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Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel. by RABELAIS, Master Francis. CHALON, Louis (illustrations by). < >
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Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. 2 volume set, 11 inches tall. A pristine and very good looking half mottled calf by the Geneva bookbinder Asper with gilt raised bands, maroon label, gilt framed panels and gilt top edges. Embellished with a portrait and 14 full page plates. A splendid English language edition of 1000 copies of the great work of the early 16th century French renaissance satirist Francis Rabelais. Described as the first great French prose writer he revelled in the bawdy, grotesque, extravagant and robust tales that he is still celebrated for.

Book ID: 6200
Categories: 16th Century Literature, Fine Set, Humour, R, Signed Binding
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