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276 - SULLY, Duke of. Memoirs of Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Su…
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SULLY, Duke of. Memoirs of Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully. London [i.e. Paris], n.p., 1778. In-12 (16.5 x 9.5 cm), marbled sheepskin, plain spine, title and volume number labels. Speckled edges. Contemporary binding. 8 vols. (of 8) uncollated. Scuffing to the bindings, a scratch on the spine of volume IV, and some wear to the leather on certain covers. The portraits of Maximilien de Bethune and Henry IV are missing. A handwritten note in the margin on p. 403 (volume VIII). A fine and highly regarded 18th-century edition of the Memoirs of the great Minister of Henry IV, which rank among the major sources for the history of the reign of the last Valois monarchs. It contains interesting details on the private life of the king, that of his minister, and the intrigues of the Court. This celebrated edition is notable for the abundance of notes by the Abbé de l’Ecluse des Loges. At the end of Volume 8 is ‘Le Supplément aux Mémoires’, which is a critique and attack on the edition produced by l’Ecluse, alleged to distort Sully’s original work.
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Auction time 11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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