French book cover, "L'Auberge sanglante de Peirebeilhe" by Jules Beaujoint, 19 C.

French book cover, "L'Auberge sanglante de Peirebeilhe" by Jules Beaujoint, 19 C.

French book page, "Animisme et spiritisme," 1906

French book page, "Animisme et spiritisme," 1906

(300ppi, 6x10")

*Animism: The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul.

*Spiritism, or French spiritualism, is based on books written by French educator Hypolite Léon Denizard Rivail under the pseudonym Allan Kardec reporting séances in which he observed a series of phenomena that could be only attributed to incorporeal intelligence (spirits).

Engraved Illustration, "Fairies on the Seashore," 1833

Engraved Illustration, "Fairies on the Seashore," published in The Literary Souvenir for 1833

Etched book illustration, fairy ring, 1873

Etched book illustration, fairy ring, 1873

Etched book Illustration, Fairy reclining on Morning Glory Hammock, 1873

Etched book Illustration, Fairy reclining on Morning Glory Hammock, 1873

Ornamental text divider, 1901

Ornamental text divider, Ladies' Home Companion, 1901

Cover of "Pantheon" (Пантеон), 1852 №9

Cover of "Pantheon" (Пантеон), 1852 №9

French book title page, natural history, 1799

French book title page, natural history, 1799

French geography book - 1888

French geography book "La deuxième année de géographie" by Pierre Foncin

French book - 1902

French book illustration

Early French book cover

Lovely early French book cover!

French book cover - 1885

Cover of the book "Les rêves et les moyens de les diriger" de Hervey de Saint-Denys

French book cover - 1867

Cover of the book "Les rêves et les moyens de les diriger" de Hervey de Saint-Denys

Marbled end paper

Endpaper of a book manually bound in France around 1735 with handcrafted marbled paper. — The book is an edition of Horace’poems (Œuvres d’Horace), Paris 1735.

Marbled end paper

Handcrafted marbled endpaper from a book manually bound in France around 1843. (Title of the book: Œuvres complètes d’Horace, traduction de M. Goupy, quatrième édition, Paris, librairie d’Amyot, éditeur, Rue de la Paix, 6, 1843.) 

llustration of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - 1905

llustration of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - 1905

Illustration of The Story of a Modern Greek Woman -1784