François de La Rochefoucauld - Mémoires de la minorité de Louis XIV - 1690

[LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François de)]

Memoirs of the Minority of Louis XIV.

Villefranche, published by Jean de Paul, 1690.

1 volume, duodecimo (16 x 9 cm), mottled calf (contemporary binding), spine with raised bands and ornament, roll tooling on the edges, mottled edges, inscription and drawing on the upper endpaper, [24]-428-[1] pages (complete). Corners and headcaps rubbed, a small split beginning at the lower hinge near the head. Good overall condition.

New edition; the first under this title dates from 1688, published by the same publisher. It had previously appeared under the title: Memoirs of M. D.L.R. on the Intrigues Surrounding the Death of Louis XIII.

Memoirs on the civil wars in France under Louis XIII, clandestinely published by La Rochefoucauld, who was a tireless intriguer before becoming the famous author of the Maxims. After Cardinal de Retz’s Memoirs, these are the most important accounts of the period of the Fronde.

A good copy.