Old forms of emperor and empress dolls Size:Large: 7 x 5in fleeing the field and trying

fleeing the field and trying to avoid the sabres of Marshal Murat's horsemen

Inscribed above 'Dessin de la Chaloupe et machine qui a servie a l'experience faite sur le canal de Manzanares le 1er Marz 1784'

The Cardinal is seated on a rather small and worried-looking ass and is readily identifiable by the 'cross keys' symbol

Plate 1 from the monograph Die Gattung Torpedo in ihren naturhistorischen antiquarischen Beziehungen [The natural history and antiquarian relations of the genus Torpedo]

Plate 25 from Herbarium Blackwellianum

Old forms of emperor and empress dolls Size:Large: 7 x 5in fleeing the field and tryingOld forms of emperor and empress dolls. Japanese folk toys.