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The regiment was soon fitted up and the soldiers began to put in practice in good earnest the theory of the affiche.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye

The Kommandant put up an affiche on the hedge, forbidding any one to decorate the grave.

From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather

But the duke cannot stand this open affiche, and withdraws his allowances.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

The composition of the affiche was that of the two Miss Dunns jointly, who prided themselves upon being elegant scholars.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood

But it was not till three o'clock in the morning that the word "Victory!" was proclaimed by an affiche on the walls to the terrified population of Bruxelles!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 by Various

Gazing into the windows of Elbé, the Paris shop selling affiches de voyages — antique travel posters — makes these past few months recede like a bad dream.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2021

Though the posters are now displayed and sold as artworks, this wasn’t always the case; it wasn’t until the 1980s that affiches de voyages began to be considered collectibles.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2021

As France's most successful poster artist, Colin turned out the best affiches since Toulouse-Lautrec, and he had mastered his predecessor's trick of seizing a subject's single feature and turning it into an artistic stop sign.

From Time Magazine Archive

But what surprised me more was to read the affiches of the Comédie.

From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

As the English quit Rome, the swallows arrive, and may be seen in great muster flitting up and down the streets, looking at the affiches of vacancies before fixing on a lodging.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various