32.4 The innkeeper’s books
This kind of imaginative images are quite in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's taste; also including some bloody elements (the cleft giants loose their intestines while running away).
Excellent drawing and engraving.
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| Image | 1935-New-York-Jackson-02-017 |
| Illustration No. | 1 |
| Illustrator | Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré |
| Engraver | Héliodore Joseph Pisan (reproduced by process) |
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| Title Caption | FÉLIXMARTE DE HIRCANIA, DE UN REVÉS SOLO, PARTIÓ CINCO GIGANTES POR LA CINTURA, COMO SI FUERAN HECHOS DE HABAS |
| Title Supplied | |
| Part | Part I, Madrid 1605 |
| Chapter | Chapter 32 |
| Subject |
32.3 Priest discourse about chivalric tales, truth and fiction 32.4 The innkeeper’s books |
| Illustration Type |
Chapter illustration |
| Technique |
Process / Photomechanical technique |
| Color | Black and white |
| Volume | II |
| Page Number | f.p. 46 |
| Image Dimension | 135 x 108 |
| Page Dimension | 217 x 155 |
| Commentary | Reference to the dialogue between the priest and the innkeeper about chivalric books; Felixmarte of Hircania, with one single backstroke, cleft five giants asunder through the middle.
This kind of imaginative images are quite in keeping with Romanticism and Doré's taste; also including some bloody elements (the cleft giants loose their intestines while running away). Excellent drawing and engraving. |
| Notes | 1 - Reproduced after Paris: Hachette, 1863. |