L. Moland / Illustré par G. Doré - Oeuvres de Rabelais - 1873

Works of Rabelais - Collated text from the original editions with a Life of the Author, biographical documents, key to the allegories, Notes and a Glossary by Louis Moland -
Frontispiece (portrait of Rabelais) 60 full-page compositions, 658 illustrations in the text entirely unpublished except for 98 vignettes taken from the Bry edition and 7 others from the "Contes Drolatiques", 250 chapter headings and about 240 tailpieces - Rare work in Original Edition -
Complet 2 Tomes - Paris, Garnier Frères, Librarians-Publishers 1873 - Original edition and first printing of the illustrations by Gustave Doré -
Half-brown morocco binding with corners, spine with raised bands forming compartments with title, volumes and ornamented with gold tooling, marbled boards, jaspered fly-leaves and endpapers, XLVII + 584 and 632 pages, in-folio format (26 x 32 cm) -
Volume One:
Book One: The Very Horrific Life of the Great Gargantua, father of Pantagruel once composed by M. Alcofribas, abstracter of quintessence (Book full of pantagruelism) -
Book Two: Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, restored to his natural state, with his deeds and espoventable feats: composed by the late M. Alcofribas, abstracter of quintessence -
The Third Book: The Third Book of the heroic deeds and sayings of the good Pantagruel, composed by M. François Rabelais, doctor in medicine and caloyer of the Isles Heires -
Volume Two:
The Fourth Book: The Fourth Book of the heroic deeds and sayings of the noble Pantagruel, composed by M. François Rabelais, doctor of medicine -
The Fifth and Last Book: The Fifth and Last Book of the heroic deeds and sayings of the good Pantagruel, composed by M. François Rabelais, doctor of medicine -
Very fine copies in very good condition, however the hinges of the spines are rubbed and very slight wear appears on the corners. The interiors are fresh with very rarely some foxing -