François Rabelais / Dubout - Pantagruel - 1936

Exciting two-volume edition illustrated by Albert Dubout, which constitutes one of the great texts of French Renaissance literature and a founding work of the humanist tradition - First published in 1532, this novel tells the extraordinary adventures of Pantagruel, son of the giant Gargantua, whose prodigious strength, remarkable intelligence and singular encounters are used to explore the vices of society, the limits of knowledge, and the possibilities of emancipation of the human spirit - The tale begins with the hero's birth and childhood, presented in the Rabelaisian taste for exaggeration, implausible situations and burlesque bodily descriptions - François Rabelais / Dubout - Pantagruel - 1936 - 2 Volumes - Gibert Jeune - Second and Third Books - Le Quart et Cinquiesme Livre - 335, (8); 348, (10) Pages. Good condition of bindings, volumes in their full beige cardboard original binding, with publisher’s case, dirt and wear from use, a few minor defects on the covers, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with a color engraving, title and author’s name in red and black - Good interior condition, slightly browned paper, title pages printed in red and black and adorned with a fine color engraving, volumes enriched with charming Dubout color illustrations enhanced by stenciling both in-text and out-of-text, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasing copy - Delivery service available within a few days -

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