PCT4265335: Dante and Virgil meet the Minotaur. Engraving from The Hell by Dante Alighieri (the Divine Comedie) illustrated by Gustave Dore. French edition of 1861. “E in su la punta della rotta lacca/L'infamia di Creti era distesa. (On the high top of the rock lay the reproach of Crete)”, song 12, v. 11 & 12., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4265364: The Hell of Dante Alighieri (the Divine Comedie) illustrated by Gustave Dore. French edition of 1861. “La bufera infernal, che mai non resta/Mena gli spirti con la sua rapina. (The infernal hurricane, which never stops, draws spirits into its whirlwind)”, chant 5 v. 31 & 32., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4266981: The writer Cervantes rides on a wing horse (Pegase), his book “Don Quixote” and a feather in his hand, flying over other writers carrying (heavily!) their books. Engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating the 1869 Hachette edition of the book “” L'ingenieux hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha”” (Mancha) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translation by Louis Viardot, 370 compositions engraved on wood by H. Pisan., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4267020: Don Quixote (Quixote or Qijote), throws by hand and rides on his horse Rossinant is ready to go on adventure. His fidele squiyer, the gourmet Sancho Panza (Panca), hesitates in front of a good meat dish. Detail of an Engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating the 1869 Hachette edition of the book “” L'ingenieux hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha”” (Mancha) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, translation by Louis Viardot, 370 compositions engraved on wood by H. Pisan., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4267069: Don Quixote (Qijote or Quixote, Knight with the sad figure) rides on his horse Rossinante, and his fidele squiyer Sancho Panza, discover a dead mule in the middle of the way. Engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating an edition of the adventures of Don Quixote de Cervantes, beginning 20th century, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4277675: Illustration by Gustave Dore for Theophile Gautier's novel “” Le Capitaine Fracasse”” - Edition Charpentier 1883, practically identical to the first edition illustrated by G. Dore at the same publisher in 1866. Chapter “” Sword, batting, and other adventures””: “The street was free, and victory remained for the comedians.”, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4278257: Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - Maxwell edition 1865 - Third voyage: a tempete throws the ship of Sindbad and his companions on an island where they are attacked by a giant snake who devors them all, except Sindbad who manages to escape, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4278398: Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - Maxwell edition 1865 - Fifth voyage: the merchants accompanying Sindbad break the shell of a gigantic egg of the bird giant Roc to extract a huge baby bird from which they want to eat, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4278400: Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore (detail) - Maxwell edition 1865 - Fifth voyage: the merchants accompanying Sindbad break the shell of a gigantic egg of the bird giant Roc to extract a huge baby bird from which they want to eat -, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images