RABELAIS, François (1494?- 1553). Les oeuvres ... augmentées de la vie de l'auteur ... avec la clef. [No imprint]: 1669 [title dated 1659 in error]. 2 volumes, 12° (163 x 80mm). Title in red and black with sphere device, device repeated on title to vol. II, one full-page woodcut illustration, woodcut initials and ornaments. With half-title. (Occasional small spots and stains, A2 of vol. I with corner torn away, P1 with small burnhole causing minor loss, Kk7 with two burnmarks, quire Ff in vol. II a little browned, Pp3 with corner repair.) Red morocco by Chambolle-Duru, sides with triple fillet borders and central arabeque made up of small pointillé and curlicue tools, gilt spine compartments, turn-ins and edges, silk markers. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1930.

RABELAIS, François (1494?- 1553). Les oeuvres ... augmentées de la vie de l'auteur ... avec la clef. [No imprint]: 1669 [title dated 1659 in error]. 2 volumes, 12° (163 x 80mm). Title in red and black with sphere device, device repeated on title to vol. II, one full-page woodcut illustration, woodcut initials and ornaments. With half-title. (Occasional small spots and stains, A2 of vol. I with corner torn away, P1 with small burnhole causing minor loss, Kk7 with two burnmarks, quire Ff in vol. II a little browned, Pp3 with corner repair.) Red morocco by Chambolle-Duru, sides with triple fillet borders and central arabeque made up of small pointillé and curlicue tools, gilt spine compartments, turn-ins and edges, silk markers. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1930.

TALL COPY of this Elzevirian piracy, a copy of the edition of 1663, finely bound by Chambolle-Duru. Brunet IV, 1059: 'jolie édition, imprimée avec les caractères elseviriens, mais que nous croyons sortie d'un imprimeur de Bruxelles'; Tchemerzine IX, 318. (2)