Louis-François FAUR, Benjamin de LABORDE
Vie privée du Marechal de Richelieu, contenant ses amours et ses intrigues, et tout ce qui a rapport aux divers rôles qu'à joués cet homme célèbre pendant plus de quatre-vingt ans
Chez Buisson|à Paris 1791|12 x 20.50 cm|trois volumes reliés
First edition, written according to Barbier (Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes) by Faur, and according to the BN de France by Faur or Benjamin de Laborde.
Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spine with fillets. Marbled paper boards. Title and volume labels gilt. Stains on spines.
The preface of the work indicates that the Memoirs of Richelieu are less a single biography of Richelieu than memoirs covering the end of the reign of Louis XIV, the Regency and the reign of Louis XV. The present work claims to remedy these memoirs and present the marshal as he truly was "it is the hero in undress that we present to the public". As the title indicates, besides his historical role, the book reveals the relationships that Richelieu maintained with women, "all women disputed over his heart... Loving them all, he claimed to owe them equal homage." The work contains a great number of original letters and private memoirs written by Richelieu, or addressed to Richelieu. A new type of historical work that would have a great future, the book through various perspectives attempts to paint clearly the man that Richelieu was, with his virtues and his vices.
Stamp of Grande bibliothèque école libre N.D. de Mont-Roland on the half-title.
Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spine with fillets. Marbled paper boards. Title and volume labels gilt. Stains on spines.
The preface of the work indicates that the Memoirs of Richelieu are less a single biography of Richelieu than memoirs covering the end of the reign of Louis XIV, the Regency and the reign of Louis XV. The present work claims to remedy these memoirs and present the marshal as he truly was "it is the hero in undress that we present to the public". As the title indicates, besides his historical role, the book reveals the relationships that Richelieu maintained with women, "all women disputed over his heart... Loving them all, he claimed to owe them equal homage." The work contains a great number of original letters and private memoirs written by Richelieu, or addressed to Richelieu. A new type of historical work that would have a great future, the book through various perspectives attempts to paint clearly the man that Richelieu was, with his virtues and his vices.
Stamp of Grande bibliothèque école libre N.D. de Mont-Roland on the half-title.
€480