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FÉNELON. WORKS. Paris, Didot, 1787–92.
See original version (French)
53
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FÉNELON. WORKS. Paris, Didot, 1787–92.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
FÉNELON. WORKS. Paris, Didot, 1787–92. Nine quarto volumes in marbled fawn sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, scrolls and fleurons, title and volume number labels in red and ivy-green morocco, gilt filleted caps and corners, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Stains on the lower part of pages 1 to 10 of volume 1. A BEAUTIFUL EDITION published under the direction of the Abbé de Querbeuf and printed by François-Ambroise Didot. It is illustrated with a PORTRAIT of Fénelon, engraved by Saint-Aubin after Vivien, a PORTRAIT of the Duke of Burgundy, unsigned, and 24 ILLUSTRATIONS accompanying the ‘Adventures of Telemachus’. This collection brings together Fénelon’s literary, philosophical, religious and educational writings, including *Telemachus*, composed for the education of the Duke of Burgundy, his pupil. From the ‘Hornus’ library, with bookplate. ¶ Tchemerzine, III-219.
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