Jean-Baptiste COLBERT DE TORCY
Memoires de M de *** pour servir a l'histoire des négociations depuis le traité de Riswick jusqu'à la paix d'Utrecht
S. n.|à La Haye [The Hague] 1756|9.50 x 16 cm|3 tomes en 3 volumes reliés
First edition.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine richly decorated with ornamental tools and roulettes. Red morocco title and volume labels. The title label reads "Memoire de Torcy" while the title page is anonymous, so the author of these anonymous memoirs must have been well known at the time. Light rubbing. The half-titles of volumes II and III are not present, as in all copies we have consulted, so it is possible that they are not actually missing, and that there was only one half-title for the entire work. Very handsome copy, very fresh.
Armorial bookplate engraved in the 18th century of Louis Francois (1713-1791), Marquis de Monteynard (Languedoc), First G
€900