Gargantua & Pantagruel: Affentheurlich naupengeheurliche Geschichtklitterung: von Thaten und Rhaten der vor kurtzen langen unnd je weilen Vollenwolbeschreiten
Strassbiourg: Bernhard Jobin, 1590.
Tobias Stimmer. Third Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #048408
Contemporary alum twaed pigskin, blindstamped, brass clasps, some rubbing to spine, ink warks, small piece of brass added to reinforce one clasp - a fine contemporary binding. A few marks and underlines in an early hand, pencil notes on rear endpaper, title page printed in red and black with the slightly off center red to the lobster and snake (this new to the 1590 edition). Third edition, first published in 1575, this was the final edition revised by Fischart. A free translation cum adaptation of Rabelais' masterpiece. As Rabelais wrote under the anagram Alcofribas Nasier, Fischart uses the acrostic (written under the title page vignette) "Im Fischen Gilst Mischen" (to fish well it is necessary to mix) J. F. G. M. : Johann Fischart genannt Mentzer. 565pp, in text illustrations.
Fischart coined "Geschichtsklitterung" (pseudo-history) for this free translation of Rabelais' work often called the Finnegan's Wake of the 16th century. Provenance: Ken Rapoport (ex-libris) Size: Octavo (8vo). Illustrator: Tobias Stimmer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 048408.
Price: $4,500.00