RABELAIS (François). Œuvres [...] avec des remarques histori - Lot 218

RABELAIS (François). Œuvres [...] avec des remarques historiques historiques et critiques de Mr. Le Duchat. Amsterdam, Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1741. 3 vols. in-4° of [4] ff, 516 pp; engraved title, XXXIV, 383 pp. engraved title, XXXIV, 383 pp. engraved frontispiece title, [6] ff. 218 pp., [1] f., 150, [35] pp. marbled fawn calf, spine with 5 ornate bands, red morocco title page, fawn morocco lettering, triple cold fillet on covers, double gilt fillet on edges, (Binding of the period). "The most important illustrated edition of Rabelais in the 18th century" (Oberlé), "highly sought-after" (Tchemerzine). Vol. I: Engraved portrait of the author on front, 6 engraved vignettes, 10 engraved plates ; Vol. II, 5 engraved vignettes, 3 gr. plates; vol. III: engraved title on front, 7 vignette gr. From the library of Jules César de CREMEAUX, comte d'ENTRAGUES, (1732-1780), former first sub-lieutenant commanding gendarmes of the king's guard, marshal de camp, lieutenant general of Burgundy of Burgundy in the department of Mâcon, governor of Mâcon, governor and Lieutenant of Saint-Trivier, Commander of the Order of Saint-Louis and grand fauconnier de France, with engraved bookplate. Cohen, 840; Oberlé, Les Fastes de Bacchus et de Comus, n°353, p. 204 ; Tchemerzine, V, p. 319. Title page of Volume II lacking, some plates browned, some freckling; some defects to bindings defects to bindings (2 jaws of vol. I, tail cap of vol. III). Good copy, however, in its contemporary binding.