About the Cover Illustration
The figure on the cover of Test Driven is a Franc Comtois, an inhabitant of the Free County of Burgundy in northeastern France. This territory of Burgundy was an independent state for a large part of its history, becoming permanently ceded to France only in the seventeenth century. The region has its own traditions and language, called Franc-Comtois, which is still spoken today.
The illustration is taken from a French travel book, Encyclopedie des Voyages by J. G. St. Saveur, published in 1796. Travel for pleasure was a relatively new phenomenon at the time and travel guides such as this one were popular, introducing both the tourist as well as the armchair traveler to the inhabitants of other regions of France ...
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