RABELAIS (François). Lot n° 5

Oeuvres. Augmented with the author's life and some remarks on his life and history. With explanations of all difficult words. Et la clef nouvellement augmentée. Unpublished, 1691, 2 vols. in-12, 946 p. in continuous pagination (+ table of chapters), full brown calf, richly ornamented spine with 4 nerves, burgundy title-pieces, speckled edges, marbled endpapers (bindings rubbed, 1 bit and 1 cap damaged, corners slightly dull, 1 small internal wetness, small marg. tear without missing on a few pages). Anonymous copy of the 1663 Elzevirian edition. The typographical ornamentation seems to indicate that it was printed in Brussels. A good copy.