Best.-Nr. 98638A Paris chez Jacques Estienne 1720. 53 pages. 14x85 Cm. Broché. Feuillets un peu écornés. Petit trou dans la marge de la page de titre. Feuillets légèrement déreliés. Rédigée dans le contexte des controverses théologiques du début du XVIIIe siècle cette lettre prend place dans la réflexion de Fénelon sur la discipline sacramentelle et les usages de la confession et de la communion fréquente. François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon né en 1651 à Sainte-Mondane et mort en 1715 à Cambrai fut archevêque de Cambrai et lune des figures marquantes de la pensée religieuse de son temps. Le texte est ici présenté dans sa première édition publiée à titre posthume au sein dun recueil dopuscules ce qui en fait un témoignage intéressant sur la diffusion de ses écrits après sa mort. A Paris, chez Jacques Estienne, 1720. unknown
1785Best.-Nr. ABC_49452Paris: l'imprimerie de Monsieur" colophon below advertisement: Pierre François Didot le jeune printer to the future King Louis XVIII who used the title Monsieur from 1774 to 1789 1785. Contemporary gold-tooled dark greenish-brown morocco sewn on 5 supports with the corresponding raised bands on the spine a red morocco title and volume label on the spine lettered in gold a triple fillet frame on both boards with fleurons in the corners gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins gilt edges marbled endpapers. Super royal 4to. With 98 hand-coloured plates namely two engraved title pages in volume 1 resp. by Augustin de St. Aubin and Montulay 72 illustration plates engraved by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard after drawings by Charles Monnet and 24 engraved plates with summaries of the "books" in decorative frames. Further with an elaborate armorial device incorporating the French royal coat of arms on the title page of each volume. 2 volumes. Deluxe hand-coloured edition of Fénelons popular didactic novel printed with newly designed type by Didot. This is also the first edition to include the 72 beautifully engraved plates drawn by the French painter Charles Monnet or Monet 1732-1808 or later and engraved by Jean-Baptiste Tilliard 1740-1813. The present copy has been luxuriously bound in a neoclassical style by Nicolas-Denis Derome 1731-1790 a renowned bookbinder who was known for the beauty and finesse of his work.Les aventures the Telemaque was originally published anonymously in 1699 because its denunciation of luxury war and selfishness as a matter of principal clearly bore an implied critique of the autocratic rule of King Louis XIV. The author did not remain anonymous for long; François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon mostly known as François Fénelon 1651-1715 was a French Catholic archbishop theologian poet and writer. He was a regular visitor of the royal court at Versailles and for eight years tutor to Louis Duke of Burgundy known as the Petit Dauphin King Louis XIVs grandson. In 1697 however Fénelon was banished to his diocese initially because of a religious dispute and later for writing the present work. Growing dissatisfaction with Louis XVI leading up to the French Revolution made it once again both popular and dangerous though ironically the present edition and others were produced with patronage from members of the royal family.The story of Telemachus and Minerva was meant as a small addition to fill a gap in the chronology of Homer's great epic the Odyssey. While Telemachus the son of Ulysses/Odysseus is in theory the main character the principal focus is actually on "Mentor" or Minerva who teaches him how to rule and how to live life in general with both wisdom and morality. Fénelon's work proved incredibly popular going through numerous editions and translations throughout the 18th and well into the 19th century. The author's ideals of simplicity equality and world peace found their way through Telemachus and Minerva/Athena to French revolutionaries and German romantics thus indirectly shaping 18th- and 19th-century European cultural and political thought. It also found its way to North America - becoming one of Thomas Jefferson's favourites - and the Ottoman