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Gargantua & Pantagruel

Illustrated by: Joseph Hémard (French, 1880–1961)
Author: François Rabelais (French, about 1490–1553?)
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company (American, founded in 1876)
1928
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 525 photomechanical relief prints
Dimensions Overall: 26.2 x 20.6 x 5.7 cm (10 5/16 x 8 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2477
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1928]

Description(New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1928]) 26.2 cm; xxvii, 808 pp.; original publisher's gilt-stamped black cloth, original printed black paper dust jacket, original black paper-board slipcase, paper labels.
Provenance1928, acquired by William A. Sargent (b. 1858 - d. 1936), Boston; 1936, bequest of William A. Sargent to the MFA. (Accession date: November 17, 1937)