(1953). RABELAIS (François). GARGANTUA. Paris, Les Bibliolâtres de France, 1953. In-4°, bottle-green morocco, first plate decorated with a set of gilt fillets depicting the profile of Gargantua, enhanced with ivory chagrin and cold fillets, interior framing, ivory silk lining and endpapers, double guard, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine, decorated and bordered slipcase (L. Houades). 140 original woodcuts by CH.-E. PINSON. Edition of 1020 copies on B. F. K. de Rives, this one n° 17, printed especially for G.F. Dussud. Spine partly faded, otherwise a fine copy, finely bound by Léone Houades, bookbinder in Paris from 1943 to 1945 (Fléty, p. 92).