Category Archives: French

Papal Procession Rome Saint John Lateran by Picart 1723

“ Le pape va en cérémonie prendre possesion du Pontificat dans l’Eglise St Jean de Latran qui est la capitale de toute celles qui relevent de la juridiction du Pape dans la Chrétieneté ”

from Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde.
by Bernard Picart 1673-1733

Large antique copper plate engraving on paper 43 x 54 cm
Full margins original centre fold.

Price £68.00

Ref:3519xl

Francis I of France 1494-1547

King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his cousin and father-in-law Louis XII, who died without a son.

Size 9 x 8 cm
Price £14.00

Ref:3515

Jean Astruc 1684-1766

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Professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously published book, played a fundamental part in the origins of critical textual analysis of works of scripture.

Artist: Louis Halbou.,

Size 15 x 9 cms

Price £10.00

Ref: 3103

Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle

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Comte de Lasalle 1775-1809, French cavalry general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, often called “The Hussar General”. He first gained fame for his role in the Capitulation of Stettin. Over the course of his short career, he became known as a daring adventurer and was credited with many exploits; some true, others probably fanciful. Eventually, he fought on every front and was killed at the Battle of Wagram.

Artist/Engraver: Antoine-Jean Gros 1771-1835

Size 27 x 18 cms

Price £28.00

Ref: 3493

Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine

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Charles IV 1604-1675 was Duke of Lorraine from 1624 to 1634, when he abdicated under French pressure in favor of his younger brother, Nicholas Francis, and again from 1661 until 1675 (his death).

Size 33 x 22 cms

Price £28.00

Ref: 3485

LOUIS PHILIPPE COMTE DE SEGUR 1753-1830

French diplomat and historian, son of Philippe Henri, marquis de Segur, was born in Paris in December 1753. He entered the army in 1769, served in the American War of Independence in 1781 as a colonel under Rochambeau

Subject gender: Male
Artist:
Size 14 x 11 cms

Price £14.00

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Joseph Marie Jacquard 1752-1834

French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom (the “Jacquard loom”), which in turn played an important role in the development of other programmable machines, such as an early version of digital compiler used by IBM to develop the modern day computer.
Artist: Bonnefond
Date:
Size 11 x 15 cms
Price £28.00

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