Memoires de la vie de Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné. Avec les memoires de Frederic Maurice de la Tour, Prince de Sedan

New edition, but first in this form and under this title. At the end, catalogue of books printed by Jean-Frédéric Bernard.

Contemporary full marbled fawn calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label. One lack at head. Narrow split to lower joint at head over 1cm. Rubbing. Handsome copy.
These memoirs first appeared as a supplement to the 1729 edition of the Adventures of Baron de Foeneste under the title "Secret History". They are a severe criticism of Henri III and his court and of the Catholics as much as a testimony to the anti-Protestant climate. After the publication of this pamphlet which was banned, d'Aubigné fled to Geneva.
"This edition is much closer to the original manuscript than that of 1729 established by the unscrupulous care of Le Duchat under the title Secret History" (cf. Agrippa d'Aubigné et son temps, p. 64).
Several pieces come to complete Aubigné's Memoirs, those of Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, who was for a long time one of the souls of the Fronde against Richelieu and Louis XIII; they were composed by Aubertin his servant; is also joined a fragment of an account of the court of France by Priolo and the History of Madame de Mucy by Guillaume de Valdory. There is also a letter from Scarron to M. Fouquet written on the occasion of the dispute between Scarron and Gilles Boileau, brother of Nicolas Boileau Despréaux.