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| La Grande Mademoiselle Frontispiece | |
| From a steel engraving. |
| Marie de Médicis | [6] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| The Château of Versailles from the Terrace | [8] |
| After the painting by J. Rigaud. |
| The Tuileries from the Seine in the 16th Century | [22] |
| From a contemporary print. |
| Madame de Sévigné | [54] |
| From an engraving of the painting by Muntz. |
| Cardinal Richelieu | [84] |
| The Abbey of St. Germain Des-pres in the 16th Century | [110] |
| From an old print. |
| Louis XIII., King of France and of Navarre | [152] |
| From an old print. |
| Corneille | [168] |
| From an engraving of the painting by Lebrun. |
| Racine | [182] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| The Hôtel de Richelieu in the 17th Century | [204] |
| From a contemporary print. |
| A Game of Chance in the 17th Century | [210] |
| From an engraving by Sébastien Leclerc. |
| Marquis de Cinq-Mars | [212] |
| Anne of Austria | [242] |
| View of the Louvre from the Seine in the 17th Century | [254] |
| From an old print. |
| Henriette, Duchesse d'Orléans | [258] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| St. Vincent De Paul | [292] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| Duchesse de Chevreuse | [300] |
| Cardinal Mazarin | [320] |
| Mademoiselle de Montpensier | [324] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| The Tower of Nesle | [342] |
| From a contemporary print. |
| Cardinal de Retz | [344] |
| Madame de la Vallière | [366] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| Vicomte de Turenne | [398] |
| View of the Luxembourg (Later Called the Palais |
| d'Orléans) in the 17th Century | [410] |
| From an old print. |
| La Rochefoucauld | [416] |
| From a steel engraving. |
| Prince de Condé | [420] |
| Duc d'Orléans | [422] |