RABELAIS, François

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RABELAIS, François
WORKS. Variorum edition increased with unpublished pieces, Songes drôlatiques by Pantagruel, remarks by Le Duchat, Bernier, Le Motteux, de l'abbé de Marsy, Voltaire, de Guinguené. Paris, Dalibon, 1823. 9 volumes in-8, glazed Havana calf, plates decorated with gold and cold fillets framing a cold diamond plate, smooth spines decorated with fillets. Title and tomaison pieces in black morocco. Very sought-after edition, printed by Jules Didot, decorated with 2 portraits of Rabelais, 10 out-of-text figures after Devéria, engraved on steel, and a folding map of the Chinon country. Volume IX contains a reproduction of the 120 figures from Pantagruel's Songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel by François Desprez, published by Richard Breton in 1563, here woodcut by Thompson. The ninth volume contains the famous 16th century suite of 120 grotesque figures from François Desprez's Songes drôlatiques de Pantagruel, published by Richard Breton in 1563, here woodcut by Thompson. Beautiful typography by Didot. Nice copy in full binding
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