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1764ST15125Augustae Vindelicorum Augsburg: Conradum Henricum Stage 1764. Second Edition in Latin. 208 x 160 mm. 8 1/8 x 6 1/4". 9 p.l. 262 pp.Translated from French into Latin by Joseph Claude Destouches. <br/> VERY ATTRACTIVE LATE 18TH CENTURY ETRUSCAN CALF IN THE STYLE OF EDWARDS OF HALIFAX covers with gilt border central panel framed by stencilled palmettes within double gilt rules an Etruscan-style vase at center within a stencilled sunburst raised bands spine panels with blind-stamped Etruscan vase black morocco label gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. With printer's elaborate engraved device on title page engraved portrait of Elector Maximilian-Joseph of Bavaria at the head of the dedication to him engraved allegorical headpiece at the opening of Book I wood-engraved tailpieces at end of each section. Small wormhole near head of front joint two corners a bit bumped minor foxing to title and final page other trivial imperfections but QUITE A FINE WIDE-MARGINED COPY clean fresh and bright internally and in a binding with only minor defects.<br/> <br/> This beautifully preserved and attractive Neoclassical binding is a fitting cover for a Latin edition of Fénelon's Homeric coming-of-age tale. Edwards of Halifax is credited with developing the process of acid staining calf by using stencils a method known most notably to produce as here their so-called Etruscan calf bindings after the Etruscan vase decoration they resembled. The process was also adopted by binders on the Continent and became a fashionable choice for bindings in the late 19th century when the present binding was surely produced. It is difficult to say whether this binding was done by the Edwards firm or by an imitator but in any case the quality of execution is very high. The popularity of Fénelon's account of the adventures of the son of Odysseus also spread in this case beyond his native France and it became a favorite of schoolboys far removed from the young Dauphin for whom it was originally composed. First printed in 1759 our Latin translation offered an opportunity for young men to practice reading that classical language. The engravings here were newly designed and executed for this edition by German painter and engraver Georg Sigmund Rösch d. 1766. Conradum Henricum Stage unknown
101874London C. Hitch & L. Hawes T. Osborne J. Beecroft &c &c. 1760. Hardback 7 x 4 inches. 8vo. Full calf leather with raised banding to spine with maroon leather spine label. In good condition. Some rubbing to edges of boards corners slightly bumped and chipped at top corners. Small chip to head of spine two small cracks to bottom ends of hinges. Inscription to front endpaper dated 1966. Some foxing and handling marks to pages. Crease across p.1. Small ink mark to rear endpaper and edge of last few pages. Else a very good tight copy. xxviii 385pp. 5pp adverts. Decorative head and tailpieces. Story of gods and goddesses shipwrecks and dangers as well as great adventures by the son of Ulysses as he searches for his father. It is a didactic romance and is intended to teach the skills and morals of an enlightened ruler. London, C. Hitch & L. Hawes, T. Osborne, J. Beecroft &c &c... 1760 hardcover
174121655Wittenberg Giov. Gioach. Ahlfeldt 1741. Cont. full calf. Richly gilt back. Titlelabel. Back rubbed. 88544 pp. unknown
169930837Bruxelles Fr. Foppens 1699. Small 8vo 12mo. Bound in a beautiful later full calf ca. 1800 w. five raised bands on back. Gilt back and blindstamped ornamental borders on boards. All edges of boards gilt and gilt borders on inside of boards. Hinges cracked and boards loosening inner hinges crudely repaired. A bit of brownspotting but internally a very nice copy. <br/><br/><em>The very rare Bruxelles-edition published same year as the first edition Paris Barbin. Fénelon's main work written when he was a tutor to the Duke of Burgundy in order to hold up Ulysses as an example for the young prince. Fénelon was a leader of the Quetism heresy and in 1699 the year Télemaque appeared Pope Innocent XII condemned his writings. The true first edition of Fénélon's Télemaque appeared in one volume in 1699 under the title "Suite du quatrième livre de l'Odyssée d'Homère ou les Aventures de Télémaque fils d'Ulysse" and containing only half of what we consider Télémaque today. According to Brunet the first edition was suppressed and Moetjens printed a pirate-edition called the second edition in Haag with the same year and date June and a bit later the same year the second part appeared. Several editions appeared the same year and Brunet mentions one without printer or Place but Paris and the Liége- and Bruxelles-editions. "Dans les différentes éditions que nous venons de décrire dans lesquelles il le soit sont celles de LIÉGE 1699 et de BRUXELLES FR. FOPPENS même date l'une et l'autre impr. en France en 2 vol. in-12 et en dix livres." Brunet II:1212. Foppens also printed an edition in Bruxelles 1700 but that is divided into 16 books. All early editions of