Two William and Mary style dolls wear period clothing and sit in wooden period chairs from the late seventeenth century.

Map shows eastern and southern portions of North America to California [as an island], the West Indies, and South America with Brasilia [Brazil] as an island severed from the continent by rivers; Great Britain, western coasts of Europe and Africa. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Thesée, which premiered at the court theater at St. Germain-en-laye on January 11, 1675, was Jean-Baptiste Lully's third tragédie lyrique created in collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault. As in most of his libretti for Lully, Quinault combines a plot based on a classical source (an episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses) with references to contemporary events. The Prologue alludes to Louis XIV's personal leadership in the military engagements in the Alsace (along the French/German border). The juxtaposition of Venus' entreaties for pleasure with Mars' call to arms reflects a period of unease during which the French armies were in retreat from the armies of the Elector of Brandenburg. This resulted in the unique joining of songs of love with songs of war and victory.

Map shows geography, Spanish colonial audience boundaries, and major settlements in late seventeenth century Mexico and Central America. Parts of Cuba and Florida are also shown. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000].

The harpsichord sets on a group of sculpted figures. The sides of the harpsichord are carved in high-relief.

The harpsichord has a painting inside the lid, a sculpted crowned mermaid between the front legs, and foliage design on the sides of the instrument.

The harpsichord has a painting on the interior of the lid and elaborate foliage design on the sides.

Engraving print for the title page of a printing of the classical Iconies Variae circa 1675. The plate was designed, engraved and published by Flemish printer Jan Galle (1600-1675). Text includes both Greek and Latin.