16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)

François Rabelais. Woodcut.

François Rabelais. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil, 1836 (?), after E. Delacroix.

François Rabelais. Line engraving, 1688.

François Rabelais. Line engraving by A. Smith after D. Sarrabat.

François Rabelais. Lithograph.

François Rabelais. Line engraving by A. Birrell, 1794, after D. Sarrabat.

François Rabelais. Engraving by J.J. Hinchliff after Mariette.

François Rabelais. Line engraving by N. Habert.

François Rabelais. Line engraving by B. Moncornet.

François Rabelais. Photogravure.

François Rabelais. Line engraving.

Twenty portraits of famous men. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

xxv, 374 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 19 cm

Hours with Rabelais / edited by F.G. Stokes.

Studi critici : Rabelais e la circolazione del sangue con illustrazioni e facsimile d'autografo.

François Rabelais. Lithograph by A. Bourgerie.

A faithful and full account of the surprizing life and adventures of the celebrated Dr. Sartorius Sinegradibus  As also of the many wonderful operations he performs in this city. Extracted from the works of the celebrated Rabelais.

Online resource ([36], 717 pages, [16] pages; [28], 456 pages, [27], 136 pages, 8°).

Alle de geestige werken van mr. Francois Rabelais, genees-heer; vervattende in ses boeken de dappere daaden en deftige reedenen van d'overgroote reusen Grandgousier, Gargantua en Pantagruel ... beneffens een sleutel of verklaaring van 't geheele werk. Met groote vlijt uyt het Fransch vertaelt door Claudio Gallitalo [volume 1].

427 pages, 42 unnumbered leaves (first blank) ; (16mo)

Hippocratis ac Galeni libri aliquot ex recognitione Francisci Rabelaesi / [Hippocrates].

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Hours with Rabelais / edited by F.G. Stokes.

A faithful and full account of the surprizing life and adventures of the celebrated Dr. Sartorius Sinegradibus As also of the many wonderful operations he performs in this city. Extracted from the works of the celebrated Rabelais.

Hippocratis ac Galeni libri aliquot ex recognitione Francisci Rabelaesi / [Hippocrates].

Hours with Rabelais / edited by F.G. Stokes.

François Rabelais. Line engraving.

Studi critici : Rabelais e la circolazione del sangue con illustrazioni e facsimile d'autografo.

François Rabelais. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil, 1836 (?), after E. Delacroix.

François Rabelais. Lithograph by A. Bourgerie.

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François Rabelais

Images from the collections

Images featuring François Rabelais

Works from the collections

Hours with Rabelais / edited by F.G. Stokes.

A faithful and full account of the surprizing life and adventures of the celebrated Dr. Sartorius Sinegradibus As also of the many wonderful operations he performs in this city. Extracted from the works of the celebrated Rabelais.

Hippocratis ac Galeni libri aliquot ex recognitione Francisci Rabelaesi / [Hippocrates].

Hours with Rabelais / edited by F.G. Stokes.

François Rabelais. Line engraving.

Studi critici : Rabelais e la circolazione del sangue con illustrazioni e facsimile d'autografo.

François Rabelais. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil, 1836 (?), after E. Delacroix.

François Rabelais. Lithograph by A. Bourgerie.

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