The Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua & his Son Pantagruel by Dr Francis Rabelais. Books I & II
Pantagruel (French: Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel), often shortened to Gargantua and Pantagruel or the Cinq Livres (Five Books), is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. The novel-cycle relates the adventures of two giants in hyperbolic, satirical prose. Using humor ranging from slapstick to irony, Rabelais explores serious themes such as the development of education and religious reformation.
Translated from French into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart & Peter Le Motteux
The Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua & his Son Pantagruel by Rabelais
Title: The Lives, Heroic Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua & his Son Pantagruel Books I & II
Author: Dr Francis Rabelais.
Publisher : Chatto & Windus
Publication c1921
Format: HardbackCondition: Green covers with gilt lettering to spine and embossed title to front. Some bumping to corners and spine and spine fading. No dust jacket. Pages are clean with no ink or pencil marks. Previous owner has drawn a tree with birds to first blank page
Book measures: 16cm x 11cm with 344 pages