Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois, Marquise de CAYLUS. Les Souveni - Lot 11

Marthe-Marguerite Le Valois, Marquise de CAYLUS. Les Souvenirs. Amsterdam (Genève), Jean Robert, 1770. In-8, marbled calf, triple gilt fillet, 5-rib spine decorated with a repeated spiderweb iron (Period binding). Bengesco, 1907 / Brunet, I-1705 /// VIII-174. First edition of Madame de Caylus's Souvenirs, depicting the court of Louis XIV and particularly Madame de Maintenon, whose niece she was. They were published by Voltaire, who prefaced the work with a preface and added notes. Copy with last leaf hardback. Beginning of a split at the spine, a small stain on one leaf and the last leaf browned and rebacked. Ex-libris of G. Grappe. Enclosed: Madame de LA FAYETTE. La Princesse de Clèves. Paris, Compagnie des Libraires associez, 1725. 4 parts in 2 volumes in-12, tobacco basane, spine with 5 ornate nerves (period binding). I. (3f.)-207 / II. (1f.)-210. New edition that escaped Tchemerzine and Brunet.