Lot no. 260
(1960). RABELAIS (François). PANTAGRUEL. Paris, Les Bibliolâtres de France, 1960. In-4°, ruby morocco, first plate decorated with a set of gilded fillets depicting the silhouette of Pantagruel, with a castle in the corner, interior framing, purple silk lining and endpapers, double guard, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine, bordered slipcase (L. Houades). 109 original woodcuts in and out of the text by CH.-E. PINSON. Edition of 700 copies on B. F. K. de Rives, this one n° 17, printed especially for G.F. Dussud. Spine uniformly lightened. The copy is finely bound by Léone Houades, bookbinder in Paris from 1943 to 1945 (Flety, p. 92).
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