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[BÉTHUNE (Philippe de)]. Le conseiller d'estat, ou Recueil des plus générales considérations servant au maniement des affaires publiques, divisé en deux parties... À Paris, suivant la copie impériale, 1645. In-12, [20] f. (the last blank) - 539 p., contemporary red basane, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title, small gilt-lettered compartments bordered by a double gilt fillet, gilt decoration of the boards in the Duseuil style enhanced by 4 angular fleurons and a large filigree fleuron in the center, gilt roulette on the spines, gilt edges (rubbing on the spines, corners and endpapers, slight browning on the title, marginal loss at the corners of pp. 23-24 and 339-340, small stains on pp. 44-48). New edition of this important treatise on state conduct, first published in 1633 and reprinted several times in the 17th century, written by Cardinal de Béthune, diplomat and brother of the Duc de Sully. This is the second Elzévirienne edition, "more beautiful but less rare than the first published in 1641" (Willems 1024). Provenance: Léon de Bastard d'Estang (1822-1860), historian, archaeologist and collector (bookplate).

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[BÉTHUNE (Philippe de)]. Le conseiller d'estat, ou Recueil des plus générales considérations servant au maniement des affaires publiques, divisé en deux parties... À Paris, suivant la copie impériale, 1645. In-12, [20] f. (the last blank) - 539 p., contemporary red basane, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title, small gilt-lettered compartments bordered by a double gilt fillet, gilt decoration of the boards in the Duseuil style enhanced by 4 angular fleurons and a large filigree fleuron in the center, gilt roulette on the spines, gilt edges (rubbing on the spines, corners and endpapers, slight browning on the title, marginal loss at the corners of pp. 23-24 and 339-340, small stains on pp. 44-48). New edition of this important treatise on state conduct, first published in 1633 and reprinted several times in the 17th century, written by Cardinal de Béthune, diplomat and brother of the Duc de Sully. This is the second Elzévirienne edition, "more beautiful but less rare than the first published in 1641" (Willems 1024). Provenance: Léon de Bastard d'Estang (1822-1860), historian, archaeologist and collector (bookplate).

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