François Rabelais. Gargantua / Lithographies de Schem, préface et des résumés par Pierre Huguenin, glossaire et des notes de Louis Perceau. — Dijon: Éditions du manoir, Henri Pasquinelly, 1937.
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Description: One volume bound in green morocco, sunned spine with raised bands and gilt lettering, collated 8vo, 28.3 x 23 cm, original wrappers and spine preserved, top margin gilt; numerous in-text woodcuts, 30 full-page plates and one plate tipped-in.
Front wrapper (red and black): RABELAIS | GARGANTUA | LITHOGRAPHIES DE SCHEM | {publisher’s device lettered in red “ÉDITIONS DU MANOIR”} | HENRI PASQUINELLY | DIJON ||
Half-title: LA VIE TRESHORRIFIQUE | DU | GRAND GARGANTUA | PERE DE PANTAGRUEL | JADIS COMPOSÉE | PAR MAISTRE ALCOFRIBAS | ABSTRACTEUR DE QUINTE ESSENCE | — | LIVRE PLEIN DE PANTAGRUELISME ||
Title-page (red and black): RABELAIS | GARGANTUA | LITHOGRAPHIES DE SCHEM | AVEC UNE PRÉFACE ET DES RÉSUMÉS EXPLICATIFS PAR | PIERRE HUGUENIN | UN GLOSSAIRE ET DES NOTES DE | LOUIS PERCEAU | {publisher’s device lettered in red “ÉDITIONS DU MANOIR”} | HENRI PASQUINELLY | DIJON ||
Collation: 2 blanks, front wrapper, [1] 2-118, spine, back wrapper, 2 blanks, total 88 leaves between the wrappers plus 30 plates incl. frontispiece, two of which are double-page, extraneous to collation with lettered tissue guards, and one cancelled plate with lettered tissue guard tipped-in.
Pagination: [1-7] 8-171 [172] [2 colophon] [2 blank], total 176 pages, ils.
Printed on February 20, 1937, at Imprimerie Darantière (Dijon), lithographs were printed by Desjobert (Paris).
Limitation: The print run of 3,335 copies, of which 10 (№ I-X) on Japon Impérial, 300 copies (№ 1-300) on Vélin de Rives, 3000 copies (№ 301-3,300) on Bouffant Dauphinois, and 25 copies (A-Z ) on Vélin de Rives for collaborators. This is copy № 45 on Vélin de Rives, enriched with one cancelled plate (see image below).
Collaborators:
François Rabelais [Alcofribas Nasier] (French, c. 1494 – 1553) – author.
Pierre Huguenin (French, 1874 – 1937) – author.
Louis Perceau (French, 1883 – 1942) – author.
Raoul Serres [Schem] (French, 1881– 1971) – artist.
Éditions du manoir; Henri Pasquinelly [Pasquinelli] (French, 20th century) – publisher.
Imprimerie Darantière (Dijon) – printer.
Edmond Desjobert (French, 1888 – 1963); Edmond et Jacques Desjobert – lithography printer.
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| Subject | 16th century, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, French literature, Gargantua (Legendary character), Giants, Illustrated books, Limited editions, Satire |
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| Author/Editor | Huguenin, Pierre (French, 1874 – 1937), Perceau, Louis (French, 1883 – 1942), Rabelais, François [Nasier, Alcofribas] (French, c. 1494 – 1553) |
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| Printer | Darantière, Maurice (French, 1882 – 1962), Desjobert, Edmond (French, 1888 – 1963), Desjobert, Jacques, Edmond et Jacques Desjobert, Imprimerie Darantière (Dijon) |
| Publisher | Éditions du manoir, Pasquinelly [Pasquinelli], Henri (French, 20th century) |
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