Les Oeuvres de M. François Rabelais, Docteur en Medecine, Contenant cinq livres de la vie, faits & dits, Heroiques de Gargantua & de son fils Pantagruel.
Lyon: Jean Martin, 1608.
Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Item #049350
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 in book 4. With the general title and the fifth book title both dated 1608. Printer's mark on final leaf.
The famous bottle engraving on Tt3. 347, (7)pp; 469, (9)pp; 166, (30)pp. NRB 85 (nearly identical to NRB 86/Plan 122). Complete.
Provenance: Ken Rapopport (ex-libris)
Henry Howe (bookplate and signature)
Notes on endpapers: "Sum Cornelii Solingii", and two collation notes, one from Quaritch and one from "G.J. Wright". Size: duodecimo (12mo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 049350.
Price: $2,750.00