Sublime and beautiful reflections on the French revolution, or the man...
Print shows Edmund Burke sitting at a desk on a crescent moon, holding a quill pen, an open "pamphlet" and an inkwell are on the desk, broken chains hang from his wrists; a scene on the front of the desk, label... more
![[Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1889/01/01/central-dome-paris-exposition-1889-7-640.jpg "[Central Dome, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and ceramics, for M. Perusson and Desfontaines, architect T. Ferret, located near the base of Eiffel Tower, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1889/01/01/pavilion-perusson-exhibit-of-bricks-enamels-terre-cotta-and-ceramics-for-m-1-640.jpg "[Pavilion Perusson, exhibit of bricks, enamels, terre-cotta and ceramics, for M. Perusson and Desfontaines, architect T. Ferret, located near the base of Eiffel Tower, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
Déesse 16, rue Halévy, Paris / / PAL.
Poster shows semi-nude goddess in flight holding bicycle above crowd of bicyclists from all over the world.
![Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum.Hours [from old catalog]Paris, Philippe Pigouchet, 19 Apr. 1494.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1494/01/01/catholic-church-liturgy-and-ritual-from-old-cataloghorae-beatae-virginis-mariae-640.jpg "Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. [from old catalog]Horae Beatae Virginis Mariae ad usum Romanum.Hours [from old catalog]Paris, Philippe Pigouchet, 19 Apr. 1494.")
![Boccace des nobles maleureux, imprime nouuellement.De casibus virorum illustrium. French [from old catalog]Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov. 1494.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1494/01/01/boccace-des-nobles-maleureux-imprime-nouuellementde-casibus-virorum-illustrium-640.jpg "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://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1495/01/01/ordinaire-des-chretiens-from-old-cataloglordinaire-des-crestiensparis-antoine-640.jpg "[Ordinaire des chrétiens. [from old catalog]]Lordinaire des crestiens.Paris, Antoine Vérard, 1495.")
![[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://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1499/01/01/bien-avise-mal-avise-morality-play-from-old-catalogbien-aduise-mal-aduiseparis-640.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]")
![[Garden with people and apparatus for distilling a plant's medicinal essences]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1500/01/01/garden-with-people-and-apparatus-for-distilling-a-plants-medicinal-essences-640.jpg "[Garden with people and apparatus for distilling a plant's medicinal essences]")
[Garden with people and apparatus for distilling a plant's medicinal e...
Frontispiece in: Kleines Distillierbuch / Hieronymous Brunschig. Strassburg : J. Gruniger, 1500. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 179.
![[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or boil under his armpit]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1500/01/01/plague-victim-in-bed-pointing-out-to-three-physicians-the-swell-or-boil-under-640.jpg "[Plague victim in bed pointing out to three physicians the swell or boil under his armpit]")
![[Charles VII, king of France, 1403-1461, full, seated on throne, surrounded by court]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1500/01/01/charles-vii-king-of-france-1403-1461-full-seated-on-throne-surrounded-by-court-640.jpg "[Charles VII, king of France, 1403-1461, full, seated on throne, surrounded by court]")
![Dance of death. [from old catalog]Les simulachres, & historiees faces de la Mort ... Lyon, I. & F. Frellon, 1542.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1542/01/01/dance-of-death-from-old-catalogles-simulachres-and-historiees-faces-de-la-mort-640.jpg "Dance of death. [from old catalog]Les simulachres, & historiees faces de la Mort ... Lyon, I. & F. Frellon, 1542.")
Armes & amours
Illustration showing Hector and his Greek warriors on one side; Paris of Troy playing his harp on the other side.
![Hypnerotomachie,Paris [Imprime par I. Le Blanc] pour I. Keruer, 1561.157 l. illus. 35 cm.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1561/01/01/hypnerotomachieparis-imprime-par-i-le-blanc-pour-i-keruer-1561157-l-illus-35-640.jpg "Hypnerotomachie,Paris [Imprime par I. Le Blanc] pour I. Keruer, 1561.157 l. illus. 35 cm.")
Veüe et perspective de la Ville de Paris du côté de la porte de la Con...
Item in scrapbook: Histoire de l'art Française au XVII. S. par Henri Lemonnier. The architecture of Paris XVII. C. in contemporary prints by Aveline, Perelle, Mariette, Israel, et al., p. 2. J.D. Batchelder Collection.
