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several books are lined up in a row on a gray surfacean open book with a picture of a man in a hata person that is holding a book with a picture on itan open book with a drawing of a man in a hata person holding a book open on a tablean open book with a picture of a statue on the covera person holding an open book with a stamp on itan open book with a picture of a village on itseveral old books are stacked on top of each other on a table
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310 - JEANJEAN (Marcel) & RABELAIS (François).
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Estimate €50 - €80
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Description
JEANJEAN (Marcel) & RABELAIS (François). Rabelais: His Life and Work, edited in Old Modern French by Paul Mortier, with illustrations by Marcel Jeanjean. Paris, Union latine d’éditions, 1933. 5 vols. large 8vo, brown half-basane with corner pieces, spine with four raised bands decorated with polychrome mosaic figures, gilt title, in a standard slipcase (reinforced inside). Illustrations by M. Jeanjean in colour as separate plates and in bistre in the margins. Print run of 5,065 copies; no. 716 of 1,000 on Lafuma pure-thread paper. Spine slightly sun-faded, otherwise a fine copy.
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About the sale Bibliophilia (sale without a live event)
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
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