Accession number:
PML 128507.121
Published:
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description:
1 wood block : boxwood ; 84 x 197 mm
Credit:
Purchased in 2000.
Notes:
Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design for an illustration for Gargantua et Pantagruel, created for Doré's 1873 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873, v. 1, p. 351).
Signed within the block: G Doré; H. Pisan.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.167.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "397".
Summary:
Engraved design shows a man fleeing down a masoned alleyway being chased by taunting demons, two of which carry a crown of horns which will be seen by everyone but him.
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