Mémoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand

New edition after the first one produced by Abbé de Lescluse in 1745 (in-4° and in-12°); illustrated with a portrait of Henri IV as frontispiece to the first volume and a second portrait of Sully in the same volume. Supplement to the memoirs in volume 9.
Contemporary (or near-contemporary) half blonde sheep binding with marbled boards. Smooth spine decorated with 2 grotesque compartments and 2 ornamental tools. Red morocco title-label and green morocco volume labels. One cut at head of volume II. Beginning of crack to upper joint of volume I at head, upper joint of volume 2 partly split. Title page of volume 2 stained. Upper joint of volume 6 split. One hole in title page of volume 6. Rubbing. Good decorative set.
Sully's text has been revised in modern French. This famous edition of the Memoirs is valuable for the abundance of notes by Abbé de l'Ecluse des Loges on these fundamental memoirs for French history. The Supplement to the memoirs is a critique and attack on the edition produced by Lescluse, allegedly denaturing Sully's original work.