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Some engravings from the art magazine La France Illustrée: Journal Littéraire, Scientifique et Religieux from 1878/1879. This was printed in Prais by the Printer of the Apprentice Orphans (Imprimerie des apprentis-Orphelins (Fondation des orphelins apprentis d’Auteuil) for L. Roussel.
This is a large book, since it was originally a newspaper; one consequence is that the images are available in larger sizes than usual.
Title: La France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux
Published by: Imprimerie des apprentis-Orphelins (Fondation des orphelins apprentis d'Auteuil)
City: Paris
Date: 1878
Total items: 14
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: Full-page portrait border with nameplate space]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllustree-1878/wm/big/133-mgr-dabert-full-page-portrait-border-q75-148x200.jpg "[picture: Full-page portrait border with nameplate space]")
Full-page portrait border with nameplate space
This full-page rectangular border is designed like a picture frame, with flowers surmounting an inset oval frame or cartouche, and with a nameplate appearing to hang by a ribbon beneath the oval. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Rustic full-page border of twigs with roses, divided into several areas]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllustree-1878/wm/big/285-rustic-border-with-areas-q75-149x200.jpg "[picture: Rustic full-page border of twigs with roses, divided into several areas]")
Rustic full-page border of twigs with roses, divided into several areas
This full-page border or frame of wooden branches or twigs is divided into six main areas of varying shapes. Although the border is roughly symmetrical there are two roses at the top. [more...] [$]
![[picture: Drawn Picture Frame]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllustree-1878/wm/big/246-picture-frame-with-hole-183x200.png "[picture: Drawn Picture Frame]")
![[picture: Harvest Time]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllustree-1878/wm/big/223-les-vendages-q75-141x200.jpg "[picture: Harvest Time]")
![[picture: Le Tunnel du Saint-Gotthard.—Machine à perforer, mue par l’air comprimé]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/LaFranceIllustree-1878/wm/big/132-tunnel-machine-q70-530x200.jpg "[picture: Le Tunnel du Saint-Gotthard.—Machine à perforer, mue par l’air comprimé]")
Le Tunnel du Saint-Gotthard.—Machine à perforer, mue par l’air comprimé
A man stands facing left, apparently calm, wearing overcoat and wide-brimmed hat, in an underground tunnel; behind him is a large metal cylindrical tank, horizontal, fitted with railway wheels; to the man’s right are two large wheels, the upper with a handle and the lower toothed; the main is operating the upper wheel. In front of the man is a machine [...] [more...] [$]
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