THE WORKS OF FRANCIS RABELAIS, M.D. IN FIVE VOLUMES. Now Carefully Revised, and Compared throughout with the late new Edition of M. Le du Chat, By. Mr. Ozell

London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, et al., 1738. Hardcover. Rabelais (c.1483-1553) was known to his contemporaries as an eminent physician and humanist. Today, he is remembered as the French writer responsible for the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel, which was published between 1532 and 1564. His creative exuberance, colorful and wide-ranging vocabulary, and literary variety have gained him a lasting place in the history of the French Renaissance. 12mo, five volumes: [iii-cxxxiv], 135-384 pp. + vi, vi, 7-256 pp. + xx, 367, [3] pp. + viii, lxxxiv, 85-360 pp. + lviii, 59-304 pp. with 17 copper plates (15 called for), most folding. Additionally, a frontispiece portrait of Rabelais from a period French edition appears in the first volume. The period mottled calf boards have been rebacked in brown morocco with four raised bands and gilt-stamped titles. Occasional toning and marginal staining to the contents. The boards are edgeworn and showing a bit in places; else an attractive set. (Inventory #: 77801)