Lot 107
  • 107

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

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Les Aventures de Télémaque. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Monseiur, 1785



2 volumes, 4to (13 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.; 335 x 240 mm). Half-titles, additional engraved title (with imprint dated 1773) by Montulay, "Avertissement" leaf, 72 engraved plates and 24 engraved summaries by Tilliard after Charles Monnet, all delicately hand-colored; some very light marginal spotting. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, double-fillet border, roll tooled frame, stamped supralibros "C G" in covers, spines richly gilt, edges gilt, Greek key dentelles; extremities rubbed.

Literature

Cohen- DeRicci 384-386; Ray, French 37

Condition

some very light marginal spotting. Contemporary red straight-grain morocco, double-fillet border, roll tooled frame, stamped supralibros "C G" in covers, spines richly gilt, edges gilt, Greek key dentelles; extremities rubbed.
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Catalogue Note

A beautifully colored copy of this suite.