[MONTMORENCY (Henry, duc de)]. DUCROS (Simon). - Lot 92

[MONTMORENCY (Henry, duc de)]. DUCROS (Simon). "Histoire de la vie du duc de Montmorency". S.l.n.d. Calligraphic manuscript from the late 17th c., 261 folios in-8°, red morocco, double framing of gilt fillets à la Duseuil decorating the boards, decoration in the center, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). [II] (blanks) + [IX] (dedication) + [I] (portrait) + [252] + [I] (blank) ff. The volume contains a "Histoire du Duc de Montmorency" (74 pp.), a "Lettre du Roy escripte de sa propre main [...]", a "Lettre du Pape Urbain VIII", a "Harangue [...] aux estatz generaux de la province de Languedoc", a "Lettre [...] à Madamne sa femme" (171 pp.) and an "Epitaph de Monsieur le duc de Montmorency" (7 pp.). Frontispiece portrait of the Duc de Montmorency engraved by Balthasar MONCORNET. Waxing to boards; marginal worming and spotting but, MANUSCRITED COPY, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, OF THE HISTOIRE DU DUC DE MONTMORENCY in a RED MAROQUIN À LA DUSEUIL binding.