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Les Avantures de Télémaque fils dUlysse.
Engraved by: Jacques Philippe Le Bas (French, 1707–1783)
Author: François de Salignac de la Mothe- Fénelon (French, 1651–1715)
Publisher: Théodore Legras (French, 1699–1759)
Author: François de Salignac de la Mothe- Fénelon (French, 1651–1715)
Publisher: Théodore Legras (French, 1699–1759)
1755
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 26 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall (each vol., depth variable): 17.1 x 10.7 x 3.8 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2338a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Théodore Legras, 1755
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 383
Description(Paris: Théodore Legras, 1755) Duodecimo, two vols.; [v. 1] 221 leaves, plus 12 plates; [v. 2] 246 ll., plus 14 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped mottled brown calf.
Allegorical frontispiece with author portrait; literary illustrations; map.
Allegorical frontispiece with author portrait; literary illustrations; map.
ProvenanceWilliam A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.