Robida, AlbertBiblio.com
Francois RABELAIS - Albert ROBIDABiblio.com
Oeuvres
188565556Paris: La librairie illustrée 1885. Fine. La librairie illustrée Paris 1885 - 1886 24.50 x 32 cm 2 volumes reliés Illustrated edition by Robida first printing with 49 plates 8 in color 35 in camaieu and 6 in black and numerous text illustrations approximately 600. Publisher's polychrome illustrated boards signed Souze and bound by Engel. Special gilt and blue plate on red ground. Spine similar. Rear board with a half-timbered house in a central roundel and blind angular cornerpieces. Front board of first volume very good that of the second with a 1cm diameter stain and soiling to the upper part of the black border. Lower corners bumped others rubbed. A tear to the spine of the first volume. Headcaps rubbed those at head turned in. Soiling to rear boards. Scattered and unevenly distributed foxing. Some leaves sprung. Despite flaws a handsome copy overall of this rare binding. Robida's masterpiece of illustration with genuine imaginative profusion baroque and delightfully exuberant. La librairie illustrée hardcover
