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Description "Balzac the entomologist" cartoon by Gustave Dore - Balzac, dressed in a 16th-century costume, writes at a desk looking through a big magnifying glass of men and women pinned like insects. He is surrounded by a treatise on dissections, a book on lepidoptera and jars on which are written "foetus", "becs-de-lièvre", "anencephale"
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Source "Les Contes drolatiques colligez ez abbayes de Touraine et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruélistes et non aultres. 5e édition illustrée de 425 dessins par Gustave Doré. Paris: Société générale de librairie 1855. Illustration 179 of the book. The drawing table, p. XIV states the title: "Balzac the entomologist" p. 224
Author Doré, Gustave (Strasbourg, 06–01–1832 – Paris, 23–01–1883), cartoonist; Ryckebusch, Philippe Jules Joseph (1831), engraver
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06:30, 29 July 2024Thumbnail for version as of 06:30, 29 July 2024591 × 462 (241 KB)Shyamal (talk | contribs){{Information |Description="Balzac the entomologist" cartoon by Gustave Dore - Balzac, dressed in a 16th-century costume, writes looking at a desk by looking through a big magnifying glass of men and women pinned like insects. He is surrounded by a treatise of dissections, a book on lepidoptera and jars on which are written "foetus", "becs-de-lithre", "anencephale" ez abbees of Touraine and highlighted by the sieur de Balzac for the beating of the pantagrueists and not aulters. |Source=[http...

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