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Front CoverParis Avant l’Histoire (1885)

My copy of Paris avant l’Historire is bound in quarter-leather with marbled boards.

Keywords: book covers, colour

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Added: 2014-01-21

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Frontispiece: A Dream: Tertiary Man.Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

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 a [...]

Keywords: people, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale

Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France

Added: 2014-01-21

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A Dream: Tertiary man (Ultra HD TV version)Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

A detail cropped to a widescreen format from the Frontispiece showing the naked youth sitting in a nest in a tree, with the river and elephants behind him.

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, widescreen, people, prehistory, nudity, bare feet, trees, elephants, animals, rivers, water, birds, greyscale

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Added: 2014-01-21

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Foliated chapterhead with dragonsParis Avant l’Histoire (1885)

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.

Keywords: dragons, mythical creatures, chapterheads, patterns, foliated borders, greyscale

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Added: 2014-01-21

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Pied LégerParis Avant l’Histoire (1885)

An illustration of prehistoric Paris; a man sits on the edge of a roughly-made wooden pier, presumably over the River Seine, dangling his bare legs over the edge. He wears only an animal skin formed [...]

Keywords: piers, people, weapons, water, men, spears, beards, bare feet, costumes, greyscale

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Added: 2015-08-29

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Holly-Branch and Storm WindParis Avant l’Histoire (1885)

Branche-de-Houx et Vent d’Orage. Storm Wind and Holly Branch seem to be the names of the man and woman in the picture, respectively. The cresecent-shaped object depicts a terracotta object that was fo [...]

Keywords: people, bare feet, costumes, spirit, religion, bronze age, ancient history, colour

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Added: 2020-07-29

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The ArchdruidParis Avant l’Histoire (1885)

The Archdruid, or chief druid, is depicted in this engraving standing near a stone monolith and holding herbs and a curved knife for harvesting plants. He is bearded and has perhaps a wreath of oak le [...]

Keywords: druids, people, religion, costumes, bare feet, beards, men, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-15

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