LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Mémoires de M.D.L.R. sur les Brigues à la mort de Louys XIII. Les Guerres de Paris et de Guyenne, & la prison des Princes... Cologne : Pierre van Dyck, 1669. - In-12, brown morocco, double gilt fillet framing the covers, ornate ribbed spine, interior gilt roulette, gilt edges (Muller). Sixth edition based on the first two of 1662. Issued from the presses of François Foppens in Brussels. A fine copy bound by Muller, a former workman of Thouvenin. (spine slightly faded)

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