Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 246

Price Realized: $ 7,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
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.

Plan 102; Rawles & Screech 66.

From the Ken Rapoport Collection.