1814 ПРИКЛЮЧЕНІЯ ТЕЛЕМАКА Adventures Telemachus Aventures Télémaque Fénelon 1st
ПРИКЛЮЧЕНІЯ ТЕЛЕМАКА (Les aventures de Télémaque) By: François Fénelon, Translated from French into Serbian by Stefan Živkovic (The adventures of Telemachus) – In unreformed Serbian language.
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У Печатьи Г. Іоанна Шнирера, 1814. 1st Serbian edition
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Pp. V-XVI + 602 + /2/ Size: 17,6 x 11,7 cm
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First Serbian edition of famous French novel The adventures of Telemachus translated into Serbian language by Stefan Živkovic. The slender plot of this work fills out a gap in Homer’s Odyssey, recounting the educational travels of Telemachus, son of Ulysses, accompanied by his tutor, Mentor, who is revealed at the end of the story to be Minerva, goddess of wisdom, in disguise.
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Binding: Original quarter leather binding. Signs of wear, minute damage on the edges, minor damage on the spine cover. Condition: Half-title page, title page, and pp. I-IV missing. Ink and pencil inscription on the pp. V and endpaper, pp. V-16 damaged, foxing, minor wormholes damage on some of the pages not affecting text integrity, stains on some of the pages, stain from pp. 1 trough to 369 not affecting text integrity. Wrinkles from the pp. 597 trough to pp. 602.
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