Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715
Title:
The tales and fables of the late Archbishop and Duke of Cambray, author of Telemachus, in French and English : written originally for the instruction of a young prince : and now publish'd for the use of schools : to which is prefix'd an account of the author's life, extracted from the memoirs of the Chevalier Ramsay, author of The travels of Cyrus : with a particular and curious relation of the method observed in training up the young prince, even from his infancy, to virtue and learning / by Nathaniel Gifford of the Inner-Temple, gent. ; illustrated with twenty-nine copper-plates engraven by George Bickham, Junior.
Alternate Title(s):
Fables. English & French
Published / Created:
London : Printed for John Hawkins, and sold by John Osborn, at the Golden-Ball, in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXXXVI [1736]
Physical Description:
[4], xxi, [3], 164 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
29 copper plate engravings within text, engraved by George Bickham, Junior.
Subject Terms:
Fables, French -- Early works to 1800. | Hawkins, John -- Publisher. | Osborn, John -- Bookseller. | Carole, John -- Autograph, 1835.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- 1736.
Contributors:
Gifford, Nathaniel. | Bickham, George, 1706?-1771, engraver.