Vie de Louis Balbe-Berton de Crillon : surnommé le Brave : et mémoires des regnes de Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III et Henri IV, pour servir à l'histoire de son temps

First edition. A folding portrait frontispiece. At the end of the work: "Piéces tirées des ouvrages faits à l'honneur du Brave Crillon, après sa mort," and "Histoire de la maison Balbe de Quiers." A table of contents allows one to follow and locate all the protagonists of this history.
Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head headcaps worn. Joint cracked at head of volume I. Corners bumped on volume I.
Historical work attributed to Mademoiselle de Lussan, which she certainly wrote in collaboration with Nicolas Baudot de Jully (1678-1759), historian and tax collector of Vendôme. Louis des Balbes Crillon was a famous captain who served successfully under several kings, including Henri IV, who called him 'The foremost captain in the world'. History remembered his valor and probity, notably during the assassination of the Duke of Guise and during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. He was from Provence and gave his name to a village that is famous today: Crillon le Brave.