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Rabelais, Francis : The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais: Doctor in Physick. Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Sonne Pantagruel (Two Volumes)

Navarre Society Limited, London, 1921

Original publisher's white clothing binding. Two volumes, complete. Each volume measures 6 1/2" x 9 1/8." 474 pages, complete (Volume One). 462 pages, complete (Volume Two). Black and white plates and illustrations in both volumes, complete. Both volumes have a gilt fleur-de-lis and gilt decorative border on the front cover. The spines also have gilt decorations and lettering. Pages are clean with very minimal browning (mostly limited to end papers). Binding is tight. Covers have very little wear. Francois (or Francis) Rabelais (between 1483 and 1494-1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, and Greek scholar. Rabelais is well-regarded by Western literary critics as a writer of world literature and one of the creators of modern European writing. The pentalogy of Gargantua and Pentagruel is Rabelais's most famous literary work. The books relay the adventures of the two titular giants with an extravagant and satirical narrative voice. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was an English cartoonist and illustrator best-known for his drawings of absurd and overly complicated machines that serve a simple purpose. In the United Kingdom, "Heath Robinson" and "Heath Robinson contraption" entered the popular language to describe his machines as well as any implausible or makeshift effort. In the U.S., cartoonist Rube Goldberg also drew similar machines which came to be known as "Rube Goldberg machines.". Illustr.: Robinson, William Heath. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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