4 Volumes, Red Morocco: Didot The Elder, "the Adventures Of Telemachus, Son Of Ulysses," By F.m. Fénelon

A beautifully produced edition in four fine 16mo volumes, bound in full red morocco, smooth spines decorated with gilt tooling, triple fillets framing the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt inner border, gilt edges; Fénelon (François de Salignac de la Mothe) "The Adventures of Telemachus, Son of Ulysses", Volumes 1-IV complete. By order of His Grace the Count of Artois. Paris: Didot the Elder, 1781. In 1780, Charles-Philippe, Count of Artois, commissioned a series of works from the publisher François-Ambroise Didot for distribution to his circle. The publications spanned from 1780 to 1784 and comprised a total of 35 titles, divided into 64 volumes. Each title was printed in an edition of sixty copies. These copies are printed on high-quality paper: vellum, a novelty in France, a fine, strong, very white paper. (Brunet, Manuel du Libraire et de l'amateur de livres, Volume II; 1215). A library gem, printed in a small edition and of prestigious provenance: a gift from the Count of Artois... A rare and precious copy.