Hardcover (Vellum)
1596 · Lyon
by Rabelais François
Lyon: Pierre Estiart, 1596. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Very Good Condition. Full early calf, old Harvard College duplicate bookplate. Hinges a bit tender,text block split in the middle though still all intact, a bit of loss of leather at head and tail of spine. Moderate scattered foxing and browning, tear to l8 with loss to bottom corner including text; generally very clean internally. With the bottle plate and the Prognostication Pantagrueline. One of the central works of world literature and possibly the final word on sausages. 800, (30), blank, 193, (5)pp.
Almost without exception an exact reproduction of the first four books of the 1556 edition (the only change noted in Pierre Paul Plan's bibliography is an added anti-Calvinist line in the third book). According to Plan it is the only edition that reproduces the brief declaration in the 4th book. Plan (Bibliographie rabelaisienne) 115, Brunet, IV, 1058 Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 047084. (Inventory #: 047084)
Almost without exception an exact reproduction of the first four books of the 1556 edition (the only change noted in Pierre Paul Plan's bibliography is an added anti-Calvinist line in the third book). According to Plan it is the only edition that reproduces the brief declaration in the 4th book. Plan (Bibliographie rabelaisienne) 115, Brunet, IV, 1058 Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Cooking, Wine & Dining. Inventory No: 047084. (Inventory #: 047084)