FENENLON, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe. The Adventures of Telemachus. London: R.Taylor & Co. for Tabart & Co., 1805. 12° (137 x 87mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispice and 3 plates. Original pink printed stiff-paper wrappers (lightly soiled). Provenance: George Vernon (inscriptions, one dated 1808). FIRST EDITION. Moon T-147 (1). -- Jonathan SWIFT. Gulliver's Travels. London: V.Griffiths for Tabart & Co., 1805 (parts I & II) or J.Diggens for B.Tabart, 1809 (part IV). 3 volumes only (of 4, i.e. parts I, II and IV), 12° (123 x 82mm). 9 hand-coloured engraved plates. Non-uniform origianl printed wrappers (part II worn). Provenance: various inscriptions. FIRST EDITIONS OF PARTS I & II. Moon T-162 (1A, 1B, 2D) -- [Memoirs of the little man and the little maid.] London: C.Squire [for B.Tabart, 1807]. 12° (125 x 115mm). 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Half-title and title in manuscript facsimile, neat repairs to blank margins of text leaves.) 19th-century cloth, later manuscript label on upper cover. FIRST EDITION. Moon T-109 (1). -- and 4 others from Tabart (a fragment of the last work; Moon T-161 (1); T-27 (1); T-143 (1)). (9)

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FENENLON, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe. The Adventures of Telemachus. London: R.Taylor & Co. for Tabart & Co., 1805. 12° (137 x 87mm). Hand-coloured engraved frontispice and 3 plates. Original pink printed stiff-paper wrappers (lightly soiled). Provenance: George Vernon (inscriptions, one dated 1808). FIRST EDITION. Moon T-147 (1). -- Jonathan SWIFT. Gulliver's Travels. London: V.Griffiths for Tabart & Co., 1805 (parts I & II) or J.Diggens for B.Tabart, 1809 (part IV). 3 volumes only (of 4, i.e. parts I, II and IV), 12° (123 x 82mm). 9 hand-coloured engraved plates. Non-uniform origianl printed wrappers (part II worn). Provenance: various inscriptions. FIRST EDITIONS OF PARTS I & II. Moon T-162 (1A, 1B, 2D) -- [Memoirs of the little man and the little maid.] London: C.Squire [for B.Tabart, 1807]. 12° (125 x 115mm). 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Half-title and title in manuscript facsimile, neat repairs to blank margins of text leaves.) 19th-century cloth, later manuscript label on upper cover. FIRST EDITION. Moon T-109 (1). -- and 4 others from Tabart (a fragment of the last work; Moon T-161 (1); T-27 (1); T-143 (1)). (9)

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