Working largely with the illustrations, a most excellent experience. ( )

I have never read Rabelais, but the illustrations in this book make me want to check it out.

These pictures are a pleasure in themselves, and they are wonderful to review after having imagined the Rabelais stories in the course of reading. There is a notable inconsistency to the depiction of various characters by Doré, arguably reflecting a similar inconsistency on the part of St. François. Also, this book is a clip-art goldmine for Thelemites.