Telemachus
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikioriginal binding and endpapers, blind stamps on the boardsthe binding is neat, beautiful frontispiece is presentvery fine binding with spine title and originally drawn raised bandsrare and beautiful item for a bookcase, the book is in very fine antiquarian conditionfurthermore, some old handwritten texts on the front cover and inside owner’s namesvery fine! the book is in top condition, there are 24 books in 1 volumethe main work has 576 pages, the dimensions are 21 × approxbook in original parchment bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeno trading on sundaythere seem to be no other defects than the normal signs of age, for risk of buyerpictures are part of descriptioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoverall a magnificent bookfeitama - telemachus, uit het fransch van den heere fenelon in nederduitsche vaerzen overgebragt, en in dezen tweeden druk verbeterd, onder de zinspreuk studio fovetur ingenium
88 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis implicit criticism of louis xiv' s absolutism immediately appeared as a transparent manifesto in favour of natural law versus divine lawthus, 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”messire françois de salignac de la mothe fénélon - les aventures de télémaque, fils d'ulysse - xl + 448 pagesdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysbinding 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 bindinga 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 websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeand 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 fameinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, complete of the frontispiece and 10 wonderfully executed out of text plates, marbled endpaperscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
51 €