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LES AVENTURES DE TÉLÉMAQUE, FILS D'ULYSSE by (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC

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Title: LES AVENTURES DE TÉLÉMAQUE, FILS D'ULYSSE
Author: (FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS). FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS DE SALIGNAC
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Amsterdam: 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. 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. 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..

Writings [Japan Paper Edition] by MÉRIMÉE, Prosper

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Title: Writings [Japan Paper Edition]
Author: MÉRIMÉE, Prosper
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: New York: Croscup & Holby Company, 1905. SAINTSBURY, George; LA BELLE SAUVAGE BINDERY|WALLER, Emily Mary|LOYD, Lady Mary|THOMPSON, Edmund Burke|ARNOLD, William M.|PALMER, Olive Edwards|SAINTSBURY, George|DEY, Mary Helena|ROBAUDI, Alcide-Theophile|PAUL, Louise|VUILLIER, Gaston|TOUDOUZE, Edou. The Writings of Prosper Mérimée. Comprising His Novels, Tales and Letters to an Unknown. With an essay on the genius and achievement of the author by George Saintsbury, M.A. New York: Croscup & Holby Company, 1905. Japan Paper Edition. Limited to thirty numbered copies. Eight octavo volumes (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 152 mm). Etched frontispieces and plates in three states, one on India paper mounted, one on Japan Paper, and one hand-colored. Descriptive tissue guards. Each volume with a watercolor head-piece, initial, and border vignette. With a corrected galley proof sheet ("Proof Corrections as made by Prof. Saintsbury") tipped in to Carmen. Bound by La Belle Sauvage Bindery in full dark green crushed levant morocco. Covers elaborately bordered in gilt with fleur-de-lys cornerpieces in onlaid red morocco gilt. Spines in five compartments with four raised bands, gilt-lettered in three compartments, decoratively tooled in gilt in the remaining two compartments with a red morocco onlay in one compartment, gilt board edges and turn-ins, green silk doublures and liners, top edge gilt, others uncut. A fine set in an superb binding. Comprising: Carmen, Arsène Guillot, Abbé Aubain. Translated by Emily Mary Waller, the Lady Mary Loyd, and Dr. Edmund Burke Thompson. With illustrations by Gustave Fraipont and S. Arcos. [And:] The Double Mistake, Soul in Purgatory, The Venus of Ille. Translated by William M. Arnold, Olive Edwards Palmer, and Emily Mary Waller. With Illustrations by Gustave Fraipont, A. Bramtot, and J.J. Aranda. [And:] The Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX. Translated by Prof. George Saintsbury, M.A. With illustrations by Edouard Toudouze. [And:] The Mosaic. Comprising Mateo Falcone, and Other Tales. Translated by Emily Mary Waller and Mary Helena Dey. With illustrations by J. Le Blaut, P. Sinibaldi, Luc Olivier Merson, Myrbach, Ed. de Beaumont, and Lalauze. [And:] Colomba. Translated by the Lady Mary Loyd. With illustrations by Gaston Vuillier. [And:] Letters to an Unknown. Translated by Olive Edwards Palmer. Illustrated with contemporary drawings and portraits. Two volumes. [And:] Last Stories and Translations. Translated by Emily Mary Waller and Louise Paul. With illustrations by A. Robaudi. Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), "French dramatist and master of the short story whose works-romantic in theme but classical in style-were a renewal of classicism in a romantic age...Mérimée's short stories, many of which are mysteries, best illustrate his imagination and somber temperament. Spain and Russia were his principal literary sources, and he was the first interpreter of Russian literature in France. Aleksandr Pushkin was his master, especially for his themes of violence and cruelty and the human psychology behind them. In one of Mérimée's best-known stories, Mateo Falcone (1829), a father kills a son for betraying the family honor. The collection Mosaïque (1833) was followed by his most famous novellas: Colomba (1840), the story of a young Corsican girl who forces her brother to commit murder for the sake of a vendetta, and Carmen (1845), in which an unfaithful Gypsy girl is killed by a soldier who loves her" (Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature). HBS 65809. $4,000.

REGULAR DEMOCRATIC ONEIDA COUNTY NOMINEES FOR DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION. GREENE C. BRONSON, SAMUEL BEARDSLEY, HENRY A. FOSTER, HIRAM DENO. ELECTION, TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1846, IN THE SEVERAL ELECTION DISTRICTS, IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION by [New York State Constitutional Convention]

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Title: REGULAR DEMOCRATIC ONEIDA COUNTY NOMINEES FOR DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION. GREENE C. BRONSON, SAMUEL BEARDSLEY, HENRY A. FOSTER, HIRAM DENO. ELECTION, TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1846, IN THE SEVERAL ELECTION DISTRICTS, IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
Author: [New York State Constitutional Convention]
Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description: [Utica?, 1846. Elephant folio broadside, 18" x 25-1/2." Old folds with several short splits but no text loss. Matted. Very large and bold type faces. Illustration of Screaming Eagle, with banner "Oneida County." Very Good. The New York Constitution of 1846 put a cap on State spending, in an effort to control the enthusiasms of its legislators. Voters approved the Constitution, but rejected a proposed amendment to repeal the ownership of property as a qualification for black men to vote. The broadside, evidently unrecorded, extols the "ability and purity" of the proposed candidates, who are "admired by the wise and just." Bronson is Chief Justice of New York State; Beardsley is "one of the most prominent statesmen of his day." Foster has "talents of the highest order." Denio has an "enviable reputation as a judge and lawyer." Not in Sabin or American Imprints. Not located on OCLC, or the online sites of AAS, NYPL as of January 2024.

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