Ernest Bourdin, circa 1840. Highly illustrated French language hardcover edition of "The Adventures of Telemaque; Followed by the Adventures of Aristonous; Preceded by an Essay on the Life and Works of Fenelon by M. Jules Janin."
Contains illustrations in text and pasted in plates throughout.
Written by François Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, The Adventures of Telemaque was first published anonymously in 1699 as a scathing rebuke to the autocratic reign of Louis XIV.
The book's publisher Ernest Bourdin worked in Paris from 1839-1862. While undated, this work dates to about 1840.
Good. Sturdy square binding and covers. Rubbing to edges and corners. Pages are foxed with lots of spotting throughout. No spotting to the pasted in plates.
