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Frontispiece of Œuvres de François Rabelais showing the author holding open a gigantic book — Frontispiece of "Œuvres de François Rabelais."

Artist

Name:: Doré, Gustave
Dates:: 1832-1883
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Sotain, Noël-Eugène
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Pittsburgh Library System, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Œuvres de François Rabelais
Author(s):: Rabelais, François
Publisher:: Paris: J. Bry Aîné, 1854
Open Library:: View record

Description

Frontispiece of Œuvres de François Rabelais showing the author holding open a gigantic book past which smaller people in costumes from various historical periods are filing, reading and taking notes.

Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, crowd, frontispiece, portrait, reading