Accession number
PML 128507.61
Creator
Sotain, Noël Eugène, b. 1816, engraver.
Published
Paris, ca. 1854.
Credit line
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.
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.
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 131 x 97 mm
Summary
Engraved design shows city steps populated with various figures with a jester at the fore, tall city buildings in the background.
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