Empire. With the publication of an edition in Ottoman Turkish in 1859 it became the first European novel to be translated into Turkish.The present luxurious edition - which stands in stark contrast to the author's original message of simplicity and relative equality - was produced under the direction of Pierre François Didot with the patronage of the future King Louis XVIII. It is the first edition to unite the text with the detailed illustrations by Monnet and Tilliard. The first 6 plates belonging to the first 2 books in volume 1 are numbered signed and captioned all other plates are "avant la lettre" without the textual information and are very rare. The main text is set in the new Gros Romain gras roman type that Didot commissioned for this book from the punchcutter Jean-Baptiste Gérard and printed on high quality wove paper made by Pierre II and Étienne Montgolfier in Annonay.With the bookbinder's label of Nicolas-Denis Derome mounted on the verso of the second flyleaf "Rélié par Derome le jeune". The boards have been slightly rubbed the spines are somewhat faded due to exposure to sunlight in the past. The work is slightly browned and very lightly foxed throughout the tissue paper guards have browned some of the plates are stained. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cohen & De Ricci cols. 384-385; André Jammes Les Didot 1998 p. 27; Jeanne Veyrin-Forrer Les caracteres de Pierre-François Didot 1783-1790 in: Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1962 pp. 57-67 at pp. 60-64 & figs. 1-7 also in Veyrin-Forrer La lettre et le texte 1987 pp. 139-157; Quérard III p. 92; for the plates by Tilliard after Monnet: Portalis 1877 pp. 399-413. l'imprimerie de Monsieur" [colophon below advertisement: Pierre François Didot le jeune, printer to the future King Louis XVIII hardcover
1784Best.-Nr. 78823London:: Alex. Hogg 1784. old calf boards; original spine long covered with cloth tape. Bookplate on pastedown; contents very attractive. 4to. Illustrated with a folding map and 24 engraved plates. Now Newly Translated from the best Paris and other Editions by William Henry Melmoth. Alex. Hogg, hardcover
1853Best.-Nr. 76415Paris:: Furne et Cie. 1853. old quarter red morocco; gilt-ruled paneled spine; a.e.g. Large old bookplate on pastedown; a few spots of scattered foxing; slight rubbing to the binding at extremities; tight and sound. 8vo. Illustrated from engravings. Furne et Cie., unknown
Best.-Nr. 68203Paris Typographie de Panckoucke 1854. 12 pages. 155x95 Cm. Broché couverture imprimée. Traces de plis. Cette version en vers d'une partie du premier livre du Télémaque de Fénélon est l'uvre de Claude François Chenu avoué près le tribunal civil de première instance de Romorantin. L'édition due au fils de l'auteur n'a été tirée qu'à 25 exemplaires hors commerce destinés à quelques amis. Couverture partiellement déreliée sinon un bon exemplaire. Paris, Typographie de Panckoucke, 1854. unknown
1718Best.-Nr. 17726CB1718. NOUVELLE EDITIONAugmentée & Corrigée Sur le Manuscript de l'Auteur. 2 vols in 1. Rotterdam Barthelemy 1718. Oktav. 424 page Ode 17 nn pages table de matiers with one frontispiece as a copy and one folded map of the Mediterranian Sea. Pergament der Zeit mit Sprenkelschnitt. Contemporary vellum Frontispiz in Kopie die Karte mit Randschäden die Gelenke gelockert sonst gut erhalten. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 72628Paris Flammarion 1920. Gr.8° 204 S. zahlr. farb Textillustr. von antiken Orig. Broschur teilweise unbeschnitten mit Transp.OU. Min gebrauchspurig schönes Exemplar. Préface de Léon Gautier Introduction par Henry Jouin. Nombreuses illustrations. - François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon 1651-1715 in Cambrai französischer Erzbischof und Schriftsteller. Im Sommer 1689 wurde er wohl auch auf Vorschlag von Madame de Maintenon deren geistlicher Berater er inzwischen geworden war von Ludwig XIV. zum Erzieher seines 7-jährigen Enkels und eventuellen Thronfolgers des Duc de Bourgogne berufen. Für seinen fürstlichen Zögling schrieb Fénelon wie schon so häufig Fürstenerzieher vor ihm beispielsweise Bossuet mehrere unterhaltende und zugleich belehrende Werke: zunächst eine Sammlung von Fabeln sodann die «Aventures d’Aristonoüs» und die «Dialogues de morts» vor allem aber den umfänglichen 1694–96 verfassten Abenteuer- Reise- und Bildungsroman «Les Aventures de Télémaque fils d’Ulysse» 1733 in Deutsch erschienen als Die seltsamen Begebenheiten des Telemach. 010 Paris, Flammarion, 1920 unknown
