LES OEUVRES DE...AUGMENTÉES DE LA VIE DE L'AUTEUR & DES QUELQUES REMARQUES SUR SA VIE & SUR L'HISTOIRE. AVEC L'EXPLICATION DE TOUS LE MOTS DIFFICILES

by Rabelais, [Francois]:

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Book Description

[Amsterdam: L. & D. Elzevier], 1663.. Two volumes. [24],488,[10] (with 215/16 repeated); [2],489-946,[8]pp. 12mo. 12.2 x 7 cm. Full brown morocco, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endsheets, a.e.g., by Gapé. Astrolabe device on each title. Bound without the two terminal blanks in volume one, trace of minor rubbing at extremities, old bookseller's description tipped to rear endsheet, faint old ink name on first title and some minor marginal spotting to a few leaves, otherwise very good or better. The first Elzevir edition of Rabelais's works, and the basis for the subsequent editions of 1666 and 1675. Tchemerzine attributes the life and notes to Pierre du Puy. While Brunet takes issue with the editing of portions of the text, he also declares: "Voilà sans nul doute une édition fort jolie...fort recherché et dont les beaux exemplaires sont rares." BRUNET IV:1058. TCHEMERZINE IX:317. WILLEMS 1316. RAHIR 1359.

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