Author: RABELAIS, Francois
Title: Gargantua & Pantagruel. The Five Books
Description: New York, Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Five octavo (5-1/2" x 8") volumes in a green basket-weave cloth. A new translation by Jacques le Clercq, thought by many to be the finest, most literal, and most complete translation. Copy #323 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen in two colors, and designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who has SIGNED the set on the colophon page. Ill.: W. A. Dwiggins. Browning to the gutters, often found with this title, with light foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase .

Keywords: Signed, 16th Century Literature, Limited Editions Club, French Literature, Rabelais, W. A. Dwiggins, Illustrated Books, Fine Press W. A. Dwiggins Signed Illustrated Books D. A. Dwiggins Limited Editions Club


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