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Rabelais, François (c. 1494-1553) Les Epistres.
Paris: Charles de Sercy, 1651.
First edition, octavo, with engraved portrait frontispiece bound before the typographical title page; final blank (X4) present & genuine; bound in full contemporary parchment, nicely preserved, some toning to contents, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
With observations by Louis Scévole, and a biographical introduction attributed to Pierre Dupuy, these three lengthy letters written from Rome in 1536 contain important details of Rabelais at a critical time in his career.
