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[BINDINGS]. FENELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715). The Adventures of Telemachus. London: C. Taylor, 1792. 4o (269 x 205 mm). Engraved title and 24 engraved plates. Contemporary "Etruscan" calf, covers with gilt roll with classical design enclosing a stained border of classical palmettes, gilt roll of palmettes and large central tree calf panel, spine in six compartments, black morocco gilt-lettered label in one, a repeated gilt panel enclosing a star ornament in the rest, panels divided by metope and pentaglyph rolls within double raised bands, edges gilt (some rubbing).
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[BINDINGS]. FENELON, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715). The Adventures of Telemachus. London: C. Taylor, 1792. 4o (269 x 205 mm). Engraved title and 24 engraved plates. Contemporary "Etruscan" calf, covers with gilt roll with classical design enclosing a stained border of classical palmettes, gilt roll of palmettes and large central tree calf panel, spine in six compartments, black morocco gilt-lettered label in one, a repeated gilt panel enclosing a star ornament in the rest, panels divided by metope and pentaglyph rolls within double raised bands, edges gilt (some rubbing).
[With]: THOMSON, James. The Seasons, and the Castle of Indolence. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1841. 8o (192 x 131 mm). Contemporary green morocco gilt (light fading to spine, some rubbing to joints). Provenance: Pearl and Fred Perlberg (bookplate). (2)
[With]: THOMSON, James. The Seasons, and the Castle of Indolence. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1841. 8o (192 x 131 mm). Contemporary green morocco gilt (light fading to spine, some rubbing to joints). Provenance: Pearl and Fred Perlberg (bookplate). (2)