Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua (The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel, King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua)
1943
Accession Number
2018.45.1
Medium
unbound volume with 179 color woodcuts, inked à la poupée, including 39 full-page woodcuts, 89 smaller woodcuts, 34 initials, and 17 decorative ornaments, on Vélin d'Arches wove paper
Dimensions
book: 34.8 × 28.5 × 4 cm (13 11/16 × 11 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.) | case: 36 × 29.3 × 6 cm (14 3/16 × 11 9/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
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Volume
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Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection