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Les Avantures De Telemaque, Fils D'Ulysse
by Fenelon (François de Salignac de La Mothe)
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary full mottled calf. Aeg. Very good/Near fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam & Rotterdam: J. Wetstein & G. Smith, & Zacharie Chatelain; Jean Hofhout, 1734. Nouvelle Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full mottled calf. Aeg. Very good/Near fine. [(2), X, XVII] 424 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Folding map, 24 plates engraved by Balthasar Bernaerts, Philipp Van Gunst, Louis Surugue and Jacob Folkema after Louis Fabricius Dubourg, Bernard Picart and Guillaume-François-Laurent Debrie with 22 engraved tail pieces. There was also a 1734 folio edition of this work limited to 150 copies. The engravings of the two editions are similar. Our copy contains the suppressed "Ode," last six pages of the text. First edition published 1699: it was also considered an attack on the divine right of absolute monarchy, and the the most popular book of its time. BRUNET. p.1214 calls it a "belle edition." GORDON N. RAY. p.8: depicts frontispiece herein. Bookplate of Armand-Jules de Rohan, Archbishop of Reims. Raised bands, spine panels in gilt floral arabesques, triple gilt border panels, marbled endpapers, spine ends conserved.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22235
- Title
- Les Avantures De Telemaque, Fils D'Ulysse
- Author
- Fenelon (François de Salignac de La Mothe)
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full mottled calf. Aeg. Very good/Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Nouvelle Edition
- Publisher
- J. Wetstein & G. Smith, & Zacharie Chatelain; Jean Hofhout
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam & Rotterdam
- Date Published
- 1734
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Arts
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- Printing; Design; Classics;
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
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