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
Paris: Garnier Freres Libraires-Editeurs c1930. Leather. Good. 5" by 7.5". None. A collection of works by the French author Francois Rabelais. A fascinating book containing the works of the Francois Rabelais compiled by Louis Moland. Includes a publishers advertisement to the front and a section on the life of the author notes and a glossary. In French. In a half morocco binding with cloth boards. Externally generally smart. Boards are rubbed in places. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright though spotted throughout. Ink inscription to the half title. Good Garnier Freres Libraires-Editeurs hardcover
Cambridge at the University Press 1934. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's plum cloth binding with dustjacket; clxxiv; 5 6-284 including the Appendix; there is a previous owner name on the front endpaper and on the half-title; we see no other marks in the book.~~This edition with a new Introduction and new Notes. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket. Cambridge at the University Press unknown books
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