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===by François Rabelais===
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais François Rabelais] (c. 1495-1553) was a physician, priest, and notable writer.<ref> “Francois Rabelais, M.D.,” ''The British Medical Journal'', 1, No. 4814 (BMJ Publishing Group, Apr. 1953), p. 831.</ref>  He began his career as a Humanist and was well studied in the classics.<ref> [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/487941/Francois-Rabelais “François Rabelais,”] ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'' (Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013), accessed October 28, 2013.</ref> Around 1521, he became a priest, but broke his vows in 1530 to study medicine.<ref> Ibid.</ref> He was one of the first, if not the first, physicians to dissect the human body.<ref> “Francois Rabelais, M.D.,” ''The British Medical Journal''.</ref> In 1532 he became head physician at a hospital in Lyons, and he began to write.<ref> Ibid.</ref><br/>
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Rabelais’s writing is famous for its bawdy, satirical nature.<ref>“François Rabelais,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online''.</ref> His style is so distinct, the Oxford English Dictionary includes the adjective “Rabelaisian” to describe writings with “earthy humour, [a] parody of medieval learning and literature, and [an] affirmation of humanist values.”<ref>[http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/157008#eid27221738 “Rabelaisian, adj.,”] ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (OED Third Edition, June 2008), accessed October 28, 2013.</ref><br/>
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His most famous books are ''Gargantua and Pantagruel'', comprised of four books published from 1532 to 1535.<ref> “François Rabelais,” ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online''.</ref>  Framed as chivalric romances, these books use the theatrical language of vaudeville to satirize heroic works, traditional pedagogy, and humanist ideals.<ref> Ibid.</ref>  He grotesquely caricatured people in a playful way, in a style extensively imitated by seventeenth and eighteenth century French writers.<ref>Dorothy S. Packer, “François Rabelais, Vaudevilliste,” ''The Musical Quarterly'', 57, No. 1 (Oxford University Press, 1971), p. 127.</ref>


==Bibliographic Information==
'''Author:''' François Rabelais

'''Title:''' The Works of Francis Rebelais, M.D.

'''Published:''' London: Printed by J. Hughs for J. Brindley and C. Corbett, 1737. 

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==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in contemporary full calf bindings, blind tooled and gold ruled. Purchased from Book Den East.
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