![[Bird's-eye view of a Native American deer hunt in New France (Canada), showing Indians driving deer towards fences into narrow enclosure to be killed, and two dead deer hanging from bent trees]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1619/01/01/birds-eye-view-of-a-native-american-deer-hunt-in-new-france-canada-showing-640.jpg "[Bird's-eye view of a Native American deer hunt in New France (Canada), showing Indians driving deer towards fences into narrow enclosure to be killed, and two dead deer hanging from bent trees]")
![[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top in war attire, with shield, bow, and arrows; mother holding paddle and nursing infant; and men clothed for winter, wearing snowshoes]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1619/01/01/four-native-american-indians-of-new-france-canada-two-men-at-top-in-war-attire-640.jpg "[Four Native American Indians of New France (Canada): two men at top in war attire, with shield, bow, and arrows; mother holding paddle and nursing infant; and men clothed for winter, wearing snowshoes]")
![[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shelter with bundles of bones, friends and relatives of the dead, and lodge in background, New France (Canada)]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1619/01/01/native-american-burial-or-memorial-ceremony-with-man-standing-by-shelter-with-640.jpg "[Native American burial or memorial ceremony with man standing by shelter with bundles of bones, friends and relatives of the dead, and lodge in background, New France (Canada)]")
Hiacinthus indicus tuberosa & bulbosa radice, odoratissimus; anemone m...
Illustrations and descriptions of hyacinth and anemone.
Thion Ville vera discrittione et ritrato di Thionuille fortezza in esp...
Print shows the walled city of Thionville in France surrounded by cannons with troops breaching a wall. Spanish forces forced the French army out of the besieged Thionville in 1639 during the Thirty Years' War... more
![Eloges et discovrs svr la triomphante reception dv Roy [Lovis [XIII] en sa ville de Paris, apres la reduction de la Rochelle : accompagnez des figvres, tant des arcs de triomphe, que des autres preparatifs.Paris, P. Rocolet, 1629.180, 11 p. : plates, 37 cm.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1629/01/01/eloges-et-discovrs-svr-la-triomphante-reception-dv-roy-lovis-xiii-en-sa-ville-640.jpg "Eloges et discovrs svr la triomphante reception dv Roy [Lovis [XIII] en sa ville de Paris, apres la reduction de la Rochelle : accompagnez des figvres, tant des arcs de triomphe, que des autres preparatifs.Paris, P. Rocolet, 1629.180, 11 p. : plates, 37 cm.")
![[L'assaut général des Anglois à la citadelle]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/14/lassaut-general-des-anglois-a-la-citadelle-b8bb2d-640.jpg "[L'assaut général des Anglois à la citadelle]")
[L'assaut général des Anglois à la citadelle]
Lieure, 658 (3d state, trimmed).
![[Vue du Louvre] / Callot, fec.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1630/01/01/vue-du-louvre-callot-fec-640.jpg "[Vue du Louvre] / Callot, fec.")
[Vue du Louvre] / Callot, fec.
The Louvre, Paris, France, with many boats on the Seine in foreground, during annual jousting contest.
![[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1633/01/01/the-king-giving-the-accolade-a-bosse-in-640.jpg "[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.")
[The king giving the accolade] / A. Bosse in.
Print shows the Louis XIII sitting on the throne with eight men kneeling before him; scene through windows shows fortifications with cannons, bell tents, and soldiers in formation.
Abbildung der Belägerung Grevelingen in Flandern wieselbige von 5. Hoc...
Birds-eye view print shows the plan of the city of Grevelingen (Gravelines) in northern France on close to the Dutch border in 1644. The city was captured and recaptured many times during the Thirty Years' War.... more
Disegne della Piazza di Monmedy assediata da Francesi nel 1657 del mes...
Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortress of Montmédy, France during the 1657 siege commanded by French forces by Vauban who captured the fort from the Spanish. Includes locations of military headquarters... more
Porte de l'entrée du Chasteau du Louvre, du costé de la Riuiere, faict...
Entrance of the mansion of the Louvre, in or near Paris, by the river, built under the direction of Monsieur le Vau.
Abbildung der zwo blutigen Seeschlaten sic gehalten, auff den 7. vnd 1...
