ALL THE EXTANT WORKS OF FRANCOIS RABELAIS. An American Translation With a Critical Text, Variant Readings, Variorum Notes & Drawings Attributed to Rabelais. In Three Volumes. by (Rabelais, Francois) Putnam, Samuel

New York:: Covici Friede,, 1929.. No. 463 of 1300 copies.. publisher's buckram-backed boards with printed paper labels on spines. . Spines sunned; spine labels rubbed and chipped and virtually illegible; boards sunned and rubbed, especially at corners.. Folio,. With illustrations by Jean de Bosschere.

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1929. Minor chipping to board edges, otherwise the set is in very good condition, text and plates are clean and crisp.. Edition: Limited Edition (713 of 1300)., Binding: Contemporary ¼ blue cloth with paper boards, blind-tooled leather label on spine, top edge gilt, fore- and tail- edges rough-trimmed. , Notes: English Translation.Rabelais was one of the most important writers of Renaissance France, publishing his “Lives” of Gargantua and Pantagruel between the years 1532-1552 (?). He was a champion of humanism and, having left the monkhood in his early years, studied to become a doctor—both domains featuring heavily in his works. They are satirical in nature and, although Rabelais remained a Catholic, in them he attacks the orthodoxy of the Church as well as the strict classicism of contemporary scholarship. He favoured a moderated blend of spirituality, scholarship and the physical sciences, a blend which did not privilege any of those domains over… Read More

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Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE (3) VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii, 1273 pp. , 139 illus. (16 in color) , 1 map, appendices, small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE (3) VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii, 1273 pp. , 139 illus. (16 in color) , 1 map, appendices, small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- .