MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SAINT SIMON

MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF SAINT SIMON on the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency.

Complete four volumes, in English

Saint Simon - Bayle St. John

1857, published by Chapman & Hall

Hard cover , 5-1/4" x 8",
handsome natural full calf, with gold dentelles, five raised bands, gold florettes; marbled end-papers, top edge gilt; text blocks tight and clean.

Ex Libris : "Arthur Scranton, Dec 1887, L.M" (each volume hand-lettered in cursive, on front free endpaper ... thus apparently a holiday gift)

Volume I, 377 pages. : "My birth and Family, the King's natural children, Death of my father, Prince of Orange, M.de Luxembourg, Quarrels of the Princesses, Harley, Fenelon, etc., Mme des Ursins, Appointment of the Duke of Berwick."

Volume II, 395 pp : "An honest courtier, Naval Battle of Malaga, Duchesse de Bourgogne, Death of M de Duras, etc., A rumour reaches Versailles."

Volume III, 390 pp : "State of Court at death of Monseigneur, Warnings to the Dauphin and Dauphine, Certainty of poison, etc; Death of Duchesse de Lisdiguieres, Personal appearance of the Czar."

Volume IV (and afterward), 419 pp : "Courson in Languedoc, Policy and Scheme of Alberone, etc., Lausin regrets his former favour, Health of the Regent. "

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