Rabelais, François (c. 1494-1553)
Works in English, Three late-17th Century Octavo Volumes, 1664-1694.
Including:
1) The Works of the Famous Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick, Treating of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Garngantua and his Son Pantagruel. To Which is Newly Added the Life of the Author, London: Printed for R.B. [?Bishop] to be sold by John Starkey, 1664, octavo, a re-issue of the 1653 edition (Wing R-105 & R-108) with a new general title page and biography of Rabelais, both earlier title pages still in place; translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660); bound in full contemporary speckled sheep, rebacked, with contemporary marbled edges, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in., Wing R-103; ESTC R24488.
2) The Third Book of the Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, London: Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1693, 12mo, signature k approximately 1/8 in. shorter than the other pages in the book, most likely supplied from another copy, translated by Urquhart; bound in contemporary full English calf boards, rebacked, 6 1/8 x 3 1/2 in., Wing R-110; ESTC R26911; Pforzheimer 815.
3) Pantagruel's Voyage to the Oracle of the Bottle. Being the Fourth and Fifth Books of the Works of Rabelais, London: Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694, 12mo, translated into English by Peter Anthony Motteux, bound in contemporary speckled English calf, rebacked, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in., Wing R-107; Wing R-104A; Pforzheimer 816; ESTC R2564; all volumes ex libris Boies Penrose II, with bookplates, housed in individual chemises and united in a cloth-covered slipcase.
From the Ken Rapoport Collection.
