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RABELAIS (FRANCOIS) La Plaisante, & Ioyeuse histoyre du grand Geant Gargantua, 1547; Oeuvres, 1605-08 (2)
29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
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La Plaisante, & Ioyeuse histoyre du grand Geant Gargantua. Prochainement reveue, & de beaucoup augmentée par l'Autheur mesme, first part only (of 4), collates a-p8 q4 (245, [3] pp. including final blank), woodcut illustration on title, and upwards of 50 woodcuts in text (some repeated), title repaired with old paper at fore-margin and centre resulting in slight loss to image and several words on verso, old stains to pp.25-28 and pp.55-60, headline to p.143 very slightly shaved, some toning, nineteenth century morocco gilt, g.e., rubbed [cf. Plan 85], 16mo, Valene, Claude La Ville, 1547; Les oeuvres, 5 parts in 1 vol., additional title to part 5 dated 1608, one woodcut illustration, wood-engraved initials and ornaments, without final 2 leaves (2V11-12), title soiled and re-margined at gutter, headline to pp.111-112 of final part cropped, final 6 leaves with very small paper repairs in upper margin affecting a few letters, nineteenth century morocco, gilt morocco spine label, red edges [cf. Plan 120], 12mo, Antwerp, Jean Fuet, 1605[-1608] (2)
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Provenance: First, Hestor Rosamond Parson, bookplate dated 1926; Second, Ickwell Bury Library (manor house in Northill, Bedfordshire), red stamp on front free endpaper.

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