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Front Cover Paris Avant l’Histoire (1885)

My copy ofParis avant l’Historireis 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 theFrontispieceshowing 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 dragons Paris 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 Léger Paris 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 Wind Paris 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 fou [...]

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 Archdruid Paris 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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