All the Extant Works An American Translation w/a critical Text, Variant Readings, Variorum Notes & Drawings Attributed to Rabelais by Samuel Putnam volume three only, of 3 by Rabelais, Francois / Jean De Boschere (illusts.)

New York:: Covici Friede,, 1929.. No. 463 of 1300 copies.. publisher's buckram-backed boards with printed paper labels on spines. . Spines sunned; spine labels rubbed and chipped and virtually illegible; boards sunned and rubbed, especially at corners.. Folio,. With illustrations by Jean de Bosschere.

E-204: Covici, Friede Publishers. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. Hardcover. Small Folio. Covici-Friede, New York, 1929. 3 Volumes, Volume I xxxviii, 515 pgs; Illustrated with color frontis, 8 color plates, a map, and 7 black and white plates; Volume II 519-865 pgs, Illustrated with with a color frontis, 6 color and 2 black and white plates. Volume III 871-1273 pgs. With a frontis portrait and 120 black and white plates. Limited edition of 1300, this being No. 128. Bound in tan paper-covered boards, green cloth spine, leather spine label, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, title page in red and black, color and black and white plates. Spines sunned, tips and board edges worn and lightly rubbed. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The irrepressibly racy and merrily blasphemous humor of Rabelais is here presented in irrepressibly racy and merrily blasphemous American English by the distinguished scholar Samuel Putnam, who would… Read More

NY: Covici Friede. Good+. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. boards worn, spine faded, ; Folio, 3 volumes. **One of 1300 sets. "...& drawings attributed to Rabelais. " Illustrated by Jean de Bosschere. .

New York: Covici Friede, 1929. Number 874 of 1300 numbered copies. Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. 3 vols. 4to. Quarter blue green woven cloth and boards, t.e.g. Spine faded, boards slightly browned. Very good. Number 874 of 1300 numbered copies. Illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. 3 vols. 4to.

New York:: Covici Friede Pub., 1929. 1/1300 copies . Folio, Gray/brown paper boards with green linen spines lettered in gilt. 1274 pp total in all three volumes. Illustrated beautifillu through in color and B&W. Spines slighlty faded otherwise a beautiful set in near fine condition.. Limited Edition. Near Fine. Illus. by Jean de Bosschere. Folio. 3 Volumes.

New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1929. Minor chipping to board edges, otherwise the set is in very good condition, text and plates are clean and crisp.. Edition: Limited Edition (713 of 1300)., Binding: Contemporary ¼ blue cloth with paper boards, blind-tooled leather label on spine, top edge gilt, fore- and tail- edges rough-trimmed. , Notes: English Translation.Rabelais was one of the most important writers of Renaissance France, publishing his “Lives” of Gargantua and Pantagruel between the years 1532-1552 (?). He was a champion of humanism and, having left the monkhood in his early years, studied to become a doctor—both domains featuring heavily in his works. They are satirical in nature and, although Rabelais remained a Catholic, in them he attacks the orthodoxy of the Church as well as the strict classicism of contemporary scholarship. He favoured a moderated blend of spirituality, scholarship and the physical sciences, a blend which did not privilege any of those domains over… Read More

Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE (3) VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii, 1273 pp. , 139 illus. (16 in color) , 1 map, appendices, small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE (3) VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii, 1273 pp. , 139 illus. (16 in color) , 1 map, appendices, small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE (3) VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii, 1273 pp. , 139 illus. (16 in color) , 1 map, appendices, small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- .

Covici-Friede. As New. 1929. Hardcover. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - THREE (3) VOLUME SET; LIMITED EDITION. Xxxviii, 1273 pp. , 139 illus. (16 in color) , 1 map, appendices, small folio. -- with a bonus offer-- .