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243 - RETZ, Cardinal de. Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz [with] Memoirs of Guy Joly.

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€200 - 300

Sale fees

27%

RETZ, Cardinal de. Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz [with] Memoirs of Guy Joly. Geneva: Fabry and Barillot, 1777. In-12 (16.5 x 10 cm), marbled sheepskin, ribbed spine decorated with panels. Contemporary binding. 6 uncollated vols. Scuffs, missing material on some caps. Yellowed pages, rare wormholes. New edition published in Geneva by Fabry & Barillot, marked “thoroughly revised and corrected,” of Cardinal de Retz’s Memoirs in 4 volumes, in-12. Included in a matching binding are the memoirs of Guy Joly (2 volumes), which generally complement those of Cardinal de Retz. Jean-François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, wrote his Memoirs at the request of his friends during his exile, around the age of sixty (circa 1675–1677), and composed the autobiography of a politician during a time of civil war, the Fronde. The Memoirs are followed, at the end of Volume IV, by the following documents: Minutes of the Ruel Conference; Le Trictrac; The Burlesque Correspondence of the War of Paris; Sermon of St. Louis, King of France, composed and delivered before the king and the queen regent, his mother, by Monseigneur Jean-François-Paul de Gondy; The Conspiracy of Count Jean-Louis de Fiesque; and an advisory note to Cardinal Mazarin on the affairs of Cardinal de Retz.

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Collectible Books for Sale - First Editions - Illustrated Editions - Varia IV
Monday, November 2
02:00 PM
82, rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris, France

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On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 82,000 lots published

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