[Two works] BRIENNE (Henri auguste de LOMENIE, comte de). Memoirs of the Count de Brienne, Minister and First Secretary of State. Containing the most remarkable events of the reign of Louis XIII and that of Louis XVI, up to the death of Cardinal Mazarin. Amsterdam, chez Jean Frédéric Bernard, 1720. Two volumes in-12 (17x10 cm), half 19th-century red morocco with corners, ribbed spine, red speckled edges. Title-(11)-404-Title-429 pages on fine antique laid paper. Bound by Adolphe Bertrand. VALDORY (Guillaume de). Anecdotes from the ministry of Cardinal Richelieu and the reign of Louis XIII, with some particulars from the beginning of the Regency of Anne of Austria. Taken from and translated into Italian from Siri's Mercurio. Amsterdam, at the Company's expense, 1717. Two volumes in-16 (16x10 cm), marbled half-basin (a little rubbed, an epidermure, volume I), spine ribbed, title and tomaison. Titles in red and black. (4)-472-418 pages. First edition