Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel ; DORé, Gustave, Ill.Livre Rare Book
The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel 2 volumes
1979réf. 72269Franklin Center PA: The Franklin Library 1979. Franklin Library Limited Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Gustave Doré. 772pp. Octavo 24 cm Full dark green leather with raised bands. Gilt stamped title on spine. Elaborate gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. Text in English. Endpapers subtly discolored along the edges. Previous owner's circular blind embossed stamp is present on many of the preliminary and terminal pages and on several of the pages throughout the text as well-otherwise this is a nice clean and sharp copy. The comic masterwork by the French Renaissance humanist physician monk and satirist François Rabelais c. 1483-1553. With the illustrations of Gustave Doré. Published exclusively for subscribers to the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of The Great Books of the Western World. The Franklin Library unknown books
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