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RABELAIS (François) Oeuvres.

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RABELAIS (François) Oeuvres.
Avec des remarques historiques et critiques de M. Le Duchat.
À Amsterdam, chez Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1741. 3 vol. in-4, contemporary speckled fawn calf, 5-nerved spine, red and black titles and greeces, ornate caissons, gilt roulette at the edges, edges speckled, headpieces restored (some rubbing, moderate scattered russeting).
The finest 18th-century edition of Rabelais, illustrated with: a handsome allegorical frontispiece with a medallion portrait of the author in volume 2| an engraved title by Picard repeated in volumes 1 and 3| a portrait of the author by Tanjé, 12 figures by Du Bourg, 3 views of La Devinière, and a folding map, an engraved figure of La Bouteille, 12 vignettes and 12 culs-de-lampe.

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John H. Torriano (armorial bookplate engraved 19th c.)