The Adventures of Telemachus, The Son of Ulysses. By the Archbishop of Cambray. Translated into English by Mr. Des Maizeaux, F. R. S. Eighth Edition, Corrected
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Saint-Malo: Printed by Hovius son, Book-Seller; upon the Place of the Cathedral, 1784. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 162 x 93 mms., pp. [ii], xxxi [xxxii blank], 202; [2], 191 [192 adverts for books printed by Hovius, additional title-page for volume 2, contemporary sheepskin (a little dried); name inked out on top margin of recto of front free end-paper. Hovius printed this edition just in English, with the Chevalier Ramsay's "Discourse of Epic Poetry, and of the Excellence of the Poem of Telemachus" preceding the Des Maizeaux's English translation. In the same year at Saint-Malo, he published an edition with the French text and the English translation of facing pages. ESTC N473708 locates only the copy at NYPL. WorldCat locates several other copies.
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- The Adventures of Telemachus, The Son of Ulysses. By the Archbishop of Cambray. Translated into English by Mr. Des Maizeaux, F. R. S. Eighth Edition, Corrected
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- FENELON (Francois de Salignac de la Mothe):
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- Saint-Malo: Printed by Hovius son, Book-Seller; upon the Place of the Cathedral, 1784
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