Les Aventures de Telemaque, Fils D'Ulysse

by Francois Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition with these illustrations, one of 200 printed on GRAND PAPIER VELIN. Engraved portrait after Vivian engraved by Gaucher, and 24 plates after drawings by Lefebvre engraved by Delvaux, Godefroy, Simonet, Thomas, and Trière. 4 vols. 18mo. Full early 20th-century dark brown morocco, richly gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines very slightly faded, otherwise a beautiful set, complete with all half-titles, immaculate text and plates, with the original

• Binding: Leather

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