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Gargantua And Pantagruel
by Rabelais, Francois
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+ (light rubbing to board edges & corners; spine edges rubbed. endpaper worn to upper section of back hinge/gutter; binding jo
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris, France: G. Cres et Cie, Editeurs, 1922. Hardcover. VG+ (light rubbing to board edges & corners; spine edges rubbed. endpaper worn to upper section of back hinge/gutter; binding joints and hinges all firm). brown leather boards w/ inlaid marbled brown paper; 5 raised bands w/ gilt printing to two compartments. brown & gold pastedowns & endpapers. top edge gilt. 812 pgs w/ bw illustrations. text in French. Bound by the renowned French bookbinder and publisher, Rene Kieffer (small, square plate to front endpaper). Page 35 has a line of dark tanning to lower edge, otherwise, pages appear clean and remain fairly bright. Unnumbered edition of 400. A handsome copy.
Synopsis
A masterly new translation of Rabelais’s robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantua’s bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 188275
- Title
- Gargantua And Pantagruel
- Author
- Rabelais, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+ (light rubbing to board edges & corners; spine edges rubbed. endpaper worn to upper section of back hinge/gutter; binding jo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. Cres et Cie, Editeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old, francois rabelais, rene kieffer ; Gargantua And Pantagruel ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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