FENELON François de Salignac de la Mothe
£1,400
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Les avantures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse ... Nouvelle édition, conformé au manuscrit original ... Engraved port. and frontis., 24 other engraved plates, with 25 engraved headpieces and 21 tailpieces, titlepage in red and black, the text set within a border of type ornaments, contemporary red straight grain morocco, gilt greek key pattern border, inner gilt dentelles, green watered silk endpapers, a.e.g., heads, tails and corners rubbed, with a couple of scratches on the lower cover, port. loose and with fore-edge slightly damaged, repair to tear in p. 134 (touching the border and a few letters of text, but with no loss), folio, Amsterdam: Wetstein & Smith, 1734
Note: Brunet II.1214; Cohen-De Ricci 381. First issue of this fine edition which was limited to 150 copies. The engravings are by Picart and others. Without the suppressed " Examen de la conscience d'un roi''