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64 - FÉNELON (François de Salignac de La Mothe) – The Adventures …
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FÉNELON (François de Salignac de La Mothe) – The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses. Paris, G. Doyen’s Press, 1830; 8vo, XL-320 + 317 pp., contemporary full bottle-green calf bindings, spines decorated with four raised bands, painted edges, covers stamped with a plate. Both volumes. François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (1651–1715), a 17th-century French theologian and writer, was Bossuet’s chief opponent on the subject of Quietist doctrine. The work *Les Aventures de Télémaque* led to the author’s banishment; he left for Flanders before returning to his archbishopric in Cambrai. It must be said that *The Adventures of Telemachus* is nothing less than a satire on the reign of Louis XIV, in which the monarch is portrayed as Idomeneus, the legendary king of Crete. This work is both an epic and a treatise on morality and politics. In good condition.
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About the sale ONLINE AUCTION ON 26/06/2026: Books, engravings and old papers.
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