RABELAIS (Fr.). LES EPISTRES DE MAISTRE FRANCOIS RABELAIS, D - Lot 96

RABELAIS (Fr.). LES EPISTRES DE MAISTRE FRANCOIS RABELAIS, Docteur en Médecine, escrites pendant son voyage d'Italie. P., Charles de Sercy, 1651. Small in-8 ivory vellum with visible seams, title calligraphed in brown ink on spine (contemporary binding); (20) ff. including engraved frontispiece, 75 pp., (9) ff. table, 197 pp. (pagination errors, incorrectly numbered "191"), (17) ff. Minimal worm work in lateral margin of first 30 ff. and at bottom of quire from page 177 to first ff. of table, with no lack of text. ORIGINAL EDITION with frontispiece portrait of Rabelais seated, writing at his desk, by François Chauveau. These are 3 letters written by Rabelais to his 1st protector, Godefroy d'Estissac, during his trip to Italy. Author's biography at the head of the book, attributed to Pierre Du Puy, notes and commentary by the brothers Scévole and Louis de Sainte-Marthe. A GOOD EXAMPLE preserved in its original binding. ¶ Tchemerzine, V-323 - Brunet, IV-1065.