FENELON, ARCHEVEQUE DE CAMBRAILivre Rare Book
The Lives and Most Remarkable Maxims of the Antient Philosophers
1726626815London: Printed for B. Barker near the Dean's Yard Westminster and R. Francklin under Tom's Coffee-house Covent-Garden 1726. 4 1-282 2 pp. 16.5 x 10 cm. Blue half calf with marbled boards five raised bands gilt titling to spine all edges stained red; folded ad tipped in at rear. Rubbing to extremities with bumping and some wear to corners of boards. Front board is detached. Rear joint is split but with board still attached by cords. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Moderate staining from fore edge inward on pages 43-65. Some notations in ink on folded ad at rear with ink script on both sides of second to last blank leaf. The first English translation of Archbishop Francois Fenelon's 'Abrege des vies des Anciens Philosophes' this volume was previously owned by the writer and lepidopterist Philip Bertram Murray Allan. Tipped in at the rear is an ad for Turlington's Original Balsam of Life which also has a handwritten note as to the place it could be purchased in Deptford. Hard Cover. Good. Printed for B. Barker, near the Dean's Yard, Westminster, and R. Francklin, under Tom's Coffee-house, Covent-Garden Hardcover
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