EditorialSweet scabious, Scabiosa atropurpurea, and marigold, Calendula officinalis, flower fairies in flower headdress and dress of leaves and petals. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Le...
EditorialRose flower fairy, Rosa centifolia, with rosebud crown and sceptre, seated on a throne with beetles in attendance. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Paris, Ga...
EditorialPeach flower fairy, Prunus persica, in dress of leaves with headdress of blossom, her hands in a fur muff sheltering from the winter cold under straw next to a wall. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isid...
EditorialCupid hiding in a myrtle bush, Myrtus communis, with his bow and arrow hanging from a blue and white ribbon on a branch. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Par...
EditorialMarvel of Peru flower fairy, Mirabilis jalapa, wearing flower hat and dress of leaves and petals, attended by a moth. Belle-de-nuit. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs A...
EditorialHoneysuckle flower fairy, Lonicera caprifolium, with flowers over her dress and bonnet, leads a goat up a staircase. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Paris, ...
EditorialHemlock flower fairy, Conium maculatum, in a dress of leaves, grinding hemlock in a pestle and mortar, while a rabbit in toga drinks poison next to a dead frog. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore G...
EditorialSnowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, and cowslip, Primula veris, flower fairies in bonnets and dresses of flowers and leaves in a winter landscape. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les F...
EditorialEmblematic illustration of the laurel, Laurus nobilis, with shield, gauntlet and sword. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Paris, Gabriel de Gonet, 1847.
EditorialWaterlily, Nuphar lutea, flower fairy in nun's habit with wimple and veil of leaves, being offered a flaming heart by an insect. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Anime...
EditorialDahlia flower fairy in dress of flowers and leaves with flower bonnet, seated at a table creating a flower arrangement. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs Animees," Pari...
EditorialCarnation or oeillet flower fairy, Dianthus caryophyllus, with hair of petals and dress of leaves and flowers, attended by butterflies and caterpillar. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville...
EditorialMarshmallow flower fairy, Althaea officinalis, in bonnet of flowers, dress of leaves and roots, giving a throat medicine to a frog in a bed. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les ...
EditorialTuberose, Polianthes tuberosa, and jonquil daffodil, Narcissus jonquilla, flower fairies courting on a garden bench next to a wall. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fleurs An...
EditorialCactus flower fairy, Disocactus speciosus, in bonnet and sleeves of flowers, with dress of leaves, standing next to a stove in a hothouse. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from "Les Fl...
EditorialEmblematic illustration of hortensia, Hydrangea macrophylla, and crown imperial, Fritillaria imperialis, flowers. Hortensia flowers and leaves provide a bed for portrait of a woman, while an eagle with ribbon and medal flies off with a crown imperial. ...
EditorialOpium poppy flower fairy, Papaver somniferum, in flower bonnet and dress of leaves sprinkling opium from seed pods onto drugged beetles and crickets. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville f...
EditorialWallflower flower fairy, Erysimum cheiri, in dress of leaves and petals, being uprooted and kidnapped from a ruined castle by a botanist with shovel and specimen case. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Is...
EditorialEmblematic illustration of the everlasting flower, Helichrysum stoechas. The immortelle flower rises to a gold crown, while rose, poppy and tulip lie crushed below a broken scythe. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by J...
EditorialJ.J. Grandville (pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-1847). French caricaturist. The private and public life of animals. Satire of French society of 1840 through the eyes of animals. Satiric lithography. Paris, edited by J. Hetzel, 1842.
EditorialGRANDVILLE, J. J. (pseud?nimo de Jean Ignace Isidore G?rard) (Nancy, 1803-Vanves, 1847). Caricaturista franc?s. "LA VIDA PRIVADA Y PUBLICA DE LOS ANIMALES". S?tira de la sociedad francesa de 1840 a trav?s de los ojos de los animales. PORTADA. Par?s, J....
EditorialJ.J. Grandville (pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-1847). French caricaturist. The private and public life of animals. Satire of French society of 1840 through the eyes of animals. Satiric lithography. Paris, edited by J. Hetzel, 1842.
EditorialJ.J. Grandville (pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-1847). French caricaturist. The private and public life of animals. Satire of French society of 1840 through the eyes of animals. Satiric lithography. Paris, edited by J. Hetzel, 1842.
EditorialJ.J. Grandville (pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-1847). French caricaturist. The private and public life of animals. Satire of French society of 1840 through the eyes of animals. Satiric lithography. Paris, edited by J. Hetzel, 1842.
EditorialJ.J. Grandville (pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard) (1803-1847). French caricaturist. The private and public life of animals. Satire of French society of 1840 through the eyes of animals. Satiric lithography. Paris, edited by J. Hetzel, 1842.
EditorialJoseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), inventor of the guillotine. The guillotine was installed on the Place du Carrousel, Paris, on August 13,1792.