Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel ou sont contenues plusieurs figures de l'invention de maitre François Rabelais

François Desprez French

Publisher Published by Richard Breton French

Attributed to François Rabelais French

[1565]

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Title: Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel ou sont contenues plusieurs figures de l'invention de maitre François Rabelais
Artist: François Desprez (French, active 16th century)
Publisher: Published by Richard Breton (French, 1525–1571 Paris) , Paris
Artist: Attributed to François Rabelais (French, 1494?–1553)
Date: [1565]
Medium: Letterpress text with woodcut illustrations
Dimensions: Overall: 6 1/16 x 4 3/16 x 9/16 in. (15.4 x 10.6 x 1.5 cm)
Double-page spread: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (15 x 19 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.544
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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