First one volume edition with Heath Robinson's illustrations. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in pictorial dustwrapper. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, strengthened with tape to the head of the spine and top corners. Illustrated in line throughout by William Heath Robinson. The works of Rabelais illustrated by William Heath Robinson were commissioned by Grant Richards and first published as two large quarto volumes in 1904. Heath Robinson "chose a grotesque style which emphasized the earthiness of the epic while overlooking the bawdy".

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THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS Doctor in physick. Containing five books of the lives, heroick deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel

Publisher

The Navarre Society

Publication Date

1931

Binding

Hardcover

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Dust Jacket Included

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Jonkers Rare Books specialise in fine and rare books with an emphasis on 19th and 20th century literature. Our stock includes many signed or association copies, beautifully illustrated versions of classic tales and important books in many fields. Based in Henley on Thames we also stock books related to the River Thames and the sport of rowing.

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Jonkers Limited
27 Hart Street, Henley on Thames, RG9 2AR, United Kingdom

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Jonkers Rare Books

27 Hart Street
Henley on Thames
Oxon RG9 2AR
UK

Email: info@jonkers.co.uk
Tel: 01491 576427

Registered in Great Britain: Company 5060399; VAT No GB693205236

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