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HAWKESWORTH, John (ca 1715-1773, translator). FENELON, Francois de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715). The Adventures of Telemachus the Son of Ulysses. London: For the author by W. and W. Strahan, 1768.
4o (287 x 229 mm). 24 engraved vignettes and tailpieces by Charles Grignion after Samuel Wale. Contemporary polished calf gilt, spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece, gilt coat-of-arms on black morocco label in another, green edges. Provenance: Thomas Conolly (armorial bookplates and spine label) -- purchased from Ximenes, New York, 10 April 1967.
First edition of Hawkesworth's finely-printed translation, handsomely bound.
4o (287 x 229 mm). 24 engraved vignettes and tailpieces by Charles Grignion after Samuel Wale. Contemporary polished calf gilt, spine in six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece, gilt coat-of-arms on black morocco label in another, green edges. Provenance: Thomas Conolly (armorial bookplates and spine label) -- purchased from Ximenes, New York, 10 April 1967.
First edition of Hawkesworth's finely-printed translation, handsomely bound.