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53 - FÉNELON. WORKS. Paris, Didot, 1787–92. Nine quarto volumes in marbled fawn sheepskin, smooth spines 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 portions of pages 1 through 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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FÉNELON. WORKS. Paris, Didot, 1787–92. Nine quarto volumes in marbled fawn sheepskin, smooth spines 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 portions of pages 1 through 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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