Telemachus
List telemachus
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Pictures are part of descriptionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikino trading on sundayoverall a magnificent bookcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebook in original parchment bindingvery fine! the book is in top condition, there are 24 books in 1 volumerare and beautiful item for a bookcase, the book is in very fine antiquarian conditionthere seem to be no other defects than the normal signs of age, for risk of buyerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe binding is neat, beautiful frontispiece is presentfeitama - telemachus, uit het fransch van den heere fenelon in nederduitsche vaerzen overgebragt, en in dezen tweeden druk verbeterd, onder de zinspreuk studio fovetur ingeniumfurthermore, some old handwritten texts on the front cover and inside owner’s namesvery fine binding with spine title and originally drawn raised bandsthe main work has 576 pages, the dimensions are 21 × approxoriginal binding and endpapers, blind stamps on the boardsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
88 €
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And 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 xivare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethus, 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”this implicit criticism of louis xiv' s absolutism immediately appeared as a transparent manifesto in favour of natural law versus divine lawdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysour 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 manifestothis novel, both an epic and a treatise on morality and politics, caused both fénelon's disgrace at court and his immediate and subsequent famebinding 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 bindinginside 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 pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
51 €