[FINE BINDING] FENELON [Mothe-Fénelon, François de Salignac de la]. Les Aventures de Telemaque, Fils d'Ulysse. Paris: de l'..
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FENELON [Mothe-Fénelon, François de Salignac de la]. Les Aventures de Telemaque, Fils d'Ulysse. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1790. Gilt-stamped early 19th-century straight-grain red morocco, all edges gilt., pale blue silk doublures and endleaves. 9 1/8 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); [4] (half-title p., title-p.), viii, [4], 426; [6] (half-title p., title-p., "livre treizieme" title-p.), 408 pp.; plus frontispiece portrait of Fenelon after Vivien, and 24 plates after Marillier. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards, corners lightly bumped. Foxing in plate margins and on tissue-guards, but overall text blocks are bright and clean.
In this set the portrait after Vivien and plates after Marillier are substituted for the plates after Cochin and Moreau called for on the title-page. Cohen-de Ricci 386.
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Estimate $600-900
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.
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[FINE BINDING]
FENELON [Mothe-Fénelon, François de Salignac de la]. Les Aventures de Telemaque, Fils d'Ulysse. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1790. Gilt-stamped early 19th-century straight-grain red morocco, all edges gilt., pale blue silk doublures and endleaves. 9 1/8 x 6 inches (23 x 15 cm); [4] (half-title p., title-p.), viii, [4], 426; [6] (half-title p., title-p., "livre treizieme" title-p.), 408 pp.; plus frontispiece portrait of Fenelon after Vivien, and 24 plates after Marillier. Some light scuffing along joints and edges of boards, corners lightly bumped. Foxing in plate margins and on tissue-guards, but overall text blocks are bright and clean.
In this set the portrait after Vivien and plates after Marillier are substituted for the plates after Cochin and Moreau called for on the title-page. Cohen-de Ricci 386.
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Estimate $600-900
Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.