Flute, Fife & Tabor, Singer, Lute, Bagpipe, Jews Harp, Bass Drum, Bell
Illustrations from Pantagruel by Francois Rablais, Paris, 1565. Twelve years after the death of Francois Rablais, 1490-1553, there appeared a volume of illustrations, published by Richard Breton, entitled Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, ou sont contenues plusiers figures de l’invention de maistre Francois Rablais: & dernier oeuvre d’iceluy, pour la recreation des bon esprits (“The humourous dreams of Pantagruel, wherein are contained many figures from the imagination of master Francois Rabelais: & his last work, for the amusement of good spirits”). The exact meaning of the images is unclear.

Images restored by redrawing and printed by hand in open editions from zinc etched plates.

Complete set (arranged in one horizontal row in this order Flute, Fife & Tabor, Singer, Lute, Bagpipe, Jews Harp, Bass Drum, Bell).
Illustrations from Pantagruel by Francois Rablais, Paris, 1565. Twelve years after the death of Francois Rablais, 1490-1553, there appeared a volume of illustrations, published by Richard Breton, entitled Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, ou sont contenues plusiers figures de l’invention de maistre Francois Rablais: & dernier oeuvre d’iceluy, pour la recreation des bon esprits (“The humourous dreams of Pantagruel, wherein are contained many figures from the imagination of master Francois Rabelais: & his last work, for the amusement of good spirits”). The exact meaning of the images is unclear.

Images restored by redrawing and printed by hand in open editions from zinc etched plates.