PCT4278292: Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - edition Maxwell 1865 - Second voyage: Sindbat discovers a valley with diamonds, but which is unfortunately occupied by giant snakes. He will take refuge in a cave where he will close the entrance with a rock to get out of reach of the monsters., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4278407: Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - Maxwell edition 1865 - First voyage: Sindbad, abandoned in the middle of the sea by his companions, reached an island and met in a cave the palefreniers of King Miihrage, Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4265339: In the fourth circle of Hell, under which Pluto (Hades) presides, the Avares and the Prodigans carry and roll heavy burdens (rocks), colliding with anger. Engraving from The Hell by Dante Alighieri (the Divine Comedie) illustrated by Gustave Dore. French edition of 1861. “” Tutto l'oro ch 'e sotto la Luna/O che gia fu, di question' anime stanche/Non poterebble farne posar una. (All gold that is or was ever under the moon could not give a moment of rest to one of these tired souls”, song 7. v. 64, 65 & 66., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4266999: Don Quixote and Sancho Panca (Panza) in the sky, between the moon and the stars, riding the wooden horse Clavilegne. 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
PCT4262427: Engraving by Gustave Dore around 1850: evocation of an apocalyptic deluge combining biblical tradition (one can see in the distance the ark of Noe on the sea) and the beginning of scientific knowledge (various monstrous animals failed on the mountain, prefiguring the dinosaurs)., Dore, Gustave (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images