FÉNELON (François de SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE-). The Adventures - Lot 94

FÉNELON (François de SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE-). The Adventures of Telemachus. S. l. [Paris], De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur. A Paris, Didot, Barrois, Onfroy & alii, 1785. 2 volumes large in-4° (245 x 330 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, green morocco title-pieces, gilt edges (period binding). A frontispiece title engraved by MONTULAY, bearing the date 1773, 72 numbered plates "engraved after the designs of Charles MONNET peintre du Roy by Jean Baptiste TILLIARD", & 24 ornate "Sommaire" plates placed at the beginning of each "Livre". BEAUTIFUL EXEMPLAIRE ON LARGE PAPER IN RED OPINION MAROQUIN BINDINGS. "Beautiful edition" (Cohen, 384-385). A Amsterdam, Chez J. Wetstein, G. Smith & Zacharie Chatelain, et A Rotterdam Chez Jean Hofhout, 1734. In-folio, blue morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate smooth spine, red morocco title-pieces, gilt edges, red moire linings and endpapers (period binding).