DORE.- RABELAIS (François).
Works. Text collated from the original editions. With a life of the author, notes and a glossary. Illustrations by Gustave Doré. P., Garnier Frères, 1873, 2 vol. in-folio, full red percaline, decorated with a large gilt composition, smooth spine, gilt author and tomaison (spotted edges, rare russets) (binding signed Ch. Magnier). First edition and first printing of the illustrations by Gustave Doré who had already illustrated a first time this masterpiece of literature in 1854 for the popular edition of Bry.
