Pantagruel. Les Horribles et Espouvantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, Fils du Grand Géant Gargantua.
by DERAIN, André - RABELAIS François
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- near fine
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Albert Skira, 1943. First Edition. Leather bound. near fine. Folio Powerfully bound in full white morocco, with a large embossed P on the top board. Binding not signed, but very high quality work with five raised bands, gilt accents, leather inner hinges, beautiful watercolor endpapers. Binding with a couple of small scratches and ordinary wear to the white leather, no bumps. Contents completely fine, original wrappers bound in, free of foxing. Top edge gilt, others deckled. 179 color woodcuts, including numerous initials, printed by Roger Lacourière. This is rare example of multi-color printing from single blocks. Printed on thick Arches paper and signed by Derain in the colophon page. A Century for the Century 45, The Artist and the Book 81, From Manet to Hockney 111, Skira 91. A beautiful book.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Sky Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4218
- Title
- Pantagruel. Les Horribles et Espouvantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, Fils du Grand Géant Gargantua.
- Author
- DERAIN, André - RABELAIS François
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Albert Skira
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1943
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Wrappers
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