83 BIS. SULLY (Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de) SULLY (Maximil - Lot 83

83 BIS. SULLY (Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de) SULLY (Maximilien de Béthune, Duc de). Mémoires de Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henry le Grand, mis en ordre, avec des remarques, par M. L. D. L. D. L. Londres, s.n., 1747.3 vol. in-4, blue morocco, richly decorated ribbed spine, red morocco title and giblets, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, gilt roulette on the edges and inside, gilt edges (period binding). The finest and most complete new edition of these memoirs by Abbé de l'Écluse des Loges. This is the text of the ""Oeconomies royales d'estat [...]"" arranged in a new order and rewritten in more modern French. It also includes a supplement on Sully's life since his retirement. (Brunet, V, 588) The illustration, entirely engraved on copper, includes a fine frontispiece by Licherie engraved by Baudet, 3 fleurons to the titles, 2 hors-texte portraits by Tardieu & Mathey, as well as 3 header vignettes by Gravelot engraved by Fessard.From the Wallace of Carleton library, with bookplate.Minor restorations to the binding, small tear to the tail cap of vol. 2. A fine copy in contemporary morocco.