Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?
Title:
The works of Rabelais : faithfully translated from the French ; with variorum, notes and frontispiece.
Alternate Title(s):
Gargantua et Pantagruel. English
Published / Created:
London : Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, [1873?]
Physical Description:
xxi, [1], 640 p., [49] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PQ1685.E5 U7 1873
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David and Judith Ross

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Contains the five books of Gargantua and Pantagruel.

With an added letterpress title page with an engraved vignette: The works of Rabelais faithfully translated from the French with variorum notes and numerous illustrations by Gustave Doré.

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth. Boookplate: James Law.
Subject Terms:
Chattos & Windos -- Publisher (bacrb) | Ross, David and Judith -- Provenance | Law, James -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- [1873?]
Contributors:
Doré, Gustave, 1832–1883, ill.