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Cardinal de Retz. Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz

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Cardinal de Retz. Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz
<B>[John Francis Paul de Gondi]. </B></I><B><I>Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz. Containing all the Great Events During the Minority of Louis XIV and the Administration of Cardinal Mazarin</B></I></B></I><B>.</B></I> Paris-Boston: The Grolier Society, circa 1900. <BR> <BR>Limited edition, of 1,000 numbered copies. Octavo. 422 pages. Photogravure portrait of Cardinal de Retz used as frontis.<BR><BR>Original green half-leather binding and marbled boards. Six compartments between five raised spine bands with decoration and titles stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Edges untrimmed. Leather worn at the joints, head and foot of the spine, and corners. General shelf wear and browning to spine panel. Contents toned and slightly brittle. Gift inscription of the third front free endpaper. Good condition.<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)