1200135 Illustration from \'A Descent into the Maelstrom\', in \'Vingt Histoires Extraordinaires\', by Edgar Allan Poe (litho) by Lobel-Riche, Almery (1877-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: "A Descent into the Maelstr繹m" is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe\'s tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction.).