FÉNELON. MAXIMES MORALES ET POLITIQUES, drawn from Télémaque - Lot 82

FÉNELON. MAXIMES MORALES ET POLITIQUES, drawn from Télémaque, sur la science des Rois et le bonheur des peuples. Paris, Royer, 1814. Small in-12 of [4]-100-[4]-35 pages, old red long-grained morocco, fleur-de-lys at the corners and gilt lace framing the boards, smooth fleur-de-lys spine, gilt edges (period binding). Second edition of this study written in the hand of the dauphin Louis-Auguste, future Louis XVI, in 1766. This collection contains the texts of the Grand Dauphin, Louis XVI's will, a catalog of a small special library of princes destined to reign, with the prices of the works, and concludes with unpublished anecdotes on the first editions of Télémaque. One of only a few copies printed on pink velin paper, decorated with two engraved portraits printed in bistre; the first of Louis XVI and the second of Fénelon by Charles, and a fold-out facsimile of Louis XVI's handwriting. Dark stain on first cover (Brunet II, 1218-19 does not give this reprint).