Descriptions Collection (#3)

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae Provincia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in allam Navigatione. 1591. Folio 31. Night attack on a village

Female Londoners 1590
The clothing of London women of various social classes including a servant. All three wear ruffs. The 3rd woman is taken from " Descriptions of England". Date: 1590

Iraq / Babylon / Calmet s
The city of BABYLON, after the descriptions by Herodotus and Kircher; the hanging gardens are in the centre, the Tower on the right : the Euphrates runs round the city

Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s

Moschoviae Tabula. Map of Russia and of the Indo-European

Orangery, Versailles
Bird s-eye view of the finest building at Versailles: the Orangery built by Mansart, 1685 Plate from Vol.II page 95 of " Nouvelle Descriptions des Chateaux de Versailles

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