1821Best.-Nr. 66698London: printed for John Bumpus 6 Holborn Bars; and Richard Baynes Paternoster Row 1821. Small 12mo pp. xii 204; engraved frontispiece; original drab paper-covered boards printed paper label on spine; a very good sound and clean copy but with the front free endpaper excised. Includes a 6-page preface by the editor of the French edition. printed for John Bumpus, 6, Holborn Bars; and Richard Baynes, Paternoster Row unknown
Best.-Nr. B9781019791233Hardback. New. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1044399Encuadernación de tapa dura. Aceptable. . Traducción de Fernando Nicolas de Rebolleda. Madrid. Imp. que fue de Fuentenebro. 1827. 15x10 cm. 430 págs. 24 finas láms. grabadas por Rodriguez V. Pasqual Garrido Rico Bequer Gasco. Encuadernado en holandesa tela. Pequeño cerco de agua al principio de las págs. última pág. con una pequeña rotura afectando a unas letras. hardcover
Best.-Nr. B9781032324487Paperback / softback. New. This book traces 500 years of European-American colonization and racialized dominance expanding our common assumptions about the ways racialization was used to build capitalism and the modern world-system. paperback
Best.-Nr. 218434Paris E. Ducrocq c. 1845. Thick octavo xiv512pp illustrated with engravings original full leather with gilt spine and blind-stamped covers some foxing mainly on endpapers gilt page edges ink inscription dated 1895 on verso of flyleaf a very good sound copy. In FRENCH. Paris, E. Ducrocq, c. 1845. hardcover
1802Best.-Nr. 016318London: J. Johnson F. And Rivington G. Wilkie W. Lowndes J. Scatcherd F. Wingrave C. Law T. N. Longman and O. Rees and J. Harris 1802. Inteira De Pele / Full Leather. Bom / Good / Bon. In-8º 180x110. 1 Vol. de 174-1 pp. Text in french and english. J. Johnson, F. And Rivington, G. Wilkie, W. Lowndes, J. Scatcherd, F. Wingrave, C. Law, T. N. Longman and O. Rees and J. Harris hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9781138636835Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. B9780521456623Paperback / softback. New. 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 Rousseau. It is also a commentary on Louis XIV's rule. paperback
1825Best.-Nr. 16471Warrington: Printed and Sold by John Harrison for Maria Bradbur 1825 An abridged English edition notable for its being translated and edited by a woman. We have been unable to find out anything about Maria Bradburn probably because this is such a scarce work. There are no copies recorded in OCLC. OCLC also lists no other books in which Maria Bradburn had any part. Original blue paneled calf tooled elaborately in blind gilt-lettered spine. . Octavo. Binding extremities a bit worn and toned. Crude repair to upper title-page. Occasional light offsetting very minor foxing to endpapers and gutter margins. Scattered light pencil marginalia. Small tear to lower corner of pp. 87-88. A very good copy clean and free of browning. François Fénelon 1651-1715 is best known as the author of The Adventures of Telemachus 1699 regarding the educational travels of the son of Ulysses. It influenced the educational theories of Rousseau. In 1681 he published Traité de l'éducation des filles Treatise on the Education of Girls the first systematic work on female education. Printed and Sold by John Harrison, for Maria Bradbur
1754Best.-Nr. 49349Glasgow: printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis 1754. 8vo 2 vols. pp. 2 256; 100 8; bound with: Fenelon. Fables composed for the use of the Duke of Burgundy. 1751. pp. iv 107 1; contemporary mottled calf gilt rules red speckled edges; joints weak tender spines worn and cracked book plate of Wadham Wyndham Esq.; good. It is likely that the Fables of 1751 were always intended to accompany the Dialogues as without them the fables called for in the later's title pages are not present. Gaskell 191 270. printed and sold by Robert and Andrew Foulis unknown
