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The complete works of Doctor François Rabelais, abstractor of the quintessence : being an account of the inestimable life of the great Gargantua, and of the heroic deeds, sayings and marvellous voyages of his son the good Pantagruel: the whole faithfully rendered into English / by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others, a new introduction by J. Lewis May, and many illustrations by Frank C. Papé: two volumes
by Rabelais, François (approximately 1490-1553?). Urquhart, Thomas (1611-1660). Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718). Le Duchat, Jacob (1658-1735). Ozell, John (-1743). May, James Lewis (1873-1961). Papé, Frank Cheyne (1878-1972) [Illus.]
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London New York : J. Lane The Bodley Head ; Boni and Liveright, 1933. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good set in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 vols. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes; First published in 1927 in a limited edition. Contents; Vol. 1. Books 1 - 2; Book 3, chapters 1-13 -- v. 2. Book 3, chapters 14-52; Books 4 - 5. Subjects; Rabelais, François (approximately 1490-1553?). Collected Works. Genres; Fiction. Illustrated.
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- The complete works of Doctor François Rabelais, abstractor of the quintessence : being an account of the inestimable life of the great Gargantua, and of the heroic deeds, sayings and marvellous voyages of his son the good Pantagruel: the whole faithfully rendered into English / by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others, a new introduction by J. Lewis May, and many illustrations by Frank C. Papé: two volumes
- Author
- Rabelais, François (approximately 1490-1553?). Urquhart, Thomas (1611-1660). Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718). Le Duchat, Jacob (1658-1735). Ozell, John (-1743). May, James Lewis (1873-1961). Papé, Frank Cheyne (1878-1972) [Illus.]
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- Hardcover
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- Second Edition
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- London New York : J. Lane The Bodley Head ; Boni and Liveright
- Date Published
- 1933
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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