54 - Fronde - JOLI (Guy). Memoirs of Guy Joli, Counselor at the Chatelet in Paris, followed by a Treatise on Cardinal de Retz, excerpted from a manuscript history composed by Claude Joli, Canon of the Church of Paris, and Memoirs of the Duchess of Nemours. Geneva, Fabry & Barillot, 1777. 2 vols. in-12, 501 and 489 pp., marbled calfskin, ornately ribbed spine, title and volume number labels, red edges (contemporary binding).

Fronde - JOLI (Guy). Memoirs of Guy Joli, Counselor at the Chatelet in Paris, followed by a Treatise on Cardinal de Retz, excerpted from a manuscript history composed by Claude Joli, Canon of the Church of Paris, and Memoirs of the Duchess of Nemours. Geneva, Fabry & Barillot, 1777. 2 vols. in-12, 501 and 489 pp., marbled calfskin, ornately ribbed spine, title and volume number labels, red edges (contemporary binding). A revised and expanded edition of the famous Memoirs of Guy Joly (d. 1678), secretary and confidant—sometimes tasked with dirty work—of Cardinal de Retz. Covering the period from 1643 to 1665, these Memoirs, originally published in 1718, shed light on and supplement those of Cardinal de Retz. Followed by: Memoir Concerning Cardinal de Retz, by Claude Joli (Guy Joli’s uncle), and Memoirs of the Duchess of Nemours, detailing the most notable events in France during the War of Paris, up to Cardinal de Retz’s imprisonment in 1652, along with descriptions of the various personalities at court. Tail caps missing, spines partially split at the tail, slight wear to the leather on vol. 2; otherwise a good copy.