Eve.
Albert Besnard, From Les eaux-fortes de Besnard (The etchings of Besnard), by André-Charles Coppier, Paris, 1920.
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Phrixus and Helle
Tommaso Piroli (engraver), from Antiquités d’Herculanum, published by Francesco and Pietro Piranesi, Paris, 1804.
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That old nurse stood beside her wondering
From Isabella; or, The pot of basil, by John Keats, illustrated and decorated by William Brown MacDougall, London, 1898.
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Amphonyx rivularis, Manduca diffissa, Psilogramma increta.
Poujade, from Histoire naturelle des insectes (Natural history of insects), atlas to volumes 5, 6, 7, by Jean-Baptiste Boisduval and Achille Guénée, Paris, 1836-1858.
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Art and literature.
Paul Avril, from Le miroir du monde (Reflection of the world), by Octave Uzanne, Paris, 1888.
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Paul Avril, (probable original) front cover from Le miroir du monde (Reflection of the world), by Octave Uzanne, Paris, 1888.
(It’s difficult to tell for sure without holding the book in one’s hands, but this looks like the original cover, and the current brown binding like a later addition. This could also be a title page, but it doesn’t seem quite as likely)
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W. J. Linton, title page from Thanatopsis, by William Cullen Bryant, New York, 1874.
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