FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE. 1651-1715., HAWKESWORTH, JOHN, translator. 1715-1773.
The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses.... London: C. and G. Kearsley, 1795.
HAWKESWORTH, JOHN, translator. 1715-1773. The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses.... London: C. and G. Kearsley, 1795.
2 volumes in one. 4to (265 x 212 mm). 12 hand-colored engraved plates after Stothard and Burney. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, ruled in gilt, silk doublures, gilt edges, modern clamshell box. Rebacked, probably in the 19th century, retaining original spine, soiling to covers, corners bumped, upper joint tender, finger marks and minor spotting.
FIRST EDITION of this translation of Fénelon's Télémaque by John Hawkesworth, who was better known as the editor of Captain James Cook's papers. The text was edited by George Gregory after Hawkesworth's death. Brunet II:1568.
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The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses.... London: C. and G. Kearsley, 1795.
HAWKESWORTH, JOHN, translator. 1715-1773. The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses.... London: C. and G. Kearsley, 1795.
2 volumes in one. 4to (265 x 212 mm). 12 hand-colored engraved plates after Stothard and Burney. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, ruled in gilt, silk doublures, gilt edges, modern clamshell box. Rebacked, probably in the 19th century, retaining original spine, soiling to covers, corners bumped, upper joint tender, finger marks and minor spotting.
FIRST EDITION of this translation of Fénelon's Télémaque by John Hawkesworth, who was better known as the editor of Captain James Cook's papers. The text was edited by George Gregory after Hawkesworth's death. Brunet II:1568.
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