Pantagruel's voyage to the oracle of the bottle : Being the fourth and fifth books of the works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. : with the Pantagruelian prognostication, and other pieces in verse and prose by that author : also his historical letters : Compleating all his works that are extant : Never before printed in English / Done out of French by Mr. Motteux ; With explanatory remarks on every chapter by the same hand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?

Contributor:

Motteux, Peter Anthony, 1660-1718, translator.

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?.

Standardized Title:

Gargantua et Pantagruel. 4.-5. Livre. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction, French.

Giants (Folklore)--Fiction.

Giants (Folklore).

Giants.

Local Subjects:

Fantasy fiction, French.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Physical Description:

2 volumes (6 unnumbered pages, xiii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, xii-cxxxix, clx-cxliv pages, 40 unnumbered pages, 272 ; pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 262; 34 pages, 14 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (woodcut) ; 16 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Most certain, true, and infallible Pantagruelian prognostication

Letters written by Francis Rabelais, M.D. during his stay in Italy, in the year 1536

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Richard Baldwin, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1694.

Notes:

A translation, by Peter Anthony Motteux, of books 4 and 5 of: Rabelais, Francois. Gargantua et Pantagruel.

The 4 pages between xiii and xii are numbered iii, v, vii, and ix.

"The fifth book of the works of Francis Rabelais, M.D." has separate dated title page, pagination, and register. It is identified in Wing as R104A.

"The most certain, true, and infallible Pantagruelian prognostication" (divisional title page; ²K11r) has continuous pagination and register; "Letters written by Francis Rabelais, M.D. during his stay in Italy, in the year 1536" (caption title; ³A1r) has separate pagination and register.

With 7 final contents leaves.

"These two books were apparently issued together"--Pforzheim er catalogue.

Variant: "In some copies the last line of the imprint repeats the 'Ox' of 'Oxford'"--cf. Pforzheimer catalogue.

Book 4 appears on Early English books, 1641-1700 reel 224; Book 5, the prognostication and the letters appear on Early English books, 1641-1700 reel 799.

Signatures: A¹² b-f¹² a¹² B-N¹²; ²A-L¹² ²M⁶ ³A-B¹².

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Rare copy is not the variant.

Cited in:

ESTC R2564

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), R107

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), R104A

Pforzheimer, 816

Related Work:

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?. Pantagruéline prognostication. English

Contains:

Fifth book of the works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. containing the heroic deeds and sayings of the good Pantagruel.

Pantagruelian prognostication ; Rabelais letters, and several other pieces by author

OCLC:

80852697