London: Alex Hogg 1785. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. iv 327 xvi. Bound in contemporary half leather over patterned boards with gilt spine titles. Covers with some rubbing slight worming to first and last few pages near lower gutter not affecting text slight edge wear and repair to folding map and one plate otherwise very good. With 24 plates. No date c.1785. Alex Hogg, hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Adventures of Telemachus is the first critical edition of Tobias Smollett's 1776 translation of Bishop Fénelon's 1699 "mirror for princes" written especially for Duc de Burgogne heir presumptive to Louis X hardcover
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Hardcover. Very Good. Publisher: D. Appleton ND circa 1880 Gift inscription on front fly otherwise no Reader remainder or library marks. Our pics. hardcover
Paris: Froment et Lequien 1828. Fine. Froment et Lequien Paris 1828 12.50 x 21 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition preceded by the Discourse on Epic Poetry and on the Excellence of the Telemachus poem by Ramsay. One portrait frontispiece and 11 neoclassical figures hors-texte under tissue guards in volume 1 and 13 in volume 2 totaling 25 figures. Contemporary full glazed navy calf binding signed Thouvenin at the foot of volume 1. Raised band spine decorated with 3 richly ornamented compartments series of fillets on the bands and roulettes at head and foot. Boards stamped in blind with a large central Restoration rosette and large Rococo corner ornaments blind decorative border and gilt fillet frame. Interior decorative border. Gilt edges. Light rubbing. Some scattered foxing. Very handsome copy rare in this condition. Froment et Lequien hardcover
Paris 1871. Fine. Paris 1871 11 x 18 cm relié New edition preceded by observations by Cardinal de Bausset. Half red shagreen binding spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt double compartments with corner ornaments frame of cold fillets on red paper boards white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns gilt edges contemporary binding. Small black stains on boards endpapers lightly soiled trace of a bookplate that has been neatly removed from one pastedown. hardcover
Jacques Estienne 1725. Hardcover. Good. 1752 Poirion Paris; two volumes leather hardback; bearing the plate and stamp of the Earl of Holderness governor to the children of George III. Jacques Estienne hardcover
à Amsterdam: Chez J. Frédéric Bernard 1718. Fine. Chez J. Frédéric Bernard à Amsterdam 1718 9 x 15.50 cm relié First edition. Another edition appeared on the same date from Florentin Delaulne in Paris. Title page in red and black. Full old red morocco binding ca 1860 unsigned. Raised bands spine in Jansenist style decorated with blind compartments. Gilt title and ""Edition originale"" at foot. Double blind fillet frame on boards. Rich interior border. Edges gilt. Foxing angular lack at head of leaf 45-46 not touching text light rubbing at foot of spine a very small marginal dampstain affecting some leaves at head otherwise handsome copy in an unsigned master binding. Dialogue between A B and C on the nature of eloquence A having the role of Socrates and employing maieutics B and C responding to A's questions. The characters discuss a sermon they have just heard and from there define the qualities of true eloquence by drawing these from examples of the Ancients. Fénelon criticizes both Ancients and Moderns giving preference to the eloquence of Holy Scripture. Du Cerceau's essay attempts to characterize French poetry and what makes verse specific in relation to prose. Both works are supported by quite subtle and pertinent grammatical analyses adjectives figures genitive and ablative. Chez J. Frédéric Bernard hardcover
Hardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Telemachus was the most widely-read work in 18th-century France excepting the Bible. It was also among the most influential since its attempt to combine monarchism with republican virtues was of obvious importance for Montesquieu and hardcover
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Paperback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Telemachus was the most widely-read work in 18th-century France excepting the Bible. It was also among the most influential since its attempt to combine monarchism with republican virtues was of obvious importance for Montesquieu and paperback
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Paris: Chez Barbou & Chez Les Freres Estienne. Good. 1775. Hardcover. Complete 2 volume set. Tan mottled calf leather bound covers with gilt stamped spines and 5 raised bands are worn but in good condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Marbled end sheets and paste downs with former owner's antiquated bookplate affixed to front paste downs and also written in antiquated ink at top of first chapter page and dated 1785. Pages have only very slight toning and very sparse modest foxing but in very good condition. Pages are clean and pristine. Volume 1 has 12 copper plate engraved plates; volume 2 has 13 plus folding map. . . Chez Barbou & Chez Les Freres Estienne hardcover
Alondres: Chez B. Dod 1742. Leather. Good. Full calf. Folding map present. Raised bands. Spine label gone. Hinges split. First few pages clear taped inner hinges. Free end papers gone. xxxv 528pp. with a Table. No writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied. Chez B. Dod hardcover
Amsterdam: Les Wetsteins 1719. Binding very worn front hinge cracked so that front board and 2 prelims are hanging on by thread. Text in good condition. 1857 gift inscription on flyleaf. LIX 234 pages. Leather. Folding map & 8 engraved plates no list. so cannot be sure the illustrations are complete. Contains the first 11 books. Text in French except Privilegie at front in Dutch A . Heinsius. New Edition Corrected and Enlarged . Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - 4" x 7". Les Wetsteins Hardcover
Paris 1768. Full calf. Very Good. Handsome presentable examples of this early 1768 edition complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and VG in their contemporary-to-the-period full calf with bright gilt-titling and elaborate gilt-decoration along the spines. Light wear along the hing es otherwise sharp with virtually no foxing or soiling to the text to speak of. 16mos a number of full-page engravings complementing the text in addition to fold-out map "Carte des Voyages de Telemaque" at the rear of Vol. I. unknown
Paris : chez Ancelle 1798-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 2 Volumes. Octavo. French. xxxii 392p. 361p. 25 ill. pl. Bound in contemporary full tree calf. Gilt borders. Gilt lettering on black spine labels. Marbled page ends and end pages. Good bindings and covers. Wear to extremities. Front boards starting. Clean unmarked pages with minimal tanning. <br><br> Les aventures de Telemaque The adventures of Telemachus is a didactic French novel. The slender plot fills out a gap in Homer's Odyssey recounting the educational travels of Telemachus son of Ulysses accompanied by his tutor Mentor who is revealed at the end of the story to be Minerva goddess of wisdom in disguise. Paris : chez Ancelle hardcover
Paris : Delalain le jeune 1787. Relié. Mauvais état. in-12°. 376 pp. Quelques rousseurs. La page de faux-titre est abimée par quelques signatures et des trous. Reliure cuir usée. Les coins sont abîmés. Les mors supérieurs sont fendus. Un manque d'environ 2 cm sur la coiffe supérieure. Delalain le jeune unknown
Paris: Jacques Estienne 1718. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A first edition copy of this classic of Christian literature containing François Fénelon's defense of the Christian religion. The first edition of this work in a full speckled calf binding with marbled paste downs and end papers. Bookplate to the front paste down of 'James Dolphin Watson' with a stamp. Ink inscription to the verso of the front free end paper and to the title page. Five letters concerning the Christian religion written in the original French by François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon more commonly known as François Fénelon 1651-1715 the French Catholic archbishop theologian poet and writer. The first of these letters was written on the existence of the God; the second on the worship of God the immortality of the soul and free will; the third on divinity and on religion; the fourth on the idea of infinity and on the freedom of God to create; and the fifth on the truth of religion and on its practice. Fénelon argues that God is an infinitely perfect being and that the only way to worship God is through Catholicism. In a full speckled calf binding. Externally sound though rubbed. Gilt remains bright. Joints are cracking with a little of the backstrip lifting. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean except for a little age toning to the title page. Very Good Jacques Estienne hardcover
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