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
PCT4265338: Dante and Virgil sail, led by the Nocher Phlegyas, on the Styx in which damns are wading, who try to climb into the boat. Engraving from The Hell by Dante Alighieri (the Divine Comedie) illustrated by Gustave Dore. French edition of 1861. “” Segando se ne va l'antica prora/Del 'acqua piu che non suol con altrui. (the ancient bow went away, digging in the water a furrow deeper than usual)”, song 8, v. 29 & 30., 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
PCT4271555: Engraving by Gustave Dore illustrating Theophile Gautier's novel “The Captain Fracasse””. Charpentier Edition 1863. In his home, the “Chateau de la Misere”, the Baron de Sigognac crumbles in front of his chimney or burns a wood fire. With him, his old servant Peter., 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