François Rabelais - Fédor Dostoïevski - Stendhal - Molière - Flaubert. - 6 Lot d'œuvres illustrées. - 1929-1957

6 Lots of Illustrated Works.
1] François Rabelais – Complete Works.
5 volumes – Imprimerie nationale, Paris – Beige bookbinding with reinforced canvas illustrated – National Collection of Great Authors. 1957.
A fine bibliophilic set gathering the complete works of François Rabelais (c. 1494-1553) in five volumes, published by the Imprimerie nationale in Paris.
This careful edition pays homage to one of the greatest writers of the French Renaissance, master of satire, humanism, and universal literature.
The five volumes include:
Volume I: Pantagruel
Volume II: Gargantua
Volume III: Le Tiers Livre
Volume IV: Le Quart Livre
Volume V: Le Cinquième Livre
Elegant uniform beige canvas bindings, with a decorative black figurative composition on the front boards, framed by a rope and knot motif.
Spine bearing the name François Rabelais, the inscription “Œuvres complètes,” roman numerals for the volume, and the indication “Imprimerie nationale.”
Beautiful interior typographic layout, with title pages adorned by a red monogram, line drawings, and reproductions of antique text presentations.
The set testifies to the editorial and typographic care lavished on this collection dedicated to the great French authors.
Characteristics:
Author: François Rabelais
Title: Œuvres complètes
Publisher: Imprimerie nationale, Paris
Collection: Collection Nationale des Grands Auteurs
Number of volumes: 5
Pagination: about 350 pages per volume
Dimensions: 22 cm × 16 cm
Bindings: beige canvas, printed decoration
Language: French
A handsome, homogeneous set with well-matched bindings. Some light signs of use and handling visible. Interiors clean and typography well preserved on the photographed pages.
A decorative and literary set particularly appealing, aimed at lovers of classical literature, of Rabelais, and of fine French editions.

2] Fédor Dostoïevski – The Gambler – Grau Sala Color Engraved Illustrations in wood. Limited numbered edition 786/1875 – Fernand Hazan 1 Volume.
Author: Fédor Dostoïevski (1821–1881)
Title: The Gambler
Translation: Sylvie Luneau
Illustrator: Grau Sala
Wood engraving: A. Marliat
Publisher: Fernand Hazan, Paris
Year: 1947
Printing: Imprimerie Damien, Paris, completed December 1947
Paper: Johannot vellum
Print run: Limited and numbered edition
Copy: No. 786
Pagination: 240 pages
Format: 26 cm × 18 cm
Box: Absent

3-4] Stendhal – The Romances: Armance (1929) & Italian Chronicles
2 volumes illustrated with wood engravings Editions du Trianon.
Publisher: Éditions du Trianon, Paris.
Collection: L’Œuvre romanesque de Stendhal.
Set: 2 volumes in matching but non-series (numbers II and VII).
Illustrators: Pierre Gandon and G. Tcherkessof.
Illustrations: black wood-engraved compositions.
Presentation: paperback volumes with illustrated covers.
Good general condition

5] Molière – The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, The Miser, The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Learned Ladies – Georges RIPART Illustrations – Maurice Glomeau – 1925 Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)
Year: 1925
Publisher: Maurice Glomeau, Paris
Illustrator: Georges Ripart
Number of volumes: 1
Pagination: 300 pages
Dimensions: 19 cm × 14 cm
Language: French
Illustrations: compositions by Georges Ripart

6] Gustave Flaubert – Three Short Stories – 1936 Illustrated edition by Édouard CHAHINE, Lobel-Riche and Édouard CHIMOT.
6 color plates – Copy number 195 – Baldi Collection
Author: Gustave Flaubert
Title: Three Short Stories
Publisher: Rombaldi, Paris
Year: 1936
Collection: Baldi “Les Contemporains”
Format: 20 cm × 15 cm
Pagination: 200 pages
Number of volumes: 1
Illustrations: 6 color plates reproduced in heliogravure
Paper: vélin de Voiron
Number: 195

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