GENNES (Stone of) Memoir for sieur La Bourdonnais, with supporting documents [With:] Supplement to the Memoir of sieur de La Bourdonnais Paris, Imprimerie de Delaguette, 1750-1751, 2 parts in a strong vol. in-4., with 6 off-text plates (4 folding pictures, a map of Madras, a large flying map in colours), fawn calf, spine with red edges (contemporary binding). Original edition, in-4 format Linked to the following: Observations on the two Memoirs to be consulted, distributed by the family of Sieur Dupleix. Paris, Imprimerie de Delaguette, 1751, 11 pp. Beautiful copy of Louis II Colbert de Lignères (1709-1761), grandson of the great Colbert and marshal of camp, with gilded arms in between the nerves.