361 - Fénélon de Salignac de la Mothe, F. The Adventures of the Prince of Ithaca, Or: Telemachus Seeking His Father Ulysses, Translated from the French into German Verse, and Explained with Mythological, Historical, Political, and Moral Annotations, by B. Neukirch. 3 parts in 2 volumes. Ansbach, Lüders (and Rönnagel), 1727–1739. 8 leaves, 500 pages, 9 leaves; 4 leaves, 472 pages; 1 leaf, 304 pages, 5 leaves (index). With 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 head vignette, and 24 copperplate engravings by Cochin, Winter, and Lichtensteger after Leclerc and Sperling. Folio. Leather bindings. Currently bound on 6 raised bands with rich spine decoration, spine label, and colored, floral edges (somewhat rubbed and bumped, spine joints partly slightly cracked).

Fénélon de Salignac de la Mothe, F. The Adventures of the Prince of Ithaca, Or: Telemachus Seeking His Father Ulysses, Translated from the French into German Verse, and Explained with Mythological, Historical, Political, and Moral Annotations, by B. Neukirch. 3 parts in 2 volumes. Ansbach, Lüders (and Rönnagel), 1727–1739. 8 leaves, 500 pages, 9 leaves; 4 leaves, 472 pages; 1 leaf, 304 pages, 5 leaves (index). With 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 head vignette, and 24 copperplate engravings by Cochin, Winter, and Lichtensteger after Leclerc and Sperling. Folio. Leather bindings. Currently bound on 6 raised bands with rich spine decoration, spine label, and colored, floral edges (somewhat rubbed and bumped, spine joints partly slightly cracked). Dünnhaupt IV, 2954, 27.1. - First printing of Neukirch's translation: 'The work was commissioned - as a private printing, so to speak - by Neukirch himself and printed as requested on fine and heavy paper in folio format' (Lanckoronska-Oehler I, 76). The first German luxury printing in the 18th century and a magnificent work of typography and illustration in imitation of French models. - According to Dünnhaupt's collation, two leaves of the prefaces with dedication pages are missing in volumes 2 and 3, although these were not included in many copies. 'Most copies. differ ... in small details' (Seebass NF 712).- Wide-margined copy, partly slightly to somewhat foxed, rear endpaper and mirror of volume 2/3 damp-stained.