GRENOBLE. - DEAGEANT DE SAINT-MARTIN (G.). Mémoires, envoyés - Lot 116

GRENOBLE. - DEAGEANT DE SAINT-MARTIN (G.). Mémoires, envoyés à Monsieur le Cardinal de Richelieu. Contenans plusieurs choses particulières & remarquables arrivées depuis les dernières années du Roy Henry IV jusques au commencement du Ministère de Monsieur le Cardinal de Richelieu. Grenoble, Philippe Charvys, 1668. In-12, fawn morocco, Du Seuil decoration, ornate spine, gilt edges (period binding). Very rare first edition. The author († 1639), an intriguer at the French Court, was one of the leading political negotiators in Richelieu's entourage. Evoking his action against the Protestants, the Cardinal said of him that he could boast of having given the first kick to heresy. Bound in contemporary morocco, probably from a local workshop. Armorial bookplate engraved Des Aix de Veygoux. Discrete restorations to the binding.