Author: Francis Rabelais, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux:
Title: Master Francis Rabelais: Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel [volume 1].
Description: London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. First edition thus (hardback), volume 1 only. 4to (30cm by 22cm), xlvi, 341pp. 10 plates by Louis Chalon. Original white cloth, gilt titling to the spine, gilt morif to the front board. Binding rubbed and dusty, bookplate to the front pastedown, chafing to the foot of the spine, many pages unopened; overall, this book is in good condition. The is the large-paper edition printed on japon, limited to 210 sets (this book is number 92). Please note that this is volume 1 only.

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