(CARTE, THOMAS).

Memoires de la Vie de Mylord Duc d'Ormond. 2 parts (+) Memoires de Milord ***

La Haye, de la Compagnie, 1738 & Paris, Prault, 1737.

8vo. Two parts bound in one nice contemporary half calf binding with with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Light wear to extremities. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Internally with occassional brownspotting. (2), 214, (4), 204, 110 pp. 

Second edition of what appears to be a French translation of Thomas Carte’s “Life of James Duke of Ormond”. This statement is not entirely correct since the work in fact is erotic stories very loosely build on the life of Duke of Ormond.

Order-nr.: 61213