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Gargantua. Illustrations de Dubout.
RABELAIS' GARGANTUA LAVISHLY BOUND & ILLUSTRATED
Paris: Gibert Jeune Librairie d'Amateurs, 1938.
4to (10½" tall). Full blue crushed morocco. Splendid
1930's French binding with a series of wide bands each
bearing a letter of the title. Coloured calf inlay
and gilt tooling on the upper board. Top edge gilt.
A striking binding with humorously fantastical and
brightly coloured illustrations throughout. Printed on
Velin de Navarre, with 74 colour illustrations by
Dubout. Rabelais' comic masterpiece was originally
published in early sixteenth century France.
£380.00
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