$300
Rabelais, Francis (1490-1553? ) The Works . London: by Hughs for Brindley et al., 1737. Five octavo volumes, title pages printed in red and black, illustrated with engraved frontispiece portrait of the artist in volume one, and fourteen additional engravings, most folding, this edition prepared by John Ozell (d. 1743); bound in uniform contemporary calf, spine labels flaking, some joints cracked, toning, some of the folding plates reinforced on the verso with glassine tape. Hero et Leandre , Sestos & Paris: Le Boucher, 1774, [bound with] Anacreon, Sapho, Bion, et Moscus , Sestos & Paris: Le Boucher, 1773, engraved titles and vignettes, a.e.g., speckled calf, spine tooled in gilt. [and three others] (9)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
