Francois Fenelon — Fables de Fenelon

Paris, Chez Santain, c1800. Leather. A charming book of fables by Francois Fenelon. With an engraved title page, frontispiece and three further plates. Francois Fenelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer. He today is remembered mostly as the author of The adventures of Telemachus, a thinly veiled attack on the French monarchy, first published in 1699. As tutor, Fenelon was charged with guiding the character formation of a future King of France. He wrote several important works specifically to guide his young charge. These include his Fables and his Dialogues des Morts. In a half calf binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Externally, sound with slight rubbing and wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound, bright with scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .