The Works of Rabelais (Edward Abbey's copy)

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Edition unknown, but with English translations byUrquhart and Motteuxdating from the 1600s of Francois Rabelais (died 1553), often called the first great French writer of prose. With Edward Abbey's ex-libris bookplate on the front free endpaper, signed by him; the book plate is in color and depicts men rowing in a boat. In the table of contents, Abbey has circled a number of chapters in Rabelais's "First Book," otherwise without marginalia. Red cloth with printed spine plate, rough cut pages. A good copy with the title page and frontispiece detached, laid in, and the rear hinge almost fully cracked but holding firm; some wear to upper text block face. Spine plate faded. With a sleeved plastic protective jacket over the book that was likely put in place by Abbey. Rabelais was an influence for Abbey, as he's mention inDesert Solitaireamong a list of other named writers and "ten thousand other poets, revolutionaries and independent spirits, both famous and forgotten, alive and dead, whose heroism gives to human life on earth its adventure, glory, and significance."Elsewhere, in reply to a inquiry,he also wrote: "Technique: I imagine that I’ve been influenced by the classic writers of England and America; but I also admire, very much, Rabelais and Villon, Lao-Tse and Job and Ecclesiastes, Tolstoy, Chekov and Andreyev." As such a nice book for the Abbey fan.

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The Works of Rabelais (Edward Abbey's copy)
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[Abbey, Edward] Francois Rabelais
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