Electrotype from an engraved block after Doré, with a design for an illustration for Gargantua et Pantagruel, originally created for Doré's 1873 illustrated edition of the collected works of François Rabelais (Oeuvres. Paris : Garnier Frères, 1873, v. 1, p. 361); this electrotype employed for a later edition of Rabelais (Paris : Garnier Frères, [ca. 1880]) issued by the same publisher, with the Doré illustrations, but in a smaller format, with the plates cut down and the designs cropped to fit the reduced dimensions.
Signed within the plate: G Doré; H. Pisan.
Library also owns the original wood block from which this electrotype was created. See: PML 128507.78.
Electrotype inscribed on the reverse with the number "404".
Engraved design shows Panurge and another figure inside the residence of the Sibyl of Panzoust, surrounded by various creatures and a peacock.