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Description
Mexique — Exécution de deux sorciers (Mexico — Execution of two sorcerers), a full-page engraving in L'Illustration: journal universel, no. 1637, 11 July 1874, tome LXIV, printed p. 29. The scene shows two people tied to a stake above a fire, with onlookers. It matches the composition on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 1, page 4, item 1.
The printed signatures read “RENÉ VICTOR MEUNIER” and “SMEETON-TILLY”. Their exact roles are not independently established by this file description. The date and issue number are printed on the scanned page; this record does not claim an unverified first publication.
Source
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, shelfmark 2 Per. 11 m-64, printed p. 29, urn:nbn:de:bvb:12-bsb11176110-3, digitized by Google. The bound volume covers July–December 1874; the catalogue gives Paris: Chevalier, 1874.
- Permanent library record.
- Scanned leaf in the viewer.
- Full-resolution page image.
- IIIF manifest and rights statement.
Printed p. 29 corresponds to digital image bsb11176110_00039 (viewer frame 39). Thanks to Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and Google for making this historical material available.
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This is the complete scanned page, including the printed heading, illustration, signatures and caption. Dimensions: 1500 × 2022 pixels. The supplied JPEG is retained without cropping, enlargement, recolouring or tonal adjustment. It is not a scan of the scrapbook cutting. Colour fringes in the digital scan are not evidence of hand-colouring. An earlier publication, the exact location of the depicted event and the identities of the people are not established here.
Rights statement
The library manifest marks this digital representation No Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Only (NoC-NC 1.0). This is a rights statement, not an unrestricted reuse licence. The library credit, shelfmark, printed page, URN and “digitized by Google” attribution are retained above. See the library's terms of use and picture-credit guidance.
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| current | 22:14, 30 October 2026 | | 1,500 × 2,022 (607 KB) | Sergey (addition | contribs) | == Description == ''Mexique — Exécution de deux sorciers'' (Mexico — Execution of two sorcerers), a full-page engraving in ''L'Illustration: journal universel'', no. 1637, 11 July 1874, tome LXIV, printed p. 29. The scene shows two people tied to a stake above a fire, with onlookers. It matches the composition on H. P. Blavatsky's Scrapbooks, volume 1, page 4, item 1. The printed signatures read “RENÉ VICTOR MEUNIER” and “SMEETON-TILLY”. Their exact roles are... |
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