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

A handsome two-volume set of limited editions of Rabelais" comic Renaissance masterpiece, pairing the UrquhartMotteux translation with Louis Chalon"s illustrations. In the publisher's original green moire binding.A limited edition, being number six hundred and eighty two of one thousand copies printed for England and America.Complete in two volumes.Volume I is illustrated by Louis Chalon with nine plates, including a frontispiece, while Volume II is illustrated with six plates. Collated, complete.A late-Victorian edition of Rabelais" comic epic Gargantua and Pantagruel, presenting the classic UrquhartMotteux translation alongside Chalon"s richly imaginative illustrations.François Rabelais (c.1494-1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, and humanist, celebrated for his inventive language and sharp social satire. His Gargantua cycle remains a landmark of European literature, influencing generations of writers from Sterne to Joyce. In the publisher's original moire binding.Externally, very smart. The odd minor handling mark to boards. Slight fading to extremities and spines. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in slight loss to moire. Slight discolouration to extremities. Offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves and fore edge. The odd leaf uncut. Very Good.…