Cover of a 1947 edition of Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire, collection of poems first published in Paris in 1857. Beresford Egan and C. Bower Alcock, New York The Sylvan Press • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB Thanx Messy Nessy: A Cabinet of Chic Curiosities www.messynessychic.com
Gorgon head sculpture in the the Severii Forum of Leptis Magna, the well preserved ancient city along the Mediterranean Sea, located 120 km East of Tripoli, Libya.
18th century ottoman and indian daggers with sheaths
A circular book dating back to 1590 CE held by the University of Forsberg, Germany.
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A bee-keeper of Valeni village transports his bees in his bee wagon. Romania.
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‘The Golden Daric’ collection by Shiva Safai x Noush Jewellery — inspired by the monetary standard of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
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