Gargantua and Pantagruel
by Rabelais, Francois
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Modern Library, 1928. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Brown leatherette with gilt titling. Spine appears to have been glued by previous owner. Shelf and handling wear; rubbing to edges and joint. PO name plate on pastedown. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Written in the 16th century as a pentalogy of novels; French: La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel. Compared with the works of Shakespeare and James Joyce; tells of the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Synopsis
A masterly new translation of Rabelaiss robust scatalogical comedy Parodying everyone from classic authors to his own contemporaries, the dazzling and exuberant stories of Rabelais expose human follies with mischievous and often obscene humor. Gargantua depicts a young giant who becomes a cultured Christian knight. Pantagruel portrays Gargantuas bookish son who becomes a Renaissance Socrates, divinely guided by wisdom and by his idiotic, self-loving companion, Panurge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Denali Bay LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000348
- Title
- Gargantua and Pantagruel
- Author
- Rabelais, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Modern Library Edition
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1928
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.