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  • Arequipa, Peru: ten corpses inside a chulpa (mausoleum) among the Aymara tribe. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edouard Riou, 1873.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • Ambroise Paré, on the battlefield using a ligature for the artery of an amputated leg of a soldier. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after E. Morin.
  • Pierre de La Ramée (Peter Ramus) is held down and stabbed by soldiers with a halberd and a sword. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edmond Morin.
  • A ball in the Palais des Tuileries: the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie (?) take part in a quadrille. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Gustave Janet.