Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse par M. de Fénélon ; avec figures en taille-douce, dessinées par MM. Cochin et Moreau le jeune
2 volumes. Contemporary red, straight-grained morocco binding by Jean-Claude Bozerian (1762-1840), signed at foot of spine of volume 1. Gold-tooled geometrical design with dots, foliate, and star ornaments and light blue watered silk endleaves.
With frontispiece and 6 engraved plates after Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790); extra engraved portrait of Fenelon inserted at beginning of volume 1.
With frontispiece and 6 engraved plates after Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790); extra engraved portrait of Fenelon inserted at beginning of volume 1.
Artwork Details
- Title: Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse par M. de Fénélon ; avec figures en taille-douce, dessinées par MM. Cochin et Moreau le jeune
- Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (French, Château de Fénelon, Périgord 1651–1715 Cambrai)
- Engraver: Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715–1790 Paris)
- Engraver: Jean Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, Paris 1741–1814 Paris)
- Binder: Jean Claude Bozerian (French, 1762–1840)
- Date: 1790
- Geography: Paris, France
- Dimensions: 2 volumes: illustrations (engravings); Height: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jayne Wrightsman, 2008
- Object Number: PQ1795 .T5 1790
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