Rabelais (François) The First [and Second] Book of the Works, First edition in English

Rabelais (François)

The First [and Second] Book of the Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua, And his Sonne Pantagruel…,

2 vols. bound in 1 (as usual), First edition in English, translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart, the remaining books were translated by Peter Anthony Motteux and published in 1693-4, [ESTC R202203 & R202205], errata leaf for both vols. in vol. 2, H2 of second book with loss in loss margin, occasional spotting or staining, modern cloth, 8vo, Printed [by Thomas Ratcliffe and Edward Mottershead] for Richard Baddeley, 1653.

***'One of the most perfect transfusions of an author from one language into another that ever man accomplished'" (Pforzheimer 814).