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"Galerie de l'Ancienne Cour" or Mémoires Anecdotes pour servir à l'Histoire des Règnes de Louis XIV et de Louis XV , published anonymously by Saint Simon . 3 beautiful volumes in 12 , complete and in perfect condition from 1786 . Full speckled calf, smooth spines adorned with gilded irons, red and black morocco titles and captions, marbled endpapers, red edges. This rare edition, Saint Simon's first draft, is full of fascinating details by a man who was privy to the closest secrets of the two Kings, whose fame and liveliness of mind
whose fame and lively style recounted many anecdotes and was subsequently widely published in the
XIXth Century
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