ARNAULD (Antoine).

Mémoires, contenant quelques anecdotes de la cour de France, depuis 1634 jusqu'à 1675. Amsterdam, Jean Neaulme, e.a., 1756. 3 volumes in-8, blond calf, gilt arms on the corners, spine decorated, tan title page, handwritten label on the tail, inner lace, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition of these interesting memoirs, published posthumously by Alexandre-Gui Pingré. Antoine Arnauld (1616-1698), abbot of Chaumes, was the eldest son of Robert Arnauld d'Andilly and the nephew of the Great Arnauld. He began his career in arms before taking the ecclesiastical habit and following his uncle Henri Arnauld, abbot of Saint-Nicolas, to Rome, Port-Royal and finally to Angers, in 1650, when his uncle received the episcopal see. Copy bound in blond calf with the coat of arms of Louis-Marie-Bretagne de Rohan-Chabot (1710-1791), duke of Rohan, Roquelaure and du Lude, prince of Léon and peer of France. A career military man, the fifth duke of Rohan was a colonel in 1734, a brigadier general in 1743, a marshal of camp in 1762 and a lieutenant general of the king's armies in 1781. He died in exile in Nice during the Revolution. The mace and chabot of his arms, surmounted by a ducal crown, alternately adorn the four corners of each plate. Two damaged headpieces; in volume I, freckles on the false-title and two wormholes in the upper margin of the volume.