The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais Doctor in Pysick. Containing Five Books of the Lives. Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Sonne Pantagruel. Together with the Pantagrueline Prognostication, the Oracle of the Divine Bacbuc, and response of the bottle. Hereunto are annexed the Navigations unto the Sounding Isle and the Isle of the Apedefts: as likewise the Philosophical cream with a Limosin Epistle all done by Mr. Francis Rabelais.

Francis Rabelais

Published by Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, London, 1921

About this Item

A collection of the works of Francis Rabelais. Illustrated throughout by W. Heath Robinson. François Rabelais c. 1494 9 April 1553) was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. Rabelais is considered one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing. Translated from the French into English. Complete in two volumes. In cream cloth bindings with gilt detailing. Externally, sound, though with some marks and discolouration to the spines. Internally, generally firmly bound although strained in places. Pages are bright and clean, with just some foxing to the first and last few pages as usual. Very Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais Doctor in Pysick. Containing Five Books of the Lives. Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Sonne Pantagruel. Together with the Pantagrueline Prognostication, the Oracle of the Divine Bacbuc, and response of the bottle. Hereunto are annexed the Navigations unto the Sounding Isle and the Isle of the Apedefts: as likewise the Philosophical cream with a Limosin Epistle all done by Mr. Francis Rabelais.
• Publisher: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society, London
• Publication Date: 1921
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: W. Heath Robinson
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book
• Seller catalogs:
  • World Literature