Victor Hugo et Son Temps [Victor Hugo and His Times] (page 1/2)

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Initial letter D with hiker in forest

This “vignetted” decorative initial features a person with a hat, a satchel, a walking stick, stepping over the initial letter and out of a path in a forest or deep woods. [more...] [$]

Vintage border of brambles and flowers

This half-border (bottom of the page and one side) features blackberry vines and flowers; the flowers might be intended to be blackberries but seem too large. [more...] [$]

Oak gallery at Hauteville House

La Galerie de chène de Hauteville-House. [more...] [$]

Fantine [Les Misérables]

An engraving of a sketch of Fantine as a woman wearing a bonnet with a ribbon and looking away from us. [more...] [$]

Tailpiece ornament - Harp with oak leaves and mistletoe

This woodcut was used as decoration to mark the end of a chapter; it features oak branches, with leaves and acorns in their cups, and also misteltoe branches with leaves and the white berries, a harp with seven strings, and, [...] [more...] [$]