Five books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of GARGANTUA and his son PANTAGRUEL. Translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Anthony Motteux London: The Fraser Press, 1970.
Fraser Press edition, one of 1,560 numbered copies, this being copy number 67.
Quarto. [743], [1, blank] pp. Bound in full light brown levant morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Some soiling to spine, light soiling and a few small scuffs to rear board. Still, very good.
Francois Rabelais (1494-1553) was an important French Renaissance doctor and writer. He is primarily known for his satires, fantasies, and bawdy humor. Gargantua and Pantagruel, a satirical story about two giants, is filled with bawdy humor, vulgar insults, and amusing adventures.
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