DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON (François) - Les...

DE SALIGNAC DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON (François) The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses. At Jacques Estienne, Paris, 1729 2 volumes in-12, (16.8 x 10 cm), I: (4)-lviii-(2)-503 pp.; II: (4)-478-(2) pp., bound. Light brown goatskin, spine with raised bands ornamented, gold tooling on the boards, red speckled edges. Contemporary binding. Wear from use. Upper capitals exposed and partly exposed, foot caps rubbed, three joints split, corners worn, stain on the second plate of vol. II, guard of the second paste-down of vol. II missing. Third edition of this classic considered a precursor of the novel of initiation (coming-of-age novel). It is illustrated with a frontispiece, a folding map and 24 plates. François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon (1651–1715), Archbishop of Cambrai, published The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses in 1699. Written for the education of the Duke of Burgundy, grandson of Louis XIV, the work offers, through Telemachus’ voyage, a reflection on the virtues of good government, moderation and the duties of the sovereign. It enjoyed immense success and became one of the most widely circulated books of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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