Birds-eye view engraving shows three views on one sheet. The top and largest picture shows galleon ships involved in battle on the sea. The picture on the lower left shows a plan of the star fortress of "Langac... more
![[Fountain of the Dragon at the Palace of Versailles]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1676/01/01/fountain-of-the-dragon-at-the-palace-of-versailles-640.jpg "[Fountain of the Dragon at the Palace of Versailles]")
![[2 fountains, Versailles, France]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1679/01/01/2-fountains-versailles-france-1-640.jpg "[2 fountains, Versailles, France]")
![[2 fountains, Versailles, France]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1679/01/01/2-fountains-versailles-france-640.jpg "[2 fountains, Versailles, France]")
[2 fountains, Versailles, France]
Pl. 41. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Fountains.
Arlequin sur l'Hippogryphe a la croisade Lojoliste Armée van den heyli...
Print shows Louis XIV as the harlequin, with pegged leg, riding on the "hippogryphe" or jackass, leading a holy crusade. He wears a large biretta that also fits over the head of James II sitting behind him; the... more
Wahre Proben, rühmlicher Tapferkeit gewiesen an den beeden See-Plätzen...
Birds-eye view print presents two images. The upper image shows the harbor of Dieppe, France under fire from ships in the harbor. The lower image shows the fortified harbor of Havre de Grace [Le Havre], France ... more
James I, King of Great Britain, France, & Ireland, &c / M. Vdr. Gucht ...
James I, head-and shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval.
Henri IV. délibére sur son futur mariage / Rubens, pinxit ; I.M. Natti...
Allegorical scene showing Henry IV, King of France (1533-1610), looking at portrait of his bride-to-be, surrounded by mythological characters.
Assis, au près du toy ... à ton Art divin! / A. Watteau pinxit. ; Tard...
Antoine Watteau and Nicolas Tardieu in a park, one painting a picture of a statue of nude woman, the other playing a stringed instrument; and poem to Watteau below image.
![A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. According to ye newest and most exact observations,](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1715/01/01/a-map-of-the-west-indies-or-the-islands-of-america-in-the-north-sea-with-ye-1-640.jpg "A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. According to ye newest and most exact observations,")
Copy of the fifth & sixth articles of the Treaty of neutrality in Amer...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 51.
![A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland, &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1715/01/01/a-map-of-the-west-indies-or-the-islands-of-america-in-the-north-sea-with-ye-640.jpg "A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland, &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place.")
![[Paris and Oenone]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1720/01/01/paris-and-oenone-640.jpg "[Paris and Oenone]")
Jacobus Benignus Bossuet, Episcopus / Hyacinthus Rigaud pinxt. ; Petru...
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Meaux, pulpit orator, full-length portrait, standing holding book on table.
![[Lion-headed serpent devouring its eagle-headed tail entwined about faces representing an alchemical combination of mercury and sulfer, an emblem of the unity of all matter]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1728/01/01/lion-headed-serpent-devouring-its-eagle-headed-tail-entwined-about-faces-representing-640.jpg "[Lion-headed serpent devouring its eagle-headed tail entwined about faces representing an alchemical combination of mercury and sulfer, an emblem of the unity of all matter]")
Adrienne Le Couvreur / peint par Ch. Coypel, gravé par P. Drevet.
French actress, portrayed in the role of Cornelia, half-length portrait holding jar.
Carte de l'Amerique septentrionale pour servir à l'histoire de la Nouv...
"Dheulland Sculp." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
La vieillesse
Old age.
Decoration du Bal Masqué donné par le roy ... / C.N. Cochin filius del...
Decorations at the masked ball given by King Louis XV of France in February 1745, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, the Dauphin, to Marie Therese of Spain; also visible, ballroom interior and numerous... more
The Contrast a French prisoner in England, an English prisoner in Fran...
Political cartoon showing French prisoner in England seated at table with plum pudding and woman serving him a large beef roast; in France a skinny English prisoner looks with disgust at food being served to him.
Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou Canada.
Scale ca. 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. "Longitude occidentale du meridien de Paris." Relief shown pictorially. Shows Great Lakes region. Appears in the Homann Erben Atlas compendiarivs. 1752 [i.e. 1755] LC Maps o... more
![La France sauve´e, poe¨me. [n. p.] 1757. 25 p. 26 cm.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1757/01/01/la-france-sauvee-poeme-n-p-1757-25-p-26-cm-640.jpg "La France sauve´e, poe¨me. [n. p.] 1757. 25 p. 26 cm.")
