PCT4278252: Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration of a book from 1948 (Fortin edition, collection Wonderful Imaging of Childhood) recounting his adventures - illustration by Albert Robida (1848 - 1926) - Third voyage: Sindbad, the only survivor on an island where all his companions peri peri will be recovered by a ship - it agitated his turban to report to the crew -, Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4282306: Legendary Paris: Merlin and the Fee Vivianne arrive in front of the island where the city will be born - “” What is this river? La Seine - And this village? Lutece! - Excerpt from “Merlin the Enchanter” by Edgar Quinet - illustration by Albert Robida of the school book “Choix de lectures” by A Mironneau, Librairie Armand Colin 1911 -, Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4272186: As a child, Giant Gargantua already has a gargantuan appetite! Here he is baby, drinking his milk even the worse of a cow he holds above him. To breastfeed the monstrous infant, you need a herd of more than 17,000 bets! 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
LSE4092733: Mr. Valentin Croknuff, director of the great aquarium of Melbourne, parody of Jules Verne, “” Very extraordinary travels of Saturnin Farandoul to 5 or 6 parts of the world and to all countries known or unknown to Mr. Jules Verne” by Robida, Paris, 1878., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4092736: Underwater combat in the bay of Papagayo (scaphandlers riding fish), parody of Jules Verne, “” Very extraordinary travels of Saturnin Farandoul in 5 or 6 parts of the world and in all countries known or unknown to Mr. Jules Verne” by Robida, Paris, 1878., Robida, Albert (1848-1926) / Bridgeman Images