[Armorial binding] Pierre de LA PORTE - Lot 241

[Armorial binding] Pierre de LA PORTE Mémoires de M. de La Porte, premier Valet de Chambre de Louis XIV. Contenant plusieurs particularites des Règnes de Louis XIII et de Louis XIV. A Genève, s.n., 1755 in-12 bound in full contemporary calf, ornate ribbed spine, title page, cold fillet framing the boards, central coat of arms, interior roulette. Bound with the La Rochefoucauld coat of arms. Provenance: Bibliothèque du Château de La Roche-Guyon (wet bookplate stamp on title). First edition of these memoirs considered authentic and attributed to Pierre de La Porte (1603-1680), who was in the service of Anne of Austria, and became valet to the young Louis XIV. They cover the period 1624-1666, and recount numerous court intrigues.