MONTGON, CHARLES ALEXANDRE.

Memoires de monsieur l'abbé Montgon. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & augmentée. 8 vols.

Lausanne, Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1752-1753.

8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary (original?) cardboard binding with gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spines. Extremities with light wear, boards with scratches. Internally nice and clean. (4), XLIV, 624 pp. + frontispiece; (4), 492, CXL pp.; (4), 450, CCII pp.; (4), 504, LXXXVIII pp.; (4), 555 pp.; (4), 448, CXXVII pp.; (4), 494, CLXXXVIII pp.; (2), 516, CXLIII pp.

Later edition of this important source for the European diplomatic history during the reign of Louis XV. In addition to personal facts and annecdotes, these memoirs contain vast information on the courts of Europe, with a focus on the rupture between France and Spain.

Order-nr.: 61117