Books by FEnElon [Francois

Paris, France: P. Pourrat Freres, Editeurs, 1838. Leather Bound. First Thus. Octavo. lix, 320; ii, 387pp. Quarter leather over marbled boards, spine stamped and decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers and page ends. Novel first published anonymously in 1699, modeled after Homer's Odyssey it was seen as a satire on the autocratic reign of Louis XIV. Text in French. The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses Image or additional images available upon request ... more information

Paris: Louis Duprat-Duverger, 1811. Nouvelle ‹dition. 2 vols., 8vo. . Full polished mottled calf, gilt borders, gilt spines, red and black morocco spine labels,. Some rubbing to extremities, else very good ... more information

Clermont: Lanriot, 1805. hardcover. very good(+). Port., folding map, and 24 fine copperplates. 2 vols. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, leather spine labels, g.e.; some foxing. Clermont: Lanriot, An 13 (1805). Very Good (+). ... more information

Paris: Eberhart, 1810. hardcover. near fine. 72 exquisite copperplates after illustrations by Ch. Monnet, by J. B. Tilliard. 2 volumes, 4to, 3/4 black morocco, marbled boards. inner hinges reinforced, t.e.g. Paris: Eberhart, 1810. Near Fine. ... more information

Paris: Didot l'aÓnE, 1796. First edition with these illustrations, one of 200 printed on GRAND PAPIER VELIN. 4 vols., 18mo. Engraved portrait after Vivian engraved by Gaucher, and 24 plates after drawings by Lefebvre engraved by Delvaux, Godefroy, Simonet, Thomas, and TriËre. Full early 20th-century dark brown morocco, richly gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines very slightly faded, otherwise a beautiful set, complete with all half-titles, immaculate text and plates, with the original tissue guar... more information

Paris:: De l'imprimerie de Didot Jeune,, 1790.. Beautifully Illustrated by Marillier, in Very FineMorocco by One of the Great Binders of the Era248 x 165 mm (9 3/4 x 6 1/2"). Two volumes.. LOVELY EARLY 19TH CENTURY DARK BLUE STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY DECORATED IN BLIND AND GILT, BY THOUVENIN (signed at foot of the spine of first volume), covers bordered with wide blind leaf roll framed by single gilt fillets and with gilt roundel cornerpieces, raised bands, spines with multiple plain an... more information

Paris:: Imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e., Pierre-François Didot],, 1785.. In a Fine Staggemeier and Welcher Binding, With a Very Large, Early, Edwards(?) Painting340 x 264 mm (13 3/8 x 10 3/8"). 4 p.l., 305, [1] pp.; 2 p.l., 297, [3] pp. Two volumes bound in one.. ELEGANT RED CONTEMPORARY STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, BY STAGGEMEIER & WELCHER, the covers with a wide gilt border composed of onlaid strips of blue goatskin tooled with a Greek-key roll, with a square green goatskin onlay at the corners ... more information

hardcover. 2 vols. 4to, cont. spotted calf, gilt spine, dentelles. Paris: Renouard, 1795. The renowned 1699 political novel, written for his royal pupil, by the archbishop of Cambrai. Not in Brunet. ... more information