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ANNOTATED COPY of a very rare 16th century edition OF RABELAIS' WORKS
(Only 1 copy in US)
RABELAIS, François,Les oeuvres… contenant cinq livres de la vie, faicts et dicts héroïques de Gargantua et de son fils Pantagruel. Plus la Prognostication pantagrueline, avec l'oracle de la dive Bacbuc et le mot de la bouteille. Augmenté des Navigations et Isle sonante,Lyon, Jean Martin (= Rouen, Georges Loyselet), 1588.
3 parts in 2 volumes in-16, 402 p., (5) ff. ; 576 p., (6) ff. ; 210 p., (18) ff. Brown morocco, early 19th c. binding) (joins and hinges rubbed, scattered wetness and stains, russet ring to the first 20 ff. of vol. I; one diagonally torn leaf). Dimensions: 12 x 7.5 cm.
Collation : missing two-thirds of the text on pp. 65-66 of vol. I, and, as often in Rabelais works : 2 missing leaves in the second part corresponding to the Tiers livre, pp. 101-102 & 103-104). References: Rawles-Screech, New Rabelais Bibliography, 74. USTC, 6932.Language of annotations: French, Latin, Greek.Provenance:… Read More