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1153 - Oeuvres [...], with historical and critical remarks by Mr.
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Estimate €800 - €1,000

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Oeuvres [...], with historical and critical remarks by Mr. Le Duchat. New edition, decorated with figures by B. Picart &c. Augmented by a number of new remarks by M. Le Duchat, and by those in the English edition of Rabelais's works,... 3 vols. in-4° : [8]-xxxvi-526, [4]-xxxiv-3/383 (i.e. 381), [14]-218-150-[35] pp. ; 21 h.-t. (scattered freckles, a few pp. and plates slightly browned). - First printing of the illustration comprising 21 plates including 3 fronts, the map of the "Chinonois", the residence of Rabelais and the "Dive Bouteille", by Picart, Tanjé, Folkema et al. ; bandeaux and culs-de-lampe. - Reference Cohen 840. - Tchemerzine-Scheler IX:319 ("much sought-after edition"). - Oberlé, Fastes, 353. - Prov. Oliver Brett (bookplate with arms). - Ex-libris mod.

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1153 - Oeuvres [...], with historical and critical remarks by Mr. See original version (French)

1153 - Oeuvres [...], with historical and critical remarks by Mr.
See original version (French)