this work are scarce and the first edition is almost impossible to get a hold of. This main work of French literature has been printed numerous times after the author's death 1715 and editions printed before his death are a great rarity. The later editions were corrected and divided into numerous books not intended in the original manuscript."Une autre circonstance allait aggrever la situation de l'archevêque de Cambray. Peu de temps après sa condemnation parut le livre qui l'a rendu le plus populaire et qui après la "Bible" et l'"Imitation de Jésus-Christ" est un de ceux qui ont eu plus d'éditions: "Les Aventures de Télémaque". N.B.G. 17:328. The controversial but highly popular work was among other things accused of satirically portraying Louis XIV and thereby publicly humiliating him -this was probably not the intention but there is no doubt that the work was critical towards the reigning regime and put forth many ideas not previously heard of. In true utopian political manner Fénélon warns against overgrowth of the metropolis and preaches groundbreaking doctrines like free trade international arbitration etc. He actually foresees the French Revolution as a result of the flourishing despotism so visible in France at the time. Lamartine in his "Life of Fénélon" describes the saintly poet as the first Radical and the first communist of his century though not to his own knowledge and he directly traces the Utopias which produced the revolutions of 1793 and 1848 to his groundbreaking work "The Adventures of Telemachus". Especially the part "Voyage en Salente" is considered very important for the study of utopian literature but the entire work is characterized by the attempt to represent people as they might have behaved and might still be were they governed by sages and saints and according to the laws of God. The work represents a religious ideal where God is always higher than man; it is greatly political greatly influenced by the appreciation of ancient Greek life and is designed to evoke the feeling of honour responsibility and religion in the young prince. See Brunet II: 1210-1212. Graesse 2:563-64 Paris- and La Haye-editions. </em> hardcover
180225730Westerås P. Kraft 1802. 8vo. Cont. hcalf somewhat worn traces of use. <br/><br/><em>This copy has belonged to the famous Danish theologist and writer Johannes Fibiger 1821-97 and bears his signature in different forms on t-p. and inside of both boards. It is clear that he has written his name numerous times in order to find a suitable signature and he has probably been a young man when receiving this book. Fibiger was a very learned man whose passion it was to study ancient litterature and history. Besides Latin Greek and Hebrew he mastered Persian and Indian and he knew hieroglyphs and runes. Besides being influenced by religious and ancient writings he is strongly influenced by Søren Kierkegaard. </em> hardcover
1764041064Frankfurt Leipzig: ohne Verlagsangabe 1764. 9 Bl.; 262 S. 1 Bl.; mit 1 gestochenen Titelvignette 2 Kupfern von G. S. Rösch u. 10 gest. meist floralen Textvignetten; schöner Ganzledereinband neuerer Zeit; Innendeckel u. fliegendes Bl. mit altem bzw. neuem Exlibris fliegendes Blatt mit Besitzervermerk von alter Hand Einband mit geringen Kratzern erste 15 u. letzte 25 Bl. teils mit größeren Wurmgängen kaum Textverlust; schönes Expl. Leder. Befriedigend. 192 cm. ohne Verlagsangabe Hardcover
1809ST14310fLondon: J. Hatchard 1809. 210 x 133 mm. 8 1/4 x 5 1/4". xvi 291 pp.Translated by Louisa A. Marshall. <br/> Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco covers bordered with gilt rule flat spine with simple gilt rules and titling gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt and WITH A FINE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF A SCENIC RIVER VIEW FEATURING CHRIST CHURCH PRIORY in Hampshire. Front free endpaper with owner signature of E. A. Fetherston. Slight variation in color of boards half title with one inch trimmed away at head probably removing owner inscription leaves a shade less than bright occasional minor foxing or offsetting in the text bed but still an excellent copy the text clean and fresh the pleasant binding entirely sound and the lovely fore-edge painting very well preserved.<br/> <br/> The typically bucolic fore-edge scene here--boat in tranquil water stately building occupying center stage trees all around puffy clouds--stands out for the level of achievement in execution by the artist. The clouds are painted in a delicately applied range of shades so that they are very convincing; there is considerable architectural detail visible on the side of the church; and it seems as if one can almost see individual leaves in the trees. These features are all hallmarks of the work of the so-called "Dover Painter" the name given by Jeff Weber to the artist who produced very high quality painted fore edges in the 1920s and 1930s. He did work for the famous London bookseller Marks & Company for Dawson's Bookshop in Los Angeles and for J. W. Robinson Company the Los Angeles department store. Estelle Doheny 1875-1958 whose library comprised one of the great collections of the 20th century bought actively from Dawson's and Weber estimates that approximately half of the very considerable number of especially fine fore-edge paintings in the Doheny collection in Camarillo California were done by the Dover Painter. As the fore-edge painting here evokes a feeling of serenity so too does the content religious meditations by François Fénélon 1651-1715 priest writer and tutor to King Louis XIV's grandson for whom he composed his best-known work "The Adventures of Telemachus.". J. Hatchard unknown
