The First Edition of the Fourth Book of the Heroic Deeds and Sayings of the Noble Pantagruel - Couverture souple
Synopsis
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
The present version has been taken from my translation of Rabelais published in 1893, carefully revised with the help of the edition of M. Marty-L aveaux and the variants given in the editions of Jannet and de Montaiglon. The variants have been derived from a scrupulous collation of the copy of the Lyons edition of 1548 in the Bibliotheque nationale. It was thought that readers of Rabelais would welcome a separate translation of the rudimentary Fourth Book written at Metz, which might enable them better to appreciate the position of Rabelais at this anxious period of his life, and to compare the work which he wrote in exile with the help of a few books with that which he composed in the quiet of a Benedictine house aided by the resources of a good library. The comparison again of the completed Fourth Book of 1552 with this fragment displays to advantage the writers skill in addition and amplification jconsiderable changes are made without impairing the dramatic features of the book or suggesting the idea of patchwork. A motive is also supplied for the admirable Prologue originally written for this instalment, but subsequently laid aside on the completion of the Fourth Book. Notes have been taken in many cases from the earlier translation, but new illustrations and explanations have also been given. For the most part the present notes are explanatory and indicative of sources rather than linguistic. The letter to the Cardinal du Bellay has been prefixed to the book.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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