Bibliotheque Collection

Fashionable guests at a masquerade ball, 1800. Woman in medival headdress, man in hussar uniform, man in striped breeches and bicorn, woman in mask and hooded habit. An opera ball, Year VIII, 1800

In the Cabinet des Estampes, Bibliotheque Nationale, 1897. The search for bygone fashions. Two women in dresses with corseted waists

Illuminated calendar for August 1846
Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for July 1846
Calendar for July with figures of Sophomas and St. Philip, quote from Colossians, disciples, lion, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for June 1846
Calendar for June with figures of Amos and St. James the Less, quote from Philippians, disciples, crab, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for May 1846
Calendar for May with figures of Olee and St. Thomas, quote from Ephesians, disciples, Adam and Eve, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for April 1846
Calendar for April with figures of Zechariah and St. John the Evangelist, quote from Galatians, disciples, castles, bull, birds and foliage. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

Illuminated calendar for March 1846
Calendar for March with figures of Elias and St. James the Greater, quote from Corinthians, disciples, lamb, castles, birds and foliage. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for February 1846
Calendar for February with figures of David and St. Andrew, quote from Romans, disciples, birds, fish and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Title page from illuminated calendar for 1846
Title page with calligraphy and decorative design with foliage, birds. angel and mythical creature with lance and shield. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for December 1846
Calendar for December with figures of Daniel and St. Matthew, quote from Epistle to the Hebrews, disciples, man slaying a boar with an axe, goat, dog, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for November 1846
Calendar for November with figures of Ezekiel and St. Jude, quote from Epistle to Philemon, disciple, centaur with bow, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for October 1846
Calendar for October with figures of Malachi and St. Simon, quote from Tyrus, disciples, boar, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for January 1846
Calendar for January with figures of Jeremias and St. Petrus, quote from Paul, musicians, disciples, mythical creatures and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Tree carnation varieties, Dianthus caryophyllus: Ariadne 1, Beauty 2, Garibaldi 3, Perfection 4, Queen of Whites 5, Queen of Yellows 6

Title page with illuminated lettering and red wax seals. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Thomas Anthony Day and J.H

Three heralds with trumpets adorned with fleur-de-lis standards, 15th century. They wear small caps, short capes over short tunics, one with slashed sleeves, hose and long pointed shoes

Fashions of bourgeois men of Paris, reign of King Francis I of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature in a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale (Nicolas Xavier Willemin II 191)

Louise of Savoy, Louise de Savoie, Duchesse d Angouleme, mother of King Francis I, 1476-1532. Handcoloured lithograph after a miniature in a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale

Jean I de Grailly, comte de Foix et de Bigorre 1382-1436. He wears a knee-length surtout and a gold woven belt with gold acorns hanging from it

Gerarde Cassinel, lady of honour to Queen Isabelle of Bavaria, daughter of Guillaume III Cassinel, chamberlain to King Charles VI, 15th century

French Library with students at work - Paris
French Library with students at work at long desks - Paris. Date: 1870s

La Bibliotheque du Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers is housed in the former refectory of the Abbaye St Martin des Champs, Paris Date: circa 1860

Soudan, Fashoda conflict. Magazine Punch, 1898
How Some People Invade the Soudan. Satirical cartoon by T. Reed in the magazine Punch. September 24, 1898. Reference to the conflict between France and Britain for colonial territories in Sudan

Ottoman Empire (19th c. ). The Slaves Bazaar
Ottoman Empire (19th c.). The Slaves Bazaar, Constantinople. Litography. FRANCE. Paris. Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs (Decorative Arts Library)

AUBERT, David (15th c. ). Chroniques et conquestes
AUBERT, David (15th c.). Chroniques et conquestes de Charlemaine. 1458. Ms. 5089. Folio 167V. Battle of Charlemagne against the Saracen king Agolant and his son Helmont in Calabria

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Ritual friendship dance in the indian Village Secota or Secoton. Illustration in fida tamen narratio Admiranda of commodis et incolarum ritibus Virginiae

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Americae tertia pars memorabile provinciae Brasiliae historiam contines. 1592. Third part of the series Grand Voyages

The Bibliotheque Imperiale (now Nationale), Paris
A view of the Bibliotheque Imperiale (now Nationale), Paris Date: 1868

Louis Ellies Du Pin
LOUIS ELLIES DU PIN French churchman from Normandie, ecclesiastical historian, best known for his Bibliotheque des Auteurs Ecclesiastiques. Date: 1657 - 1719

Jean Duchesne
JEAN DUCHESNE French archivist, conservateur a la Bibliotheque Royale (now the Bib. Nationale) Date: 1779 - 1855

French Bookcase
Bibliotheque a un seul corps (book case in a single piece) in black wood and copper, in the Louis XVI style. Date: circa 1860

Bibliotheque Nationale
BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, Paris Behind the scenes - the magasin central where the books are stacked : there are more books in the basement. Date: 1893

Reconstruction of village and Brazilian dance for Henry II and Catherine de Medici during his triumphal entry into Rouen, on October 1, 1550. Early Modern Era. Engraving. FRANCE. HAUTE-NORMANDIE

BRY, Theodor de (1528-1598). Arrival of the English in Virginia in 1607. Detail of map in Admiranta Narratio. 1590- 1634. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

URBAN II (c. 1035 - 1099). Pope of the Catholic Church (1088-1099). He preached the First Crusade (1096-1099). Urban II authorizes the exit to conquer the Holy Land at the Council of Clermont in

Ms Y 28. Relation de l entr饠de Henri II, roi
Ms Y 28. Relation de l entr饠 de Henri II, roi de France, ࠒ ouen, le 1er octobre 1550. (Story of the entry of Henry II, King of France, in Rouen, on October 1, 1550). Folio 70. Detail

On the Properties of Things (De proprietatibus rerum) (15th c.), translation by Jean Cordichon of the encyclopedic work of the Franciscan Bartholomaeus Anglicus

Pre-Columbian era. North America. Admiranda Narratio, 1585-1589. Pomeiock fortified city. Flemish art. Engraving. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Paris. Le Peletier Opera. Inaugurati󮠨1821)
Paris. Inauguration of the Opera Theatre on Le Peletier street (1821). Anonymous painting. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Paris, France - Arcade Colbert. It disappears ender the pile of demolition. L Illustration Journal Univerl owe it a memory, even a regret; this is nearby and besides

Paris, France - Bibliotheque Nationale Imperiale. Date: 1835

Paris, France - Bibliotheque Nationale. First it was called National Library of France, then Imperial National Library. Date: 1828

Paris, France - Palais des Archives. Date: 1867

Ville de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 63me conference de la bibliotheque populaire dans la salle du theatre, le mercredi 13 avril 1881... par M. Gaston Tissandier

Conservatoire de musique et la bibliotheque, Marseilles, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Paris Biblio. Nationale
The Bibliotheque Nationale (then known as the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Napoleon III styling himself Empereur ) is located at this period in the rue Richelieu

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