Saint-Simon (Édition établie par Yves Coirault)Livre Rare Book
The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency
1936rif. 837G7New York: Willey Book Company 1936. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The complete two volume set of memoirs by the French soldier Louis de Rouvroy giving an account of the reign of Louis XIV. A new American edition. Complete with four works in two volumes. In the publisher's original full cloth armorial binding. With an engraved frontispiece in each book. Translated from the French by Bayle St. John with a preface by James Breck Perkins. The Duke of Saint-Simon also known as Louis de Rouvroy was a French soldier diplomat and memoirist. His works are crucial for the study of French literature and give a full and comprehensive account of the court at Versailles of Louis XIV and the Regence at the start of his reign. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear to the edges and marks to the boards. Slight fading to the spine. Spotting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. The hinges in volume one are starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some spotting to the frontispieces some light age-toning to the edges and the occasional mark and crease. Very Good Willey Book Company hardcover
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