PCT4272157: La Cite des Angouiles. The city walls are made of pieces of cold cuts (sausage, pudding), a huge pig is perch on the roof of a tower of the entrance gate. Illustration by Albert Robida (1848-1926) for an episode of the Fourth Livre by Francois Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272180: As a child, Giant Gargantua already has a gargantuan appetite! Here he is drinking from a huge glass. Gargantua = that big you have (the gullet). To be closer to gargante = throat. Illustration of Robida for the Gargantua de Rabelais - Librairie Armand Colin debut 20th century., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4092737: Saturnian types from a reported sketch of the planet Saturn (pseudo-anthropological grotesque monsters), parody of Jules Verne, “” Very extraordinary travels of Saturnin Farandoul in 5 or 6 parts of the world and in all the countries known or unknown to M. Jules Verne” by Robida, Paris, 1878., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4281736: Title page illustrated by Robida for the complete works of Francois Rabelais published by the Librairie Illustree in 1885 - Pantagruel, roy (king) of the dipsodes, restored to its naturalness with its hopes and prowess by the late M. Alcofribas Nasier (anagram of Francois Rabelais) abstractor of quinte essence (quintessence) - The giant weapon of a huge sword goes on galloping horse (load) -, Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images