Aventures de Telemaque.

Fenelon, Archeveque de Cambrai. (François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon)

Published by Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Imprimeurs de l'Institute, /[1699], black quarter leather over green marbled boards, multicoloured marbled endpapers, speckled page edges, frontis portrait of Fenelon, 12mo; 536 pp. (In French), Paris, 1847

About this Item

CONDITION: Very Good; quite rubbed along all creases, bands, and edges, 1895 name and gift stamp on title page, pages somewhat stiff and darkening with a few dog ears but not foxed, wrinkled, or soiled, all in all worn on the outside, nice on the inside. French language 19thc hardback juvenile. In 1689 Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, became the tutor of the 7 year old Duc de Bourgogne, second in line to the throne. "The Adventures of Telemachus" recounts the educational travels of the son of Ulysses, accompanied by his tutor Mentor (Minerva as it turns out) . The book focusses on Mentor's advice to the young Duc on ethical and peaceful rule, a veiled attack on divine right monarchy. The fables are generally accepted to have been written at different times for instructional needs, the animal fables earlier, when the prince was a young boy. An early copy of this edition. ABE Heritage Seller since 1996; conservative AB condition grading. We ship all our books in cardboard protection. International shipping. . Seller Inventory # 18852

Bibliographic Details

Title: Aventures de Telemaque.

Publisher: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, Imprimeurs de l'Institute, /[1699], black quarter leather over green marbled boards, multicoloured marbled endpapers, speckled page edges, frontis portrait of Fenelon, 12mo; 536 pp. (In French), Paris

Publication Date: 1847

Binding: Hardcover

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