Joseph Justus Scaliger was a French religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and ancient Egyptian history. He spent the last sixteen years of his life in the Netherlands
Size 4 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1943
The royal Flight to Varennes ( Fuite à Varennes) during the night of 20–21 June 1791 was a significant event in the French Revolution in which King Louis XVI of France, Queen Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Paris to Montmédy, where the King wished to initiate a counter-revolution by joining up with royalist troops. They escaped as far as the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne, where they were arrested after being recognized at their previous stop in Sainte-Menehould.
Size 16 x 11 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:2875
Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne, Prince of Epinoy, Marquis of Roubaix and Count of Fauquemberg, was a nobleman from the Spanish Netherlands, a soldier and diplomat in the service of Philip IV of Spain and Charles II of Spain.
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:948
François Marcellin Certain de Canrobert (born François Certain Canrobert) was a French Marshal. He demonstrated ability during the Second French Empire while participating in the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Magenta, the Battle of Solferino and the Battle of Gravelotte.
Artist/Engraver W.J.Edwards
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3668
Casimir-Pierre Périer was a prominent French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and ownership of the Anzin Coal Co. in the Department of Nord, he contributed significantly to the economic development of France in the early stages of industrialization
Artist/Engraver Adolphe Alexandre Joseph Caron after Louis Hersent.
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3667
Engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin 1736-1807
After Pieter Joseph Sauvage 1744-1818
Size 8 x 7 cm
Price £14.00
Stk.3582
French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde.
The Florentine banking and noble Gondi family had been introduced into France by Catherine de’ Medici; Catherine offered Jérome (Girolamo) de Gondi in 1573 the château that he made the nucleus of the Château de Saint-Cloud; his hôtel in the Faubourg Saint-Germain of Paris became the Hôtel de Condé in the following generation. The Gondi acquired great estates in Brittany and became connected with the noblest houses of the kingdom.
Artist/Engraver Picart
Size 19 x 14 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3658
Duke de Persigny (born 1808, Saint-Germain-Lespinasse, France) French statesman who helped pave the way for Louis-Napoléon’s rise to power as the emperor Napoleon III.Born of a petty noble family, he served in the hussars from 1825 to 1831, when he was dismissed for participation in a political rebellion. Thereafter he devoted himself to the restoration of the empire and to the cause of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte.
Artist/Engraver
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3644
Napoleon III was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew of Napoleon I, he was the last monarch to rule over France. His wife was Eugénie de Montijo
Engraver. Johann Haller. Vienna
Size 35 x 27 cm
Price £28.00
Ref:3549
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine and Bar succeeded his uncle Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine as titular Duke of Lorraine and Bar in 1675;
Size 8 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:920