Contes Collection

Woman raising her skirts to scare off the devil. Perretta flashing the devil. The devil of Pope-Fig Island. Le diable de Papesiguiere

Offenbach Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The closing scene of the Venetian episode : Hoffmann watches as Guilietta goes off with another lover

Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus (E.T.A.) (1776-1822). German writer. Contes Fantastiques (Fantastic Tales). Edition carried

Nurse administering a large enema syringe to a man in bed with his lover. The secret lover taking an enema instead of the girl. The clyster. Le remede

OFFENBACH/HOFFMANN/TAICH
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The evil Dr Miracle encourages Antonia to sing though it is bad for her health : unable to resist him, she sings till she dies exhausted. Date: first performed 1881

A man offers his friend his beautiful slavegirl. Two friends watch a woman sleeping in a four-poster bed. Les deux amis. After Athenaeus

A man and woman embrace under a hanged man. The widow of Ephesus and the sentinel canoodle under her husbands corpse hanging from a gibbet. The Ephesian matron. Le matrone d Ephise

A pastor tricking his dumb neighbors wife to strip naked. Pastor John with Peter and his wife Magdalene. Neighbor Peters mare. Le jument du compere Pierre

Naked woman up to her knees in water. King Candaules and the doctor of law. Le roi candaule et le maitre en droit. Lithograph after an illustration by Charles Martin from Jean de la Fontaines Contes

Cupid with bow and arrow aiming at the distance. Winged hearts flutter around. In imitation of Anacreon. l amour mouille. Imitation d Anacreon

Woman wearing a seethrough frilly veil around her bust. Portrait of Iris, a beauty to rival Venus. Imitation of Anacreon. A woman poses naked like the statue of the famous Greek poet

Constance seduces the gentleman Camillus
Woman removing a young mans breeches. Constance seduces the gentleman Camillus. The amorous courtesan. La courtisane amoureuse

A man allowing a stranger to kiss his wife. William watching a stranger kiss his wife Petronella. The kiss returned. Le baiser rendu

Woman lifting her dress to reveal a painting of an ass with a pack-saddle on her belly. The pack saddle. Le bat. Lithograph after an illustration by Charles Martin from Jean de la Fontaines Contes et

A lustful monk Lucius tricks and seduces a young girl
A lustful monk Lucius tricks and seduces a young virginal peasant girl in his cave. The hermit. L Ermite. Lithograph after an illustration by Charles Martin from Jean de la Fontaines Contes et

Man with cuckolds horns holding a magick cup
Man with cuckolds horns in ruff, doublet and cape holding a magick cup. The enchanted goblet. La coupe enchantee. After Ludovico Ariosto

Alaciel lifting her dress to expose herself
Alaciel, the beautiful daughter of the Sultan of Alexandria, lifting her dress to expose her genitals. The fiancee of the King of Garba. La fiancee du Roi de Garbe

A peasant up a tree disturbs a courting couple below. The bumpkin in search of his calf. Le villageois qui cherche son veau

Naked woman clutching coins in her hands. The miser Gasparins wife seduced for money by Gulphar, only to lose the cash. A Money-Minded Woman Meets Her Match. A femme avare galant escroc

Maid in stockings and garters embraced by a man. Maidservant assaulted by her upholsterer employer. The vindicated servant girl. Le servante justifiee. After Marguerite de Navarres l Heptameron

Woman in seethrough slip groped by two men in a dark bedroom near a cradle. The innkeepers wife seduced by Pinucio and another guest. The cradle. Le Berceau

A peasant kneels before his lord in front of a chateau
A 17th century peasant kneels before his lord in front of a chateau. The peasant who angered his lord. Le paysan qui avoit offense son seigneur

The handsome Joconde discovers his wife in bed with the valet. Joconde, from Orlando Furiosa. Lithograph handcoloured in pochoir (stencil)

Moral Tales by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). Colored
Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). French writer and historian. Moral Tales. Title cover. Edition printed in Liege, 1777. Colored engraving. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Arming a Knight
A knight is armed - when he lowers his visor, there ll hardly be a square centimetre of him showing... illustration from Barbazans Fabliaux et Contes (1808) Date: 15th century

Mlle Marie Cico as Simonne in Les Contes de
Mlle. Marie Cico as Simonne in Les Contes de Boccace at the Theatre du Vaudeville.. Mlle. Cico (1843-1875) was a French actress and singer famed for her performances in Orphee aux Enfers

Offenbach Photo
JACQUES OFFENBACH French composer of operettas which sometimes (Contes d Hoffman) aspired to Opera, photographed in 1878. Date: 1819 - 1880

BALZAC, Honor頤e (1799-1850);Dore, Paul Gustave
BALZAC, Honor頤 e (1799-1850); Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). Les contes drolatiques. 1855. Illustration of a dead knight. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Dore, Gustave (1832-1883). Les contes drolatiques. frontispiece from the edition of Les contes drolatiques of Balzac published

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