Search Results: memoirs of the cardinal de retz by cardinal de retz

Paris: Grolier Society. Good with no dust jacket. no pub date. Hardbound. Green Cloth Covers, Gilded Top Edge .

Grolier Society: London, 1900. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good/no dust jacket. Ex-college library with usual library features/ Very good/ no dust jacket/ Hardback/ 1900/ Limited edition #399 of 500Lisa 669

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Dublin: W. Wilson, Etc.. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1777. Hardcover. Bound in full leather, with raised bands. Title is chipped. Rubbed at the edges. Usual xlib marks. ; Ex-Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 199+28 pages .

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: J. Brotherton; Mr Stag and Mr King; T. Payne; A. Dodd, 1723. First Edition. . None. Poor. 8vo. 332pp. ~No covers endpapers or half-title, signatures stitched to five cords, stitching firm, title page soiled, ink numeral on title page, pages showing some signs of damp.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: Edward Earle, 1817. Hardcover. Pages show light toning, binding. Pages show light toning, binding solid in all volumes, hinges solid with wear, leather boards show cracking and soil, ex library

London: H. S. Nichols, 1896. Limited edition of 500 copies. xv, [1], 304pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's gilt-stamped red cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Contemporary armorial bookplate of Alexander Meyrick Broadley and recent book labels of Marion C. Walker to FEP, occasional spotting/browning. A life of Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz (1613-1679), sometime Archbishop of Paris, rival of Cardinal Mazarin, and agitator in the Fronde. . 8vo.

Philadelphia: Edward Earle, 1817. 1st American edition. Leather bound. Vol I: 458p. Vol II: 440p. Vol III: 460p. Brown leather. Three hardcover books in fair condition. Cords intact but leather of hinges cracked, leather worn and spines chipping, pages age-spotted, previous owner's name, otherwise pages unmarked. Three volumes. "Containing the particulars of his own life, with the most secret transactions of the French court and the Civil Wars.

London : H. S. Nichols, 1896. Limited Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Gilt motif to front panel with a gilt-tooled border at top and bottom. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited edition of 500 copies. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 304 pages; Physical description: xv, 304p. Frontis. (port) ; 23cm. Subjects: Louis XIV, King of France - Studies. Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661 - Studies. France - History - Louis XIV, 1643-1715. France - Court and courtiers. Series: Historic memoir series.

Translated from the French. In four volumes. c.1777. Full leather. Books are in Very Good condition, with light edgewear, hinges becoming weak, most evident on volume 1. Pages have very light foxing.

London: Jacob Tonson. Red Leather with gilded spines, marbled boards, end papers, and page edges. Boards have light wear and some leather corner chipping. "The Particulars of his own Life, with the most Secret Transactions at the French Court during the Administration of Cardinal Mazarin, and the Civil Wars occasioned by it." . Very Good. Three-Quarter Leather. 1723.

London: T. Becket, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, 1774. Leatherbound. Good. 4 Vols. xi, 338, [2]p; 317, [3]p; 282, [1]p; 228, [31]p. 18 cm full leather bindings with red title labels, raised bands and gold lettering on spines. Frontispiece portrait of Cardinal de Retz in first vol. Front board detached from vol. 1 and vol. 4. Leather worn on all volume along edges with bumped corners with exposed hinges and torn extremes. Inside pages a bit yellowed but clean with unmarked text. Sold "as-is." Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz (1613-1679) was a cleric and statesman best remember today for writing the memoirs offered here which chronicle his life until 1655.

London: Jacob Tonson, 1723. Set of four volumes. 443, 418, 356 and 308 pages plus unpaginated sections and errata. Translated from the French by P. Davall and dedicated to William Congreve. Rebound at some time in full leather with gilt titling on the spines. Edges speckled red. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume 2. Some minor dampstaining in Volume 4. A previous owner's very old and attractive bookplate in Volume 1. A lovely old set of this famous work which was first published in French in 1717.. First Edition in English. Full Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Printed for T. Becket, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, 1774. Very Good, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked at turn of 20th c. Originally published 1723, intricately gilt with dark brown leather labels, marbled end papers, prior owner name front end page and head of title page in Vol. I, small label of Paul Elder & Morgan Shepard rear end pages ( San Francisco publishers ). Moderate toning to end pages, light rubbing at corners, internally clean and bright, a quite handsome set. . Second British Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 8vo.

London: Printed for T. Becket, T. Cadell, and T. Evans, in the Strand, 1774. Originally published 1723. Four volumes in contemporary quarter parchment over marbled boards, the backs richly stamped in gilt, marbled end papers, saffron edges, engraved portrait Vol. I. Very Good, early owner name in ink half-titles Vols. II-IV, small tear top edge front end page Vol. I, light rubbing at edges, parchment a bit soiled Internally quite clean and lovely. . Second British Edition. Quarter Parchment . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.