SULLY (Maximilian of Bethune, Duke of) Memoirs... - Lot 318 - Eric Caudron

SULLY (Maximilian of Bethune, Duke of) Memoirs of the wise men and royals oeconomies of Estat, servants, politicians and military of Henry the Great, the Exemplary of the Kings, the Prince of virtues, arms &oix, & the father indeed of his peoples Francis Amsterdam, by Aletinosgraphe de Cléarétimélée, & Graphexechon de Pistariste, n.d., (1638), 2 volumes in one strong vol. in-folio, tortoiseshell fawn calf, spine with flat decorated ribs (contemporary binding). Some restorations. One of the forgeries of the original edition of the first two volumes, published during Sully's lifetime and printed on the presses of his castle in 1638. The last two were not published until 1662, at the address of Paris.