The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
by Francois Rabelais
- Used
- Condition
- Book in very good condition, square and clean. Text and boards vibrant. No writing no soiling./No dj as issued
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel is one volume which contains five books. It is to say the least, bizarre writing, interesting, but very different.
(Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel Study Guide)
Although the five books of Gargantua and Pantragruel are often presented chronologically, François Rabelais actually wrote the second book first, which is the story of Pantagruel. Research by Donald M. Frame indicates that Rabelais wrote his story about Pantagruel in the early 1530s after an anonymous writer wrote and published a successful story about a giant by the name of Gargantua. Other...
Franklin Library Edition 1982. Illustrator Frank C. Pape. Book in very good condition, square and clean. Text and boards vibrant. No writing no soiling. Two small area, fading of the gold gilt at front cover. High quality paper - pages that are sewn not glued into the binding - gold gilded page edges on all three sides- raised spine bands that give each book that distinctive antique look. A bautiful copy.
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- Seller
- YJS BOXES OF BOOKS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- biblio 664
- Title
- The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
- Author
- Francois Rabelais
- Illustrator
- Frank C. Pape
- Book Condition
- Used - Book in very good condition, square and clean. Text and boards vibrant. No writing no soiling.
- Jacket Condition
- No dj as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Franklin Library Edition 1982. Illustrator Frank C. Pape.
- Publisher
- Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania (
- Date Published
- (1982)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; FICTION / Literary; Christmas Catalog; FRANKLIN LIBRARY COLLECTION;
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