RABELAIS (François)

Les oeuvres. Contenant cinq Livres de la vie, faicts, & dits Heroiques de Gargantua & de son fils Pantagruel. Plus, la Prognostication Pantagrueline, avec l'oracle de la Dive Bacbuc, & le mot de la Bouteille. Lyon, Jean Martin, 1584. 2 parts in one volume in-16, fawn basane, ornate smooth spine, red title page, red edges (modern pastiche binding). Very rare edition of Rabelais, given under a false address and probably printed in Rouen by Georges Loyselet (cf. R. Cappellen, "À l'enseigne du masque: imprimeurs, libraires et éditeurs de Rabelais de 1552 à 1588" in Réforme, Humanisme, Renaissance, 2016/1 (n°82-83), pp. 65-115). The copy is incomplete of the third part (books IV-V) and its collation is different from that given by Plan (n°109): 402 pp. (books I-II), 5 ff.n.ch. and 270 pp. (book III). It is presented in a perfect pastiche binding in imitation of those of the 18th century. Old handwritten bookplate on title. Some underlining in green ink and a few old annotations in pen in the margins (mostly cut by the binder's knife). Small light stains on some leaves, light foxing, page numbers and signatures affected by the binder's knife.