Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de SULLY
Mémoires de Sully, principal ministre de Henri-Le-Grand
Chez Jean François Bastien|à Paris 1788|12.50 x 20 cm|6 tomes en 6 volumes reliés
New edition, illustrated with 2 portraits at the frontispiece of volume I.
Full brown granite sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. 4 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. A brown stain at the foot of the upper board of volume I. Handsome set.
Edition based on all previous critical editions, including the very famous one by abbé de l'ecluse (1745), and those containing observations and remarks by abbé de Montempuis who accused L'ecluse of excessive partiality towards the Jesuits.
Volume 5 contains various pieces and observations intended to provide greater objectivity in reading the memoirs. A large general table occupies almost the entirety of the last volume.
Full brown granite sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. 4 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. A brown stain at the foot of the upper board of volume I. Handsome set.
Edition based on all previous critical editions, including the very famous one by abbé de l'ecluse (1745), and those containing observations and remarks by abbé de Montempuis who accused L'ecluse of excessive partiality towards the Jesuits.
Volume 5 contains various pieces and observations intended to provide greater objectivity in reading the memoirs. A large general table occupies almost the entirety of the last volume.
€500