France, 1789. Predates Edison's light bulb reveal by 90 years.

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Paris, France, 1739. Nearly 150 years before Edison revealed the light bulb to the world.

Also note the artist mistake or possibly later artist tampering. Smoke is coming off the candles even though the entire thing is glowing, including the building itself.

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Paris, France, 1744. A depiction of an illumination setup. Over 100 years before Edison revealed the light bulb to the world.

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France, 1741. Over 130 years before Edison revealed the light bulb to the world.

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Illumination blueprint from.......1744. Assumedly France. This predates Edison's reveal of the light bulb to the world by over 130 years.

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Someone describing the architecture. Not describing much from the short passage I can make out. If you are French, let us know what this says.

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Germany. Unknown year.

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Moscow, Russia, 1856. Predates Edison's reveal of the light bulb to the world by over 20 years.

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Moscow, Russia, 1801. Over 70 years before Edison's light bulb reveal.

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Apparently in 1852 from the Illustrated London News although I have not confirmed this.

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