190525871Paris: Letouzey & Ané 1905. Fine. Letouzey & Ané Paris 1905 13.50 x 21.50 cm broché First edition of this conference given at the Institut catholique de Paris printed in a small number as this offprint. Rare and handsome pamphlet. Letouzey & Ané unknown
1790ST20479Paris: De l'imprimerie de Monsieur i.e. P. Didot jeune 1790. 243 x 154 mm. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4". Two volumes. <br/> LOVELY DARK BLUE STRAIGHT GRAIN MOROCCO BY BOZERIAN JEUNE stamp-signed at foot of Tome I spine covers with pretty gilt frame enclosed by double gilt rule raised bands spine gilt in panels with large millepoint ornament with floral tools emanating from a central circle gilt lettering turn-ins with Greek key roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. With frontispiece and six engravings by Cochin and Moreau as called for all before letters and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 24 engravings by Marillier here in proofs before the letter and with three versions of the portrait of Fénélon by Vivien engraved by Hubert Figuet and Savart. Cohen-de Ricci col. 386-87 noting the addition of the Marillier plates to some copies; Graesse II 565; Brunet II 1215-16. Spine evenly a little sunned Marillier plates with minor marginal foxing isolated small smudges to the very generous margins one quire a little yellowed a couple of leaves with small holes to a margin due to paper flaws but AN ESPECIALLY FINE COPY--clean fresh and bright in a most appealing binding with almost no signs of wear.<br/> <br/> Our copy of Fénélon's political allegory featuring the son of Odysseus is a very fine example of French Rococo book production with printing illustration and binding by leading practitioners of those arts. Scion of a printing dynasty Pierre-François Didot jeune 1732-95 sought to improve the family's productions by founding a factory to product the luxurious papers that characterize Didot editions as well as by making improvements in type-founding to refine their always-admired font. Ray considers illustrators Cochin and Moreau le jeune part of the Rococo pantheon of greats headed by Boucher Gravelot and Eisen. He praises Cochin’s "mastery of outline and firmness of composition" as well as his "acute observation and unpretentious humor." Ray was also impressed with Moreau's keen eye for detail and agreed with the Goncourt brothers that "the grace and charm of his drawing . . . brought about 'a renaissance in the rococo style.'" Forced by financial necessity to take up book illustration Pierre-Clémént Marillier 1740-1808 soon earned what Ray called "a position in the front rank of book artists" with his skill and energy. Ray deems Marillier "among the most accomplished" illustrators of the century and he says that "nearly all of his designs are characterized by grace liveliness and firmness of drawingâ€â€”a fitting description for the plates in our volumes. François Bozerian generally called Bozerian jeune was active in Paris from just after the turn of the century until 1818 and for much of that time he worked with his elder brother Jean-Claude 1762-1840. The Bozerian workshop produced many fine bindings for clients that included the emperor Napoleon I as well as leading bibliophiles of the day. Their works are valued today especially for their technical achievement and refinement of design. Our two volumes are especially elaborate--even for Bozerian work--and the precision of the faultless finishing here leaves a very strong impression of rigorous order. De l'imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e., P. Didot jeune] unknown
1734ST12855Amsterdam: Wetstein & G. Smith; Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout 1734. First Printing of this Edition. ONE OF 150 COPIES IN FOLIO FORMAT. 375 x 265 mm. 14 3/4 x 10 1/2". 