Rabelais / Dubout - Gargantua et Pantagruel - 1954-1954

Editions Gibert Jeune, Librairie d'amateurs, Paris - 1954 - Two volumes in-4, softcover, wraparound illustrated cover in color, under crystal paper, housed in a beige cardboard slipcase - 336 pp. + 349 pp. - Numerous color illustrations by Dubout in-text and full-page - The edition, illustrated with one hundred sixty color drawings by Dubout, was limited to three thousand copies, all numbered, ex. n°733. Excellent condition: books as well as the slipcase. The second volume has not been cut. Albert Dubout born in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) on 15 May 1905 and died in Saint-Aunès (Hérault) on 27 June 1976, is a French cartoonist, poster designer, filmmaker and painter. His drawing is characterized by its rounded line and caricatured characters, small gentlemen with hats, very fat ladies in dresses, and bustling crowd scenes.

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