Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe

Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe

Les Aventures de Télémaque, fils d’Ulysse ; avec des notes mythologiques de Francois Noël, inspecteur général de l'instruction publique. Nouvelle édition ornée de vingt-cinq gravures, et de la carte des voyages de Télémaque.

Paris, Dentu, 1808.

4 volumes 12mo (128 × 79 mm). Green morocco, the crowned gilt cipher “F” of Francis I at the centre of the covers, surrounded by a gilt roulette border, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and tools; gilt inner roulette; pink paper doublures and endleaves (Contemporary binding).

Charming copy bound with the cipher of Francis I, Emperor of Austria.

This edition reproduces the same illustrations as the edition published in 1796.

[With :]

-La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de

Oeuvres diverses. Tome premier contenant l'histoire de Madame Henriette d'Angleterre. Tome second, contenant les mémoires de la Cour de France.

Maastricht, Jean-Edme Dufour et Philippe Roux, 1779.

2 volumes 12mo (164 × 98 mm). Green morocco, framed with gilt rolls, gilt arms at the centre of the covers, smooth spines decorated with gilt tools, gilt edges (Early 19th-century binding).

Copy from the library of Count Dmitri Petrovich Boutourlin.

This edition contains only Madame Henriette d’Angleterre and the Mémoires de la cour de France.

Dmitri Petrovich Boutourlin (1790–1849), a general, statesman and historian, was also a distinguished bibliophile.

Provenance :

Comte D. Boutourlin (ex-libris armorié et armes dorées sur les plats).

Jane Wrightsman (ex-libris).

-Demoustier, Charles Albert

Lettres à Émilie sur la mythologie.

Paris, Renouard, an XI - 1803.

4 parts in 2 volumes, 12mo (157 × 100 mm). Dark blue morocco, framed with a broad gilt dentelle, raised bands, spines decorated with gilt tools, gilt inner roulette, gilt edges (Émile Aussourd).

The first two volumes only. The fifth and sixth parts are lacking.

Portrait engraved by Gaucher after Ducreux as frontispiece, and 22 plates (of the 24 required).

Provenance :

James W. Ellsworth (ex-libris armorié).

Jane Wrightsman (ex-libris ; Sotheby’s, New York, 28 April 2010, lot 43).