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THE WORKS OF MR. FRANCIS RABELAIS

by Francois Rabelais

Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson

Published by The Navarre Society. 1948

Very good condition. Doctor in Physick. Containing five books of the lives, Heroick deeds and Saying of Gargantua and his Sonne Pantagruei. Together with the Pantagrueline Prognositcation, the Oracle of the Divine Bacbuc, and response of the bottle. Complete in One Volume. Blue cloth boards, gilt title & tooling pattern to spine. B/w illustrations. 462 pages.

Reprint. Light mottling/discolouration to cloth boards. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Text block & front endpaper browned. Contents clean.

Stock no. 1830146

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Contents

  • VOLUME I: THE TABLE
  • J. De La Salle, to the Honoured, Noble Translatour of Rabelais
  • Rablophila
  • Rabelais to the Reader
  • The Authors Prologue to the First Book
  • THE FIRST BOOK
  • Chap.
  • I. Of the Genealogy and Antiquity of Gargantua
  • II. The Antidoted Fanfreluches: or, a Galimatia of extravagant Conceits found in an ancient Monument
  • III. How Gargantua was carried Eleven Moneths in his Mothers Belly
  • IV. How Gargamelle, being great with Gargantua, did eate a huge Deale of Tripes
  • V. The Discourse of the Drinkers
  • VI. How Gargantua was broen in a strange manner
  • VII. After what Manner Gargantua had his name given hi, and how he tippled, bibbed and currried the canne
  • VIII. How they apparelled Gargantua
  • IX. The Colours and Liveries of Gargantua
  • X. Of that which is signified by the Colours, White and Blew
  • XI. Of the Youthful Age of Gargantua
  • XII. Of Gargantuas Wooden Horses
  • XIII. How Gargantuas wonderful Understanding, became known to his Father Grangousier, by the invention of a Torchecul or Wipebreech
  • XIV. How Gargantua was tought Latine by a Sophister
  • XV. How Gargantua was put under other Schoolmasters
  • XVI. How Gargantua was sent to Paris, and of the huge great Mare that he rode on: how she destroyed the Ox-Flies of the Beauce
  • XVII. How Gargantua payed his Welcome to the Parisians, and how he took away the great Bells of our Ladies Church
  • XVIII. How Janotus de Bragmardo was set to Gargantua, to recover the Great Bells
  • XIX. The Oration of Master Janotus de Bradmardo, for the recovery of the bells
  • XX. How the Sophister carried away his Cloth, and how he had a Suite in Law against the other Masters
  • XXI. The Study of Gargantua according to the Discipline of his Schoolmasters the Sophisters
  • XXII. The games of Gargantua
  • XXIII. How Gargantua was instructed by Ponocrates and in such sort disciplinated, that he lost not one Hour of the Day
  • XXIV. How Gargantua spent his Time in Rainie Weather
  • XXV. How there was great Strife and Debate raised betwixt the Cake-Bakers of Lerne, and those Gargantuas Countrey, whereupon were waged great Warres
  • XXVI. How the Inhabitants of Lerne, by the Commandment of Picrochole their King assaulted the Shepherds of Gargantua unexpectedly and on a sudden
  • XXVII. How a Monk of Sevile saved the Closse of the Abbey from being ransacked by the Enemie
  • XXVIII. How Picrochole stormed and took by Assault the Rock Clermond, and of Grangousiers Unwillingnesse and Aversion from the Undertaking of the Warre
  • XXIX. The Tenor of the Letter which Grangousier wrote to his Sonne Gargantua
  • XXX. How Ulrich Gallet was sent unto Picrochole
  • XXXI. The Speech made by Gallet to Picrochole
  • XXXII. How Grangousier to buy Peace, caused the Cakes to be restored
  • XXXIII. How some statesmen of Picrochole, by hairebrain'd Counsel, put him in extreme danger
  • XXXIV. How Gargantua left the City of Paris, to succour his Countrey, and how Gymnast encountered with the Enemy
  • XXXV. How Gymnast very souply and cunningly killed Captain Tripet and others of Picrocholes men
