South Africa. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571943: Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Blois, Princess of Conti 1666-1739. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 63 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571916: King Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, 1670. Handcoloured lithograph by Breton after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 50 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572059: Marie-Angelique de Scorailles, mistress of King Louis XIV. Marie-Angelique Scoraille de Roursille, Duchess de Fontagnes. Handcoloured lithograph by Breton after a miniature in the collection of Louis Marie Lante from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571969: Marie-Victoire-Sophie de Noailles, Comtesse de Toulouse, wife of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, 1688-1766. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 69 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571473: Councillor to the Parlement de Paris, reign of King Henry III of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio IX 101 and 102 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571741: Francois Annibal d'Estrees, (1573-1670), French diplomat, soldier and Marshal of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait by Jean Valdor from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4571760: Charles de Rostaing, son of Tristan de Rostaing, Baron de Brou, knight of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Handcoloured lithograph after a 1634 portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' gallery portfolio X 40 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images