Gerard de Nerval, French poet Product:Postcard The 'Hobby Horse' or 'Dandy

The 'Hobby Horse' or 'Dandy Horse' was the forerunner of the bicycle and was invented by Baron von Drais in France in 1817

North-east view of the old General Post Office with the Royal Mail carriages preparing to depart

formed when volcanic lava seeped into layers of sedimentary rock and cooled

Plate 9 from volume I of The natural history of Carolina

Gerard de Nerval, French poet Product:Postcard The 'Hobby Horse' or 'DandyGerard de Nerval, French poet, 1855. Nerval's (1808 1855) use of dreams and fantasies in his work influenced surrealism. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860 1905, 3rd album, Editions MD, Paris.