Accession number:
PML 128507.77
Published:
Paris, ca. 1873.
Description:
1 wood block : boxwood ; 120 x 204 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. 2, p. 52).
Signed within the block: G Doré.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.265.
Wood block is split.
Inscriptions/Markings:
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "569".
Summary:
Engraved design shows Villon on horseback fleeing a band of demons with wings, horns, and a variety of noisemakers.
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