RETZ Cardinal Jean Francois Paul Gondi de

MEMOIRES DU CARDINAL DE RETZ Contenant ce qui s'est passe de remarquable en France pendant les premieres annees du regne de Louis XIV.

Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard et H. de Sauzet, 1719. Item #178473

Nouvelle edition. 4 vols. 12mo (6½ x 4 ins). Rebound in later full tree calf, gilt diced spines with contrasting labels, gilt tooled board edges (VG). Pp. [xviii] + 390 [&] [iv] + 399 + [1] blank [&] [iv] + 452 [2] blank [&] [iv] + 360 + [2] blank, titles of vols I-III printed in red and black, illus with engraved portrait frontispiece in vol I, and woodcut head and tailpieces (previous owner's engraved card on front paste-downs and neat inscription in contemporary hand on titles of vols I-III). [French text].

Price: £400.00