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25 - [GOLD-EMBOSSED]. RABELAIS (Fr.).
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Estimate €150 - €200
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[GOLD-EMBOSSED]. RABELAIS (Fr.). WORKS. Text collated from the first editions, with a biography of the author, notes and a glossary by Louis Moland. Paris, Garnier frères, [late 19th century]. Two large quarto volumes in the publisher’s decorated red percaline binding; the front cover adorned with a gilt plate by Paul Souze; plain spine decorated with special metal tools; gilt title. Some defects to the binding (a tear at the upper joint of each volume, a small patch of leather missing at the top of one spine, snags with small losses at two headbands), a few very scattered, faint foxing spots, more pronounced on the first few folios of each volume, one loose quire. ILLUSTRATED EDITION featuring a frontispiece PORTRAIT, 59 PLATES (excluding title pages) and 614 chapter heads, end-piece illustrations and vignettes in the text by Gustave DORÉ. This edition reproduces the illustrations from the first printing, dating from 1873, an ‘incomparable series of magnificent drawings’ (Leblanc). A PLEASANT COPY, preserved in its attractive and decorative contemporary publisher’s binding. ¶ Leblanc, 292.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 11/18/2026 at 2:15 PM
Ref. : 3121 - 436
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