4 p.l. including portrait and frontispiece x xxvi i.e. xvi 395 1 pp. Like most copies ours lacks the suppressed material designed to follow page 395. <br/> FINE CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO covers with palmette roll border central panel with gilt-ruled frame and lozenge accented with bead and lozenge roll spine gilt and inlaid with olive morocco bands tooled with gilt chalice and leaves between the double raised bands spine compartments with central urn ornament surrounded by small tools calligraphic flourishes at corners gilt titling turn-ins with elaborate gilt roll featuring leaves and moths blue watered silk endleaves all edges gilt lower board with three older repaired patches. In a modern marbled paper slipcase. Ornamental headpieces and tailpieces title page decorated with vignette author portrait by Drevet after Vivien and 25 more plates illustrating the tale engraved by Folkéma and others predominantly in classical style three including the frontispiece designed by Picart 16 by Dubourg and six by Debrie with original tissue guards; 45 vignettes serving as headpieces 24 and tailpieces 21 designed by Dubourg and Shenk one engraved folding map and extra-illustrated with a portrait of Fenelon by Jean Coraboeuf dated 1920. Text with ornamental border throughout. Front pastedown with the bookplate of Arthur Meyer. Cohen-de Ricci 381-82; Ray 1; Brunet II 1214; Graesse II 564. ◆A few darkened patches on boards small chip to olive band at tail of spine corners gently bumped occasional minor foxing or light browning otherwise QUITE AN EXCELLENT COPY the binding altogether pleasing with only insignificant wear the text clean and fresh with rich impressions of the plates.<br/> <br/> This is a very well-preserved copy of the luxury version of one of the most impressive French illustrated books of the 18th century offered in a Neoclassical binding appropriate for its contents. Ray says that in our volume "all the formal elements of the mid-18th century French masterpieces are present." He describes the 25 plates as "stately and elaborate" and singles out Picart's frontispiece which he reproduces in one of the rare full-page illustrations in his book as being "developed with exceptional spirit and inventiveness." Not only the handsome plates but also the leafy frames of each text page the large type and the many charming headpieces and tailpieces make it an elegant object that provides for a visually memorable experience. Fénelon 1651-1715 wrote this utopian work for Louis XIV's grandson whom he was employed to tutor. The book was designed to give the future ruler more farsighted political social and economic ideas than he might otherwise have met with. Unfortunately the boy died before he could come to power and Fénelon fell into disgrace partly because "Telemaque" reflected badly on the government of Louis. According to Graesse our "beautiful" edition supervised by the marquis de Fénelon is much more correct than previous printings as a great many errors have been corrected and lacunae have been filled in. While the unsigned binding is not quite up to the level of émigré binders Kalthoeber and Staggemeier & Welcher it is in their style and is certainly impressive enough to look handsome on the shelf. Former owner Arthur Meyer 1844-1924 was a French press baron whose collection focused on fine bindings and beautiful illustrations. Wetstein & G. Smith; Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout unknown
18672Cologne. Chez les Heretiers de Pierre Marteau. 1700. Soft cover. 24cm 14.2cm 92p. title page vignette rebound marbled paper wraps new paper label on the upper cover fine thus n14.1. - A contemporary response to Fenlon's didactic romance "Telamaque" published surreptitiously in 1699. Fenlon 1651-1715 Bishop of Cambrai was severely censured for what was perceived to be criticism of Louis XIV's reign. This "Critique Generale" is anonymous but believed to be written by Nicolas Gueudeville. Cologne. Chez les Heretiers de Pierre Marteau. 1700 unknown
18758Cologne. Chez les Heretiers de Pierre Marteau. 1700. Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo 14.2cm 92p. title page vignette rebound in french marbled paper over boards with paper label on the upper cover some slight damp staining else very good copy attractively bound copy ds1. - A contemporary response to Fenlon's didactic romance "Telamaque" published surreptitiously in 1699. Fenlon 1651-1715 Bishop of Cambrai was severely censured for what was perceived to be criticism of Louis XIV's reign. This "Critique Generale"is anonymous but believed to be written by Nicolas Gueudeville. Cologne. Chez les Heretiers de Pierre Marteau. 1700 hardcover
#[42469]Leiden Th. Haak 1719 671 pag. Two volumes in one full leather good copy. Translated by B.D. Moretti from the French 'Les avantures de Telemaque'. hardcover
17501377510Edinburgh: James Reid 1750. First Edinburgh Edition. Hardcover. 12mo 283 pages. In Poor condition. Bound in full brown leather but lacking rear board; front board significantly rubbed and bumped with chipping to head of spine. Text block with light plus age toning and bumping and creasing to several corners. Final six pages of text detached and significantly damaged but present and readable. 1377510. Special Collections - Downstairs. James Reid hardcover