  • XXXVI. How Gargantua demolished the Castle at the Forde of Vede and how they past the Ford
  • XXXVII. How Gargantua is combing is Head made the great Cannon-Balls fall out of his Haire
  • XXXVIII. How Gargantua did eate up six Pilgrims in a Sallet
  • XXXIX. How the Monk was feasted by Gargantua and of thejovial Discourse they had at supper
  • XL. Why Monks are the Outcasts of the World, and wherefore some have bigger noses than others
  • XLI. How the Monk made Gargantua sleep and of his Houres and Breviaries
  • XLII. How the Monk encouraged his Fellow-Champions and how hehanged upon a tree
  • XLIII. How The Scouts and Fore-paty of Picrochole were met with by Gargantua and how the Monk slew Captain Draw-forth and then was taken prisoner
  • XLIV. How the Monk rid himself of his keepers, and how Picrocholes Forlorne Hope was defeated
  • XLV. How the Monk carried along with him the Pilgrims and of the good Words that Grangousier gave them
  • XLVI. How Grangousier did very kindly entertain Touchfaucet his Prisoner
  • XLVII. How Gransousier sent for his legions and how Touchfaucet slew Rashcalf and was afterwards executed by the command of Picrochole
  • XLVIII. How Gargantua set upon Picrochole within the Rock Clermond and utterly defeated the Army of the said Pircrchole
  • XLIX. How Picrochole in his Flight fell into great misfortunes and what Gargantua did after Battel
  • L. Gargantua Speech to the Vanquished
  • LI. How the victorious Gargantuists were recompensed after the Battel
  • LII. How Gargantua caused to be built for the Monk the Abey of Theleme
  • LIII. How the Abbey of the Thelemites was built and endowed
  • LIV. The Inscription set upon the great Gatte of Theleme
  • LV. What Manner of Dwelling the Thelemites had
  • LVI. How the Men and Women of the Religious order of Theleme was apparelled
  • LVII. How the Thelemites were governed and of their manner of living
  • LVIII. Aa propheticall Riddle
  • THE TABLE OF THE SECOND BOOOK
  • THE SECOND BOOK
  • FOR THE READER
  • MR HUGH SALEL TO RABELAIS
  • THE AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE TO THE SECOND BOOK
  • Chapt.
  • I. Of the original and antiquity of the great Pantagruel
  • II. Of the nativity of the most dread and redoubted Pantagruel
  • III. OF the grief wherewith Gargantua was moved at the decease of his Wife Badebec
  • IV. Of the infancie of Pantagruel
  • V. Of the acts of the noble Patagruel in his youthful age
  • VI. How Pantagruel met with a limousin, who too affectedly did counterfeit the french language
  • VII. How Pantagruel came to Paris and of the choise books of the library of St Victor
  • VIII. How Pantagruel being at Paris received letters from hs Father Gargantua and the copy of them
  • IX. How Pantagruel fround Panurge who he loved all his lifetime
  • X. How Pantagruel judged so equitably of a Controversie
  • XI. How the lords of Kessebreech and Suckfist did plead before Pantagruel without an attorney
  • XII. How the Lord of Suckfist pleaded before Pantagruel
  • XIII. How Pantagruel gave judgement upon the difference of the two lords
  • XIV. How Panurge related the manner who he escaped out of the hands of the turks
  • XV. How Panurge showed a very new way to build the walls of paris
  • XVI. Of the Qualities and conditions of panurge
  • XVII. How Panurge gained the pardons and married the old woemen and of the suit in law which he had at Paris
  • XVIII. How a great scholar of england would have argued against Pantagruel and was overcome by Panurge
  • XIX. How Panurge put to a non-plus the Englishman tha argued by Signes
  • XX. How Thaumast relateth the vertues and knowledge of Panurge
  • XXI. How Panurge was in love with a lady of paris
  • XXII. How Panurge served a parisian lady a gtrick that pleased her not very well
  • XXIII. How Pantagruel departed from paris
