Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe,
The Adventures of Telemachus. In English verse. Book I (London: J. Morphew, 1712)

THE| ADVENTURES| OF| TELEMACHUS.| In English Verse.| [rule]| Book I| [rule]| Os tenerum Pueri balbumque------ figurat;| Torquet ab absoenis jam nunc sermonibus aurem;| Mox etiam pectus præceptis format amicis. Hor.| [rule]| [vignette]| LONDON:| Printed, are to be Sold by J. MORPHEW, near| Stationers-Hall. 1712.

Description

Titlepage/ [2] pp. preface/ p.1-96/ 8°.

Shelf-marks

{L: 239.k.1}.

Bibliographical Reference

ESTC: t13051.

Self-classification

Bl.A2r: "a Book".

History of Publication

Source: Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe, Les aventure de Télémaque, 1 (La Haye, 1699).

Remarks

Verse translation paying - so the preface a tribute to the poetry of Fénelon's prose. The translation only got to the the Pygmalion-episodes. Ozell's translation into blank verse was the more successful project. See The Adventures of Telemachus [...] in ten books. With the Adventures of Aristonus [...] done from the new French edition, by Mr. Ozell (London: E. Curll/ J. Pemberton/ W. Taylor, 1715).

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