Peter motteux translators (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Octavo, xxvii, 808 pages. In Fair condition. Spine is black with gold print, illustration. Boards in black cloth, gold print, illustration; wear to spine caps, fraying to corners, blemishes, shelf wear. Text block has has gilt top edge; damp stains to endpapers, cracked rear hinge, shaken binding. Illustrated: "Illustrated by 525 vignettes" title page; b&w drawings. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409740. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais, illustrated by English artist Frank C. Papé, is a celebrated and collectible two-volume edition of Gargantua and Pantagruel. First published in 1927 by John Lane The Bodley Head, this version features classic translations by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, complemented by Papé's detailed, humorous, and grotesque black-and-white illustrations (see images 2 & 3 for examples). This printing is from 1933. For further details see image (title page) with the full title and credits. Copyright © John Lane / Bodley Head.…

Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes (xvi, 474 pages ; xvi, 462 pages). In Fair plus condition. Spines are tan with gold print. Boards in white cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, small stains to spines. Text block has deckle edges, has gilt top edge, ribbon marker in each volume. Tanning to endpapers, bookplate on front flyleaf, intermittent spine breaks, second volume with uncut pages. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece, text drawings and plates. "Translated by T. Urquhart and P. A. Motteux"-- Library of Congress catalog number 23003924. [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Multi-Volume Area. 1381717. FP New Rockville Stock.…

[Satirical Novels] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] xlvi [2]; 341 [7]; pp.[4] xiv; 455 [5]. With 15 photogravure illustrated plates, including a frontispiece to volume I, with tissue guards. Number 247 of 1000 copies thus. Contemporary green half morocco by W. ROACH of New York for Charles E. Lauriat Co., with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and green cloth over boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed, and marbled endpapers. Gently toned throughout, otherwise a clean pair internally. Some wear and chipping to spines and corners, and some toning also to spines. Very good.…