Accession number:
PML 128507.61
Published:
Paris, ca. 1854.
Description:
1 wood block : boxwood ; 131 x 97 mm
Credit:
Purchased in 2000.
Notes:
Surface of the block has been inked and prepared with white.
Engraved block after Doré, with a design created for Doré's 1854 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : J. Bry Ainé, 1854, p. 33).
Signed within the block: Sotain.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.150.
Summary:
Engraved design shows city steps populated with various figures with a jester at the fore, tall city buildings in the background.
Classification:
Catalog Link:
Department: