Images from Paris avant l’Historire, (Paris before history) by Élie Berthet, illustrated by F.Bourdin, with engravings by C. Bellinger, E. Chevallier, E. Dargent, Farlet, A. Léveillé and Puyplat, 1885.
I bought this book in Paris in September 2013 in a small bookshop not far from the Bastille monument, down past the Opera.
The book was first published in 1884 as Romans préhistoriques: le monde inconnu.
Title: Paris Avant l’Histoire
Published by: Jouvet et Co.
City: Paris
Date: 1885
Total items: 7
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
Frontispiece: A Dream: Tertiary Man.
A naked man sits in a tree hugging his knees, his bare feet dangling. Behind him is a lake or river with elephants grazing. A bird wades through a marsh in the foreground. The man has short hair and appears beardless, perhaps a boy, although one has to wonder about priorities in a world with barbers but no clothing. The youth is sitting in a nest, perhaps [...] [more...] [$]
Foliated chapterhead with dragons
This fleuron or chapterhead is at the start of part III of the novel. It has four dragon’s heads with barbed tongues in a symmetrical pattern, surrounded by leaves perhaps like clover. [more...] [$]
My copy of Paris avant l’Historire is bound in quarter-leather with marbled boards. [$]
Images from Paris avant l’Historire, (Paris before history) by Élie Berthet, illustrated by F.Bourdin, with engravings by C. Bellinger, E. Chevallier, E. Dargent, Farlet, A. Léveillé and Puyplat, 1885.
I bought this book in Paris in September 2013 in a small bookshop not far from the Bastille monument, down past the Opera.
The book was first published in 1884 as Romans préhistoriques: le monde inconnu.
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