Engraving
An important technique for image dissemination, engravings play a major role in the image library, for example the famous illustrations of Bernadin de Saint-Pierre's Paul & Virginia novel.
Lithographs by Roussin, Potémont and d’Hastrel. “The Animal Kingdom” by Cuvier, “Natural History” by Buffon. The Paul & Virginia Collection. Maps by Flacourt and Bellin.
La Reunion, Mauritius, India, Madagascar.
From the end of the 16th century
to the first half of the 20th century.
12600 engravings, including 2000 maps and charts.
SOME EXAMPLES
Indian Ocean
Map of Congo
Map of Congo and Cafraria
G. de L’Isle, 1708
Historical Museum of Villèle
Inv. 92/MH/8
REUNION ISLAND
Sea urchins
Louis Maillard (1814-1865),
Notes on the Island of Reunion (Bourbon),, Paris, Dentu, 1863.
Library of the Department of La Reunion, 969.81 MAI (REU) ARM
MADAGASCAR
Madagascar starling and cinereous blackbird
Drawn by Martinet for « Natural History » by Buffon (1749-1788). Natural History Museum, MHN RUN OE-Buf557
INDIAN OCEAN
Map of the Indian Ocean
French possessions in the East, [19th century] Archives of the Department of La Reunion, 1 Fi 17/9
MAURITIUS
Shark hunting
In Port Louis, Mauritius. [19th century]
Reproduction of an engraving, black and white.
Archives of the Department of La Reunion, 115 Fi 5
MOZAMBIQUE
Free Workers in the Mascarene Islands
Lithograph by G. Bos based on photographs by F.P.L. Pollen in Narrative of a journey to Madagascar [Relation de voyage à Madagascar], 1868. Historical Museum of Villèle Inv. 02/MH/4.53
REUNION ISLAND
The Volcano
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778-1846). Voyage to, and travels through the four principal islands of the African seas [Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mers d'Afrique] Paris, F. Buisson, 1804. Library of the Department of La Reunion, 910.969 BOR (O.I.) ARM
REUNION ISLAND
Male and female papaya tree
February 1847
Colour lithograph: Louis Antoine Roussin (1819-1894). Archives of the Department of La Reunion,
Souvenirs of Reunion Island [Souvenirs de l'île de La Réunion] 97 Fi 4
REUNION ISLAND
Basalt Columns
Charles Velain (1845-1925), Geological description of the Aden peninsula, of Reunion Island, of the Islands of Saint-Paul and Amsterdam, [Description géologique de la presqu'île d'Aden, de l'île de la Réunion, des îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam] , Paris, A. Hennuyer, 1878. Library of the Department of La Reunion 551 VEL (REU) ARM
MAURITIUS
A young brahmin
Reproduction of lithograph [no date, but before 1838] by Tony Johannot. From Paul & Virginia [Paul et Virginie; suivi de La chaumière indienne] Black and white. Archives of the Department of La Reunion,
© Département de La Réunion,
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