Lot 195
Rabelais (François) The Works...To which is newly added the Life of the Author, 2 parts in 1, translated by Thomas Urquhart, Printed for R. B. and are to be sold by John Starkey, 1664; and 2 others Rabelais (3)
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500
Description
Rabelais (François) The Works...Treating of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel. To which is newly added the Life of the Author, 2 parts in 1, translated by Thomas Urquhart, title with short repaired tear (not affecting text) and very small abrasion mark affecting single letter, G4 small paper-flaw affecting signature, part 2 D4 tear within text but no loss, one or two neat marginal repairs, occasional spotting, some light browning near start, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, corners repaired, covers rubbed, [Wing R103; cf. Pforzheimer 814], Printed for R. B. and are to be sold by John Starkey, 1664; and 2 others Rabelais, The Third Book of the Works (1693) and Pantagruel's Voyage to the Oracle of the Bottle. Being the Fourth and Fifth Books of the Works (1694), 8vo (3)
⁂ The first a reissue of the 1653 first English edition of books one and two with a new general title and life of the author.
Provenance of the three volumes: Boies Penrose II (armorial bookplate); Ken Rapoport (bookplate)
Description
Rabelais (François) The Works...Treating of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel. To which is newly added the Life of the Author, 2 parts in 1, translated by Thomas Urquhart, title with short repaired tear (not affecting text) and very small abrasion mark affecting single letter, G4 small paper-flaw affecting signature, part 2 D4 tear within text but no loss, one or two neat marginal repairs, occasional spotting, some light browning near start, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, corners repaired, covers rubbed, [Wing R103; cf. Pforzheimer 814], Printed for R. B. and are to be sold by John Starkey, 1664; and 2 others Rabelais, The Third Book of the Works (1693) and Pantagruel's Voyage to the Oracle of the Bottle. Being the Fourth and Fifth Books of the Works (1694), 8vo (3)
⁂ The first a reissue of the 1653 first English edition of books one and two with a new general title and life of the author.
Provenance of the three volumes: Boies Penrose II (armorial bookplate); Ken Rapoport (bookplate)
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