Partie de l'Amérique septent? qui comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Ca...
Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 61 From the author's Atlas universel. 1757 [i.e. 1758] Includes "Supplement pour les Lacs du Canada," ca. 1:5,... more
La Veuve et son Curé Dedieé à Messieurs les Curés qui portent la paix ...
The widow and her curé.
Potpourri françois des contre-danse ancienne tel quil se danse chez l...
This is a collection of twelve contredanses, figure-dances performed by four couples and popular during the last half of the eighteenth century. Unlike other published accounts that describe a single figure for... more
The Chevalier D'--n producing his evidence against certain persons
Print shows opposing groups of government officials; Chevalier D'Eon, portrayed as an ape, vomits on Lord Bute who stands before other members of the Duke of Grafton's ministry and astride the Earl of Hillsboro... more
Vuë de la place capitale a Quebeck. Prospect des haupt plazes der unte...
Print shows street view with soldiers marching, and pedestrians in Québec; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city.
Vuë de la basse ville a Quebeck. Prospect von der untern stadt in Queb...
Print shows the harbor at Québec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city.
Vue de la basse ville à Québec vers le fleuve St. Laurent / gravé par ...
Print shows the harbor at Québec, one ship at anchor, men working loading or unloading a boat, and merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Québec as a typical European city.
Fontenelle / gravé sur acier par Hopwood.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, half-length portrait, facing front, in rectangular frame.
Vuë de Quebeck. Quebeck - eine stadt in Nord-America, in Canada, an de...
Print shows the wharf at the city of Québec with ship at dock and men working in small boats.
Destaing. Shewing how he cut the English mens head off
Charles Henri Estaing holding cat by tail in one hand and sword in another.
Wide o'er the ocean while Britannia reigns / Bonnor, del. et sculp.
Print shows a Roman soldier guiding Britannia, with key in hand, to a temple, the crests of France and Spain lie on the ground before her, and at her side a cherub carries her shield and lance.
Cabinet d'un peintre / gravé par D. Chodowiecki à Berlin.
Image of an artist working at a small table while looking at a woman and group of children at another table in the room.
![Essai dune nouvelle typographie, orne´e de vignettes, fleurons, trophe´es, filets, cadres & cartels, invente´s, dessine´s & exe´cute´s par L. Luce, graveur du roi, pour son Imprimerie Royale. Paris, Imprimerie de J. Barbou, 1771. [10] p., 93 plates (11 fold.) 26 cm.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1771/01/01/essai-dune-nouvelle-typographie-ornee-de-vignettes-fleurons-trophees-filets-640.jpg "Essai dune nouvelle typographie, orne´e de vignettes, fleurons, trophe´es, filets, cadres & cartels, invente´s, dessine´s & exe´cute´s par L. Luce, graveur du roi, pour son Imprimerie Royale. Paris, Imprimerie de J. Barbou, 1771. [10] p., 93 plates (11 fold.) 26 cm.")
![Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de Londres, de Berlin, de Petersb., &c. Né ... 1732 / A. Pujas, [i.e. Pujos] del., 1773 ; B. Vlam, excudit ; C.F. Fritschius, sculp.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1773/01/01/jerome-de-la-lande-de-laca-rle-des-sciences-de-paris-de-celles-de-londres-de-640.jpg "Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de Londres, de Berlin, de Petersb., &c. Né ... 1732 / A. Pujas, [i.e. Pujos] del., 1773 ; B. Vlam, excudit ; C.F. Fritschius, sculp.")
Jerome de La Lande, de l'Aca. rle. des sciences de Paris, de celles de...
Half-length portrait of French astronomer Joseph Jérôme Lalande.
Claudius de Saint Simon, Episcopus Princeps Metensis par Franciae / pe...
Saint-Simon, full-length portrait, facing left, seated holding book.
Charles Gravier comte de Vergennes - conseiller d'Etat ordinaire, mini...
Print shows Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly right, seated at ornately carved desk featuring portrait of Louis XVI. Includes armorial shield below portrait.
![[Star map with constellations of Andromeda, Perseus, and Triangulum]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1776/01/01/star-map-with-constellations-of-andromeda-perseus-and-triangulum-640.jpg "[Star map with constellations of Andromeda, Perseus, and Triangulum]")