Item #466191 Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz : containing the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transactions at the French court during the administration of Cardinal Mazarin, and the civil wars occasioned by it. To which are added some other pieces written by the Cardinal de Retz, or explanatory to these memoirs... [two volumes]. Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz.

Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz : containing the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transactions at the French court during the administration of Cardinal Mazarin, and the civil wars occasioned by it. To which are added some other pieces written by the Cardinal de Retz, or explanatory to these memoirs... [two volumes]

1723, First Edition. London : Jacob Tonson. Good set in contemporary full leather over boards, blind-tooled with calf inlays; spines gilt-tooled with raised bands and red leather labels (one modern). Covers with expected age-related scuffs and wear to extremities; vol. 1 front board and free endpaper detached. Text blocks tight and clean, with only faint foxing or offsetting. A well-preserved example overall. Item #466191

Physical description; 2 volumes : portrait ; 17 cm. Notes; Vols. 1-2 of 4. Translated by P. Davall. Translation of the author's "Mémoires ...", Amsterdam, 1717. Subjects; Retz, Cardinal de. Mazarin, Jules. France. Fiéschi, Gian Luigi conte di Lavagna (1522-1547). History. Court and courtiers. Politics and government. 17th century. 18th century. Biography. Memoirs.

Price: €195.00

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