[RICHELIEU (Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de)]. - Lot 166

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[RICHELIEU (Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de)]. - Lot 166
[RICHELIEU (Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de)]. - Maximes d'Etat, ou Testament politique d'Armand du Plessis, Cardinal Duc de Richelieu [...] (2 parts), -- [FONCEMAGNE (Étienne de)]. Letter on the political Testament of Cardinal de Richelieu. In Paris, Of the Printing of Le Breton, 1764. Together 3 parts in 2 volumes in-8°, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, green morocco title-pieces, gilt edges (period binding). Second edition, enlarged. A frontispiece portrait engraved after Philippe de CHAMPAIGNE. From the library of Robert d'Arcy, earl of Holderness, with bookplate. Joined, on glue spots on the flyleaf of the first volume, A L. A. (1 f. in-12) of this content: " La dsse d'aiguillon douairiere suplie mylord de recevoir la nouvelle edition du testament politique du card. de richelieu la lettre qui est a la suitte du texte contient des reponses aux objections que mr de v. [i. e. Voltaire] has spread in several places of his works against the authenticity of this piece". A fine copy in red morocco of the period.
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