1821Best.-Nr. 41513Paris: Saintin 1821. 32mo pp. iv 387; engraved frontispiece 9 plates; slightly later three quarter black calf over marbled boards gilt and blind-tooled spine in 6 compartments all edges marbled marbled endpapers; general wear along edges and corners; interior near fine. OCLC locates one copy in the United States at Yale. Saintin unknown
1820Best.-Nr. 41509Paris: E.A. Lequien 1820. Édition collationnée sur les trois manuscrits connus a Paris 2 volumes pp. xxiv 367 359; engraved portrait frontispiece 24 plates; full contemporary blind-tooled calf borders lined in gilt spines blind and gilt-tooled in 6 compartments 2 black gilt-lettered spine labels all edges marbled marbled endpapers; back cover of Vol. I and upper cover of Vol. II loose joints of attached boards reinforced spine ends chipped with small loss to foot of Vol. II; 20th century bookplate on front pastedowns; textblocks fine. Printed by Didot l'ainé. Although this is the first edition to conform to the original manuscripts it is considered to be inferior to the 1824 edition while the plates are described as "very mediocre" Brunet II p. 1217. E.A. Lequien unknown
Best.-Nr. 15304Bruxelles Societe Nationale pour la propagation des bons livres 1847 . Reliure demi-velin d'epoque plattes interieures ornees 110 x 185mm. 402pp. Revue avec soin et augmentee d'un discours sur l'usage de cet ouvrage dans les classes d'un resume des principes moraux renfermes dans chaque livre d'une table des discours descriptions et portraits qui peuvent servir de modeles de compositions francaises et enrichie de nombreuses notes mythologiques et geographiques d'apres l'abbe Auber. Bon etat. Bruxelles, Societe Nationale pour la propagation des bons livres, 1847 unknown
1718Best.-Nr. 25140Paris: Florentin Delaulne 1718. First edition the Delaulne issue without the repeated pages 159-68; pp. 8 419 5; full contemporary calf red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; joints starting else very good. Published posthumously and seen through the press by Andrew Ramsay who has supplied a preface. An important work by the archbishop of Cambrai "wherein he entered an eloquent plea for greater simplicity and naturalness in the pulpit and urged preachers to take the scriptural natural style of Bossuet as their model rather than the coldly analytical eloquence of his great rival Bourdaloue" EB-11. Three copies of this issue in OCLC. Florentin Delaulne unknown
1893Best.-Nr. 42461New York 1893. 16pp. Folio. Profusely illustrated the front cover with a Nast cartoon: "The Almighty Bob" depicting a balding overstuffed man with a halo above him: "Thou shalt have no Other God But ME." Very Good with light wear. This illustrated Weekly Newspaper which commenced publication in 1888 became the well-known household staple known as Collier's in 1905. Stories contemporary news articles and advertisements with a plethora of illustrations fill the pages. Lomazow 973. unknown
1714Best.-Nr. 100160108Hovius Malo 1714. Mauvais état couverture frottée rousseurs intérieur propre. in12. 1714. Broché. Hovius Malo unknown
Best.-Nr. 99472Wien Luiggi Doll 1807. . Les aventures de Télémaque ital. - Telemachos Sohn des Odysseus begibt sich auf die Suche nach seinem Vater den er durch den trojanischen Krieg zuletzt als Kleinkind gesehen hatte. Die Abenteuer der Fahrt dienen als Kulisse für Kritik am Absolutismus sowie der Kriegstreiberei zu Zeiten Fénelons. - François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon 1651-1715 französischer Theologe Schriftsteller Philosoph und Pädagoge. - Mit Exlibirs sowie Besitzstempel 3 von Wilhelm Neufeld. - Ecken leicht bestoßen Leder am Rücken schwach rissig; Papier etwas stockfleckig Wien, Luiggi Doll, 1807. unknown
Best.-Nr. 181544T. Hood et Co. 1811. 12mo 7 x 4 ins. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards spine gilt ruled and blind-stamped with contrasting gilt lettered label red sprinkled edges VG. Pp. iv 430 endpapers and prelims toned; no inscriptions. French text. T. Hood et Co., 1811 unknown
