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[France] - [BRICHANTEAU, Nicolas II de] - Les

Currency:EUR Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:120.00 - 170.00 EUR
[France] - [BRICHANTEAU, Nicolas II de] - Les
[France] - [BRICHANTEAU, Nicolas II de] - Les memoires de Monsieur de Beauvais-Nangis ou l'histoire des favoris français [and] Remarques sur l'Histoire de Davila & celle de Bentivoglio, sur l'histoire de Flandres. Paris, Cardin Besongne, 1665, 12mo, contemp. calf, gilt back (defects at bottom), sp. edges, [12]-312 pp. Good copy. € 120/170 Interesting autobiographical work of Nicolas II de Brichanteau, seigneur de Beauvais-Nangis, French "mémorialiste" (1582-1650) telling the story of his father's and his own attempts at succes at court. It is intended as a guide-book for the poor gentilhomme trying to make a fortune at court, and contains many anecdotes about Anne de Montmorency, le Duc d'Alençon, Marie de Medicis, Richelieu, le Duc de Saint-Simon etc. The publisher has added two lengthy discussions of Enrico Davila's Historia delle guere civili di Francia and Bentivoglio's famous Della guerra di Fiandra. The work, complete in itself, is usually found with a 2nd volume containing the "Remarques de Monsieur le mareschal de Bassompierre sur les vies des Roys Henry IV et Louis XII". *** Ouvrage autobiographique dû au mémorialiste français Nicolas II de Brichanteau, conçu comme un "vade-mecum" à l'usage des gentilhommes pauvres et contenant de nombreuses anecdotes. Complet en soi, mais on trouve généralement l'ouvr. assorti d'un 2e vol. Ref. Hauser, Sources hist. France 16me s. nr. 1433. Bourgeois & André, Sources 17me s. nr. 673. Goldsmith B-1763 (BL London). BN Paris (1). NUC (4).
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