175016113<p>Edinburgh: Printed for James Reid 1750 First Edinburgh edition. The first English edition was published in London for Jonah Bowyer in 1707. Contemporary full polished calf with red calf spine label. Six-paneled gilt spine. . Twelvemo. Binding extremities rubbed. Small chip at foot of spine. Minor split at top of rear joint but holding soundly. Previous owner's signature removed from front pastedown. Light foxing. Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon 1651-1715 was a poet writer theologian and French Roman Catholic archbishop. Fenelon was ordained as a priest in 1675 and served as a missionary to the Huguenots during the reign of Louis XIV as the church wished to convert them from Protestantism. Originally published as Traité de l'education des Filles Fenelon's Instructions is considered a progressive work given its support and encouragement of female education; it has a particular emphasis on theological matters which Fenelon believed was necessary so that they might better understand and refute heresies. He served as a tutor to the Dauphin's eldest son the Duke of Burgundy and composed the works Fables and Dialogues des Morts for him. Fenelon's also wrote Les Aventures de Telemaque which upon its publication infuriated Louis XIV given the fact that it seemingly questioned the foundations of his regime. As a result the king did not revoke an earlier order against Fenelon that forbade him to leave his archdiocese a punishment for his previous Quietist views. Fenelon died in January of 1715.</p> Printed for James Reid,
1700314595Geneva: Vincent Miege 1700. hardcover. very good. 4 197 2 pages. Slim 12mo handsomely bound in older 3/4 calf over marbled boards. Engraved device on title and some engraved headpieces and initials. Geneve: Vincent Miege 1700. Nouvelle Edition. A very good copy with some light scattered foxing.<br/> <br/> Vincent Miege unknown
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
175632426AB1756. A Londres London Chez Nourse & Vaillant 1756. Octavo 10.8 cm wide x 18 cm high. Pagination: Frontispiece XXXII 386 pages plus 22 unnumbered pages of a Dictionary for Mythology and Geography to the rear of the volume. With ten engravings plus one folded map throughout the Volume resulting in 11 engravings including Frontispiece plus Map. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine-label. Edges of bookblock and binding slightly rubbed. Overall in very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Few dogears. Front free endpaper partially torn name of pre-owner Reverend Richard Meade verso the frontispiece. From the library of Richard Meade Ballymartle with his Exlibris / Bookplate loosely inserted. "Les Aventures de Télémaque fils d'Ulysse" English: The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses is a didactic novel by François Fénelon Archbishop of Cambrai who in 1689 became tutor to the seven-year-old Duc de Bourgogne grandson of Louis XIV and second in line to the French throne. It was published anonymously in 1699 and reissued in 1717 by his family. The slender plot fills out a gap in Homer's Odyssey recounting the educational travels of Telemachus son of Ulysses accompanied by his tutor Mentor who is revealed early on in the story to be Minerva goddess of wisdom in disguise. The tutor Mentor is arguably the true hero of the book much of which is given over to his speeches and advice on how to rule. Over and over Mentor denounces war luxury and selfishness and proclaims the brotherhood of man and the necessity of altruism though that term would only be coined in the 19th century by Auguste Comte. He recommends a complete overhaul of government and the abolition of the mercantile system and taxes on the peasantry and suggests a system of parliamentary government and a Federation of Nations to settle disputes between nations peacefully. As against luxury and imperialism represented by ancient Rome Fénelon holds up the ideal of the simplicity and relative equality of ancient Greece an ideal that would be taken up by in the Romantic era of the 19th century. The form of government he looks to is an aristocratic republic in the form of a constitutional monarchy in which the ruler-prince is advised by a council of patricians. Although set in a far off place and ancient time Télémaque was immediately recognized by contemporaries as a scathing rebuke to the autocratic reign of Louis XIV of France whose wars and taxes on the peasantry had reduced the country to famine. Louis XIV who had previously banished Fénelon from Versailles and confined him to his diocese because of a religious controversy was so angered by the book that he maintained those restrictions on Fénelon's movements even when the religious dispute was resolved. Yet a few years later royal panegyrists were hailing the young king Louis XV as a new Telemachus and flattering his tutors as new "Mentors". Later in the century royal tutors gave the book to their charges and King Louis XVI 175493 was strongly marked by it. The French literary historian Jean-Claude Bonnet calls Télémaque "the true key to the museum of the eighteenth-century imagination".2 One of the most popular works of the century it was an immediate best-seller both in France and abroad going through many editions and translated into every European language and even Latin verse first in Berlin in 1743 then in Paris by Étienne Viel 