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The complete works of Doctor François Rabelais, abstractor of the quintessence : being an account of the inestimable life of the great Gargantua, and of the heroic deeds, sayings and marvellous voyages of his son the good Pantagruel / the whole faithfully rendered into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others. A new introduction by J. Lewis May, and many illustrations by Frank C. Papé.
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Van Pelt Library PQ1685.E5 U7 1927 v.1-v.2 v.1 v.2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?
- Standardized Title:
- Works. English. 1927
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?.
- Fantasy fiction, French--Translations into English.
- Fantasy fiction, French.
- Gargantua (Legendary character)--Fiction.
- Gargantua (Legendary character).
- Giants (Folklore)--Fiction.
- Giants (Folklore).
- Giants.
- Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?--Translations into English.
- Rabelais, François.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Gargantua
- Pantagruel
- Works of Rabelais
- Works of François Rabelais
- Place of Publication:
- London : J. Lane ; New York : Boni and Liveright, [1927]
- Summary:
- "Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of Rabelais' time.
- Notes:
- "This edition ... is limited to four thousand three hundred numbered sets, of which two thousand three hundred are for sale in England and two thousand for sale in America"--V. 1, p. [ii].
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is unnumbered.
- OCLC:
- 871502
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