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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/1/4
Former ReferenceD3311/155
Title"Les Aventures de Telemaque, fils d'Ulysse" [The adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses], by Francois de Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon
Date1742
DescriptionNew edition, by J. Gray, the Poultry, London, 416 pages, plus title page, advertisement for new edition, discourse on epic poem (i-xxiv) and approval of De Sacy.
Given to John Franklin by Lieutenant Stephen H.W. Howse, with note, possibly by Franklin, that "This is a very nasty horrible Book".
Bookplate of Philip Lyttelton Gell on inside front cover
Extent1 volume
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatPrinted
LanguageFrench
TermFrench literature
Mythology
Naval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors

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