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. 88).
Signed within the block: G Doré; Gauchard.
Library also owns the original electrotype printing block created from this wood block. See: PML 128507.227.
Wood block is split.
Block inscribed on the reverse with the number "610".
Engraved design shows Pan fallen from his running horse while armed figures approach and others flee.