59 - GUISCARD (Antoine de La Bourlie, Marquis of). Memoirs of the Marquis of Guiscard. Containing an account of the campaigns he undertook within and outside the Kingdom of France to restore the freedom of his homeland. Delft, Frédéric Arnaud, 1705. In-12, [12] leaves, 181 pp. (only the first part was published). Havana morocco, decorated ribbed spine, title label in red morocco, double gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleurons in the spandrels (19th-century imitation binding). Ex-libris of L. Dussieux. Ex-libris of the Marquis des Roys, a great bibliophile.

GUISCARD (Antoine de La Bourlie, Marquis of). Memoirs of the Marquis of Guiscard. Containing an account of the campaigns he undertook within and outside the Kingdom of France to restore the freedom of his homeland. Delft, Frédéric Arnaud, 1705. In-12, [12] leaves, 181 pp. (only the first part was published). Havana morocco, decorated ribbed spine, title label in red morocco, double gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleurons in the spandrels (19th-century imitation binding). Ex-libris of L. Dussieux. Ex-libris of the Marquis des Roys, a great bibliophile. First edition of these political and military memoirs by the Marquis de Guiscard, a former clergyman who became a political adventurer. He aligned himself with the Protestant insurgents in the Cévennes and sought to organize, with the support of foreign powers, an uprising against the French monarchy. Published in the midst of the War of the Spanish Succession, his memoirs serve as a defense of his actions and a scathing indictment of the rule of Louis XIV. The work is dedicated to Queen Anne of England, from whom Guiscard sought protection and support for his plans. A partisan yet valuable account of the Camisard War, the networks of opposition to the monarchy, and European political intrigues in the early 18th century.