The works of Francis Rabelais, M.D. ...
By: Now carefully revised, and compared throughout with the late new edition of M. Le du Chat, by Mr. Ozell. Who has likewise added at the bottom of the pages, a translation of the notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, of the said M. du Chat, and others: in which notes, never before printed in English, the text is not only explained, but, in multitudes of places, amended, and made conformable to the first and best editions of this learned and facetious author. Adorn'd with 15 very neat copper-plates
Publisher: Printed by J. Hughs, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, for J. Brindley, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the King's-Arms in New-Bond-Street
Published: 1737
Place of publication: London; and C. Corbett, at Addison's Head, against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet-street
Language: eng; grc
Translated from: fre
Work titles: Works
Notes: Pagination: v. 1: cxxxiv, 136-384 p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 2: x, [1], 12-251, [1] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 3: lxiv, 267, [5] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 4: xc, 281, [13] p., [3] leaves of plates; v. 5: xx, [1], 22-367, [5] p., [3] leaves of plates.

Title pages printed in red and black.

With woodcut head- and tail- pieces; initials (some historiated).

J. Hughs's name is omitted from the imprints on the title pages to vols. 3-5.

Illustrated with 15 engraved plates (chiefly folded), including a frontispiece portrait of the author in v. 1; all unsigned. In v. 5 there is also, on p. 189, Rabelais's figure poem ("Bottle!") presented in the shape of a bottle (or at least enclosed by a woodcut bottle).

With two final advertisement leaves in vol.4 ("Books printed for J. Brindley, and C. Corbett"; leaves Q11-12).

ESTC, T13265

A translation into English from French of the works of Rabelais, François; with some quotations in Greek.

Early armorial bookplate with motto "Libertas" in each volume.

Imperfect: Volume 2 lacking; leaf containing "An account of the 15 cuts" wanting.

All volumes bound in modern brown buckram.