Description
Les Aventures de Telemaque Fils D’Ulysse, Par Messire Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon, Nouvelle Edition, Chez J de Wetstein, Leyde, 1777, 448 pp plus folding map, 7 x 4”, full original leather, 12mo. In good condition. Boards are worn with moderate wear along corners and edges. Joints beginning to crack with light red rot. Spine afflicted with damage along extremes. Raised bands rubbed. Missing bottom two segments of leather. Front gutter shaken. End papers toned, free of ownership stickers. Previous owner’s name on title page in old hand. A few ink stains on frontispiece. Interior lightly toned, free of known marginalia. Binding lightly shaken, but intact. Please see photos. Beautifully illustrated with stunning neoclassical plates throughput. Attractive folding map in rear. A classic rendered in French by François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, more commonly known as François Fénelon. He was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. Today, he is remembered mostly as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus, first published in 1699. COLI1777ABEA-variant FORN-TUB-0076-BB-2504-BSREV77
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