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CHOISY, François-Timoléon, Abbé de (1664-1724). Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de Louis XIV. Amsterdam: J.Fr. Bernard et N.E. Lucas, 1727. 3 volumes in one, 12° (175 x 100mm). Title to vol. I in red and black. (Some browning.) Crimson morocco by Hardy-Mennil, later gilt supralibros, gilt lettering to spine, turn-ins and edges, multi-coloured silk marker. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1927. cf. Brunet VI, 23817.
[CHOISY, F.-T., Abbé de]. Histoire de Madame la Comtesse des Barres. A Madame la Marquise de Lambert. Brussels: François Foppens, 1736. Bound in similar crimson morocco by Duru, 1852, later gilt supralibros, gilt lettering to spine, turn-ins and edges, green silk marker. Provenance: purchased from Giraud-Badin, 1932.
Second editions. With both parents having access to the Court of Louis XIV the Abbé was in a unique position to provide portraits of many of the well-known figures of the period, amongst them Fouquet and Colbert. His Histoire by contrast provides an entertaining account of his own life dressed in female garb. (2)
[CHOISY, F.-T., Abbé de]. Histoire de Madame la Comtesse des Barres. A Madame la Marquise de Lambert. Brussels: François Foppens, 1736. Bound in similar crimson morocco by Duru, 1852, later gilt supralibros, gilt lettering to spine, turn-ins and edges, green silk marker. Provenance: purchased from Giraud-Badin, 1932.
Second editions. With both parents having access to the Court of Louis XIV the Abbé was in a unique position to provide portraits of many of the well-known figures of the period, amongst them Fouquet and Colbert. His Histoire by contrast provides an entertaining account of his own life dressed in female garb. (2)