LA FAYETTE Madame de
LA FAYETTE Madame de
Memoirs of the Court of France for the years 1688 and 1689
Amsterdam, Jean-Frédéric Bernard, 1731
In-12°. Full contemporary brown calf. Spine finely decorated. Gilt arms on the boards. Red pages. Posterior lined slipcase. A large-margined copy (159 mm). Posthumous first edition of the second issue (the first page of the warning consists of 17 lines instead of 19 and the frontispiece by Bernard Picart is not signed, as well as the title finial). Work of historical memoirs mixing with virtuosity the small and the great history. Collector's stamp on title page. A very fine copy bearing the arms of Amaury-Charles de Goyon-Matignon de Marcé known as the Marquis de la Murce, Councillor at the Parliament of Brittany (1688-1740). (Tchémerzine, III, p. 844)
