
INVENTORY #117708
Les Lettres de Messire Roger de Rebutin Comte de Bussy, Lieutenant General des Arme'es du Roi, et Mestre de Camp General de la Cavaleris Franoise et Etrangere.
RABUTIN, Roger de
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First seven volumes of the set only. Vols. 8-12 not included. Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618-1693) was a controversial third son, made heir to his family's aristocratic seat and is best remembered as a memoirist and letter writer. His writing details his amorous life among France's aristocratic elite.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Clorentin Delaulne
- Edition: Nouvelle Edition
- Date Published: 1756
- Place Published: Paris
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
7 vols. only (out of a 12 vol. set). Vol. 1: [4], 374, [2]p. Vol. 2: [4], 295p. Vol. 3: [6], 550, [2]p. Vol. 4: [8], 491, [3]p. Vol. 5: [8], 448p. Vol. 6: [2], 286, [5]p. Vol. 7: [8], 384p. 16.5 cm full leather bindings. Green leather with gilt on spines. Raised bands. Brown leather boards. Ex-library with small labels affixed to lower corner of front pastedown endpapers. Leather shows wear (unclear if boards were originally green or coloured separately. Corners and extremes bumped with small tears. Pages clean. Text unmarked. Spine leather ripped on vols. 5 and 7.