D'Estrade. — Letters, memoirs, and negotiations of Count D'E - Lot 351

D'Estrade. — Letters, memoirs, and negotiations of Count D'Estrades… as ambassador plenipotentiary at the Peace of Nijmegen… with Messrs. Colbert and the Count d'Avaux… including the purchase of Dunkirk… New edition in which everything that had been omitted in previous editions has been restored. London, J. Nourse, 1743 9 volumes in-12 bound in full period grained calfskin, ornate ribbed spines, red title labels, marbled edges—14 clasps slightly damaged— [1 title leaf], xcvi, 435 pp., [9 pp. table of contents]; [1 title leaf], 585 pp., [15 pp. table of contents]; [1 title leaf], 630 pp., [17 pp. table of contents]; [1 title leaf], 645 pp., [15 pp. table of contents]; [1 title leaf], 499 pp., [9 pp.]; [1 title leaf], 458 pp., [10 pp. table of contents]; [title leaf], 484 pp., [10 pp. table of contents]; [1 title leaf], 408 pp., [8 pp. table of contents]; [1 title leaf], 348 pp., [8 pp. table of contents], 12 pp. (Nourse catalog). Illustrated with 12 title vignettes (6 different ones). The first edition of 1709 consisted of only 5 volumes. This edition, the most sought-after, was prepared by Prosper Marchand.