Memoirs Of Mr De Bouy, Secretary To Mr Cardinal Richelieu, 2 Vol. In.12 Amsterdam 1711

Very fine copy in two volumes, contemporary binding, full tinted calf, ribbed spine decorated with pretty gilt irons in the boxes, titles and volume numbers in red morocco, interior lace, marbled endpapers with red edges, two-tone titles. "Memoirs of Monsieur de Bouy", (Gatien de Courtilz) Secretary to Monsieur Cardinal de Richelieu, in which we discover the finest politics and the most secret affairs that took place during the Reign of Louis the Just, under the Ministry of this great Cardinal; and we see some other curious and singular ones under Louis the Great. 2 Volumes In 12, printed in Amsterdam, at Henry Schetten, near the Stock Exchange. M.DCC. XI. (1711), from the end of the reign of Louis XIV;;;; A bit of History: Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (1644-1712) First edition of these Memoirs, essentially fictional, written in the first person by Monsieur de Bouy, Secretary to Cardinal Richelieu. This story is in reality the work of Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras, known for writing several other pseudo-memoirs. This story, however, offers a dive into politics at the time of Louis XIII. A beautiful and easy-to-read work that takes us on a journey into the mysteries of the minister Duke Cardinal, a pleasant and interesting read in very beautiful books preserved from time and which are more than three centuries old!...