RABELAIS, François. OEuvres de maître François Rabelais. Ams - Lot 181

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RABELAIS, François. OEuvres de maître François Rabelais. Ams - Lot 181
RABELAIS, François. OEuvres de maître François Rabelais. Amsterdam, Henri Bordesius, 1711. 6 volumes in 5 volumes small in-12. Titles in red and black. Slightly later speckled fawn calf, spine decorated in the fanfare style with alternating stippled motifs and gilt roulettes, red and black morocco title page, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt fillet on edges and gilt roulette on covers, red edges (skilful and discreet restorations including a head cap, some foxing, in volume 3 slight paper loss in upper margin with small damage to text on pages 201-208, discreet stains and scratches). First critical and annotated edition of Rabelais. Drawn up by philologists Jacques Le Duchat and Bernard de La Monnoye, whose remarks were to become a milestone. A good, beautifully bound copy. With a smiling Silenus face in gilt fleuron repeated on the spines. Only 3 records in the CCFr (BnF and Nice). Illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of Rabelais, three folding plates showing La Devinière (Rabelais' house), a folding map of Chinonais and a vignette bearing the arms of the dedicatee, Raby Wentworth, peer of England. The portrait and frontispiece are engraved by W. de Broen. It contains the Key at the end of the last volume. Plan, 133. Cohen, 839.
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