GRAMONT (Antoine III, duc de) - Lot 486

GRAMONT (Antoine III, duc de) Mémoires du mareschal de Gramont, duc et pair de France, commandeur des Ordres du Roy, gouverneur de Navarre et de Béarn. Paris, David, 1716. 2 volumes in-12: 1f. 303pp. 13f. / 1f. 310pp. 9f. Contemporary fawn granite calf, ornate ribbed spine, gilt roulette on edges, minor defects, red edges. A good copy. Also included: VOLTAIRE (François Marie AROUET de): La Henriade, with variants & an essay on epic poetry. Rouen, Machuel, 1779. 2 volumes in-12. Contemporary marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spines, 2 headpieces torn off, title pieces missing, rubbing and spotting, gilt fillet on edges, marbled edges. First edition of these reminiscences, which mainly concern military history (campaigns against the Protestants in France, the Thirty Years' War, the war against Spain in Flanders and Catalonia) and diplomacy.