OBJETS DE VITRINE ET CURIOSITÉ - Tableau des principaux grands hommes qui se sont illustrés dans toutes les parties du Monde par leurs belles actions leur génie ou leur courage - Depuis Moïse, jusqu'à Napoléon Bonaparte, avec notamment Salomon, Romulus, Socrate, Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Saladin, Charles V, Cromwell, Washington - Bouasse-Lebel Encyclopedia, plate no. 3 - Engraved on wove paper and published by Maison Bouasse-Lebel (29 rue Saint Sulpice Paris) and the former Maison Basset réunis. - 19th century - Plate dimensions: H.546 x W.714mm - Subject dimensions: H. 272 x W. 596mm. - Condition A: Small gaps and marginal tears restored, slight yellowing of margins.

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