RABELAIS, François (1483 ou 1494-1553). - photo 1
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RABELAIS, François (1483 ou 1494-1553).

Lot 187
23.03.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 187 | RABELAIS, François (1483 ou 1494-1553).
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€ 1 000 – 1 500
RABELAIS, François (1483 ou 1494-1553).

Les Œuvres… contenant cinq livres de la vie, faicts & dicts Heroiques de Gargantua, & de son fils Pantagruel. Plus la Prognostication Pantagrueline, ou Almanach pour l'An perpetuel, avec l'Epistre du Limosin Excoriateur & de la Cresme Philosophale… S.l.n.n. [Paris ?], 1626.

Ultime édition des œuvres complètes de Rabelais publiées en France au XVIIe siècle. Très bel exemplaire en maroquin janséniste signé.



Mise à l'Index, l'œuvre subversive de celui que Flaubert définissait comme « la grande fontaine des lettres jubilatoires » occupe une place d'importance pour comprendre l'appétit et le goût. Maître en l'art de la gueule, l'illustre soiffard natif de Chinon est le premier à mentionner les « coscotons », ou couscous, et le « caviat » de l'esturgeon, généralement servi sur des tranches de pain, avec du poivre et du jus d'oranges amères. Parmi les mets mentionnés, on citera les « longes de veau rousty froides, sinapisées de pouldre zinzibérines » (c'est-à-dire de gingembre), et les salades de cresson, de la couille à l'evesque, d'aureilles de Judas, etc. (Wheaton, p. 64.). Tchemerzine V, 316 ; Rawles & Screech, A New Rabelais Bibliography, 1987, n° 93 ; Plan, 127 ; Vicaire, 726 ; Catalogue de cent un livres rares ou précieux de la bibliothèque de la Sorbonne, 1991, n° 101 (« Dans un autre tirage plus rare de cette même édition, on rencontre un frontispice gravé avec le portrait de Rabelais ») ; Oberlé, 350 (cet exemplaire).



5 livres en 2 volumes petit in-8 (159 x 97 mm). Illustré d'un portrait de Rabelais gravé sur bois à pleine page (p. 360). Reliure signée Thibaron-Joly : maroquin janséniste rouge, dos à nerfs avec chiffre doré en pied, double filet doré sur les coupes, dentelle intérieure dorée, tranches dorées sur marbrure (légers frottements aux coiffes et mors).

Provenance : Alphonse de Ruble (à son chiffre, ne figure pas au catalogue de sa vente en 1899).



A very fine copy of this important 17th Century edition, from Baron de Ruble’s library.

Artist:François Rabelais (1494 - 1553)
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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