Les Oeuvres de M. François Rabelais, Docteur en Medecine, Contenant cinq livres de la vie, faits & dits, Heroiques de Gargantua & de son fils Pantagruel.
Antwerp: Jean Martin, 1608.
Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #049348
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 all the text is present). P2 with a témoin with the misprinted text. Further paper flaws on Hh2 and Ii2 with loss of a few letters. Undated on first title but the fifth and final book dated 1608. The famous bottle engraving on Tt3. 347, (7)pp; 469, (9)pp; 166, (31)pp. With front and rear blanks.
Perhaps because of the printing errors, the bottom edge not trimmed and an unusually tall copy. NRB 86, Plan 122.
Provenance: Ken Rapopport (ex-libris) First Elzevier edition. Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 049348.
Price: $3,250.00