"The Works of Mr Francis Rabelais" by Francis Rabelais and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson - Navarre Society, London - 1931 first combined edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some rubbing to boards, name to ffep, all illustrations present Rabelais is widely known for the first two volumes relating the childhoods of the giants Gargantua and Pantagruel written in the style of bildungsroman, his later works—the Third Book (which prefigures the philosophical novel) and the Fourth Book are considerably more erudite in tone. His literary legacy is such that the word Rabelaisian designates something that is "marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism