Les Oeuvres de M. François Rabelais, Docteur en Medecine
Antwerp: Jean Fuet, 1605.
Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #048854
Later half calf over paper covered boards. Modest wear, tear with loss to edge of title page and minor damage to leading edge of first few pages, a few water stains in the margins, scattered minor foxing. (2) 347, (7)pp; 469, (9)pp; 166, (31)pp. Brunet V 1058, Plan 120
One of a few editions printed by Jean Fuet a publisher of questionable provenance. Most bibliographers believe this to have been printed in France, but it remains unclear. There is a 1602 edition printed by Fuet listed by Brunet but Plan (119) finds no evidence of it. There was a later edition with 1605 on the first title but 1608 on the title page of book 5.
Provenance: Ken Rapoport (bookplate), old catalog entry and purchase note laid in (Quaritch 2014).
P. Mourant (rules of his circulating library on front pastedown). Mourant is believed to have had a circulating library in Jersey around the turn of the 19th century.
E. Gordon Duffy (signature to front blank) First Elzevier edition. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 048854.
Price: $1,600.00