SULLY (Maximilien de BETHUNE duc de) - Lot 617

SULLY (Maximilien de BETHUNE duc de) Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, principal minister of Henry the Great. Put in order with remarks. By M.L.D.L.D.L. [Pierre-Mathurin de L'Écluse des Loges]. London, 1768. 9 volumes in-12. Contemporary marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spines, red title-pieces and tomaisons, rubbing and wear, accidents to some headpieces, marbled edges. Enclosed: Les entretiens de feu Monsieur de Balzac. Paris, Courbé, 1657. Small in-12. Old stiff vellum, handwritten title on spine. Provenance: Copy from the library of Alexis Jean Armand Mieulet de Lombrail (1828-1904), a native of Tarn-et-Garonne, a young aristocrat whose family came from the Garonne nobility. He attended a Catholic preparatory school in Versailles and espoused positivist ideas. He was a pupil of Auguste Comte.