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![[Bien Avisé, Mal Avisé (Morality play) [from old catalog]]Bien Aduise Mal Aduise.Paris, Pierre Le Caron for Antoine Vérard [before 13 Oct. 1499]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTkvMDEvMDEvYmllbi1hdmlzZS1tYWwtYXZpc2UtbW9yYWxpdHktcGxheS1mcm9tLW9sZC1jYXRhbG9nYmllbi1hZHVpc2UtbWFsLWFkdWlzZXBhcmlzLTEwMjQuanBn/320/432/jpg "[Bien Avisé, Mal Avisé (Morality play) [from old catalog]]Bien Aduise Mal Aduise.Paris, Pierre Le Caron for Antoine Vérard [before 13 Oct. 1499]")
![Boccace des nobles maleureux, imprime nouuellement.De casibus virorum illustrium. French [from old catalog]Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov. 1494.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTQvMDEvMDEvYm9jY2FjZS1kZXMtbm9ibGVzLW1hbGV1cmV1eC1pbXByaW1lLW5vdXVlbGxlbWVudGRlLWNhc2lidXMtdmlyb3J1bS1pbGx1c3RyaXVtLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "Boccace des nobles maleureux, imprime nouuellement.De casibus virorum illustrium. French [from old catalog]Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov. 1494.")
![[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE0OTUvMDEvMDEvb3JkaW5haXJlLWRlcy1jaHJldGllbnMtZnJvbS1vbGQtY2F0YWxvZ2xvcmRpbmFpcmUtZGVzLWNyZXN0aWVuc3BhcmlzLWFudG9pbmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/43/webp "[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.")
![[Petit Trianon, chamber of Marie Antoinette, Versailles, France]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvcGV0aXQtdHJpYW5vbi1jaGFtYmVyLW9mLW1hcmllLWFudG9pbmV0dGUtdmVyc2FpbGxlcy1mcmFuY2UtMzA1ZTEzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Petit Trianon, chamber of Marie Antoinette, Versailles, France]")
![[French political leaders, and revolutionaries who took part in the Paris Commune of 1871: Danniers [woman with boy in Napoleonic pose] [and] Louise Fautin, Petroleuses]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZnJlbmNoLXBvbGl0aWNhbC1sZWFkZXJzLWFuZC1yZXZvbHV0aW9uYXJpZXMtd2hvLXRvb2stcGFydC1pbi10aGUtcGFyaXMtY29tbXVuZS00LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[French political leaders, and revolutionaries who took part in the Paris Commune of 1871: Danniers [woman with boy in Napoleonic pose] [and] Louise Fautin, Petroleuses]")
![[Passerelle de l'Alma on the Quay d' Orsay, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvcGFzc2VyZWxsZS1kZS1sYWxtYS1vbi10aGUtcXVheS1kLW9yc2F5LXBhcmlzLWV4cG9zaXRpb24tMTg4OS0xZTg1ZDAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Passerelle de l'Alma on the Quay d' Orsay, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![[Portrait of Agnes De Mille, as Venus in "The judgment of Paris"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtYWduZXMtZGUtbWlsbGUtYXMtdmVudXMtaW4tdGhlLWp1ZGdtZW50LW9mLXBhcmlzLTMyZjhhYy02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Portrait of Agnes De Mille, as Venus in \"The judgment of Paris\"]")
