The works of François Rabelais . translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with the notes of Duchat, Ozell, and others; introduction and revision by Alfred Wallis.
François Rabelais (1490-1553)
Category
Books
Date
1897
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 3139909
Summary
Bibliographic description
5 v., plates . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Meade collection.. Provenance: Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade, 1999, and formerly in the library of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. Twentieth century bookplate, lettered: Robert S. Meade.. Binding: Nineteenth century half leather; marbled paper over boards; five false raised bands; spine gilt tooled with fleur-de-lis; marbled endpapers to match covers.
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Miss Daphne Meade in 1999, and formerly in the library of Sidney Meade (1839-1917), Canon of Salisbury Cathedral, of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Makers and roles
François Rabelais (1490-1553) Alfred Wallis (b.1833) Peter Motteux Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660)