THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS IN FRENCH & ENGLISH BY FRANCOIS FENELON 1754

THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS IN FRENCH & ENGLISH BY FRANCOIS FENELON 1754

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[FENELON, Francois]. The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, by the Archbishop of Cambray: In French and English. The Original Carefully Printed According to the Best Editions of France and Holland. And the Translation, Which is Entirely New, Revised by Mr Des Maizeaux. London: Printed for T. Cox, 1754.

The second edition. In two volumes. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Duodecimo (170 x 100 mm.). Pp. xxxii, 207 [i.e. 414]; map, [2], 201 [i.e. 402]. Dual French and English text with dual pagination. Bound in contemporary full calf. Initial and terminal blanks present. Portrait frontispiece to volume one. Folding map at the front of volume two. Engraved plates throughout. Decorative head- and tail-pieces. Condition: GOOD. Collated complete. Bindings tight and secure. Some rubbing to the head of the spines. Some light toning but the interiors largely well-preserved. Minor marks to fore edge of volume one. Armorial book plate to front pastedowns.

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