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Paris Morgue and a public spectacle of death

Known as the “only free theatre in Paris”, La Morgue was a popular place for the public to view cadavers on display.

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  • Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France: west facade. Photograph by Achille Quinet, ca. 1870.
  • State funeral of Louis Pasteur at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Process print by C. Hentschel, ca. 1895.
  • Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France: the Portal of St. Anne (west facade, right door). Photograph by Achille Quinet, ca. 1870.
  • A rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris.
  • Les monuments alchimiques de Paris. L'unité de la matière. Author's holograph MSS. The first work contains a rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris. Produced in Paris. From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.
  • Les monuments alchimiques de Paris. L'unité de la matière. Author's holograph MSS. The first work contains a rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris. Produced in Paris. From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.
  • Les monuments alchimiques de Paris. L'unité de la matière. Author's holograph MSS. The first work contains a rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris. Produced in Paris. From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.
  • Les monuments alchimiques de Paris. L'unité de la matière. Author's holograph MSS. The first work contains a rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris. Produced in Paris. From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.
  • Les monuments alchimiques de Paris. L'unité de la matière. Author's holograph MSS. The first work contains a rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris. Produced in Paris. From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.
  • Les monuments alchimiques de Paris. L'unité de la matière. Author's holograph MSS. The first work contains a rough pen-drawing of the tomb of Étienne Yves 1467 in Nôtre Dame de Paris. Produced in Paris. From the Library of Lionel Hauser of Paris with his press-mark label 'L.H.61'.
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