Les Avantures De Telmaque Fils D'Ulysse
Paris: Jacques Estienne, 1717. leather_bound. 526 pages. 16 x 9.5 cm. Twenty-six engraved plates mostly after Giffart, large folding map, engraved head piece. A biting attack on absolute monarchy, and one of the most popular works of the century. BRUNET Vol. II, pp. 1212-1213 gives this edition praise: "De Toutes les anciennes editions du Telemaque imprimees a Paris, celle-ci est la plus belle et celle qui merite le plus de conserver une place dans la bibilotheque d'un curioux." Text generally clean, frontispiece slightly shaved at margin, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, half centimeter loss at spine head, small creases lower backstrip, marbled endpapers. Contemporary full mottled calf. Very good. Item #20110
Price: $490.00