The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais: Abstractor of the Quintessence Being an Account of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua, and of the Heroic Deeds, Sayings and Marvellous Voyages of His Son the Good Pantagruel

A limited edition set containing the complete works of French writer, Francois Rabelais, strikingly illustrated by Frank C. Pape. This edition, illustrated by Frank C. Pape and complete in two volumes, limited to 4,300 numbered sets, of which 2,300 are for sale in England. This set is No. 1655.Complete with the publisher's original unclipped dust wrappers.Offering a delightful compilation of the works of Francois Rabelais, a French author widely regarded as the first great French prose author. He is best known for his pentalogy of novels relating to the childhoods of giants named Gargantua and Pantagruel and his distinctive satirist depictions of the grotesque.Rendered into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others and a new introduction by J. Lewis May.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece and ten plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and twelve plates. Collated, complete. In the original gilt-decorated cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent, with slight shelf wear and fading to the spines. Dust wrappers are smart, with edge wear. Light chipping to the spine head and tail of Volume I and a small closed tear to the front cover of Volume II. Internally, firmly bound. Minor offsetting to the endpapers and a few scattered spots to the first few leaves, otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine.…