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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
Frontispiece for Les Châtiments, by Victor Hugo (with an inscription by Hugo to Paul Meurice).
Honoré Daumier, from Daumier, peintre et lithographe (Daumier, painter and lithographer), by Raymond Escholier, Paris, 1923.
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The true masked man.
Honoré Daumier, from Daumier, peintre et lithographe (Daumier, painter and lithographer), by Raymond Escholier, Paris, 1923.
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O Pamela, I’m burning with love for you.
Honoré Daumier, from Daumier, peintre et lithographe (Daumier, painter and lithographer), by Raymond Escholier, Paris, 1923.
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Peace.
Honoré Daumier, from Daumier, peintre et lithographe (Daumier, painter and lithographer), by Raymond Escholier, Paris, 1923.
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When you’re twenty.
Honoré Daumier, from Daumier, peintre et lithographe (Daumier, painter and lithographer), by Raymond Escholier, Paris, 1923.
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Oh, fatherland!!! (1839)
Honoré Daumier, from Daumier, peintre et lithographe (Daumier, painter and lithographer), by Raymond Escholier, Paris, 1923.
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Lazarets and quarantines.
Honoré Daumier, from Némésis médicale illustrée (illustrated medical nemesis) vol. 2, by François Fabre, Paris, 1840.
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… And of human corpses, made himself a stew.
Honoré Daumier, from Némésis médicale illustrée (illustrated medical nemesis) vol. 2, by François Fabre, Paris, 1840.
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Agostino Lacurci. La Finta Nonna.
Illustration for the novel La finta nonna, contained in Fiabe Italiane
