Telemachus
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikioverall a magnificent bookpictures are part of descriptionoriginal binding and endpapers, blind stamps on the boardsfurthermore, some old handwritten texts on the front cover and inside owner’s namesno trading on sundayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethere seem to be no other defects than the normal signs of age, for risk of buyerplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebook in original parchment bindingvery fine binding with spine title and originally drawn raised bandsfeitama - telemachus, uit het fransch van den heere fenelon in nederduitsche vaerzen overgebragt, en in dezen tweeden druk verbeterd, onder de zinspreuk studio fovetur ingeniumvery fine! the book is in top condition, there are 24 books in 1 volumethe binding is neat, beautiful frontispiece is presentrare and beautiful item for a bookcase, the book is in very fine antiquarian conditionthe main work has 576 pages, the dimensions are 21 × approxcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
88 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysthus, montesquieu described it as “livre divin de ce siècle” and was inspired by it by adopting the same process of disassociation in his “lettres persanes”our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea nice edition of this book that combines the educational novel and the anti-absolutist political manifestoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebinding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling on a morocco label, lovely and elegant bindingthis implicit criticism of louis xiv' s absolutism immediately appeared as a transparent manifesto in favour of natural law versus divine lawinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, complete of the frontispiece and 10 wonderfully executed out of text plates, marbled endpapersmessire françois de salignac de la mothe fénélon - les aventures de télémaque, fils d'ulysse - xl + 448 pagesand for good reason: fénelon tells of the wanderings of telemachus, accompanied by mentor, avatar of minerva - pretext for a moral and political education, which was also seen at the time as a satire of the reign of louis xivthis novel, both an epic and a treatise on morality and politics, caused both fénelon's disgrace at court and his immediate and subsequent famecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
51 €