Oeuvres de Rabelais

DORé Gustave & RABELAIS François. œuvres de Rabelais [Rabelais' Works]
Garnier Frères, Paris 1873, 31 x 43 cm, 2 volumes, contemporary morocco

Contemporary red morocco by J. B. Pingot, Jansenist spines in five compartments, double gilt fillet on the edges of the covers and headpieces, large gilt dentelle frame to inside covers, double marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.
A superb copy of one of the most beautiful books illustrated by Gustave Doré on grand papier (deluxe copies), luxuriously bound in red morocco.