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...

London & Philadelphia: Alexander Moring The De la More Press / J. B. Lippincott Company, 1920. Two volumes. xvi,474,[2]; xvi,462,[2]pp. Large octavo. Gilt navy blue cloth, t.e.g., others rough-trimmed. Frontis. Black & white line drawings and decorations. Some foxing to prelims and endleaves, slight bowing of boards, one corner bumped, otherwise a very good, moderately bright set. Very small bookseller's label on front free endpaper. A modest redaction of the Navarre Society octavo printing of 1921. This translation of Rabelais' works from the French by T. Urquhart and P.A. Motteux was first illustrated by W. Heath Robinson in 1904 for Grant Richards, and published in quarto format. (Inventory #: WRCLIT54284)