Accession number
PML 128507.8
Creator
Jonnard, Paul, d. 1902, engraver.
Published
Paris, ca. 1873.
Credit line
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. 25).
Library's wood block is split.
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. 25).
Library's wood block is split.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 147 x 84 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows Xenomanes seated in front of a pillar with a fouled anchor at his feet.
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