FÉNELON, François de Salignac de La Mothe Lot n° 22

L'Éducation des filles Paris, Pierre Aubouin, Pierre Emery and Charles Clousier, 1687 FIRST WORK BY FÉNELON FIRST EDITION. In-12 (153 x 87 mm). Title printed in red and black. Copper-engraved fleuron on title page, wood-engraved headbands, one initial, and wood-engraved endpapers. CONDITION: second state, characteristics in accordance with Tchemerzine. COLLATION: (4) ff, 275 pp, (3) ff (omission of pp. 193-198 without lack of text, also in accordance with Tchemerzine-Scheler). CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Speckled brown calf, spine gilt and gilt, red speckled edges. PROVENANCE: J. Stiltz, "prêtre. miss. apost." (handwritten bookplate on upper flyleaf). Small marginal stain on last few leaves. Covers torn, upper hinge worn. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet, II, 1209 -- Tchemerzine, III, 164