What if Rabelais had actually planned to write 78 books of Pantagruelism? This is, at least, what is suggested by the handwritten notes on a page of a copy of Pliny the Elder (Aldus Manutius, 1535) that Pierre-Paul Plan believed belonged to Rabelais, on account of the phalluses drawn in the margins. The item recently went on sale at Christie’s in London, and the purchaser—who wishes to remain anonymous—has agreed to make the copy available to us.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-406-11504-5
EAN:9782406115045
ISSN: 2554-9111
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-11504-5.p.0493
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 04-29-2021
Periodicity: Annual
Language: French
Keyword: Pliny the Elder, phallus, Aldus Manutius, handwritten notes, plan, textual genetics, Ancient Greek, library, annotated copy