  • XXIV. A letter which a messenger brought to Pantagruel from a lady of Paris together with the Exposition of a posie written in a gold Ring
  • XXV. How Panurge, Carpalin, Eusthenes and Epistemon vanquished and discomfitted six hundred and threescore Horsemen very cunningly
  • XXVI. How Pantagruel and his company were weary in eating still salt meats, and how carpalin went a hunting to have some venison
  • XXVII. How Pantagruel set up on Trophee in Memorial of their Valour
  • XXVIII. How Pantagruel got the victory very strangely over the dipsodes and the giants
  • XXIS. How Pantagruel discomfitted the three hundred giants armed with Free Stone
  • XXX. How Epistemon who had his head cut off was finely healed by Panruge and of the Newes which he brought from the devils
  • XXXI. How Pantagruel entered into the city of the Amaurots and how Panurge married King Anarchus to an old Lantern carrying hag and made him a Cryer of Green Sauce
  • XXXII. How Pantagruel with his tongue covered a whole army and what the author saw in his mouth
  • XXXIII. How Pantagruel became sick and the manner how he was recovered
  • XXXIV. The conclusion of this present book and the excuse of the Author
  • THE THIRD BOOK
  • FRANCIS RABELAIS TO THE SOUL OF THE DECESEDA QUEEN OF NAVARRE
  • THE AUTHOR'S PROLOGUE TO THE THIRD BOOK
  • I. How Pantagruel trasnsported a Colony of Utopians into Dypsodie
  • II. How Panurge was made LAird of Salmygondin in Dypsodie
  • III. How Panurge praiseth the debtors and borrowers
  • IV. Panurge continueth his discourse in the praise of borowers and lenders
  • V. How Pantagruel altogether abhorreth the debtors and borrowers
  • VI. Why new-marry'd Men were privileged from going to the wars
  • VII. How Panurge had a flea in his ear, and forbore to wear anylonger his magnificence codpiece
  • VIII. Why the codpiece is held to be the chief piece of armour amongst warriors
  • IX. How Panurge asketh counsel of Pantagruel whether he should marry, yea o rno
  • X How Pantagruel representeth unto Panurge
  • XI. How Pantagruel sheweth the Trial of ones fortune by the throwing of dice to be unlawful
  • XII. How Pantagruel doth explore by the virgilian lottery what fortune Panurge shall have in his marriage
  • XIII. How Pantagruel adviseth Panurge to try the future good or bad luck of his marriage by dreams
  • XIV. Panurge's dream, with the interpretation thereof
  • XV. Panurge's excuse and exposition of the Monastick Mystery concerning Pouder'd beef
  • XVI. How Pantagruel adviseth Panurge to consult with the Sibyl of Panzoust
  • XVII. How Panurge spoke to the Sibyl of Panzoust
  • XVIII. How Pantagruel and Panurge did diversly expound the verses of the Sibyl of Panzoust
  • XIX. How Pantagruel praiseth the counsel of dumb men
  • XX. How Goatsnose by signs maketh answer to Panurge
  • XXI. How Panurge consulteth with an old French Poet
  • XXII. How Panurge patrocinates and defendeth the order of the begging fryars
  • XXIII. How Panurge maketh the motion of return to Raminagrobis
  • XXIV. How Panurge consulteth with Epistemon
  • XXI. How Panurge consulteth with Her Trippa
  • XXVI. How Panurge consulteth with Fryar Jhon of the funnels
  • XXVII. How Fryar Jhon merrily and sportingly counselleth Panurge
  • XXVIII. How Fryar Jhon comforteth Panurge in the doubtful matter of cuckoldry
  • XXIX. How Pantagruel convocated together a theologian
  • XXX. How the Theologue Hippothadee, giveth counsel to Panurge in the mater and business of his Nuptial Enterprize
  • XXXI. How the Physician Rondibilis counselleth Panurge
  • XXXII. How Rondibilis declareth Cuckoldry to be naturally one of the Appendances of Marriage
  • XXXIII. Rondibilis the physicia'sn cure of cuckoldry
  • XXXIV. How women ordinarinly have the greatest longing after this prohibited
  • XXXV. How the Philosopher Trouillogan handleth the Difficulty of Marriage

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