ARGENSON (René, marquis d') Mémoires et journal inédit du marquis d'Argenson, mi…

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ARGENSON (René, marquis d')

Mémoires et journal inédit du marquis d'Argenson, ministre des affaires étrangères sous Louis XIV. Paris, P. Jannet, 1857-1858. 5 volumes in-18, violet morocco, double cold-stamped fillet, spines decorated with cold-stamped fillets, small gilt numeral on tail, inner gilt lace, gilt edges (Lortic). Part of the Bibliothèque elzévirienne, an important collection founded by Pierre Jannet in 1853 (Vicaire, I, 645). A rare copy on chine, in a fresh binding by Lortic. Indeterminate number at the end of the volumes.

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ARGENSON (René, marquis d')

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