Memoirs for the history of Anne of Austria, wife to Lewis XIII. of France; and regent of that kingdom from his death to the accession of her son Lewis XIV. Containing all the remarkable events during the king's minority, and the administration of her favourite Cardinal Mazarin

Motteville, [Françoise de]

Verlag: J. Darby [and 8 others], London, 1725

Beschreibung

First English edition (volume I is dated 1726 and is from the second edition, all others are dated 1725); 5 volumes, 12mo; woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces; full contemporary calf; gilt spines, red and black gilt spine labels, all edges red; some minor scuffing else a very attractive, near-fine set. Volume I and V with neat restoration of the joints. Memoirs of Queen Anne by "the Queen Regent's chief Companion and Confident, and who has likewise added an Account of the Troubles of King Charles I. not to be met with in Clarendon or any other English writer, being the Substance of several Conversations betwixt his Queen, then in Exile at the French Court, and the Author of the Memoirs." See Brunet III, 1929-30 for the first (Amsterdam, 1723) edition; 4 copies in OCLC, none outside the United Kingdom. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 43856

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Memoirs for the history of Anne of Austria, ...

Verlag: J. Darby [and 8 others], London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1725

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage