Title: Les Cinq Livres de F. Rabelais, avec une Notice par le Bibliophile Jacob
Author: Rabelais, François
Publication: Paris: Librairie des Bibiophiles, [ca. 1920].
Description: Undated edition, likely circa 1920, of François Rabelais' "Cinq Livres," also known as "Gargantua and Pantagruel." This copy lacks volume 4. In French. Headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. Three volumes bound in quarter brown goatskin leather with marbled paper over boards, spine decorated in blind and gilt, marbled endpapers, and top edge gilt. With the original wrappers bound in. Octavo in 4s; 7 x 4.5 inches. Vol. 1: [4], XX, 333, [3] pages. Vol. 2: [4], 368 pages. Vol. 3: [4], 312 pages. Bindings moderately rubbed and edgeworn, especially at the tail end; pages toned. Very Good, with an attractive shelf appearance.
