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. Together with the Patagrueline Prognostication, the Oracle of the Divine Bacbuc, and response of the bottle

A complete set of the works of French satirist Francis Rabelais, with an array of unique illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. A smart set of the works from notable French Renaissance writer, Francois Rabelais. Complete in two volumes.In the publisher's original uniform cream cloth binding with gilt detailing.Illustrated profusely throughout both volumes with captivating drawings by W. Heath Robinson. With a frontispiece and fifty-five full page illustrations to volume one and a frontispiece forty-three full page illustrations to volume two.Collated complete.Francis Rabelais' works are notable for their bawdy, satirical nature, with a style so distinct that the Oxford English Dictionary uses his name as the adjective "Rabelaisian" to describe writings as "marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism".This two volume set contains his works, including the Gargantua-Pantagruel series of four books. Originally published from 1532 to 1535 and framed as chivalric romances, they satirise traditional heroic works and humanist ideals. In the original white cloth bindings. Externally, with handling marks to the boards and liquid marks to Vol I. Spines are sunned. Light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers and the odd spotting, heaviest to the first and last few leaves. Good.…