<p>This is a beautifully illustrated copy of "The Works of Rabelais" - Faithfully Translated from the French with Variorum Notes and Numerous Illustrations by GUSTAVE DORE including 20 additional new illustrations. Circa 1920's there is no date of publication stated. Privately printed.<br /><br />Condition:<br />Small light stain at the bottom of the front cover. The lettering on the spine has faded. There is a thin vertical strip along the center of the back cover where the cloth has creased. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The title page has dates and "trans. by Urquhart" written in pen; 28 pages were found that have markings in pen such as a line in the outer margin a small notation a check-mark and an arrow. Pages 254-257 and the illustrated page in between each have a small piece missing at the top edge. Some pages at the back are still attached along the top or bottom edge. Surname written in pen at the top of the front end paper. Overall the book is in Good- condition.</p> Privately Printed hardcover
Gibbings and Co. 1897. Three-Quarters Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. VG 5 Vol Set Green 3/4 leather marbled boards and endpapers. Top Edge Gilt small volumes. Ribbed with gilt to spine. Clean toned interior. Frontispiece and tissue. Slight creak at hinge and some light chipping/wear to leather at spine Gibbings and Co. hardcover
London: Printed for T. Evans 1784. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated . A scarce set comprising the works of Francois Rabelais illustrated with explanatory notes and engraved frontispieces. Scarce to find complete in four volumes. Bound in full lightly speckled calf with red morocco spine labels. Each volume illustrated with an engraved frontispiece with an engraved title page vignette portrait of the author in Vol. 1 only. Collated complete. Offering the works of Francois Rabelais translated from the French. With notes by M. le du Chat and others.Rabelais is considered the first great French prose author best known for his satirist depictions of the grotesque and his giant characters Gargantua and Pantagruel written in the style of bildungsroman. This 'Works of' collection features these bold stories as well as letters written by Rabelais during his stay in Italy in the year 1526 to Vol IV. Bound in full lightly speckled calf with red morocco spine labels. Externally with rubbing to the extremities. Upper joint of Vol I cracked but firm. Internally generally firmly bound with p. 123-142 of Vol I coming away partly. Pages are generally bright and clean. Faded contemporary ownership inscriptions to the front paste downs and to the verso of Vol I and II frontispieces and head of Vol I title. With a few tide marks to the first few leaves of Vol IV. Good Printed for T. Evans hardcover
Privately Printed circa 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover black cloth with faded gilt lettering 640 pages. Circa 1920's there is no date of publication stated. Many pages toward second half are unopened. Solid binding paper tanning slightly. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean. Dore's beautiful b&w drawings throughout. Record # 399559 Privately Printed hardcover
London: H.G. Bohn 1854. Revised Edition. Leather. Fair. 2 vols. 536p; 574p. A pair of hardcover books bound in 3/4 red leather with gilt top edges and marbled boards and endpapers. Front cover of volume 1 is just starting to crack off; it is s till attached but must be handled with care. Boards of volume 2 are slightly bowed. Marginalia on numerous pages but all pages remain tightly bound with minimal foxing. Good condition overall. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Motteux. H.G. Bohn unknown
London: Gibbings & Company Ltd. Fair. Hardcover. Five volume set of Rabelais undated ca 1900. V1 The Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua Father of Pantagruel 329 pp; V2 Great Gargantua; Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes Heroic Acts and Prowesses 232 pp; V3 The Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Good Pantagruel 332; V4 Good Pantagruel His Voyages and Wonders 296 pp; V5 Good Pantagruel: His Visit to the Oracle 261 pp. All in good condition with minor to moderate cover rubbing corner bumping discolored endpapers minor foxing. All have a previous owner's inscription on the FFEP. V1 has a small bookseller's label inside the back cover. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Gibbings & Company, Ltd. hardcover
<p>This 1737 London edition of The Works of Francis Rabelais printed by J. Hughs for J. Brindley is a five-volume English set based on the edition of Jacob Le Duchat and revised by John Ozell drawing on earlier translations by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux. It includes numerous full page and folding engravings and portraits across the volumes and contains the text associated with Gargantua and Pantagruel known within early European prose literature. Very Good condition full leather bindings with hinges tight and secure following professional restoration some rubbing and loss of leather along edges and corners pages and illustrations generally clean. 16mo five volumes. Collation: each volume separately paged. Illustrations: numerous full page and folding engravings and portraits. Edition: 1737 printing. Item Number SKU: 50356. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> J. Hughs, for J. Brindley hardcover
London: Gibbings and Company 1903. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4". Various. An illustrated set of Rabelais novels with a black and white plate to frontispiece of each volume and numerous illustrations throughout. In three volumes complete. The museum edition with a decorative half title. François Rabelais c.1494 - 9 April 1553 was a major French Renaissance writer doctor Renaissance humanist monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy satire the grotesque bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants a father Gargantua and his son Pantagruel and their adventures written in an amusing extravagant satirical vein. The text features much crudity scatological humour and violence. Lists of explicit or vulgar insults fill several chapters. The censors of the Sorbonne stigmatised it as obscene and in a social climate of increasing religious oppression it was dealt with with suspicion and contemporaries avoided mentioning it With a life and critical essay to front of first volume. In quarter cloth bindings with paper covered boards. Externally sound but with bumping and wear to extremities and slight marks to boards. Internally binding slightly strained. With slight marginal age toning to pages but generally clean but with the odd mark and foxing to endpapers only. Very Good Gibbings and Company hardcover
London: Gibbings and Company Ltd 1901. 5 volumes bound in blue cloth with attractive gilt decoration and titles to the covers and spines top edge gilt title pages printed in black and red engraved frontispieces and a few other plates within the text. Very good gilt dulled to the spine but the panels are bright and clean cloth rubbed to the corners and a couple of nicks to the fore edge of volume IV the bindings are firm text block edges dusty but the text is clean and crisp. A very good set. Please contact Christian White at Modernfirsteditions if you would like more information about this item. 1901 Gibbings and Company Ltd hardcover
London: Lackington Allen and Co 1807. Very Good. Translated from the French with explanatory notes by du Chat Motteux Ozell and others. Tan calf boards with gilt greek key border and decorated spine. The spine has been well repaired but parts are missing. Edges are worn. Marbled endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned with some foxing but otherwise tight. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper.; Vol. 2 Very Good 1807 Lackington Allen and Co hardcover
London: RIchard Baldwin 1694. Early Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Four books in three volumes contemporary calf. Modest wear to corners and hinges minor browning foxing stains. A nice group. Lacking the sometimes present frontis portrait in volume 1 and wanting book 5 also published 1694 and separately paginated. First editions in English of books 3 and 4 second or third the first two books were published in 1653 and the sheets reissued with a new title page and life in 1664. 8 clvi 38 230 viii 9-208; 2 430 12; 6 xiii 4 mis pag xii-cxliv 40 272; wanting book 5 lacking rear blanks in first volume <br /> <br /> Nice examples of books 1-4 of Urquhart and Mottreux's famous translation of Rabelais which Charles Whibley 1859-1930 called "the finest translation ever made from one language into another". <br /> <br /> Provenance: Kenneth Rapoport ex libris<br /> <br /> Levenside es lbris Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 049236. RIchard Baldwin hardcover
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