"Exceptional Baroque Binding In Glossy Blonde Calfskin "letters Of Madame De Maintenon, 9 Vol. 1756"
Rare and exceptional series in 9 volumes in 12 in golden glazed blond calfskin, spine with marvelous fine irons in the pure Louis Printed in Amsterdam, at the expense of the publisher in 1756. The "Letters of Madame de Mintenon, to various People, and to Mr. D'Aubigné, her Brother. We learn a host of anecdotes and to better know Louis XIV at the end of his life told by his Wife Madame de Maintenon And volume 9 and last a rare supplement which is often missing for this beautiful and most complete edition "Letters from Messire Paul Godet des Marais Bishop of Chartres to Madame de Maintenon Collected by M. L'Abbé Berthier, in Brussels; from Imprimerie d'Ant. Bruyn 1755; magnificent uniform binding...