[RICHELIEU (Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de)]. - Lot 165

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[RICHELIEU (Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de)]. - Lot 165
[RICHELIEU (Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de)]. Diary of Monsieur le Cardinal Duc de Richelieu. That he made during the great storm of the Court [...]. A Paris, Par la Société des Libraires du Palais, 1665. 2 parts in one volume in-16, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, large fleuron at the corners, spine with ornate nerves, gilt edges (period binding). From the library of Jean Paul Reinhardt, with a handwritten bookplate of the time at the foot of the title. Small damage to the head cover; first spine slightly rubbed; first part of the second volume (pp. 3-120) and first part of the first (pp. 3-216) bound together in place of each other. [Volume I] : After the title " première partie ", there are ff. with " tome II " at the foot (at the beginning of the quire) : ff. signed A-E12, that is to say pp. 3-120, then ff. with " tome I " at the foot : ff. K-P12 & Q6, that is to say pp. 217-371 (up to " fin du premier tome "). [Volume II]: After the title " second part ", there are ff. bearing " volume I " at the foot (at the beginning of the quire): ff. A-I12, that is to say pp. 1-216, then ff. bearing "tome II" at the foot: ff. F-P12, that is to say pp. 121-359 (until "end"). This gives, for the re-ordering of the volume : pp. 1-216 of volume I at the beginning of the second part, then pp. 217-371 of the same volume at the end of the first part, then pp. 3-120 of volume II at the beginning of the first part, then pp. 121-359 of the same volume at the end of the volume.
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