173787. It inspired numerous imitations such as the Abbé Jean Terrasson's novel Life of Sethos 1731; it also supplied the plot for Mozart's opera Idomeneo 1781. With its message of world peace simplicity and the brotherhood of man Télémaque was a favorite of Montesquieu and of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and through him of the French revolutionaries and of German Romantics such as Johann Gottfried Herder 17441803 who approvingly quotes Fénelon's remark "I love my family more than myself; more than my family my fatherland; more than my fatherland humankind". It was also a favorite of Thomas Jefferson who re-read it frequently. It was also widely read in the Ottoman Empire and in Iran. One critic explains the popularity of Télémaque this way: Fénelon's story stood as a powerful rebuke to the aristocratic court culture that dominated European societies with its perceived artificiality hypocrisy and monumental selfishness. The book did not simply express these feelings; it helped shape and popularize them. From its wellspring of sentimentality a river of tenderly shed tears would flow straight through the eighteenth century fed by Richardson Greuze and Rousseau among others finally to pour out into the broad sea of Romanticism. Influence on Rousseau In Rousseau's Émile 1762 a treatise on education the eponymous pupil is specifically given only two novels although as a young man he also reads poetry and other literature: as a child he is given Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to inculcate him in resourcefulness and self-reliance; and when he becomes a young man the political treatise Télémaque which is put into his hands by his intended Sophie who has read it and fallen in love with the fictional hero. The education of Émile is completed by a journey during which the institutions of various nations are to be studied. His tutor inculcates principles into him which sum up the essentials of the Social Contract. But it is with a Telemachus in hand that teacher and pupil establish a "scale of measurement" for judging various existing societies. Fénelon's story presents models and counter models of monarchs. The princes and governments of the real world will be compared with them. In Rousseau's novel Émile and his tutor travel to Salento which formerly included much of what is now Calabria and Apulia Italy to seek the "good Idomeneo" whom Fénelon's novel had relocated from his former kingdom in Crete to the kingship of a new and reformed government. Contrary to Louis XIV whom he resembles in many traits of character Idomeneus renounces conquest and is able to make peace with his neighbors. The prosperous fields and laborious capital are schools of virtue where law rules over the monarch himself. Everything here is brought down to a "noble and frugal simplicity" and in the harmony of a strictly hierarchical society everything combines in a common utility. Wikipedia _____________________________________________________ Telemachus Romanized: Telemakhos lit. 'far-fighter' is the son of Odysseus and Penelope in Greek mythology and a central character in Homer's Odyssey. When Telemachus reached manhood he visited Pylos and Sparta in search of his wandering father. On his return to Ithaca he found that Odysseus had reached home before him. Then father and son slayed the suitors who had gathered around to woo Penelope. According to later tradition Telemachus married Circe after Odysseus's death. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on Telemachus's journeys in search of news about his father who has yet to return home from the Trojan War and are traditionally given the title Telemachy. Telemachus's name in Greek means "far from battle" or perhaps "fighting from afar" as a bowman does. In Homer's Odyssey Telemachus under the instructions of Athena who accompanies him during the quest spends the first four books trying to gain knowledge of his father Odysseus who left for Troy when Telemachus was still an infant. At the outset of Telemachus's journey Odysseus had been absent from his home at Ithaca for twenty years due to the Trojan War and the intervention of Poseidon. During his absence Odysseus's house has been occupied by hordes of suitors seeking the hand of Penelope. Telemachus first visits Nestor and is well received by the old man who regales him with stories of his father's glory. Telemachus then departs with Nestor's son Peisistratus who accompanies him to the halls of Menelaus and his wife Helen. While there Telemachus is again treated as an honored guest as Menelaus and Helen tell complementary yet contradictory stories of his father's exploits at Troy. Telemachus also learns from Menelaus that his father was last seen stranded on Ogygia. Telemachus focuses on his father's return to Ithaca in Book XV. He visits Eumaeus the swineherd who happens to be hosting a disguised Odysseus. After Odysseus reveals himself to Telemachus due to Athena's advice the two men plan the downfall of the suitors. Telemachus then returns to the palace to keep an