Master Francis Rabelais: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

A smart three volume set of this translation of the adventures of Gargantua and Pantagruel from French writer Francois Rabelais. Three volumes. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Volume two is illustrated with five plates. Volume three is illustrated with four plates. Collated complete. Five books on the adventures of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel. Although most chapters are humorous, wildly fantastic and frequently absurd, a few relatively serious passages have become famous for expressing humanistic ideals of the time. Written by Francois Rabelais, a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. In his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, a Scottish aristocrat, writer, and translator, and Peter Anthony Motteux, a French-born English author, playwright, and translator. Illustrated by Louis Chalon, a French painter, sculptor, illustrator, and goldsmith. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good.…