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The Whole Works Of Rabelais, M.D. In Two Volumes, Or, The Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings Of Gargantua & Pantagruel.; Done out of French by Sir Thomas Urchard, Knight, Mr. Motteaux, and Others
by RABELAIS, FRANCOIS
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- Hardcover
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1708. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper as issued. 8vo. - 2 Volume Set - Rebound at some point in half leather over marbled boards w/ morocco title labels to spine - Leather if heavilt rubbed, particularly to spines and Vol II has a 1" section of leather coming away from the haed - New plain endpapers - Edges of text block are toned - Internally there is some toning and foxing plus some light pencil annotations throughout - Vol I has a previous owner's name in ink to blank pre-lim - Title page and frontispiece are toned - ow/ both volumes are clean and tight - 532+232 pages
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- The Whole Works Of Rabelais, M.D. In Two Volumes, Or, The Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings Of Gargantua & Pantagruel.; Done out of French by Sir Thomas Urchard, Knight, Mr. Motteaux, and Others
- Author
- RABELAIS, FRANCOIS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1708
- Size
- No dustwrapper as issued
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- New
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- Dustwrapper
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- Rebound
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- Morocco
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- Title Page
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- Tight
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- Text Block
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- Edges
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- Spine
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