eye on the suitors and to await his father as the beggar. When Penelope challenges the suitors to string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through the handle-holes of twelve axe heads Telemachus is the first to attempt the task. He would have completed the task nearly stringing the bow on his fourth attempt; however Odysseus subtly stops him before he can finish his attempt. Following the suitors' failure at this task Odysseus reveals himself and he and Telemachus bring swift and bloody death to the suitors. The Telegony was a short two-book epic poem recounting the life and death of Odysseus after the events of the Odyssey. In this mythological postscript Odysseus is accidentally killed by Telegonus his unknown son by the goddess Circe. After Odysseus's death Telemachus returns to Aeaea with Telegonus and Penelope and there marries Circe. Seemingly later tradition included the character of Cassiphonethe daughter of Odysseus and Circe and therefore half-sister of Telemachusin the narrative. In this account Telemachus still marries Circe but Odysseus is resurrected by Circe at some point. From the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: In the post-Homeric traditions we read that Palamedes when endeavouring to persuade Odysseus to join the Greeks against Troy and the latter feigned idiocy placed the infant Telemachus before the plough with which Odysseus was ploughing. In Contest of Homer and Hesiod it is alleged that the Roman Emperor Hadrian asked the Delphic Oracle about Homer's birthplace and parentage. The Oracle replied that Homer came from Ithaca and that Telemachus was his father by Epicasta daughter of Nestor. According to Aristotle and Dictys of Crete Telemachus married Nausicaa King Alcinous's daughter and fathered a son named Perseptolis or Ptoliporthus. Eustathius says that the mother was Polycaste the daughter of Nestor. Others relate that he became the father of Latinus by Circe. He is also said to have had a daughter called Roma who married Aeneas. Servius makes Telemachus the founder of the town of Clusium in Etruria. Wikipedia hardcover
2000mon0003626220Faith Books and More 4/1/2011 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Very Good. 0.6000 8.9000 6.0000. Faith Books and More paperback
1822039787Philadelphia: Robert Desilver 1822. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 32pp. A Letter to the Rev. William Vincent Harold of The Order of Dominican Friars. On reading his late Reply to a "Catholic layman." Volume apparently removed from a larger gathering of pamphlets with no covers or wrappers present. The first leaf one sees is the title-page. This leaf exhibits typical publication matter including title "author" and place and ate of publication. Additionally the "No. 4" is printed to upper right of this first page. Verso of title-page is blank then begins the text of the pamphlet. Volume admits to several tiny tears to extremities along with several small damaged areas to last leaf though with no loss of lettering. Several leaves admit to short and largely discreet tears at spine and gutter. Overall a nicely preserved copy of this very scarce pamphlet. RARE <br/> <br/> Robert Desilver paperback
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1812963H25Nottingham: Not Stated 1812 . Leather. Good. 4" by 2.5". None. A pocket-sized edition of daily reflections from Fénelon a key figure in the French Quietist movement providing spiritual introspective theology for each day of the month. Bound in quarter calf binding with paper boards. This edition is a charming pocket-sized translation of Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month drawn from the writings of Fénelon offering daily meditations.François Fénelon 16511715 was an influential French archbishop theologian poet and spiritual writer. Translated and printed in early 19th-century London this volume reflects the enduring appeal of Fénelon's deeply introspective compassionate approach to faith. Each entry is brief yet rich with theological insight and practical moral instruction.Archbishop Fénelon was a major figure in Catholic spirituality and a key voice of the French Quietist movement. Bound in quarter calf binding with paper boards. Rubbing and bumping to extremities and boards occasionally resulting in loss to calf at corners. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down and front free endpaper. Spotting and damp staining to boards. Slight offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Hinges slightly strained. Internally firmly bound. Pages age toned with the odd spot but bright and clean otherwise. Good Not Stated hardcover
1886000039Baltimore & New York: John Murphy and Company 1886. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Decorative burgundy cloth. Gilt lettering on spine and design on front cover. Slight cracking at hinges but still very solid. Slight tanning to some pages. Previous owners name on ffep otherwise the text is clean and unmarked. Very nice copy. <br/> <br/> John Murphy and Company hardcover
