Aventures de Télémaque

New edition, preceded by the Discourse on Epic Poetry and on the Excellence of the Telemachus poem by Ramsay. One portrait frontispiece and 11 neoclassical figures hors-texte under tissue guards in volume 1 and 13 in volume 2, totaling 25 figures.
Contemporary full glazed navy calf binding signed Thouvenin at the foot of volume 1. Raised band spine decorated with 3 richly ornamented compartments, series of fillets on the bands and roulettes at head and foot. Boards stamped in blind with a large central Restoration rosette and large Rococo corner ornaments, blind decorative border and gilt fillet frame. Interior decorative border. Gilt edges. Light rubbing. Some scattered foxing.
Very handsome copy, rare in this condition.