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82 - SAINT-SIMON (Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of). COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMON on the Age of Louis XIV and the Regency, published for the first time from the original manuscript written entirely in the author’s own hand. Paris, Sautelet, 1829–30. 21 volumes, in-8 ½, in havana calfskin; spines with 4 flat raised bands decorated with a gilt scroll, embossed fleurons in the compartments, large gilt scrolls at the tail, gilded garland at the head, gilded title and volume numbers, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Foxing, signs of wear on the bindings. AUTHENTIC FIRST EDITION, published by General de Saint-Simon after he recovered the complete manuscript of the “Mémoires,” which constituted “the greatest publishing success since Walter Scott .” It contains a PORTRAIT of the author, lithographed by Villain after a drawing by J. Belliard, and a fold-out PLATE featuring a facsimile of a handwritten letter by the Duke of Saint-Simon. The 21st and final volume consists of the chapter and name indexes. ¶ Formel, “Bibliography of the Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon,” 156.
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SAINT-SIMON (Louis de Rouvroy, Duke of). COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMON on the Age of Louis XIV and the Regency, published for the first time from the original manuscript written entirely in the author’s own hand. Paris, Sautelet, 1829–30. 21 volumes, in-8 ½, in havana calfskin; spines with 4 flat raised bands decorated with a gilt scroll, embossed fleurons in the compartments, large gilt scrolls at the tail, gilded garland at the head, gilded title and volume numbers, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Foxing, signs of wear on the bindings. AUTHENTIC FIRST EDITION, published by General de Saint-Simon after he recovered the complete manuscript of the “Mémoires,” which constituted “the greatest publishing success since Walter Scott .” It contains a PORTRAIT of the author, lithographed by Villain after a drawing by J. Belliard, and a fold-out PLATE featuring a facsimile of a handwritten letter by the Duke of Saint-Simon. The 21st and final volume consists of the chapter and name indexes. ¶ Formel, “Bibliography of the Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon,” 156.
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