signed Hardcover
1936 · New York
by RABELAIS, Francois
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Fine in a Good slipcase with the bottom edge partly detached. W. A. Dwiggins. Five octavo (5-1/2" x 8") volumes in a green basket-weave cloth. A new translation by Jacques le Clercq, thought by many to be the finest, most literal, and most complete translation. Copy #444 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen in two colors, and designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who has SIGNED the set on the colophon page. (Inventory #: 021617)