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Rabelais, François (c. 1494-1553) Oevvres de Maistre François Rabelais.
Lyon: Pierre Estiard, 1571.
Third collected edition of the full five books, first edition printed by Estiard in Lyon, small octavo, title page printed within woodcut border, medallion woodcut portrait of the author on the verso of the title; divisional titles with the same border, and repeats of the portrait, full-page woodcut of "la bouteille" found on page 141 of the fifth book; ex libris Charles Marie Raymond d'Arenberg (1721-1778), with his arms tooled in gilt on both boards, bound in attractive mottled parchment over boards; armorial bookplate pasted inside front board; one leaf lightly inked, rendering some text hard to read, with missing words neatly added by hand, some early ink underlining in text, 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.
