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[HISTORY. ROYAL FAMILIES. 18th CENTURY]. SET of 5 titles in 7 volumes. Bindings from the period or the 19th century. -[LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Duke of]. Memoirs of the Early Years of Louis XIV. Published in Trevoux at the expense of the Company, 1754. 2 in-16 volumes. Contemporary speckled fawn calfskin, smooth spine with decorative lettering, marbled edges, title label (very slight rubbing but upper caps missing). New expanded edition of these memoirs on the Fronde. Provenance: Ex Bibliotheca Gabriel Archinard (printed label on the inside front cover of vol. 1). Victor Daguin, Tax Collector (modern blue stamp on the half-titles). Fine copies. -[MOROCCAN LEATHER WITH COAT OF ARMS]. LOISEL. Customary Institutes by Monsieur Loisel. Volume II only. Paris: Saugrain, the Younger, 1765. In-12, red morocco leather with coat of arms, gilt edges. Attractive binding. -F.R. de CHATEAUBRIAND. Memoirs, Letters, and Authentic Documents Concerning the Life and Death of His Royal Highness Charles-Ferdinand d’Artois, Son of France, Duke of Berry. Paris: Le Normant, 1820. In-8, (4)-II-299 pp. Polished fawn calfskin of the period, smooth spine with decoration, floral roulette on the covers. First edition of this historical and biographical account by the great Romantic author. Commissioned by the Court, it brings together memoirs, correspondence, and documents related to the prince, a major figure embodying the hopes of the Bourbons during the Restoration. In a charming contemporary binding despite a blackened tear on the second cover. -WALPOLE, Horace. [Louis XVI, trans.] The Reign of Richard III, or Historical Doubts Concerning the Crimes Attributed to Him. Paris: Lerouge and Debray, 1800. In-8, XXIX-263 pp. Contemporary fawn-colored sheepskin with grain, smooth spine with decoration (binding slightly rubbed). With engraved frontispiece. Rare first edition of Louis XVI’s translation of Walpole’s work on King Richard III, the unloved figure of the English monarchy.? -HAUDRICOURT, Fernisien d’. Glories of the French Nation. Work presented to the King. Paris, at the Author’s Office (ca. 1810) 2 volumes, small square folio; period red morocco-bound half-basane, red paper covers with gold roulette embossing in a frame, some foxing and faded spine, some scuffing Entirely engraved work, with generous margins. Engraved ex libris bearing the Vernisy coat of arms. Ville-sur-Saulx stamp. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of bookbindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.