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4 volumes, 18mo (128 x 74 mm) with a portrait of the author by Delvaux after Vivien, 2 unn.l., 240 pp. with 6 engraved plates for volume I; 2 unn.l., 292 pp. with 6 engraved plates for volume II; 2 unn.l., 248 pp. with 6 engraved plates for volume III; 2 unn.l., 260 pp. with 6 engraved plates for volume IV. Long-grained red morocco, decorative gilt border roll on covers, flat spine, compartments decorated with a thousand-star decoration in the style of Bozérian, inner roll, gilt edges (contemporary binding).
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Cohen-de Ricci, 388.
Copy printed on wove paper with the plates in their definitive state (with the letter).
Cohen erroneously indicates that the portrait was engraved by Gaucher (it is indeed signed in the Delvaux plate).
This copy is complete with its "24 ravissantes figures de Quéverdo, gravées par Dambrun, Delignon, de Launay, Gaucher et Villeroy".
Les Avantures de Telemaque fils d'Ulysse is an adventure novel based on the Odyssey. It was written by Fénelon for the education of the Duke of Burgundy, son of the Dauphin, whose tutor he was. The novel contains a treatise on morality and politics distilled from the discussions between Telemachus and his master Mentor (who, thanks to the success of the novel, has become an antonomasia, his name passing into common parlance).
Although the novel was a great success, it also led to the disgrace of its author, who was seen as painting a picture of the court of Louis XIV.
A fine complete copy in perfect condition.
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