Discours du Comte de Bussy Rabutin à ses enfans sur le bon usage des adversités et les divers événements de la vie

Discours du comte de Bussy Rabutin à ses enfans sur les divers événemens de sa vie et le bon usage des adversitez
Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition and expanded by about a hundred pages, of this posthumously published text. Copy complete with the epitaph and imprint at the end of the volume.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding, spine with raised bands richly decorated with small tools, red morocco title label, marbled paper pastedowns, gilt roulette on the leading edges, speckled edges. Joints slightly cracked, small tears to the head, corners slightly bumped.
Handsome copy of this work in the incisive style of the famous warrior and libertine gentleman, which recounts the history of the misfortunes of illustrious unfortunates: Belisarius, Boethius, Enguerrand de Marigny, Bureau de La Rivière, Maréchal de Gyé, Commines, Samblançay, the Duke of Bellegarde, Bassompierre, and finally his own misfortunes as a writer subject to the royal thunderbolts of Louis XIV.