[BERNIER (Jean). Judgement and observations on the life and Greek, Latin, Tuscan and French works of François Rabelais D.M., or the true reformed Rabelais. In Paris, by L. d'Houry, 1699. In-12, [23] f., 503 p., [14] f. (additions, errata, privil.), pl., contemporary tan calf, 5-nerved spine, gilt title, ornamented caissons, gilt roulette on the edges, gilt arms on the boards, red edges (defects including 2 worn corners, uncovered head-cap, worm-transfer with lac. at the tail of the spine; negligible worm-transfer in the margin at the end of the volume).
The first edition appeared in 1697, we do not know if it contained the "Key" which is in this one, bound after the preface (not reported by Drujon, Les livres à clef).
Illustrated with a copper-engraved folding map of the Chinonois.
Provenance: Unidentified souls on the boards.
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