Master Francis Rabelais. Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel.
Published by London: Lawrence and Bullen., 1892
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United KingdomMcConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB
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2 volume set, 11 1/2 inches tall. A magnificent set in a beautiful half morocco in the Art Nouveau style with gilt raised bands, dense gilt tooling to the panels with red calf floral onlays. From the Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey. With a portrait and 16 illustrations by Louis Chalon, and an extra 160 expertly inlaid illustrations in colour by Jules Garnier. Translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Anthony Motteux. This set is from a Deluxe limited edition of 210 copies printed on Japanese vellum. A superb set of the greatest work of the first great French prose author, François Rabelais, in a splendid binding, uniquely illustrated.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Master Francis Rabelais. Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel.
- Author
- RABELAIS, François. GARNIER, Jules-Arsène (with extra illustrations by).
- Publisher
- London: Lawrence and Bullen.
- Publication year
- 1892
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB
Deal, KENT, United Kingdom
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Nick McConnell has been dealing in fine books, in particular those in their original leather bindings for over thirty five years. His stock, containing no 'recently' rebound volumes, is second to none in terms of quality and quantity. McConnell Fine Books operate from The Golden Hind Bookshop which has been selling fine old books since 1972. This picturesque seventeenth century building is on the seafront at Deal, famous for its literary associations and seafaring history. We are open by appointment. McConnell Fine Books exhibit at the top London and Paris antiquarian book shows.…
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