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SAINT-SIMON (Louis de, Duke of)
Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon, or The Truthful Observer on the Reign of Louis XIV, and on the Early Periods of the Subsequent Reigns. - 3 volumes followed by: Supplement to the Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon, faithfully copied from the original manuscript; or The Truthful Observer on the Reign of Louis XIV… To serve as a continuation and supplement to the three volumes already published; With historical and critical notes; 4 volumes.
Published in London and available in Liège, from F. J. Desoer, 1789.
Set of 7 volumes in-12°. Full binding, in the Bradel style, black paper imitating shagreen.
2 ff., 317 pp. – 254 pp. – 295 pp. – supplement; XII pp., 382 pp. – 2 ff., 399 pp. – 2 ff., 401 pp. – 2 ff., 407 pp
One of the first editions of Saint-Simon’s *Mémoires*. It is extremely rare.
“This edition, naturally supplemented by its Supplement, is a counterfeit of Buisson’s works.” –
Formel: *Bibliographie des Mémoires du Duc de St. Simon* (Paris, Éditions Contrepoint, 1982), MI-6, p. 125 and MII-2, pp. 130–131. Formel lists the first three volumes without being able to describe them; he describes only the supplement.
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