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60 - LA FAYETTE, Countess of - Memoirs of the French Court for the Years 1688 and 1689. Amsterdam, Jean-Frédéric Bernard, 1731. In-12, frontispiece, 234 pp., title in red and black, paper slightly yellowed, 18th-century green grained calfskin, triple gold thread on the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges.
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LA FAYETTE, Countess of - Memoirs of the French Court for the Years 1688 and 1689. Amsterdam, Jean-Frédéric Bernard, 1731. In-12, frontispiece, 234 pp., title in red and black, paper slightly yellowed, 18th-century green grained calfskin, triple gold thread on the covers, plain decorated spine, gilt edges. TCH III, 844. SHF no. 877. First edition, first printing. These memoirs cover topics ranging from the issue of the Electorate of Cologne to the expedition to Ireland and its failure. Madame de La Fayette does not shy away from pointing out the faults of Louis XIV and his ministers, nor the limited intelligence and lack of energy of King James II of England. The author has interspersed the events with entertaining anecdotes.
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