BUSSY-RABUTIN. - Lot 142

BUSSY-RABUTIN. The Letters of Messire Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy. Nouvelle édition avec les Réponses. A Paris, chez Florentin et Pierre Delaulne, 1697 for the first two volumes, and in Amsterdam, chez George Gallet, 1698, for the 3rd and 4th volumes, i.e. 4 volumes in-12 bound in full blond glazed calf, ornate ribbed spines, title-pieces, gilt fillet framing the boards. A fine copy. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume I (with small hole), repeated in Volume III, and a frontispiece in Volume II. Long old handwritten note in ink on the first white endpaper. Provenance: Library of Messire Bernard de Noblet, Chevalier Comte de Chenelette, Lieutenant des Mareschaux de France au Bailliage de Mâcon (heraldic bookplate).