BASSOMPIERRE. Memoirs of Marshal de Bassompierre, containing - Lot 28

BASSOMPIERRE. Memoirs of Marshal de Bassompierre, containing the story of his life and the most notable events at the French court over the course of several years. Cologne, Pierre du Marteau, 1666. 2 volumes in-12, red morocco, gilt fillet, decorated spine, interior fillet, gilt edges (late 18th-century binding). Second Elzevirian edition: highly regarded, it is a verbatim copy of the 1665 edition. (Willems, no. 891; Rahir, no. 2265.) Title set in the English style. From the Robert Hoe Library (III, 1912, no. 176). Lacks the portrait of Bassompierre in Volume I. Spine worn.

Estimate:£171.59

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