Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully (1559–1641) - Mémoires de Sully - 1768

Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully (1559–1641). Memoirs.
Vols. 1 to 8:
Memoirs of Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully, principal minister of Henry the Great, set in order, with notes, by M. L. D. L. D. L.
New edition, revised, corrected & augmented.
London, (publisher anonymous). 1768.
Volume 9:
Supplement to the Memoirs of Sully.
The Spirit of Sully
With the portrait of Henry IV, his letters to M. de Sully, & his Conversations with the same.
By Mademoiselle de S. Vast, dedicated to the Lady the Marchioness of ***.
New Edition considerably augmented
Amsterdam, Benjamin Pfaff, at the W verds, 1768
This edition reclaims the text revised and annotated by the abbé Pierre-Mathurin de L'Écluse des Loges. The ninth volume constitutes a supplement including notably critical observations on the editions of the Memoirs and a text entitled The Spirit of Sully.
Complete in 9 volumes, three engravings.
Format: in-12, 9 x 16 cm.
Collation:
Vol. 1.
Frontispiece engraved, medallion portrait of Maximilien de Béthune [1p.]-Title engraved, Preface and Summary LXVI p.–Memoirs and Table of Contents 392 p.
Vol. 2.
Title engraved – Summaries X p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 538 p.
Vol. 3.
Title engraved – Summary VIII p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 539 p.
Vol. 4.
Title engraved – Summaries X p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 437 p.
Vol. 5.
Title engraved – Summaries XI p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 470 p.
Vol. 6.
Title engraved – Summaries VIII p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 436 p.
Vol. 7.
Title engraved – Summaries VIII p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 448 p.
Vol. 8.
Title engraved – Summaries VIII p. – Memoirs and General Table of Contents 556 p.
Vol. 9.
Title engraved – Publisher’s Note - Observations 236 p. – Table of Articles [2 f.] – Title engraved with vignette – Epistle to Madame la Marquise de *** - Preface VIII p. – The Spirit of Sully, 2 full-page engravings – Table 135 p.
Thus 4187 pages.
9 volumes in full calf with marbled leather, smooth back, gilt floret ornaments, title and volume labels in garnet morocco, gilt lines at the edges, red edges
Condition: Spines rubbed, worming, shelf wear (vols. 1,2,4,5), cracked joints (vol.5,8), covers rubbed, some with skin losses, frontispiece loose, some pages with gatherings slightly detached (vol.1) edges and corners rubbed.
Bibliographic notice
BÉTHUNE, Maximilien de, Duke of Sully (1559-1641).
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, principal minister of Henry the Great, set in order, with notes, by M. L. D. L. D. L. New edition, revised, corrected and augmented.
London, publisher unnamed, 1768. Eight volumes.
Supplement: Supplement to the Memoirs of Sully. The Spirit of Sully, with the portrait of Henry IV, his letters to M. de Sully and his conversations with the same, by Mademoiselle de S. Vast, dedicated to Madame la Marquise de ***. New edition considerably augmented.
Amsterdam, Benjamin Pfaff, 1768. One volume.
This edition reproduces the revised and annotated text by the abbé Pierre-Mathurin de L’Écluse des Loges. The ninth volume constitutes a supplement including notably observations on the editions of the Memoirs and the text entitled The Spirit of Sully. Complete edition in 9 volumes.
Format: in-12, about 9 × 16 cm.
Collation:
Volume I: frontispiece engraved with a medallion portrait of Maximilien de Béthune; title engraved; preface and summary, LXVI pages; Memoirs and table of contents, 392 pages.
Volume II: title engraved; summaries, X pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 538 pages.
Volume III: title engraved; summary, VIII pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 539 pages.
Volume IV: title engraved; summaries, X pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 437 pages.
Volume V: title engraved; summaries, XI pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 470 pages.
Volume VI: title engraved; summaries, VIII pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 436 pages.
Volume VII: title engraved; summaries, VIII pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 448 pages.
Volume VIII: title engraved; summaries, VIII pages; Memoirs and general table of contents, 556 pages.
Volume IX: title engraved; publisher’s note and observations, 236 pages; table of articles; title engraved with vignette; dedicatory epistle; preface, VIII pages; The Spirit of Sully, with two full-page engravings; table, 135 pages.
Binding:
Nine volumes bound in full calf marbled leather of the period, smooth backs with gilt florets, title and volume labels in garnet morocco, gilt on the edges, the title pages of volumes II to VIII and to verify all bear the same bibliographic address.
Condition of preservation:
Overall showing signs of use and conservation defects: spines rubbed, worming, shelf wear on volumes I, II, IV and V, cracked joints on volumes V and VIII, covers rubbed with some skin losses and margins, frontispiece detached or loose, some gatherings slightly detached in volume I, edges and corners rubbed. The bindings nonetheless retain their gilded decoration and their period character.