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[FÉNELON, FRANÇOIS.] Dialogues des Morts composez pour l'Education d'un Prince. xxv, [7], 314 pages. 12mo, 164x93 mm, contemporary calf gilt, few small stains on front cover; scattered foxing. Paris: Florentin Delaulne, 1712
first edition of a work written for the edification of Louis XIV's young grandson, the Duc de Bourgogne, to whom Fénelon served as tutor. In these imaginary dialogues, "leading figures of antiquity and modern times converse with hindsight on power, corruption, destiny, and the vanity of human ambition" (NOCFL). Tchemerzine (1977) III, 219a.
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