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Banquet des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit

Banquet des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit donne au chateau de Fontainebleau le 14 mai 1633, French School. The Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit sit at two long tables, lavishly set with food. Nine valets are carrying food and drink to King Louis XIII, Grand Master of the Order, who sits at the far end of the room. Date: 1633

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Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth)

Hyacinthus Orientalis, also known as common hyacinth, garden hyacinth and Dutch hyacinth, drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629), one of many plates in a book entitled Hortus Eystattensis sive diligens et accurata omnium plantarum, florum, stirpium ex variies orbis terrae partibus. The book contained illustrations of the flowers in the garden of Prince Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, in Eichstatt, Germany. Date: 1613

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The Sacred Egyptian Bean (Lotus)

The Sacred Egyptian Bean (Lotus, or Nelumbo Nucifera), engraved by Burke & Lewis after Henderson, in a book entitled The Temple of Flora by Dr Robert John Thornton (1768-1837). The book was published between 1799 and 1807. Date: 1804

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