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Rabelais, François (c. 1494-1553) Les Oevvres.
Lyon: Jean Martin, 1584.
Two 16mo volumes, the first edition to include the Deux Epistres à Deux Vieilles de Differentes Moeurs by Habert, presented as written by Rabelais; bound in uniform 17th century full French calf bindings with gilt-tooled spines (neatly rebacked, preserved original spines and labels), ex libris Sir James Stuart (1780-1853), chief justice of Canada, with signature on title and bookplate; ex libris Hugh Tempest Sheringham, with bookplate; paper flaw to EEE1 with slight loss of text, woodcut of the bottle on page 199 of book five, 4 3/4 x 3 in. (2)
