Antwerp: Jean Martin, 1608. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary parchment with yapp edges, lacking ties, slight discoloration. A nearly fine copy with a few interesting paper flaws incurred during/before the printing process. G1 and P2 with paper folds resulting in misprinting onto the lower margin and blank portions (though just about..... More

Lyon: Jean Martin, 1608. Hardcover (Full Leather). Contemporary parchment with yapp edges, light discoloration, damage to upper corner of rear cover. Trimmed a little close to top edge in spots. Small paper flaw on H5 with loss of a few letters, short section of marginal worming touching a few letters..... More

1626. Michel Lasne. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full mottled sheep neatly rebacked recently, quite sound. Uniform mild browning but otherwise very clean internally. With the very rare Lasne portrait of Rabelais in lieu of a first title page. 1106pp, (21)pp. Separate title pages for each section but continuous pagination. Plan 127..... More

Lyon: Pierre Estiart, 1596. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full early calf, old Harvard College duplicate bookplate. Hinges a bit tender,text block split in the middle though still all intact, a bit of loss of leather at head and tail of spine. Moderate scattered foxing and browning, tear to l8..... More

Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1663. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Ca. late 18th century green morocco, gilt, decorative endpapers. Light wear at edges, some darkening to spines; attractive early bindings. The first Elzevier edition of Rabelais, first title in black and red, scattered minor foxing, first vol lacking final blanks. With the..... More

Amsterdam: Henri Bordesius, 1711. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). 6 books bound in three volumes, leather backed boards. Spines and spine labels rubbed but bindings sound. Scattered foxing but generally clean and unmarked. With an extra engraved title, portrait, 3 folding plates and a folding map - light wear to..... More